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Track: Civic Engagement

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2023: Democracy Is Worth The Fight
2023: Democracy Is Worth The Fight
Mar 13, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
A
Achieving America’s Aspirations through Science, Technology and Innovation
Achieving America’s Aspirations through Science, Technology and Innovation
Mar 10, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
Artificially Intelligent Intelligence
Artificially Intelligent Intelligence
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 11, 2023
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
B
Beyond the H-1B: Immigration Options in a Changing Tech Landscape
Beyond the H-1B: Immigration Options in a Changing Tech Landscape
Mar 10, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
Both Sides Now: Gun Safety’s Bipartisan Future
Both Sides Now: Gun Safety’s Bipartisan Future
Mar 11, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Building Future Generations of Women Leaders
Building Future Generations of Women Leaders
Mar 12, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Meet Up Pavilion - Exhibit Hall 4
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
Building Peace in the Metaverse Meet Up
Building Peace in the Metaverse Meet Up
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
C
CANCELED: How Congress is Building AI Policy from the Ground
CANCELED: How Congress is Building AI Policy from the Ground
Mar 11, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Can Diplomacy Save the Internet?
Can Diplomacy Save the Internet?
Mar 11, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
Can Innovation & Entrepreneurs Save Our Elections?
Can Innovation & Entrepreneurs Save Our Elections?
Mar 12, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Cities of Tomorrow: Opportunities Transforming Urban Life
Cities of Tomorrow: Opportunities Transforming Urban Life
Mar 11, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Civic Design: How to Build Cities for the Future
Civic Design: How to Build Cities for the Future
Mar 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
COVID to Cancer: Government's Role in Healthtech
COVID to Cancer: Government's Role in Healthtech
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 10, 2023
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
D
Democracy Activation- Making Civic Engagement More Accessible Meet Up
Democracy Activation- Making Civic Engagement More Accessible Meet Up
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 404
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
Designing Equity Through an Afrofuturist Lens
Designing Equity Through an Afrofuturist Lens
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Digital Transformation as a Force Multiplier
Digital Transformation as a Force Multiplier
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 10, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Does the American Dream Still Exist?
Does the American Dream Still Exist?
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
E
Evolving Content Moderation: The Next 10 Years
Evolving Content Moderation: The Next 10 Years
Mar 12, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
F
Featured Session: Daniel Lubetzky on Our Role in Overcoming America’s Division
Featured Session: Daniel Lubetzky on Our Role in Overcoming America’s Division
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Featured Session
Type:
Session
Featured Session: The Kids Are (Not) Alright: Gun Violence Terrorizing Youth of America
Featured Session: The Kids Are (Not) Alright: Gun Violence Terrorizing Youth of America
Mar 11, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Featured Session
Type:
Session
Featured Session: Voting is a Civil Rights Issue
Featured Session: Voting is a Civil Rights Issue
Mar 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Featured Session
Type:
Session
Featured Session: Why is America Afraid of Its (Black) History?
Featured Session: Why is America Afraid of Its (Black) History?
Mar 13, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Featured Session
Type:
Session
From Political Cynicism to BIPOC Political Power
From Political Cynicism to BIPOC Political Power
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
The Future of Democracy
The Future of American Conservatism
Presented by:
The Atlantic
Mar 12, 2023
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
The Future of Elections
The Future of Elections
Presented by:
The Atlantic
Mar 12, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
The Future of Democracy
The Future of Global Democracy
Presented by:
The Atlantic
Mar 12, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
The Future of Democracy
The Future of Immigration Reform
Presented by:
The Atlantic
Mar 12, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
The Future of Civil Rights
The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
Presented by:
The Atlantic
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
G
Gen Z Women: Disrupting Politics
Gen Z Women: Disrupting Politics
Mar 12, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Grassroots Mobilizing for Environmental Justice
Grassroots Mobilizing for Environmental Justice
Mar 12, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
H
Housing Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid
Housing Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid
Presented by:
Gerdau
Mar 13, 2023
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 4
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
How Good do Census Bureau Statistics Need to be? It Depends
How Good do Census Bureau Statistics Need to be? It Depends
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
How to Save America From a Human Rights Meltdown
How to Save America From a Human Rights Meltdown
Mar 11, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
How to Write and Pass Your Own Law
How to Write and Pass Your Own Law
Mar 11, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
How Uncle Sam Helps Emerging Clean Energy
How Uncle Sam Helps Emerging Clean Energy
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Hunger Games. Who is Winning in our Broken System?
Hunger Games: Who is Winning in our Broken System?
