Personal Democracy Forum 2016
NYC | Jun 9-10
PDF 2016 Program
(Subject to change)
Detailed descriptions of panels can be found here.
| Time | Event | |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast and Registration | |
| Begins in Skirball Center | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Welcome Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry |
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| Government as a Digital Service | ||
| We're Not Throwing Away Our Shot: The Founders and the Future of the World's Greatest Start-Up Mary Katharine Ham |
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| Debugging the Bureaucracy Marina Martin |
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| Beyond the Beltway: Transformation in the (Digital) Laboratories of Democracy Robin Carnahan |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break Sponsored by Omidyar |
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| 10:30 - 11:45 | Solutions at Hand | |
| Engines of Change: What Civic Tech Can Learn From Social Movements Stacy Donohue | ||
| Introducing Civic Hall Labs Elizabeth Stewart | ||
| Building a Safety Net for the 21st Century Greg Bloom | ||
| Beyond Big vs. Little Government: Why Conservatives Should Rally Behind Data-Driven Government Kristen Soltis Anderson | ||
| 11:45 - 1:00 | What's Next For Organizing | |
| Lessons from the Sanders Campaign: How We Can Again Unleash the Power of Many Zack Exley | ||
| Kairos: How a Small Experiment is Changing the Face of Digital Organizing Mariana Ruiz Firmat | ||
| When Women Run: How Peer-to-Peer Organizing Can Change the Ratio Erin Vilardi | ||
| Love Your Technology: The Product Team Approach Sam Dorman | ||
| Design With Compassion in Two Acts Alia McKee | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Networking Lunch Sponsored by Microsoft |
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| 2:00 - 3:30 | Perils of Wisdom | |
| The Pretense of Empathic Machines Sherry Turkle | ||
| The Promise and Perils of Being a Civic Eyewitness Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm | ||
| Preserving the Free and Open Internet Mark Surman | ||
| The Web We Lost; the Web We Want Hossein Derakhshan | ||
| Regulating With Data: Solving for Transparency, Accountability, Privacy and Surveillance Nick Grossman | ||
| Be Careful What You Code For danah boyd | ||
| Breakouts in Kimmel Center | ||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Coffee Break Sponsored by Omidyar Network |
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| 4:00 - 5:00 | Organizing and Activism 914 |
Scaling Movement Organizing in a Digital Age Nicole Carty, Zack Exley, Duncan Meisel, Allison Fine (moderator) |
Civic Tech 912 |
Introducing the Civic Tech Field Guide Matt Stempeck, Erin Simpson, Micah Sifry |
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Ideas and Controversies GC 475 |
Platform Design and the New Labor Economics
Marina Gorbis, Rod Falcon, Devin Fidler, Natalie Foster |
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Media Innovation 803 |
Don't Be Overcharged--How Open Data is Changing the Political Ad Marketplace (Sponsored by Comscore) Carol Davidsen, DeRay McKesson, John Pudner, Jennifer Nedeau (moderator) |
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Culture Hacking GC 461 |
#GivingTuesday: The Growth of a New Global Civic Tech Model Asha Curran, Lucy Bernholz, Aaron Sherinian, Deanna Zandt (moderator) |
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Digital Government 405 |
Digital Strategies for Government Seamus Kraft, Travis Moore, Robin Carnahan, Jessica Singleton, Lorelei Kelly (moderator) |
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Civic Tech 808 |
Engagement is a Two-Way Street: Lessons From Data-Driven Cities (Sponsored by Bloomberg LP) Beth Blauer, John Wonderlich, Elspeth Kirkman, Simone Brody (moderator) |
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| 5:00 - 5:15 |
Transition |
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| 5:15 - 6:15 | Organizing and Activism 803 |
Fighting Dystopia: Local Communities and Global Issues in Surveillance Parker Higgins, Esra'a al Shafei, Evan Feeney, Harlo Holmes (moderator) |
Civic Tech 808 |
Civic Features: When Platforms Do Public Good Ellora Israni, Betsy Aoki, Jacob Schonberg, Matt Stempeck (moderator) |
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Civic Tech GC 475 |
Movement vs Sector: How Civic Tech Can Combine Both to Succeed (Sponsored by Omidyar Network) Stacy Donohue, Jeremy Heimans, Natalie Foster, Mariana Ruiz Firmat, David Eaves (moderator) |
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Ideas and Controversies 914 |
Donald Trump: Fluke or Harbinger of a New Model? Aaron Ginn, David Karpf, Sasha Issenberg, Zeynep Tufekci, Nancy Scola (moderator) |
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Media and Innovation 912 |
Data-Driven Journalism William Li, Nancy Watzman, Alex Wirth, Joanna S. Kao, Erhardt Graeff (moderator) |
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Digital Government GC 461 |
Building a More Awesome Government: Case Studies from the U.S. Digital Service Erie Meyer, Evagelia Emily Tavoulareas, Eduardo F. Ortiz, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin (moderator) |
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| 6:30 - 8:00 | Cocktail Party Kimmel Center (Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor) |
