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September 5, 2024: The European Union AI Convention will be open for signature by the EU and countries
September 9-10, 2024: Brookings: The promise and perils of AI: Issues at stake in the 2024 election
September 12, 2024: Oprah Winfrey Sets Interview With OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for ABC Special on AI’s Impact
October 5, 2024: CNN - Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid Documentary
February 21-22, 2025: DistrictCon
April 23-25, 2025: Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025
Topics to keep an eye on:
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
FEC decision on proposed rulemaking on AI
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
Upcoming Dates
September 4, 2024 - Comments due on proposed rulemaking by the FCC on use of AI in political ads
September 4-6, 2024 - Berlin Campaign Conference
September 4-5, 2024 - Reboot Conference: The New Reality
September 5, 2024 - Knight Election Law Forum
September 6-7, 2024 - Roblox Developers Conference
September 6 - November 19, 2024 - US Elections: Early and Mail-in Voting starts (Dates vary by state)
September 7, 2024 - Algeria election
September 9-10, 2024: The promise and perils of AI: Issues at stake in the 2024 election
September 10, 2024 - US Presidential Debate
September 10, 2024 - Jordan Election
September 12, 2024: Oprah Winfrey Sets Interview With OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for ABC Special on AI’s Impact
September 10-24, 2024 - 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79)
September 16, 2024 - First presidential debate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
September 16, 2024 - All Tech Is Human: Responsible Tech Summit
September 16-17, 2024 - Future of Speech Online 2024: AI, Elections, & Speech
September 17 - National Voter Registration Day
September 17, 2024 - POLITICO: AI & Tech Summit
September 18, 2024 - Aspen Cyber Summit
September 19, 2024 - Congressional Hackathon 6.0
September 19-20, 2024 - Atlantic Festival
September 20-23, 2024 - UN Summit of the Future
September 21, 2024 – Sri Lanka Election
September 24, 2024 - The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake
September 24, 2024 - Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation by Aaron Zebley, James Quarles, Andrew Goldstein
September 25, 2024 - Vice presidential debate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
September 26-27, 2024 - 3rd Annual Trust & Safety Research Conference
September 29, 2024 - Austria Elections
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024 - Walz/Vance VP Debate
October 1, 2024 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten
October 1, 2024 - Tarot for Creativity: A Guide for Igniting Your Creative Practice by Chelsey Pippin Mizzi
October 1-2, 2024 - AI & Big Data Expo (Europe)
October 1-3, 2024 - Athens Democracy Forum
October 2-3, 2024 - Reuters MOMENTUM AI London 2024
By October 6, 2024 - Lithuania parliamentary election
October 6, 2024 - Brazil Municipal Elections
October 6-24, 2024 – Tunisia election
October 7, 2024 - TSPA APAC Summit
October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election
October 9, 2024 - Third presidential debate, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
October 16-18, 2024 - AI Accelerator Institute: AIAI Boston
October 20, 2024 - Indonesian Presidential Inauguration
October 20, 2024 – Moldova election
October 22, 2024 - Patriot by Alexei Navalny
October 22-23, 2024 - Trust Conference
October 26, 2024 - Georgia election
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 28-30 - TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
November 2024 - Namibia election
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 24, 2024 – Guinea Bissau election
November 24, 2024 - Romania Presidential 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 7, 2024 - Ghana election
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 22, 2024 – South Sudan election
TBD – Botswana election
TBD – Comoros election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Ethiopia election
TBD – Montenegro election
TBD – North Korea election
2025
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 7-10 - CES Conference
January 19, 2025 - Deadline for TikTok to sell. POTUS can extend another 90 days.
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
February 4-6 - Prodacity Conference
February 9, 2025 - Ecuador Election
February 21-22, 2025: Winnona D on LinkedIn: DistrictCon Announcement
February 24-27, 2025 - RightsCon, Taiwan
March 4, 2025 - Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things: A Novel by Breanne Randall
April 23-25, 2025: CheckFirst: 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
June 4-5, 2025 - AI & Big Data Expo (North America)
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
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