China vs. Taiwan: Using Current Conflicts To Predict the Future

• Schedule

Coffee and Pastries

11-11:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Panel 1 | Cybersecurity’s Role in Conflicts

• Veronica Glick, Partner, Mayer Brown 
• Raymond Romano, Director, Cyber Threats and Investigations, U.S. Department of State
• Zhanna L. Malekos Smith, Senior Associate, Aerospace Security Project; Adjunct Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Cyber Law & Policy Fellow, Army Cyber Institute, U.S. Military Academy
• Moderator: Kristen Eichensehr, Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law; Director, National Security Law Center; University of Virginia School of Law

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:45-3 p.m.

Panel 2 | Current Trends in Maritime and Naval Conflicts 

• Scott R. Anderson, Fellow, The Brookings Institution
• Hayat Alvi, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College
• Mark Nevitt, Associate Professor, Emory University School of Law
• Pete Pedrozo, Professor, U.S. Naval War College 
• Moderator: Ashley Deeks, Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Senior Fellow, Miller Center

3:15-4:30 p.m.

Keynote Address

• Beth George, Partner, Wilson Sonsini, Former Acting General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense