Election Verification Network 2020 Conference
Stronger Together: Facing the Challenges of 2020
March 18-20
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, March 18
5:00 pm-7:00 pm Welcome Reception – Notti 824, Arc The. Hotel, 824 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington, DC – Open to all registrants
Dinner on your own
Thursday, March 19th
8:00 am Breakfast and check-in
8:45 am Announcements
9:00 am Opening Remarks
10:45 am Annual EVN Awards
*Panels*
Friday, March 20th
8:00 am Breakfast and check in
8:45 am Announcements
9:00 am Opening Remarks
*Panels*
Panels
Voting Securely by 2030- What Will It Take?
This moonshot panel will explore the question of what it would take to secure use elections within the decade. New technology, industry or legislation. The sky’s the limit, so what do you want to happen?
Lehman Auditorium
Voter Verifiability
Ballot marking devices are becoming increasingly prominent, but are facing push-back from the election integrity community. What risks and challenges do we face in terms of voter verifiability? Who’s checking their ballots? What can we do to make it better?
Lehman Auditorium
What’s in Store for November?
The election is almost here. What threats and challenges to election technology, usability and administration are we expecting? What are we preparing for? What are we unprepared for?
Lehman Auditorium
Federal Certification
The U.S. federal voter system certification program has problems. What should certification look like? What kinds of updates can the EAC do? What role can vendors play?
Lehman Auditorium
Coordinating Disclosures Between Vendors and Cyber Researchers
The tech industry has a whole set of norms for vulnerability disclosure and reporting. The election technology industry, however, has lagged behind. From the Swisspost public intrusion test and DEFCON voting village, to vendor efforts to coordinate vulnerability disclosures, this panel will consider how cyber researchers and industry can best work together. PITs, bug bounties, etc.
Lehman Auditorium
Post-Election Audits- How are we doing?
Eight states have done some kind of RLA by now. How did they go? What are the challenges to wider adoption? Best practices for chain-of-custody and security for paper ballots. Best practices for chain-of-custody for CVRs and Images from currently available scanners.
Lehman Auditorium
Challenging Insecure Voter Systems in the Courts: An Update on Pending Litigation Across the Country
This panel will focus on current legal challenges in the courts to insecure and unreliable voting systems. Panelists will discuss pending litigation in Georgia and Pennsylvania, among other cases, as well as the potential impact such cases will have on the fight for election security nationwide.
Lehman Auditorium
How Can We Improve Data About Election Systems?
Detailed data about election systems that are deployed in different state and local jurisdictions are important for policy makers, election security advocates, journalists, and the general public. This panel of experts will discuss how to improve coverage and accuracy of such data. Is there a better way of tracking this information without doing county-by-county requests?
Lehman Auditorium
**This program may be subject to change**
This conference is sponsored in part by:
