Stress-Testing Democracy: Election Integrity During a Global Pandemic

Wednesday, August 5 | 9:00am-10:00am

Matt Blaze, McDevitt Chair in Computer Science and Law, Georgetown University, will discuss how to securely and robustly scale up safer, broadly accessible voting mechanisms between now and November. He will explore the challenges - technological, logistical, and political - of keeping our elections running during a crisis.

Hacking Public Opinion

Date: Thursday, August 6 | 9:00am-10:00am

Using a deep dive into the tactics behind some of the most impactful recent operations, Renée DiResta, Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory, will demonstrate the ways in which hacking the information environment is similar and different from traditional intrusions.