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4 October 2017, 18:15-20:00

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Current Challenges in Cyber Operations

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This panel will address current challenges related to cyber operations. Panelists will discuss some of the conclusions and implications of Tallinn 2, take stock of where we stand and what challenges remain.

Chair

  • Professor Noam Lubell, University of Essex, Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy

Panelists

  • Dr iur Roberta Arnold, Public Prosecutor, Canton Ticino, former LEGAD, Federal Department of Defence
  • Professor Robin Geiss, Chair of International Law and Security, University of Glasgow, School of Law
  • Dr Heather A. Harrison Dinniss, Senior Lecturer in International Law, Centre for International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University

Light Cocktail

This event will be followed by a light cocktail.

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Current Challenges in Cyber Operations

This panel addressed current challenges related to cyber operations. Panelists will discuss some of the conclusions and implications of Tallinn 2, take stock of where we stand and what challenges remain.

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