Are you curious to find out how cyber-attacks can bring down governments in a matter of months? Would you be interested to learn how negotiation theory can resolve or prevent these cyber-terror attacks? If the answer to either of those questions is ‘yes,’ come join the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, for the 2022 Annual Melnick Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Negotiation Strategies for War by Other Means,” where we will explore the changing landscape of international conflicts and the role that dispute resolution can play in preventing and improving cross-border discord.

The keynote speaker will be Anne Leslie, who leads the Cloud Risk and Controls Europe division at IBM, as well as IBM’s Cloud for Financial Services. Our three panels will feature academics and practitioners in the fields of dispute resolution and cyber security who will discuss the history of hybrid warfare and the way it unfolds in the real world, the various ways negotiation theory applies and how it can address threats of hybrid warfare, and what the future of these novel conflicts entails and the ways the public and private sectors can respond to and prevent them.

This program of three online and in-person panels is approved for up to 5.0 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category “Areas of Professional Practice.” To receive CLE credits for a panel, you must attend that part of the program “live.” We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of any part of this program.

Register to attend the symposium by November 10.

If you have any questions, please email the Symposium Editor, Nicholas Beudert, at beudert@law.cardozo.yu.edu.

Agenda:

9:00 am - 9:15 am: Welcome Remarks
Dean Melanie Leslie | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Andrea Schneider | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Lela Love | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
John Dellamore, Editor-in-Chief | Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

9:15 am - 9:45 am: Keynote Address
Anne Leslie, Cloud Risk & Controls Leader Europe | IBM Cloud for Financial Services

9:45 am - 11:15 am: Panel I
Moderated by Christopher Honeyman

How does Hybrid Warfare Impact Us
Calvin Chrustie | The Critical Risk Team

How to Bring Down a Government in 120 Days
Christopher Corpora | Hala Systems, LLC

Where is Negotiation in Hybrid Conflict?
Art Hinshaw | Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law

11:15 am - 11:30 am: Lunch

11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Panel II
Moderated by Professor Lela Love

A Theory of Interests in the Context of Hybrid Warfare: It's Complicated
Cynthia Alkon | Texas A & M University School of Law
Sanda Kaufman | Cleveland State University

Negotiating Hybrid Warfare or Managing Hybrid Conflict?
Sharon Press | Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Andrea Kupfer Schneider | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Nancy Welsh | Texas A & M University School of Law

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Break

2:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Panel III
Moderated by Andrea Kupfer Schneider

How the Private Sector Can Navigate Hybrid Warfare
Nikki Covino | Credit Suisse
Anne Leslie | IBM Cloud for Financial Services
Jennifer Mulvihill | BlueVoyant

Government & National Security Responses to Hybrid Warfare
Calvin Chrustie | The Critical Risk Team
Lee Licata | U.S. Department of Justice

The Role of the Dispute Resolution Community in Hybrid Warfare
Christopher Honeyman | Convenor Conflict Management
Ellen Parker | CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Wrap Up & Closing Comments