Taking the Long View - 12/17/24
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Calendar
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July 1-2, 2025 - Call for Papers & Panels - ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches
January 12, 2025 - Comoros Election
January 26, 2025 - Belarus Election
February 9, 2025 - Liechtenstein Election
March 4, 2025 - Micronesia Election
April - May 2025 - Albania Election
May 2025 - Australia Election
May 2025 - Nauru Election
May 2025 - Poland Election
June 5, 2025 - Burundi Election
August 17, 2025 - Bolivia Election
September 8, 2025 - Norway Election
September 16, 2025 - Malawi Election
September 27, 2025 - Seychelles Election
September 28, 2025 - Germany Election
October 2025 - Qatar Election
October 2025 - Côte D'Ivoire Election
October 2025 - Cameroon Election
October 20, 2025 - Canada Election
October 26, 2025 - Argentina Election
October 27, 2025 - Ireland Election
2025 - Barbados Election
2025 - Belize Election
2025 - Central African Republic Election
2025 - Czech Republic Election
2025 - Egypt Election
2025 - Guinea Election
2025 - Guyana Election
2025 - Jamaica Election
2025 - Moldova Election
2025 - Niger Election
2025 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Election
2025 - Singapore Election
2025 - Suriname Election
2025 - Tajikistan Election
2025 - Tanzania Election
2025 - Togo Election
2025 - Tonga Election
2025 - Trinidad and Tobago Election
2025 - Venezuela Election
Topics to keep an eye on
Punchbowl: US Senate Calendar
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
December 17, 2024 — U.S. State Electors vote
December 20, 2024 - U.S. government funding runs out
December 29, 2024 - Chad election
December 29, 2024 - Croatia 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 12, 2025 - Comoros 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
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
January 20-24, 2025 - Davos: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
January 26, 2025 - Belarus Election
February 4-6 - Prodacity Conference
February 9, 2025 - Ecuador General Election
February 9, 2025 - Liechtenstein Election
February 10-11, 2025 - AI Action Summit
February 14-16, 2025 - Munich Security Conference 2025
February 21-22, 2025 - DistrictCon
February 23, 2025 - Germany snap election
February 24, 2025 - TrustCon 2025 proposals due
February 24-27, 2025 - RightsCon, Taiwan
March 4, 2025 - Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things: A Novel by Breanne Randall
March 4, 2025 - Micronesia Election
Mar 17-19, 2025 - Raisina Dialogue
April 23-25, 2025 - Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025
April 28-May 1, 2025 - RSA Conference 2025
April 30 - May 1, 2025 - ElecTech
April - May 2025 - Albania Election
May 2025 - Australia Election
May 2025 - Nauru Election
May 2025 - Poland Election
May 2025 - World Summit on the Information Society - 20 year review
May 12, 2025 - Philippines Election
May 13-14, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
June 2-7, 2025 - SXSW London
June 4-5, 2025 - AI & Big Data Expo (North America)
June 5, 2025 - Burundi Election
June 10-11, 2025 - TICTeC 202
July 1-2, 2025 - Call for Papers & Panels - ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
August 7-10, 2025 DEF CON
August 17, 2025 - Bolivia Election
September 8, 2025 - Norway Election
September 16, 2025 - Malawi Election
September 27, 2025 - Seychelles Election
September 28, 2025 - Germany Election
October 2025 - Qatar Election
October 2025 - Côte D'Ivoire Election
October 2025 - Cameroon Election
October 20, 2025 - Canada Election
October 26, 2025 - Argentina Election
October 27, 2025 - Ireland Election
November 2025 - Honduras Election
November 2025 - Chile Election
December 2025 - Bolivia General Election
2025 - Barbados Election
2025 - Belize Election
2025 - Central African Republic Election
2025 - Czech Republic Election
2025 - Egypt Election
2025 - Guinea Election
2025 - Guyana Election
2025 - Jamaica Election
2025 - Moldova Election
2025 - Niger Election
2025 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Election
2025 - Singapore Election
2025 - Suriname Election
2025 - Tajikistan Election
2025 - Tanzania Election
2025 - Togo Election
2025 - Tonga Election
2025 - Trinidad and Tobago Election
2025 - Venezuela Election
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