Taking the Long View - 11/5/24

Happy Election Day!

Happy Election Day in the United States! If you haven’t voted yet, there is still time (assuming you are registered or are in a state with same-day registration)! Go to turbovote.org to learn more.

In honor of today, I’m sharing one of my favorite West Wing Election Day clips.

Don’t forget to take care of yourself over these coming days and weeks. Touch grass. Drink water. Panic Responsibly.

Calendar

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• Early 2025: Semafor national summit on “Innovating to Restore Trust in News”

• January 15, 2025 - Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, the challenge to Texas’ porn age verification law, has been set for argument by SCOTUS 

Topics to keep an eye on:

• Protect Democracy - Mark Your Calendar: The Highest-Risk Election Dates 

• Trust & Safety Global Events Calendar 

• Facebook 2020 election research 

  • 5/16 have been published

• 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 4-12, 2024 - POLITICO: European Parliament’s final schedule for commissioner hearings in 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 13, 2024 - Likely Senate GOP leadership election (Source: Punchbowl News)

• 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 26, 2024 - Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021 by Angela Merkel

• 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 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)

• 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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