Taking the Long View - 10/8/24
This business will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it
Today’s quote comes from one of my favorite lines from Red October and feels appropriate as we go into the final month before Election Day.
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October 8, 2024 - Michigan Senate debate 1 : Elissa Slotkin (Dem) vs. Mike Rogers (Rep)
October 9, 2024 - Arizona Senate debate: Ruben Gallego (Dem) vs. Kari Lake (Rep)
October 10, 2024 - Maryland Senate debate: Angela Alsobrooks (Dem) vs. Larry Hogan (Rep)
October 11, 2024 - 21st Century Elections: Technology, Disinformation/Misinformation & AI
October 14, 2024 - Michigan Senate debate 2: Elissa Slotkin (Dem) vs. Mike Rogers (Rep)
October 15, 2024 - Pennsylvania Senate debate: Bob Casey (Dem) vs. Dave McCormick (Rep)
October 15, 2024 - Texas Senate debate: Colin Allred (Dem) vs. Ted Cruz (Rep)
October 15, 2024 - New Hampshire Senate debate 1 : Joyce Craig (Dem) vs. Kelly Ayotte (Rep)
October 17, 2024 - Nevada Senate debate: Jacky Brown (Dem) vs. Sam Brown (Rep)
October 18, 2024 - WPR: Wisconsin Senate debate: Tammy Baldwin (Dem) vs. Eric Hovde (Rep)
October 22, 2024 - New Hampshire Senate debate 2: Joyce Craig (Dem) vs. Kelly Ayotte (Rep)
October 24, 2024 - New Hampshire Senate debate 3: Joyce Craig (Dem) vs. Kelly Ayotte (Rep)
October 24, 2024 - Indiana Senate debate: Jennifer McCormick (Dem) vs. Mike Braun (Rep)
October 25, 2024 - Tech Policy: The Next Ten Years
October 30, 2024 - New Hampshire Senate debate 4: Joyce Craig (Dem) vs. Kelly Ayotte (Rep)
November 4-12, 2024 - POLITICO: European commissioner hearings confirmed for November
January 7-10, 2025 - CES 2025 @ Las Vegas
Topics to keep an eye on:
Protect Democracy - Mark Your Calendar: The Highest-Risk Election Dates
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
FEC decision on proposed rulemaking on AI
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
Upcoming Dates
October 16-18, 2024 - AI Accelerator Institute: AIAI Boston
October 18, 2024 - Baldwin v Hovde debate (Wisconsin Senate)
October 20, 2024 - Indonesian Presidential Inauguration
October 20, 2024 – Moldova election
October 22, 2024 - Patriot by Alexei Navalny
October 22-23, 2024 - Trust Conference
October 25, 2024 - Tech Policy: The Next Ten Years
October 26, 2024 - Georgia election
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 28-30 - TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
October 29, 2024 - Platformland: An Anatomy of Next-Generation Public Services by Richard Pope
October 29, 2024 - The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party
November 2024 - Centered: Joe Lieberman
November 2024 - Namibia election
November 3, 2024 - Meta must respond to Oversight Board recommendations on Crowdtangle
November 4-12, 2024 - POLITICO: European commissioner hearings confirmed for November
November 5, 2024 – United States of America election
November 5 - December 11, 2024 - US Election: Ballot Tabulation and Certification starts (Dates vary by state)
November 6, 2024 - SCOTUS arguments in Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank
November 11-14, 2024 - Lisbon Web Summit
November 12 - 15, 2024 - International Association of Political Consultants, Athens, GA
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
November 15, 2024 - Consultations for AI Action Summit due
November 20-21, 2024 - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Announce Inaugural Convening of International Network of AI Safety Institutes in San Francisco
November 24, 2024 – Guinea Bissau election
November 24, 2024 - Romania Presidential Election
November 30, 2024 - Mauritius election
By December 2024 - Uzbekistan election
December 1, 2024 - Romania Parliamentary Election
December 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Winter Forum, Washington, DC
December 4, 2024 - Bipartisan Policy Center’s 2024 Elections Summit
December 7, 2024 - Ghana election
December 9, 2024 - Findings presentation from consultation period for AI Action Summit
December 10-11 - Reuters Next: Leadership Summit & Global Broadcast
December 11, 2024 — U.S. deadline for issuing and sending Certificates of Ascertainment
December 15, 2024 - Senegal Election (Rescheduled from February)
December 17, 2024 — U.S. State Electors vote
December 20, 2024 - U.S. government funding runs out
December 22, 2024 – South Sudan election
2025
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 7-10, 2025 - CES 2025 @ Las Vegas
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
January 20-24, 2025 - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
February 4-6 - Prodacity Conference
February 9, 2025 - Ecuador Election
February 10-11, 2025 - AI Action Summit
February 14-16, 2025 - Munich Security Conference 2025
February 21-22, 2025 - DistrictCon
February 24-27, 2025 - RightsCon, Taiwan
March 4, 2025 - Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things: A Novel by Breanne Randall
April 23-25, 2025 - Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025
April 28-May 1, 2025 - RSA Conference 2025
May 2025 - World Summit on the Information Society - 20 year review
May 12, 2025 - Philippines Election
May 13-14, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
June 4-5, 2025 - AI & Big Data Expo (North America)
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
September 2025 - Norway Parliamentary Election
October 2025 - Bolivia Election
November 2025 - Honduras Election
November 2025 - Chile Election
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