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2020 Election: A Deep-Dive into Data & Digital Tactics

Mar 15, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

2020 Elections & Grassroots Progressive Activism

Mar 13, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Government & Politics
Podcast
Session

The 2020 Election & the Climate Apocalypse

Mar 14, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 406
500 E 4th St.

2020 Presidential Campaigns Take on World Hunger

presented by USGLC

Mar 14, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Parker Jazz Club
117 W 4th St.

21st Century Colonists: The Case for DC Statehood

Mar 14, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

3D Public Servants: The Courage to Be Human

Mar 13, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Ashton Carter Book Signing

Mar 16, 2020
6:15pm – 6:45pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Attract, Manage & Train Next Generation Talent

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 15, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

Beyond the Books: DC's Libraries Foster Innovation

Mar 13, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

The Black Box: 5G Security

presented by EU Delegation to the US

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Maggie Mae's
323 E 6th St.

Building Better Policy: Immigration in America

Mar 16, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Celebrity Activism in the Trump Era

Mar 14, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

City Change Through Play

Mar 15, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Code War: Defense in the Age of AI

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hotel Van Zandt
Ladybird Ballroom
605 Davis St.

Coding Consciousness: Shared Values for Ethical AI

presented by EU Delegation to the US

Mar 14, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Maggie Mae's
323 E 6th St.

Commodification of Personal Data: Who Owns It?

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Complete Communities and Box Bazaar Meet Up

Mar 15, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 410
500 E 4th St.

Crush Complex Problems - SAP NS2 Innovation Labs

Mar 13, 2020
11:00am – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
4th Floor
500 E 4th St.

Crush Complex Problems - SAP NS2 Innovation Labs

Mar 14, 2020
9:30am – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
4th Floor
500 E 4th St.

Crush Complex Problems - SAP NS2 Innovation Labs

Mar 15, 2020
9:30am – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
4th Floor
500 E 4th St.

Crush Complex Problems - SAP NS2 Innovation Labs

Mar 16, 2020
9:30am – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
4th Floor
500 E 4th St.

Cyber(In)security: Past, Present and Future

Mar 14, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Cyber Security: Protecting Technology to Protect Democracy

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Dan Drezner Book Signing

Mar 13, 2020
4:45pm – 5:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

The Data Delusion: Reclaim Your Collective Rights

presented by Luminate

Mar 15, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

David Rohde Book Signing

Mar 14, 2020
4:45pm – 5:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Defense and Industry in the Cyber War

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 14, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

Defense Innovation Needs Entrepreneurs

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 16, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

Democracy after Trump: A Look Ahead with the Founders of the Indivisible Movement

Mar 16, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC
500 E Cesar Chavez

Democracy in the Era of Disinformation

Mar 15, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Democratization of Space

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Mar 14, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hotel Van Zandt
Ladybird Ballroom
605 Davis St.

Designing Streets That Save Lives

Mar 13, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Duty Bound: Why the DoD Should Embrace Cannabis

Mar 14, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Dying to Live: Halting Overdose Deaths

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Elect Tech 2020

Mar 16, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Engel & McCaul: Politics Stops at the Water’s Edge

Mar 15, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Enhancing Our Collective Security

presented by Department of Homeland Security

Mar 13, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
300 E 4th St.

Equal Representation: LGBTQ Electeds Speak OUT!

Mar 13, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Exploiting AI Before It Exploits Us

Mar 14, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Ezra Klein Book Signing

Mar 14, 2020
6:00pm – 6:45pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Featured Session: Big Brother Is Racist: Surveillance vs. Persons of Color

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue TBA

Featured Session: How Women Win on Gun Safety – and Stop the NRA

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue TBA

Featured Session: Noam Chomsky with Mehdi Hasan

Mar 16, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Venue TBA

Featured Session: The Privacy Project at SXSW

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue TBA

Fighting Mass Surveillance Can and Will Unite Us

Mar 14, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC
500 E Cesar Chavez

FOSTA and the Future of Internet Censorship

Mar 16, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Founders in a Foreign Land

presented by Amplify Philly

Mar 16, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue TBA

Game of Phones: Regulating While Protecting Rights

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Gentrification & Inclusive Smart Human Cities Meet Up

Mar 15, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 410
500 E 4th St.

