Moving Forward: Fragmentation, Polarization and Hybridity in Cyberspace | Online Conference | 10-12 November 2020
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Day 1

Tuesday 10 November 2020

10:00 – 10:30 Opening remarks by Dennis Broeders

10:30 – 11:30 Keynote + Q&A

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Madeline Carr

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Keynote Speech

11:45 – 13:00 Panel 1

Unsettling the grand-narratives of cyberspace

Moderators:

Fabio Cristiano

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Monica Kaminska

Myriam Dunn Cavelty

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Florian J. Egloff

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From Cyber-exceptionalism to Restoring Normalcy: Cyber Campaigns and Strategic Intent

Unsettling the grand-narratives of cyberspace

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Giovanni De Gregorio

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Roxana Radu

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The New Era of Internet Governance: Fragmentation, Polarisation and Hybridity

Unsettling the grand-narratives of cyberspace

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Katharin Tai

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From Network Security to Cybersecurity: How Chinese Network Security becomes a Matter of State Survival

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 2

International cyber order in the making

Moderators:

Bibi van den Berg

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Fabio Cristiano

Julia Voo

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Irfan Hemani

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Simon Jones

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Winnona DeSombre

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Daniel Cassidy

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Anina Schwarzenbach

A New Framework for Measuring National Cyber Power

International cyber order in the making

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Eugene EG Tan

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Development of Cyber Norms and International Law in ASEAN

International cyber order in the making

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Arindrajit Basu

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Karthik Nachiappan

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Will India Negotiate?: The politics of multilateral engagement for fostering responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

International cyber order in the making

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Taylor Grossman

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Disinformation Campaigns and Norms of Emergency Communication in Cyberspace

Day 2

Wednesday 11 November 2020

10:30 – 12:00 Panel 3

Information warfare, emerging technologies, and military strategies

Moderators:

Monica Kaminska

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Fabio Cristiano

Peter B.M.J. Pijpers

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Paul A.L. Ducheine

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Influence Operations in Cyberspace - how they really work

Information warfare, emerging technologies, and military strategies

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Amy Ertan

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(Cyber) Security Strategies in the Age of AI

Information warfare, emerging technologies, and military strategies

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Tobias Liebetrau

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Emerging European Engagements in Cyber Conflict Short of War: Towards a Critical Account

Information warfare, emerging technologies, and military strategies

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Ronan Ó Fathaigh

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Tom Dobber

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Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

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James Shires

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Microtargeted propaganda by foreign actors, an interdisciplinary exploration

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 4

Digital and cyber sovereignty at crossroads

Moderators:

James Shires

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Monica Kaminska

Cedric Amon

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European Tech Sovereignty: Europe’s push for values-based norm-making in cyberspace

Digital and cyber sovereignty at crossroads

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Christiane Ahlborn

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Digital Sovereignty – On How to Make International Rules for Cyberspace

Digital and cyber sovereignty at crossroads

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Robert Mogielnicki

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Sovereign Data: The Development and Marketing of Bahrain's Digital Domain

Digital and cyber sovereignty at crossroads

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Emma Ahmed-Rengers

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Mansoor Ahmed-Rengers

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Democracy on the Margins of the Market: A Critical Look Into the Privatisation of Cyber Norm Formation

16:00 – 17:00 Keynote + Q&A

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Milton Mueller

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Sovereignty and Cyberspace: What is the future of global Internet compatibility?

Day 3

Thursday 12 November 2020

10:30 – 11:30 Keynote + Q&A

Moderators:

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Mariarosaria Taddeo

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Deterrence and Norms to Foster Stability in Cyberspace

11:45 – 13:15 Panel 5

‘How it applies’: international law and responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

Moderators:

Els De Busser

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Fabio Cristiano

Dennis Broeders

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Els de Busser

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Fabio Cristiano

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Tatiana Tropina

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Revisiting past cyber operations in light of new cyber norms and interpretations of international law: Inching towards lines in the sand?

‘How it applies’: international law and responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

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François Delerue

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Is international law fading away in State practice on cyber operations?

‘How it applies’: international law and responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

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Przemysław Roguski

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Norm-based accountability vs. law-based responsibility for cyber operations

‘How it applies’: international law and responsible state behaviour in cyberspace

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Jan Martin Lemnitzer

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Due Diligence in Cyber space: are we heading for a Cyber Alabama?

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 6

Toward inclusion: the global governance of cyber norms

Moderators:

Tatiana Tropina

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Monica Kaminska

Fabio Cristiano

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Embracing the ‘adversarial cyberspace’: agonistic cyber norms for antagonistic cyber conflicts

Toward inclusion: the global governance of cyber norms

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André Barrinha

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Louise Marie Hurel

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The hybrid place: Civil Society in the Open-Ended Working Group

Toward inclusion: the global governance of cyber norms

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Irene Poetranto

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Josh Gold

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Justin Lau

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Views from the South: An analysis of India, Indonesia, and South Africa’s positions at the UN OEWG

Toward inclusion: the global governance of cyber norms

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Elmarie Biermann

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Cyber Capacity Building in the Global South – a Critical Platform for leveraging Equity in the Cyber Norms Debate: A South African Case Study

16:00 – 16:45 Keynote + Q&A

Moderators:

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Bruce Schneier

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Securing a World of Physically Capable Computers

16:45 – 17:00 Closing Remarks and Paper Prize by Dennis Broeders