2016 Symposium

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Guest speakers including attorneys, professors, and an expert from the federal government will address the changing landscape of cyberwarfare during a symposium on Friday, April 15, at Penn State.

The 2016 Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs Symposium “War in the 21st Century: Cyberterrorism, Cybersecurity, and the Law of War,” hosted by Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs, is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in the Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building on Penn State’s University Park campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The symposium will address the evolving art of war in the digital age and the increasing reliance of both state and individual actors on cyberattacks, which allow minimally capable militaries and terrorists to cause widespread damage. Speakers at the symposium will describe how international law governs cyberwar and discuss actions that the U.S. government should be taking to promote cybersecurity.

Speakers include:

• Micheal Bahar, minority staff director and general counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence;
• Stewart Baker, partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP;
• Charles Blanchard, partner, Arnold & Porter LLP;
• Retired Air Force Col. Gary Brown, professor of cyber security, Marine Corps University; and
• Eric Jensen, professor of law, Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Complete details and online registration are available on the symposium website.

The Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs is a digital, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, jointly published by Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs. The journal promotes academic and public discourse at the intersection of law and international affairs, featuring contributions in the areas of public and private international law, international relations, comparative law and politics, geography, economics, history, and policy issues in the various sciences.

 

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