SECURITY IN CYBERSPACE: Targeting Nations, Infrastructures, Individuals

SECURITY IN CYBERSPACE:Targeting Nations, Infrastructures, Individuals

Residential School for young researchers

Timing:the event is to be held from 8 January to 15 January 2012.

Location: Hotel Gruppo Brenta, Andalo, Trento, Italy.

Deadlines for requesting participation:

25 November 2011

Links:

School webpage

http://www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo12/andalo12.html

Information

isodarco@roma2.infn.it

Director:

Giampiero Giacomello, Università di Bologna, Italy

Lecturers:

Alexey Arbatov, Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia

Nadia Arbatova, Institute for World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia

Ralf Bendrath, Policy Advisor to Greens/EFA Members in the European Parliament

Chris Bronk, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Maura Conway, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Sarah Cook, Freedom on the Net, Freedom House, New York, NY, USA

Sandro Gaychen, RG Secure Identity, Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Catherine Kelleher, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Herb Lin, CSTB, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, DC, USA

Jeff Porten, Independent Consultant and Writer, Washington, DC, USA

Judith Reppy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Gian Piero Siroli, Università di Bologna, Italy

The school:

This is the third time an ISODARCO course will focus on information technologies and their relation to war and international relations; previous courses were held in summer 1999 and summer 2002. This Course will have a broad scope, addressing topics such as cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, privacy and freedom of speech, organized crime, Wikileaks and others.

Last, but not least, the entire realm of cyberspace is now at risk of being "securitized". It would then be removed from public debate and left into the sole hands of law enforcement agencies and defense and military professionals.

The overall goal, as in all ISODARCO courses, is to shed some light, tackle controversial issues and provide a forum for high-level general discussion among participants and speakers alike.

The school is organized in four 90’ sessions a day, half of the time as a formal lecture, half for discussion. Seminars from the participants will be scheduled in evening sessions.

Andalo is a winter sport resort and time is available every day for taking advantage of local sport facilities.

Contact Information:

E-mail:isodarco@roma2.infn.it

Web:http://www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo12/andalo12.html

Phone:+39 0672594560/1

Fax: +39 062040309

Mail:

Isodarco

Department of Physics

Università di Roma “Tor vergata”

Via della Ricerca scientifica 1

I00133 Roma, Italy