Election Integrity in the Networked Information Era

Advances in technology are transforming how people across the globe engage with democracy. Opportunities for engagement and participation are expanding, but recent events highlight new threats to the integrity of democratic elections in a networked era.

As we enter the 2020 primary season, join journalists, political scientists, technologists, voting rights advocates, election law scholars, and regulators to explore these pressing issues.

8:30 AM     Breakfast & Registration

9:00 AM     Welcome 

9:15–10:45 AM Panel 1: Networked Media Ecologies and Public Discourse

Moderator: Erin Carroll, Georgetown Law
Mike Ananny, University of Southern California
Leticia Bode, Georgetown University
Whitney Phillips, Syracuse University 
Lam Vo, BuzzFeed News

11:00–12:30 PM     Panel 2: Voter Suppression and Voter Turnout

Moderator: Julie Cohen, Georgetown Law
Cara Brumfield, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
Jessica Huseman, ProPublica
Kathryn Peters
Nick Monaco, Institute for the Future

12:30–1:45 PM     Lunch & Poster Session

1:45–3:15 PM     Panel 3: Digital Technologies & Voting

Moderator: Matt Blaze, Georgetown University and Georgetown Law
Andrew Appel, Princeton University
Barbara Simons, Verified Voting
Philip Stark, UC Berkeley
Kim Zetter, Journalist   

3:30–5:00 PM     Panel 4: New Challenges in Election Oversight and Regulation

Moderator: Alexandra Givens, Georgetown Law 
Marc-Lawrence Apfelbaum, Campaign Legal Center
Patrick Day, Cloudflare, former Senior Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary
The Hon. Karen Kornbluh, German Marshall Fund of the United States
The Hon. Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission

5:00–5:15 PM Closing Remarks

5:15–6:00 PM Cocktail Reception