NIST/EAC Future of Voting Systems Symposium II

Agenda

Department of Commerce

Auditorium, Herbert C. Hoover Building

February 9-10, 2015

Day 1: "Trends in Voting Systems"

8:30am –

9:00am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

 Dr. Rich Cavanagh, Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs and Director of the Special Programs Office, NIST

 Tom Hicks, EAC Commissioner

 Matthew Masterson, EAC Commissioner

 Christy McCormick, EAC Commissioner

9:00am –

10:00am

Keynote

Tammy Patrick, Senior Advisor to the Democracy Project, 

Bipartisan Policy Center

10:00am –

10:30am Break

10:30am –

11:45am

Panel: "Trends & Future Voting Technology"

Moderator:

 Brian Hancock, Director, Testing and Certification Division, 

EAC

Panelists:

 Doug Chapin, Director, Program for Excellence in Election 

Administration 

 Merle King, Executive Director, Kennesaw State University, 

Center for Election Systems 

 Kamanzi Kalasi, Overseas Voting Initiative, Council of State 

Governments

 Steve Trout, Director of Election Innovation, Clear Ballot 

 Melanie Bull, Public Policy Director, Tennessee Disability 

Coalition 

11:45am –

1:00pm Lunch (On your own)

1:00pm -

2:15pm

Panel: "Balancing Human Factors and Security"
Moderator:

 Sharon Laskowski, Computer Scientist & Manager, 

Visualization and Usability Group, NIST 

Panelists:

 Josh Benaloh, Senior Cryptographer, Microsoft Research

 Linda H. Lamone, State Election Administrator, Maryland State 

Board of Elections 

 Juan E. Gilbert, Associate Chair of Research, Computer & 

Information Science & Engineering Department, University of 

Florida 

 Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy 

& Technology 

 Whitney Quesenbery, Director, Center for Civic Design 

2:15pm –

3:30pm

Panel: "Future Voting Standards"

Moderator:

 Jessica Myers, Certification Program Specialist, EAC 

Panelists:

 Brian Hancock, Director, Testing and Certification Division, 

EAC

 Sharon Laskowski, Computer Scientist & Manager, 

Visualization and Usability Group, NIST

 Wendy Underhill, Program Manager, Elections, NCSL

 Tammy Patrick, Senior Advisor to the Democracy Project, 

Bipartisan Policy Center 

3:30pm –

4:00pm Break

4:00pm –

5:00pm

Panel: "E-Pollbooks"

Moderator:

 Shanee Dawkins, Computer Scientist, NIST

Panelists:

 Brandi Laser Seskes, Elections Attorney for Ohio Secretary of 

State

 Lori Steel Contorer, founder and CEO, Everyone Counts 

 Christina Adkins, Staff Attorney, Elections Division, Texas 

Secretary of State

 Kim Brace, President, Election Data Services, Inc.

 Jack Cobb, co-founder and Laboratory Director, Pro V&V, Inc.

Day 2: "Looking Towards the Future"
8:30am –

8:45am Day 2 Introduction

8:45am –

10:00am

Panel: "Interoperable Systems"

Moderator:

 John Wack, Computer Scientist, NIST

Panelists:

 Don Rehill, Director of Election Research & Vote Tabulation, 

Associated Press 

 Kenneth Bennett, Information Technology Manager, Los 

Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk 

 John Dziurlaj, Information Technology Specialist, Ohio 

Secretary of State Office 

 Jared Marcotte, Technology Manager, PEW 

 Ernesto Camanche, Partner Technology Manager, Google 

 John Sebes, Chief Technology Officer, TrustTheVote Project 

and Co-Director, OSET Foundation

10:00am –

10:30am Break

10:30am –

11:30am

Breakout Session I

 Considerations for Future VVSG

o Megan Dillon, Computer Engineer, EAC 

 Testing Emerging Systems

o Brian Hancock, Director, Testing and Certification 

Division, EAC 

11:30pm -

1:00pm Lunch (On your own)

1:00pm –

2:00pm

Breakout Session II

 Election Auditing

o Merle King, Center for Election Systems, Kennesaw 

State University

o Philip Stark, Professor and Chair of Statistics and 

Director, Statistical Computing Facility, University of 

California, Berkeley

 Security: Next Steps

o Andrew Regenscheid, Mathematician, NIST 

o Joshua Franklin, IT Security Specialist, NIST 

2:00pm –

3:00pm

Breakout Session III

 Usability & Accessibility Roadmap
o Sharon Laskowski, Computer Scientist & Manager, 

Visualization and Usability Group, NIST 

o Whitney Quesenbery, Director, Center for Civic Design 

 Innovative Trends

o Jessica Myers, Certification Program Specialist, EAC

3:00pm –

3:30pm Break

3:30pm –

4:30pm Report from Breakouts

4:30pm –

5:00pm Wrap-up