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Powerpoint Karaoke Civic Hall (156 Fifth Ave, 2nd floor) |
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| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast and Registration | |
| Begins in Skirball Center | ||
| 9:30 - 10:40 |
Welcome Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry |
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| Tools We Need | ||
| The Purpose Driven Organizer Perry Rosenstein | ||
| How to Use AI to Have a Real Conversation With a Crowd Andrew Konya | ||
| Timecounts: Community Mobilization For the Modern Organizer Amanda Rose | ||
| Calming The Politics of Fear: Technology and the Anxious Brain Tracy Dennis-Tiwary | ||
| Laughter is the Most Serious Weapon Luna Malbroux | ||
| 10:40 - 11:10 |
Coffee Break Sponsored by Knight Foundation |
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| 11:10 - 12:00 | Challenges Today | |
| Know Your Terrorist Credit Score Kate Crawford | ||
| Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression Safiya Noble | ||
| Big Data and Social Control: A Brave New World? Josh Klein | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Democracy Rising | |
| Networked Change: How Advocacy Campaigns are Won in the 21st Century Jason Mogus | ||
| The Myth of Imported Solutions: Tech and Human Rights in the Middle East Esra'a al-Shafei | ||
| Mobocratic Algorithms: How the Attention Economy is Driving Polarization, and What We Can Do About It Wael Ghonim | ||
| What's Democracy Got to Do With It? How Black Power Aims to Transform Democracy Alicia Garza | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Networking Lunch Sponsored by Microsoft |
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| Breakouts in Kimmel Center | ||
| 2:00 - 3:00 | ||
Digital Government 912 |
Can We Build Trust in Congress (Sponsored by the Democracy Fund) Betsy Wright Hawkings, Danielle Brian, Craig Aaron, Susie Gorden, Tom Glaisyer (moderator) |
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Civic Tech 914 |
At the End of Every Data Point is a Human Being | The If and When of Technology for the Global Refugee Crisis Lina Srivastava, Antonella Napolitano, Sarnata Reynolds, Abdi Nor Iftin, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm (moderator) |
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Ideas and Controversies 406 |
The Business Case for Encryption: Why Privacy and Data Rights Matter
Nabiha Syed, Peter Micek, Michael Connor, Priya Kumar, Katie Benner (moderator) |
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Civic Tech 808 |
Community Partnership Models for Civic Tech (Sponsored by Microsoft) Mischa Byruck, Julia Rhodes Davis, Elsa Sze, Andrew Singleton, Annmarie Levins (moderator) |
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Digital Government 803 |
Open Data Policy and Practice: A Tale of Two Cities Vyki Englert, Sarah Henry, Ben Kallos, Gale Brewer, David Eaves (moderator) |
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Civic Tech 405 |
Bid With, Not For: Building Empathy into Selling Civic Tech Christie George, Ariel Kennan, Chris Maddox, Lawrence Grodeska (moderator) |
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Culture Hacking GC 475 |
Divided and United States: How Stories Can Change the Conversation Luna Malbroux, Annabel Park, Kenyatta Cheese, Andrew Slack |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Coffee Break Sponsored by Knight Foundation |
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| 3:15 - 4:15 | Organizing and Activism 914 |
#BlackPoliticsMatter Lizz Brown, J. Matthew Williams, Marcus Ferrell, Kimberly C. Ellis (moderator) |
Civic Tech 912 |
Ethical Frameworks for Civic Tech Sunita Grote, Emily Jacobi, Deena Rosen, Elizabeth Stewart (moderator) |
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Ideas and Controversies 405 |
Is the Civic Tech Story Broken? Shaifali Puri, Elizabeth Eagen, Sam Dorman, Jed Miller (moderator) |
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Media and Innovation 406 |
Tech and Political Debates Lilia Tamm, Adam Green, Erica Anderson, Christine Cupaiuolo (moderator) |
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Digital Government 808 |
Can Tech Change Voter Turnout? (Sponsored by Knight Foundation) Mike Ward, Adrienne Lever, Steven Levine, Amanda Padgett, Catherine Bracy (moderator) |
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Organizing And Activism 803 |
Transforming Advocacy in a Mobile World (Sponsored by iCitizen) Dr. Mark Keida, Perry Lowenstein, Hilary Doe, Kendall Tucker, Russ Reeder (moderator) |
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Organizing and Activism GC 475 |
Directed Network Campaigning: Balancing Grassroots Autonomy with Central Strategic Control Emily May, Michael Silberman, Esther Meroño Baro, Tom Liacas (moderator) |
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| Returns to Skirball Center | ||
| 4:15 - 6:00 | Facing the Future | |
| Where Is Our First Law of Robotics? Why Politics Must Trump Technology Kentaro Toyama | ||
| A Social Contract for the 21st Century Natalie Foster | ||
| Can Digital Jobs Make For Good Work? Anand Kulkarni | ||
| What If We're Not the Good Guys? Anil Dash | ||
| Reprogramming the Economy: From Growth to Prosperity Douglas Rushkoff | ||
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