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Since the inception of the internet, criminals, non-state actorsand states have leveraged the inherent insecurities and vulnerabilities ofcyberspace at an ever-increasing rate and with ever-more harmful impact.Data theft, ransomware attacks and criticalinfrastructure disruptions, to name a few, are now near daily occurrences.Notwithstanding the immense societal risksthese activities present, a growing number of states have fully embraced cyberoperations as a staple of bothstatecraft andwarfarea reality playing out to dangerous effect in the Russia-Ukraine war.

At the same time,until recently states have remained relatively silent on their views of howinternational law regulates their cyber activities.That has begun to change, however, with anincreasing number of states making official pronouncements oftheiropiniojuris, either independently or through established multilateral processeslike the UNGGE and OEWG.While this is apositive trend, it has also highlighted several disparate views on criticalissues and the difficulty in achieving anything morethan limited clarity andconsensus.What can we discern fromthese state pronouncements?What is thepresent state of the law governing state cyber activities, and where is itheaded?

To explore these questions and more, the Technology, Law & Security Program at The American University Washington College of Law (WCL), in partnership with the Lieber Institute at West Point; the Federmann Cyber SecurityResearch Center Cyber Law Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the Centre of Excellence for NationalSecurity at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity; and the NATOCooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia will convene an in-person symposium at WCL from Wednesday, June 15 through Friday, June 17, 2022.

The event will bring together more than fifty leading academics and practitioners from across the globe to assess the present and future role of international law in regulating state cyber operations. You can see a list of the speakers and the agendahere.There will also be a dinner at which Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, USAF (ret.), will speak about the interplay of artificial intelligence and cyber operations in discussion with Professor Rain Liivoja from the University of Queensland Law School.

Register soon as seats are filling up. You can registerhere.

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