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PRESENTATIONS OF SPEACKERS – The Law of Armed Conflict and Emerging Technologies:Legal, Ethical and Strategic Perspective – Lucerne Conference
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Opening Ceremony
Ms. Ylfete FANAJ, Member of the Government Council of the Canton of Lucerne, Head of the Department of Justice and Security
Prof. (Em.) Dr. Wolff HEINTSCHEL VON HEINEGG, President of the Society & EuropaUniversität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Brigadier General Hugo ROUX, Commander of the Military Academy (MILAC) at ETH Zurich, Member of the Board of Directors of the Society & Member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Group of the Society
Keynote Speech
Dr. Markus MÄDER, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Security Policy SEPOS, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Panel 1
Global Security in a Changing World Order
Chair:
Dr. Tobias VESTNER, Director of the Research and Policy Advice Department, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Panellists:
Dr. Gorana GRGIC, Head of the Global Security Team, Centre for Security Studies, ETH Zürich
Publicated of ETH Zürich – Strategic Trends 2026
Dr. Markus MÄDER, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Security Policy SEPOS, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Panel 2
Is a Lower Threshold for the Application of International Humanitarian Law Emerging?
Chair:
Ambassador Sandra LENDENMANN WINTERBERG, Vice-Director, Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Panellists:
Lieutenant Colonel Nick WOBMA, Deputy Head, Law Branch, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Dr. Heather HARRISON DINNISS, Senior Lecturer, Centre for International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University
Thursday 12 March 2026
Panel 4
Autonomous Weapon Systems & Artificial Intelligence
Chair:
Reto WOLLENMANN, Deputy Head Section Arms Control, Disarmament and Cybersecurity, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Panellists:
Joe BOUCHER, Research Assistant, Swiss Centre for Drones and Robotics, armasuisse Science and Technology, Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement
Dr. Jessica DORSEY, Assistant Professor of International and European Law, Utrecht University
Colonel Inna ZAVOROTKO, Head of International Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine
Panel 5
Maritime Warfare in the Digital Age
Chair:
Prof. (Em.) Dr. Wolff HEINTSCHEL VON HEINEGG, President of the Society & EuropaUniversität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Panellists:
Prof. Dr. Anna PETRIG, Chair of International and Public Law, University of Basel
Abby ZEITH, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross
Panel 6
Cloud, Data and Quantum Computing in Armed Conflict
Chair:
Ann VÄLJATAGA, International Law Researcher, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Panellists:
Major David QUAYAT, Directorate of Cyber Operations Law, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Canada
Dr. Heike RIEL, IBM Fellow, Head Science and Technology, Lead IBM Research Quantum EMEA
Panel 7
Roundtable: The Future of International Humanitarian Law in the Age of DisruptiveTechnologies
Chair:
Dr. Jessica DORSEY, Assistant Professor of International and European Law, Utrecht University
Panellists:
Heidi KANDIEL, Legal Advisor, Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross
Dr. Heather HARRISON DINNISS, Senior Lecturer, Centre for International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University
Robert KOLB, Professor of Public International Law, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Dr. Tobias VESTNER, Director of the Research and Policy Advice Department, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Colonel Inna ZAVOROTKO, Head of International Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine
Conclusions
Colonel Christophe LEUENBERGER VERZASCONI, Co-President of the Swiss Group of the Society & Commander of the IHL Detachment, Swiss Armed Forces
PRESENTATIONS OF SPEAKERS – BRUGES 2025
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Session 1 – Defending Territorial Integrity in case of Aerial Incursions,
Unauthorized Border Crossings by Armed Personnel, Non-Innocent
Passage etc.
Chair: Brigadier (Ret.) Darren STEWART OBE, Senior Vice-President of
the Society
Presenters :
The aerial dimension
First Lieutenant (Air Force) Rafael BOEYNAEMS, Legal Advisor, DG
Legal Support, Belgian Ministry of Defence
The land dimension
TBD
The naval dimension
Alfons VANHEUSDEN, Assistant Secretary General of the Society
Thursday 18 September 2025
Session 2 – The Law of Occupation and Current State Practice
Chair:
Dr. Hanne CUYCKENS, Associate Professor of Military Law,
Netherlands Defence Academy
Presenters:
Sophie SCHUBERTH, PhD Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin & Law
Clerc, Higher Regional Court of Berlin
Prof. Dr. Natia KALANDARISHVILI-MUELLER, Professor of
International Law, ALTE University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Dr. Nele VERLINDEN, Senior Legal Advisor, ICRC Delegation to the
EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium
Session 3 – Current Debates in the Cyber and Quantum Domain
Chair:
Pieter BYTTEBIER, Head of International Policy & EU Affairs, Centre
for Cybersecurity Belgium
Presenters:
Petra FLORIZOONE, Director, IBM Quantum Global Partnerships &
Business Development
Colonel Eric POUW, Associate Professor of Military Law, Netherlands
Defence Academy
Session 4 – Military Objectives in the Modern World
Chair:
Prof. (Em.) Dr. Terry D. GILL, University of Amsterdam
Presenters:
Arjen VERMEER, Assistant Professor of Military Law, Netherlands
Defence Academy
Dr. Luigi DANIELE, Senior Lecturer and Module Leader, Nottingham
Law School
Dr. Eirini GIORGOU, Legal Advisor, Arms & Conduct of Hostilities Unit,
ICRC
Session 5 – The Right to Privacy in Military Operations
Chair:
Emmanuel JACOB, President, Euromil
Presenters:
Dr. Brian L. COX, Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Prof. Dr. Marten ZWANENBURG, Professor of Military Law,
Netherlands Defence Academy and University of Amsterdam
Mrs. Ann VÄLJATAGA, PhD Researcher, Berlin Graduate School of
Social Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Friday 19 September 2025
Session 6 – Selected Current Topics in International Criminal Law
Chair:
Dr. Maurizio BLOCK, Military Prosecutor-General, Supreme Court of
Italy
Immunities and international criminal law
Presenter:
Dr. Giulia PINZAUTI, Assistant Professor, Leiden University & Deputy
Director of the IHL Clinic of the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum
Ecocide
Presenter:
Prof. Dr. Steven DEWULF, Professor of International Law, Chair of Law,
Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Session 7 – Long Distance Warfare in Practice and from an Ethical and
an International Humanitarian Law Perspective
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Vaios KOUTROULIS, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Presenters:
Dr. Alex LEVERINGHAUS, Co-Director, Centre for International
Intervention, University of Surrey
Marijke PEYS, Head of Restoring Family Links, International
Humanitarian Law and Volunteer Coordination, Belgian Red CrossFlanders
Special Presentation on the Centre for International Humanitarian and
Operational Law (CIHOL) established by the Faculty of Law of the
Palacký University, and the Czech Armed Forces
Presenter:
Dr. Martin FAIX, Head, Centre for International Humanitarian and
Operational Law & Vice-Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Law,
Palacý University