Government & Politics
Mentor Session
Session

Guillermo Ochoa-Cronfel (The Cronfel Firm): Mentor

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:15pm

JW Marriott
Brazos Room
110 E 2nd St.

Homeland Insecurity Podcast from RAICES

Mar 18, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 406
500 E 4th St.

Government & Politics
Podcast
Session

How Defense Innovation in Austin was Pioneered

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 14, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

How Do We Design an American Social Contract? Meet Up

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 410
500 E 4th St.

How Nudges and Prompts Will Get Out the Vote in 2020

Mar 14, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Inclusive Economies: CA Strives for New Standard

Mar 15, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Influence the Cause Meet Up: Digital Politics Edition

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 410
500 E 4th St.

Innovate to Collaborate: Tech for Community Voice

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Innovating with Open Government Data

Mar 16, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Inside Next Generation Disaster Response

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

June Diane Raphael & Kate Black Book Signing

Mar 15, 2020
10:45am – 11:30am

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Karine Jean-Pierre Book Signing

Mar 14, 2020
3:15pm – 4:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Latino Meet Up at SXSW

Mar 16, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Fairmont
Violet
101 Red River.

Leaders of New Constituencies for Criminal Justice

Mar 13, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin Book Signing

Mar 16, 2020
10:45am – 11:30am

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Lessons from a Lifetime in the Pentagon

Mar 16, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB
500 E Cesar Chavez

Making Your Own Luck at CIA

Mar 14, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Martin O’Malley Book Signing

Mar 16, 2020
4:45pm – 5:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Government & Politics
Mentor Session
Session

Michael Palmer (US Digital Service at DHS): Mentor

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:15pm

JW Marriott
Brazos Room
110 E 2nd St.

Mind the Gap: Innovating for Inclusive Cities

Mar 14, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Mobility Data and the Digital City Future

Mar 16, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

The National Security Side Hustle

presented by Capital Factory

Mar 16, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Omni Downtown
Capital Factory, 5th Fl
700 San Jacinto Blvd.

Government & Politics
Podcast
Session

Political GabFest Podcast

Mar 17, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 406
500 E 4th St.

Protect The Vote: How To Stop Voter Suppression

Mar 15, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C
500 E 4th St.

Putting the Brakes on Human Trafficking

Mar 13, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

REPRESENT: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office

Mar 15, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC
500 E Cesar Chavez

A Roadmap to the Future-Ready City

Mar 13, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Security and Business at Life Speed

presented by Department of Homeland Security

Mar 13, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
300 E 4th St.

Government & Politics
Mentor Session
Session

Sherri Greenberg (The University of Texas): Mentor

Mar 15, 2020
11:00am – 12:15pm

JW Marriott
Brazos Room
110 E 2nd St.

Sisterhood of Spies: Real-life Female Spy Stories

Mar 15, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Six Ways Micromobility Revolutionizes Design

Mar 16, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Skip the Line: Improving Transportation Security

presented by Department of Homeland Security

Mar 13, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
300 E 4th St.

Smarter Government: The Data & The Method

Mar 16, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB
500 E Cesar Chavez

This is NOT a Game: VR and AR for Public Safety

Mar 16, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Threats to the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

The Toddler in Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us About the Modern Presidency

Mar 13, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC
500 E Cesar Chavez

Trust, Government & Artificial Intelligence

presented by GovCity

Mar 14, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Iron Cactus
606 Trinity St.

Unexpected Partnerships: How the FBI Connects to Protect

Mar 16, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Welcome Home: Better Active-Duty & Veteran Care Meet Up

Mar 14, 2020
2:00pm – 3:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 402
110 E 2nd St.

What Do Democrats and Republicans Know About You?

Mar 15, 2020
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Who Counts? Census 2020 & the Info Ecosystem

Mar 15, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Who Makes Cyberspace Safe for Democracy?

Mar 13, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Why Truth is the New 'Free Speech' on Social Media

Mar 13, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Why We’re Polarized

Mar 14, 2020
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC
500 E Cesar Chavez

Winning The Clean Energy Transformation

Mar 16, 2020
9:30am – 10:30am

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.