GET Summit: Full Schedule

The GET Summit is a two-day Summit with speakers, workshops, roundtables, fireside chats, and networking opportunities

10:10am PDT

Framing the Challenges of Election Technology

Officials charged with replacing our aging election system infrastructure are tasked with many competing priorities. From the perspective of those who run elections, what are they looking for in technology? Join David Becker in a discussion with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, EAC Chair Matt Masterson, and Denver Director of Elections Amber McReynolds about how election officials think about issues of technology in election systems.

Moderators

David Becker

Executive Director and Founder, Center for Election Innovation & Research

David Becker is the Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, leading this cutting-edge non-profit’s work to improve election administration through research, data, and technology. David created CEIR to be the first effort of its kind, with... Read More →

Speakers

Matt Masterson

Chair, Election Assistance Commission

Matthew Masterson was nominated by President Barack H. Obama and confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate on December 16, 2014 to serve on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Prior to his appointment with EAC, Commissioner Masterson served as Interim Chief... Read More →

Amber McReynolds

Director of Elections, Denver Elections Division

Amber McReynolds is the Director of Elections for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Amber has administered elections in Denver for 12 years and has worked in public policy and administration for over 16 years. Among her peers, Amber is nationally recognized as a strategic planner... Read More →

Maggie Toulouse Oliver

Secretary of State, New Mexico

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has spent her career as a public official working for greater transparency and ethics in government, fair and efficient elections, and increased voter access. First elected in 2016, Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver is focused on providing... Read More →

Wednesday May 17, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
UC Hastings, LBM

Government, Panel

11:20am PDT

Election Technology and Privacy

Moderators

Timothy Yim

Director of Data & Privacy, Startup Policy Lab

Privacy, Data Security, Data Processing, Global Privacy Operations & Compliance, Startups, Local, State, & Federal Policy

Speakers

David Beirne

Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program

Executive with fifteen years of experience in the field of government relations, communications, project management and personnel administration; Career demonstrates an aggressive progression to senior executive level with increasing scope of responsibilities transitioning from local... Read More →

Nicole Ozer

Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director, American Civil Liberties Union of California

Nicole A. Ozer is the Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of California. Nicole is a nationally recognized expert on issues at the intersection of privacy and government surveillance and free speech and the Internet. Nicole spearheaded the passage of the landmark... Read More →

Wednesday May 17, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm PDT
UC Hastings, Room C

Government, Panel

12:50pm PDT

GET Procured

Tech is still eating the world. How can entrepreneurs build products and services that are attractive acquisition targets for government. Bring your questions and gain insight from companies and organizations who have successfully sold and licensed their products to government entities and others.

Moderators

Charles Belle

Executive Director, Startup Policy Lab

Charles Belle is the founder and Executive Director of Startup Policy Lab (SPL), a nonprofit that seeks to inform better public policy driven by emergent technology. Through applied research in law and technology, Charles seeks to ensure government is open, accessible, transparent... Read More →

Speakers

Monica Crane Childers

Director of Government Services, Democracy Works

Monica is an election technology nerd with a background in digital product design and project management. As Democracy Works’ Director of Government Services she champions collaborative design, partnering with state and local officials to build low-cost, open source solutions for... Read More →

Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat

President and CEO, U.S. Vote Foundation

Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat is dedicated to innovation with purpose. She guides her organization toward a single combined vision and mission: Every Citizen is a Voter. As Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Susan heads the nonpartisan, nonprofit U.S. Vote Foundation... Read More →

Andrew McMahon

Director of Strategic Partnerships, dcode42

Former Obama appointee focused on technology policy and building sustainable innovation in government. For six years, Andrew worked to change how the federal government invests in people, technology and process so that it can better serve the public and businesses.Built 18F, the Presidential... Read More →

Wednesday May 17, 2017 12:50pm - 1:50pm PDT
UC Hastings, Room E

Government, Panel

3:10pm PDT

Good Government, Good Business

The overlap between election technology and tech industry innovations makes one thing abundantly clear: the future of our elections systems rests in the ability of government and the private sector to come together for the common good. Skeptics will cite tensions between shareholder and civic interests, or between bureaucracy and efficiency, as a reason for doubt. But what about the possibilities? What are people who have had to negotiate the differences between public and private sector sensibilities most optimistic about, and what inflection points are they paying attention to?

Moderators

Ben Miller

Staff Writer, Government Technology

Ben Miller is the business beat staff writer for Government Technology. His reporting experience includes breaking news, business, community features and technical subjects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of... Read More →

Speakers

Shannon Farley

Executive Director, Fast Forward

Shannon Farley is an experienced social entrepreneur who believes in the power of technology for social justice. Currently, Shannon is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fast Forward, the first and only accelerator exclusively for tech nonprofits. Through her work at Fast... Read More →

Lenny Mendonca

Director, McKinsey & Company

Lenny Mendonca is a director emeritus (retired senior partner) from the Washington D.C. and San Francisco offices of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. He is a Lecturer at the Stanford Business School, and a senior fellow at the Presidio Institute. He is... Read More →

Larry Moore

Founder & CEO, Clear Ballot

Larry brings 25 years of executive experience in mission-critical software to a new mission: building innovative election tools. As a seasoned software professional, Larry recognized how technology can make its best contributions to the nation's elections, and his concept of the visualization... Read More →

Chris Vein

Former Deputy CTO, The White House

Wednesday May 17, 2017 3:10pm - 4:10pm PDT
UC Hastings, Room E

Government, Panel

3:10pm PDT

Reality Check With Local Election Officials

In this session, local election officials will reflect on the feasibility of election technology ideas shared throughout the first day of the conference. They will also discuss the challenges and opportunities they face in maintaining, deploying and upgrading voting systems to ensure their security and reliability, and how the tech industry and philanthropic community could help meet current and future election technology needs.