Mar 13, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
I
Innovating Collaboration between Higher Ed and DoD
Innovating Collaboration between Higher Ed and DoD
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 11, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Innovation, Geopolitics, and U.S. Competitiveness Meet Up
Innovation, Geopolitics, and U.S. Competitiveness Meet Up
Mar 11, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 406
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
It’s Time to Stop Denying Privacy as a Civil Right
It’s Time to Stop Denying Privacy as a Civil Right
Mar 11, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
L
Let’s Chat – Privacy, FOIA, and Transparency Meet Up
Let’s Chat – Privacy, FOIA, and Transparency Meet Up
Mar 11, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
JW Marriott, Brazos Room
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
M
Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
Mar 13, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Book Reading
Type:
Session
Menstrual Dignity: Taboos and Inequality
Menstrual Dignity: Taboos and Inequality
Mar 10, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Mentor: Earnestine E. Dawson (U.S. House of Representatives)
Mentor: Earnestine E. Dawson (U.S. House of Representatives)
Mar 10, 2023
4:00pm – 5:15pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Hitha Palepu (Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals)
Mentor: Hitha Palepu (Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals)
Mar 11, 2023
10:00am – 11:15am CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright (Hillman Grad)
Mentor: Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright (Hillman Grad)
Mar 13, 2023
11:30am – 12:45pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Latresa McLawhorn Ryan
Mentor: Latresa McLawhorn Ryan
Mar 13, 2023
4:00pm – 5:15pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Lynn Parker Dupree (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP)
Mentor: Lynn Parker Dupree (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP)
Mar 11, 2023
2:30pm – 3:45pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Marisa Calderon (NCRC Community Development Fund)
Mentor: Marisa Calderon (NCRC Community Development Fund)
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:45pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Nathan Ryan (Good Politics)
Mentor: Nathan Ryan (Good Politics)
Mar 13, 2023
4:00pm – 5:15pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Shilpa Bakre (The University of Texas at Austin)
Mentor: Shilpa Bakre (The University of Texas at Austin)
Mar 10, 2023
11:30am – 12:45pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
Mentor: Tuck Kamin (TuckKamin.com)
Mentor: Tuck Kamin (TuckKamin.com)
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:45pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Mentor Session
Type:
Session
N
The Next Generation of Representation in the U.S. Congress
The Next Generation of Representation in the U.S. Congress
Mar 11, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
P
Placemakers Meet Up
Placemakers Meet Up
Mar 12, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
JW Marriott, Brazos Room
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Meet Up
Type:
Session
Political Common Sense in Four Easy Steps
Political Common Sense in Four Easy Steps
Presented by:
The University of Arizona
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Cafe Blue
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
Putting the Brakes on Human Trafficking
Putting the Brakes on Human Trafficking
Mar 11, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
R
Redefining Collaboration to Tackle the Country’s Big Issues
Redefining Collaboration to Tackle the Country’s Big Issues
Mar 11, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Responding to Moments: Building Powerful Communities
Responding to Moments: Building Powerful Communities
Presented by:
ActBlue
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
S
Save Your City: Design the Future
Save Your City: Design the Future
Mar 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:30am CT
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Workshop
Type:
Session
Self-Care & Cultivation in Social Justice
Self-Care & Cultivation in Social Justice
Presented by:
Amplify Philly
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Seller's
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Spies Supercharged: Tech and the Future of CIA
Spies Supercharged: Tech and the Future of CIA
Mar 13, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
T
Teaching Truth in the Era of Book Bans
Teaching Truth in the Era of Book Bans
Presented by:
Lush Cosmetics
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
The LINE, Topaz Ballroom 1-2-3
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Tech and Elections in the Next Two Years
Tech and Elections in the Next Two Years
Mar 10, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Transforming Public Sector Software Development
Transforming Public Sector Software Development
Presented by:
Austin Community College
Mar 11, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Austin Community College, Collaboratorium, 3rd Floor
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Tribal Nations, US Treaties, & Human Flourishing
Tribal Nations, US Treaties, & Human Flourishing
Mar 13, 2023
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Trust: What Anti-Poverty Programs Are Missing
Trust: What Anti-Poverty Programs Are Missing
Mar 12, 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Turning the Page: Breaking Barriers and Building Power
Turning the Page: Breaking Barriers and Building Power
Presented by:
ActBlue
Mar 12, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 4
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
U
Using Art To Lift Homeless, Enhance Transit
Using Art To Lift Homeless, Enhance Transit
Mar 10, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
W
What to Say When the World is Ending
What to Say When the World is Ending
Mar 10, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Presentation
Type:
Session
Will AI Revolutionize or Wreck Criminal Justice?
Will AI Revolutionize or Wreck Criminal Justice?
Mar 13, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session
Y
You're Hired: The Impact of College in Prison
You're Hired: The Impact of College in Prison
Mar 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:00am CT
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A
Track:
Civic Engagement
Format:
Panel
Type:
Session