Taking the Long View - 11/12/24
Birthday Edition!
Today is officially my 44th birthday! I am quite enjoying my 40s, and I’m so excited by what is yet to come.
Thank you all for being subscribers and supporters of my work. It’s the best present I could ask for all year round. I’ve got some cool ideas rolling around in my head for where to take this all next year, but first I need to find another drink with a little umbrella in it on my cruise.
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Calendar
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November 19, 2024 - House Democrat Leadership Elections
November 29, 2024 - Ireland snap election
January 15, 2025 - Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, the challenge to Texas’ porn age verification law, has been set for argument by SCOTUS
February 23, 2025 - German Election
June 10-11, 2025 - TICTeC 2025
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
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
Upcoming Dates
November 11-14, 2024 - Lisbon Web Summit
November 12 - 15, 2024 - International Association of Political Consultants, Athens, GA
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
November 13, 2024 - Likely Senate GOP leadership election (Source: Punchbowl News)
November 15, 2024 - Consultations for AI Action Summit due
November 19, 2024 - House Democrat Leadership Elections
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 26, 2024 - Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021 by Angela Merkel
November 29, 2024 - Ireland snap 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, 2024 - Renewing Civic Health: National Conference on Citizenship 2024
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
Early 2025: Semafor national summit on “Innovating to Restore Trust in News”
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 7-10, 2025 - CES 2025 @ Las Vegas
January 15, 2025 - Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, the challenge to Texas’ porn age verification law, has been set for argument by SCOTUS
January 15, 2025 - Germany snap election
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
Mar 17-19, 2025 - Raisina Dialogue
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)
June 10-11, 2025 - TICTeC 2025, Mechelen & online
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
August 7-10, 2025 DEF CON
September 2025 - Norway Parliamentary Election
October 2025 - Bolivia Election
November 2025 - Honduras Election
November 2025 - Chile Election
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