Moderators

Kim Alexander

Founder & President, California Voter Foundation

A dedicated advocate for voters everywhere, passionate about informing voters, promoting elections and participation and finding innovative and sensible ways to incorporate technology into the voting and election process. Other passions include jamming, camping, swimming, traveling... Read More →

Speakers

Cathy Darling Allen

County Clerk, Shasta County

Cathy Darling Allen has served as the Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters since 2004. Appointed to fill the remaining term of retiring County Clerk Ann Reed, Cathy was elected to her third term of office in 2014. She has overseen the administration of 24 elections and counted... Read More →

Chris Jerdonek

President, San Francisco Elections Commission

Co-founder, Shotwell Labs. Software developer. President, San Francisco Elections Commission. Math PhD.

Amber McReynolds

Director of Elections, Denver Elections Division

Gail Pellerin

County Clerk, Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections

Gail Pellerin is the Santa Cruz County Clerk/Registrar of Voters. She was appointed to the position in July 2004 after serving as the county's Elections Manager since 1993. She was elected to her third 4-year term on June 3, 2014. Pellerin has more than 31 years of experience in public... Read More →

Wednesday May 17, 2017 3:10pm - 4:10pm PDT
UC Hastings, Room B

Government, Panel

10:10am PDT

Roundtable on Local Elections: Perspectives on their Decline and Revival

Local elections, or “down-ballot races” as they are sometimes called, are fast becoming a heated topic on the minds of a growing numbers citizens, advocacy groups, party organizations and campaigners. This session will take on this multi-faceted topic and breakdown the factors that are contributing to the careening decline in participation and moreover, what should be done to reverse the trend. Various perspectives will be approached through a lively roundtable format that will encourage a spirited discussion and audience participation.

Moderators

Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat

President and CEO, U.S. Vote Foundation

Speakers

Sarah Anzia

Michelle J. Schwartz Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley

Sarah Anzia is a political scientist who studies American politics with a focus on state and local government, elections, interest groups, political parties, and public policy. Her book, Timing and Turnout: How Off-Cycle Elections Favor Organized Groups, examines how the timing of... Read More →

Rod Diridon Jr.

City Clerk and City Auditor, City of Santa Clara

Rod Diridon, Jr. was elected City Clerk for the City of Santa Clara in 2004 and appointed to the additional role of City Auditor in 2007. As the City Clerk and Auditor, Diridon works with City and community partners to implement Santa Clara’s Helen Putnam Award-winning ethics... Read More →

Melissa Marschall

Professor of Political Science, Rice University

Melissa Marschall, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at Rice University and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute Center for the Middle East. Her research focuses on urban politics and policy, education policy, political behavior and representation mostly in the U.S... Read More →

Gail Pellerin

County Clerk, Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections

Thursday May 18, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
UC Hastings, Room B

Government, Panel

11:20am PDT

How Do We Get Past Partisanship?

Elections in the US are undeniably partisan, despite President George Washington imploring the other Founders to avoid the "falsehood, detraction, and calumny" of faction. How has partisanship been avoided or overcome in public-private projects? What nonpartisan lessons can help us all meet the challenges of modernizing and securing the integrity of American elections?

Moderators

Kate Gordon

Senior Advisor, The Henry M. Paulson Institute

Kate Gordon is a nationally recognized expert on the intersection of clean energy and economic development. She currently serves as Senior Strategist for Tech4America, as well as Senior Advisor for the Paulson Institute, where she provides overall strategy and coordination for the... Read More →

Speakers

Travis Allen

Legislator, California State Assembly

Travis Allen has represented California’s 72nd Assembly District since 2012. Before joining the Assembly, Travis owned a small business helping people as a financial planner. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cal State Long Beach, and has also studied at Cal State... Read More →

Jim Green

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Salesforce

Jim founded and led Tech4Obama over the past election cycle, working very closely with Tech community, organizing and leveraging the broad support of the community around the President’s reelection. Prior to the campaign, Jim worked as a finance consultant, fundraising throughout... Read More →

George "Duf" Sundheim

Principal, GPS Mediation

Duf Sundheim has been active in Republican Party politics since he served as a page in the Illinois State Legislature at age 18. Mr. Sundheim’s focus has been government reform and increased citizen participation in the political process. As Chairman of the California Republican... Read More →

Thursday May 18, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm PDT
UC Hastings Room A 198 McAllister Street San Francisco CA 94102

Government, Panel