2024 Conference on International Cyber Security| 12-13 November 2024
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Day 1

Tuesday 12 November 2024

9:00 – 9:45 Registration & welcome

9:45 – 10:00 Welcome by Dennis Broeders

10:00 – 11:00 Keynote 1

Moderators:

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James Pamment

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Information, hybrid, and cyber: estranged siblings?

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee & tea break

11:30 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions

Panel 1

Platform Governance in Democratic Societies

Moderator:

Lena Riecke

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Pieter Wolters

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Content moderation by online platforms and a resilient democracy

Platform Governance in Democratic Societies

Moderator:

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Jack Goldsmith

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Content moderation norm contestation: The regulatory politics of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner

Panel 2

AI: Safeguarding or Usurping Democracy?

Moderator:

Lise Andersen

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Anna George

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Detecting Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking for Classification of Novel Topics

AI: Safeguarding or Usurping Democracy?

Moderator:

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Kalimah Wasis Lestari

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Hari Fitrianto

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AI-Driven Campaign: A shifting sign from democracy to algocracy?

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 3

Influence Operations and Threats to Democracy

Moderator:

Cristina Del Real

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Michael Loadenthal

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Samantha Fagone

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Cameron Tiefenthaler

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Hallie Filson

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Sarah Spurrier

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Bella Tuffias-Mora

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Carter Langham

Look, Mom, I’m On TV: Crowd-sourced policing, social media, and the prosecution of January 6 Capitol defendants

Influence Operations and Threats to Democracy

Moderator:

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Enescan Lorci

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Democratic Resilience Against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Operations: Lessons from Taiwan's Experience

Influence Operations and Threats to Democracy

Moderator:

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Jelena Vicic

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Erik Gartzke

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Dynamics of Cyber-Enabled Influence Operations: The Case of Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Panel 4

Big Tech and Democracy

Moderator:

Dennis Broeders

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Marcelynne Aranha Almeida

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Elon Musk vs. Brazil: Cyber Big Tech and the Limits of Freedom of Expression in Context of Democratic Elections

Big Tech and Democracy

Moderator:

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Isabella Wilkinson

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Defending democracy: understanding technology company action and coordination in support of democratic integrity, from promises to pledges

Big Tech and Democracy

Moderator:

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Chee Hae Chung

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Big Tech Companies as Quasi-Sovereign Powers: Disrupting International Governance, Democracy, and Political Dynamics in the AI Era

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee & tea break

15:30 – 16:30 Keynote 2

Moderators:

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Marietje Schaake

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From vulnerability to stability: Why we need to stop the tech coup and protect democracy

16:30 – 18:00 Drinks

18:00 – 20:00 Dinner

Day 2

Wednesday 13 November 2024

9:00 – 9:30 Coffee & tea break

9:30 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions

Panel 5

How National Politics Shape State-Platform Relations

Moderator:

Isabella Brunner

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Victo José da Silva Neto

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Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

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Raphael Gellert

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The state in the platform economy: a typology of alternative approaches

How National Politics Shape State-Platform Relations

Moderator:

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Fabiola Schwarz

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Maurice Philip Schumann

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Between Net Neutrality and Networked Control – How International Economic Relations Shape Digital Authoritarianism

Panel 6

Resistance, Regulation and Resignation: Human Rights in Cyberspace

Moderator:

Jelena Vicic

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Murat Yilmaz

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Uyghur Women’s Resistance to CCP in Cyberspace

Resistance, Regulation and Resignation: Human Rights in Cyberspace

Moderator:

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Lena Riecke

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How Democracies are Failing to Govern the Spyware Market: Of Political Economy and the Pitfalls of Privatisation

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee & tea break

11:00 – 12:00 Book launch

Emerging and Disruptive Digital Technologies: National, Regional, and Global Perspectives

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions

Panel 7

Safeguarding Digital Democracy: National Perspectives and Approaches

Moderator:

Rogier Creemers

Moderator:

Ismael Deus Marques

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Hacking the Voting Machine: analysing Fraud claims in the 2022 Elections in Brazil

Safeguarding Digital Democracy: National Perspectives and Approaches

Moderator:

Moderator:

Dorcus Phanice Olasya

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Cyber Security in Enhancing Democracy in Kenya

Safeguarding Digital Democracy: National Perspectives and Approaches

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Moderator:

Caroline Rabourdin

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Disinformation: How Does France Protect Its Democracy on Social Media?

Safeguarding Digital Democracy: National Perspectives and Approaches

Moderator:

Moderator:

Joren Vrancken

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Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

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Tom Dobber

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Issue ownership in the online campaign for Dutch general elections: a topic modeling approach

Panel 8

The Power and Peril of Information in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

Arun Sukumar

Moderator:

Juan Ortiz Freuler

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Disarming the propaganda machines: Informational disarmament, tech disarmament and the challenges of cyberwar over the open internet

The Power and Peril of Information in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

Moderator:

Tobias Burgers

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Society centric cyber-attacks: Understanding the potential political impact of cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure

The Power and Peril of Information in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

Moderator:

Mark W. Perry

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Arman Irani

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Transnational Hate: How Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Mobilize Across Decentralized Networks

The Power and Peril of Information in Cyber Conflict

Moderator:

Moderator:

Julien Nocetti

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Authoritarian states adapting to democracies online: an assessment of the crisis, dismantling and reshaping of Russia’s informational influence apparatus since February 2022

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee & tea break

15:30 – 16:30 Keynote 3

Moderators:

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Ron Deibert

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Digital Parasites: Mapping the new frontiers of espionage, subversion and Dark PR

16:30 – 16:45 Conference closing & presentation best paper award

16:45 – 18:00 Closing drinks