I’m starting to plan for next year, and I’d be grateful if you could give me some quick feedback on the calendar. There are so many ways I could make this better, but I just haven’t had the time. Curious about what you want me to prioritize. Thanks!
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Calendar
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December 5, 2023 - The Messenger - AI: Balancing Innovation & Regulation
December 6, 2024: Atlantic Council, Duco and Anchor Change - Elections everywhere all at once
December 6, 2023 - Fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate
January 31, 2023 - Senate hearing on protecting kids online with tech CEO testimony
March 8, 2024 - Irish Referenda
April 18-19, 2023 - German Marshall Forum Brussels Forum
May 16-17, 2024 - All Things in Moderation Conference
Topics to keep an eye on:
Supreme Court arguments during this term
Texas and Florida content moderation bills
December 7, 2023 - Amici in support of NetChoice (or in support of neither party)
January 23, 2023 - Amici in support of Florida/Texas
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
December 2023 - UN AI governance landscape mapping and option interim report released
December 12, 2023 - CampaignTech Innovation Summit
December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election
December 2023 –Togo election
2023 or 2024 – Peru election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Myanmar election
TBD – Gabon election
TBD – Haiti election
TBD – Libya election
2024
January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election
January 15, 2024 - Iowa GOP Caucus
January 15, 2024 - Trump E. Jean Carroll civil defamation suit
January 23, 2024 - New Hampshire Primary
January 28, 2024 - Finland election
January 29, 2024 - Trump Pyramid scheme class-action suit
January 2024 – Bangladesh election
February 2, 2024 - TrustCon Proposal Deadline
February 3, 2024: South Carolina Democratic primary
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 6, 2024: Nevada Democratic Primary
February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus
February 8-10, 2024 - NASED Winter Conference
February 12, 2024 - State of the Net Conference
February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election
February 24, 2024: South Carolina Republican primary
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
February 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
March 2024 - Third Summit for Democracy
March 2, 2024: Michigan Republican caucus
March 4, 2024 - Trump Washington trial starts
March 5, 2024: Primaries in multiple states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Democrats Abroad
March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW
March 12, 2024: Primaries in Hawaii (Republican caucuses), Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota (Democratic caucuses), Washington
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 19, 2024: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio primaries
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
March 31, 2024: Puerto Rico Democratic primary
April 2, 2024: Wisconsin primary
April 10, 2024 – South Korea election
April 16-18, 2024 - Government Social Media Conference
April 23, 2024: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island primaries
April 23, 2024 - The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page
April 30, 2024: Connecticut primary
April 2024 – Solomon Islands election
April 2024 – Maldives election
May 5, 2024 – Panama election
May 7: Indiana primary
May 14, 2024: Nebraska, Maryland, West Virginia primaries
May 14-15, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
May 19, 2024 – Dominican Republic election
May 20, 2024 - Trump trial on classified docs
May 21, 2024: Kentucky, Oregon primaries
June 2024 – Mongolia election
June 2, 2024 – Mexico election
June 4, 2024: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, District of Columbia primaries
June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections
Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
July 23-26, 2024 - NASED Summer Conference
August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago
September 2024 - UN Summit of the Future
September 16, 2024 - First presidential debate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
September 25, 2024 - Vice presidential debate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
October 1, 2024 - Second presidential debate, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election
October 9, 2024 - Third presidential debate, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 2024 – Chad election
November 2024 – Guinea Bissau election
November 2024 – Moldova election
November 2024 – Romania election
November 5, 2024 – United States of America election
November 11-14, 2024 - Lisbon Web Summit
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
December 2024 – Croatia election
TBD – Algeria election
TBD – Austria election
TBD – Belgium election
TBD – Botswana election
TBD – Burkina Faso election
TBD – Chad election
TBD – Comoros election
TBD – Croatia election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Egypt election
TBD – Ethiopia election
TBD – Georgia election
TBD – Ghana election
TBD – Iceland election
TBD – India election
TBD – Iran election
TBD – Jordan election
TBD – Kiribati election
TBD – Kuwait election
TBD – Lithuania election
TBD – Madagascar election
TBD – Mauritania election
TBD – Mauritius election
TBD – Montenegro election
TBD – North Korea election
TBD – North Macedonia election
TBD – Romania election
TBD – Rwanda election
TBD – San Marino election
TBD – Slovakia election
TBD – South Africa election
TBD – South Sudan election
TBD – Syria election
TBD – Tunisia election
TBD – United States of America election
TBD – Uzbekistan election
TBD – Venezuela election
2025
2025: RightsCon, South Korea
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I am interested to see what impact AI/social media technology play in the elections in the run-up to the US 2024 elections such as: Democratic Republic of the Congo;Togo, Peru, Dominica; Myanmar, Gabon, Haiti, Libya.
Since U.S. federal agencies have been forbidden to share information regarding known foreign actors' disinformation activities with online platforms https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/30/biden-foreign-disinformation-social-media-election-interference/, it will be up to journalists and bloggers to spread the word about new/continuing techniques, technologies being deployed in any of the above elections.