Colleagues, Kindly note the following update with keynote speaker and extended deadline. Thank you. Richard Legal and Policy Dimensions of Cybersecurity Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Thomas I. Vanaskie Circuit Judge for The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit <applewebdata://7452E21F-90FE-4865-9138-B1C5C4EFE84D#_ftn1> [1] A by-invitation experts' workshop to be held at George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs September 28-29, 2016 The security of information networks and databases is now a critical element of national security and economic competitiveness. Rapid growth in e-commerce, banking, and communication systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) has increased efficiency and driven economic growth, but by necessity these systems preclude consumers' control over how and where their data are collected, archived and processed. Recent high-profile breaches of security at banks and retailers, coupled with secret and not-so-secret efforts by foreign governments and rogue actors to attack critical information infrastructures, have heightened these concerns. Legal and policy responses to the cybersecurity challenge are just as important as technological ones. To focus much-needed attention on this field of study, the IIP invites authors to submit abstracts by July 25, 2016 addressing the policy and legal aspects of information security, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity-related legislation, and critical cyber-infrastructure protection. Authors of the selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2 day by-invitation-only experts workshop held at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs on September 28-29 (Wed.-Thu.), 2016. Each paper will be assigned a respondent recruited from the local academic/policy/advocacy communities and will be allotted a full hour for presentation, response and discussion. A reception and formal dinner provide room for social interaction. This year the workshop is privileged and grateful to have United States Court of Appeals Circuit Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie in attendance and as Keynote Speaker. Judge Vanaskie is one of the leading and most prominent federal jurists in developing the United States Courts' information and technology policies. This workshop is thirteenth in a series of workshops organized by the IIP since 2011, in support of its Journal of Information Policy, published by the IIP in partnership with the Penn State University Press ( <http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JIP.html> http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JIP.html). Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for peer review to the Journal, with the successful papers presented in special issues dedicated to each workshop. The JIP has previously conducted workshops on a variety of topics including the future of broadband policy, digital diversity, new ICTs and democracy, media policy and advocacy, campaign funding and media, intellectual property, and more. For programs of previous workshops see: <http://comm.psu.edu/research/centers/iip/conferences-and-worskhops> http://comm.psu.edu/research/centers/iip/conferences-and-worskhops. Possible topics for the workshop include the following: . Critical infrastructure protection, including information and energy networks . Cybersecurity policies and governance in nation states . Cybersecurity policies and governance in transnational organizations . Threats and vulnerabilities to cybersecurity and the policies they invoke . Information policy and cybersecurity in the age of IoT . Data breaches and the law - regulation, enforcement, protection, and damages . Cybersecurity and U.S. courts . Cybersecurity and privacy legislation-federal and state efforts to balance cyber security and civil liberties . The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and consumer online data protection enforcement-efforts, failures, future models . The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and web-based data regulation . Consumer data protection - an international legal and diplomatic conundrum . The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) . Cybersecurity models . Cybersecurity management . Cybersecurity concerns and democracy . Strategic planning and security strategy . History of cybersecurity policy and governance . Security education, training and awareness . The future of cybersecurity: uncertainties and scenarios This workshop is made possible with financial contributions from the Penn State Colleges of Communications, Information Sciences and Technology, and Law, and the Office of the Provost, and with organization assistance from the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to <mailto:pennstateiip@psu.edu> pennstateiip@psu.edu by July 25, 2016. <applewebdata://7452E21F-90FE-4865-9138-B1C5C4EFE84D#_ftn2> [2] Please write IIP_CYBERSECURITY: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Presenters will be notified by August 15, 2016 regarding acceptance. Accepted papers will need to be submitted by September 19, 2016. _____ <applewebdata://7452E21F-90FE-4865-9138-B1C5C4EFE84D#_ftnref1> [1]Judge Thomas Vanaskie was sworn in as a Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on April, 28, 2010. Prior to his appointment to the Third Circuit, Judge Vanaskie was appointed by the U.S. President to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, where he served for 16 years, seven of those years as Chief Judge. In 2005, the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist appointed Judge Vanaski to serve as Chair of the Judicial Conference Information Technology Committee, where he served until 2008. Judge Vanaskie presently serves on the Third Circuit Judicial Council's Information Technology Committee. The Judge is also presently appointed to serve on the Space and Facilities Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body for all of the United States Courts. Judge Vanaskie attended Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude, in 1978. Judge Vanaskie is currently an Adjunct Law Professor at Penn State and Dickinson Law Schools, where he teaches Electronic Evidence. <applewebdata://7452E21F-90FE-4865-9138-B1C5C4EFE84D#_ftnref2> [2] Note: the abstract submission deadline has been extended to July 25, 2016