Geneva Cybersecurity Law & Policy Conference
Cybersecurity: how to allocate liability?
University of Geneva
June 20, 2019
9.15 Welcome address
Prof. Bénédict Foëx, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
Dr. Yaniv Benhamou, University of Geneva
Morning session
Chair: Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, University of Geneva
9.30 Swiss Cybersecurity Strategy
Dr. Manuel Suter, Coordinator of the Swiss National Cyber Risk Strategy, Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance MELANI
10.00 Cybersecurity in the Era of Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Diego Kuonen, University of Geneva
10.30 Discussion followed by coffee break
11.00 Liability for Artificial Intelligence-based cyberattacks
Dr. Omri Rachum-Twaig, Research Fellow, The Federmann Cyber Security Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
11.30 Cybersecurity toolkit for GDPR compliance
Maria Bicsi, Project Manager, PSYND IT Security Services
12.00 Discussion followed by lunch break
Afternoon session
Chair: Dr. Yaniv Benhamou, University of Geneva
14.00 Liability for cybersecurity breaches and IoT
Prof. Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich
14.30 Liability, Privacy and Security in Medical Data Sharing
Sotiria Kechagia, Researcher, University of Geneva & C4DT and Dr. Juan Ramon Troncoso-Pastoriza, Post-doctoral Researcher, EPFL
15.00 Discussion followed by coffee break
15.30 Should car manufacturers liable for cyberattacks?
Gadi Perl, Research Fellow, The Federmann Cyber Security Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16.00 What is the “state of the art” in IT security?
Luigi Bruno, Senior Consultant in Cyber Risk, Deloitte
16.30 What insurance coverage for cyberattacks: lessons from the Mondelez vs Zurich case
Justine Ferland, Research and teaching assistant, University of Geneva
17.00 Discussion & conclusions