Taking the Long View - 1/30/24
We have some VERY exciting new events in this newsletter.
First, Carol (Melissa Fitzgerald) and Kate Harper (Mary McCormack) have written a behind-the-scenes book about the West Wing with a foreword by CJ (Allison Janey) that will come out on August 13. I’m also extremely excited that Janey will join the Diplomat in Season Two as Vice President Grace Penn.
Moving to real life, on March 7th, the Variety of Democracies will release its 2024 democracy report. This is one of the key releases I look for each year, along with Freedom House, and will be a real marker as we go into this year of elections.
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Calendar
🚨NEW 🚨
February 6, 2024 - UCLA Law: What Can We Do to Have a Fair and Safe Election in 2024?
February 7, 2024 - Brookings: Assessing the impact of generative AI and other online threats in a historic election year
February 8, 2024 - National Endowment for Democracy: Virtual Report Launch Event | Winning the Battle of Ideas
February 22, 2024 - South Africa Disinformation Conference
February 29, 2024 - Election Season Advertising: A Breakfast and Briefing with NewsGuard
March 7, 2024 - Democracy Report 2024 and Dataset Release
March 14, 2024 - National Liberty Museum: Artificial Intelligence, Elections, and the Future of Democracy
March 18, 2024 - Supreme Court hears oral arguments Murthy v Missouri
May 16-17, 2024 - Election Science, Research, and Administration (ESRA) Conference, Los Angeles, California
August 13, 2024 - What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
Topics to keep an eye on:
Supreme Court arguments during this term
Missouri v Biden (Now Murthy v Missouri)
Feb 8 - Amicus briefs in support of respondents due
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
January 30, 2024 - Committee on House Administration hearing titled, “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Innovations within the Legislative Branch.”
January 31, 2023 - Senate hearing on protecting kids online with tech CEO testimony
February 2, 2024 - TrustCon Proposal Deadline
February 3, 2024: South Carolina Democratic primary
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 4 - 5, 2024 - Silicon Flatirons Global Fractures in Technology Policy
February 6, 2024: Nevada Democratic Primary
February 8, 2024 - Supreme Court arguments regarding Trump being allowed on ballot
February 8, 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
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 16 - 18, 2024 - Munich Security Conference
February 16, 2024 - Media and January 6th, Edited by Edited by Khadijah Costley White, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Trombl
February 20, 2024 - Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul by Kurt Wagner
February 21 - 24, 2024 - Raisina Dialogue: Conference in India about geopolitics and geoeconomics put on by the Observer Research Foundation
February 21 - 24, 2024 - Conservative Political Action Conference
February 24, 2024 - South Carolina Republican primary
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 26, 2024 - Supreme Court hears arguments in Texas and Florida cases (Moody v NetChoice)
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
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 7, 2024 - U.S. State of the Union Address
March 8, 2024 - Irish Referenda
March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW
March 12, 2024: Primaries in Hawaii (Republican caucuses), Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota (Democratic caucuses), Washington
March 12, 2024 - The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age by Sasha Issenberg
March 13 - 14, 2024 - Trust & Safety Summit UK
May 16 - 17, 2024 - All Things in Moderation
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 19, 2024: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio primaries
March 19 - 20, 2024 - Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Conference, Accra, Ghana
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 26 - 28, 2024 - Trust & Safety Forum
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
March 31, 2024: Puerto Rico Democratic primary
April 2, 2024: Wisconsin primary
April 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Spring Forum, Wellington, New Zealand
April 10, 2024 – South Korea election
April 16-18, 2024 - Government Social Media Conference
April 18-19, 2023 - German Marshall Forum Brussels Forum
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 16-17, 2024 - All Things in Moderation Conference
May 17, 2024 - TSPA EMEA 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
June 12 - 13, 2024 - TICTeC (The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference)
Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report
July 11 - 13, 2024 - Netroots Nation 2024
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
July 23-26, 2024 - NASED Summer Conference
July 26, 2024 - Olympics Opening Ceremony
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 - 15, 2024 - International Association of Political Consultants, Athens, GA
November 14, 2024 - UK Election (Tentative)
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
December 2024 – Croatia election
December 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Winter Forum, Washington, DC
December 11, 2024 — U.S. deadline for issuing and sending Certificates of Ascertainment
December 17, 2024 — U.S. Electors vote
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
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
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