Digital Technology and Democracy: Launch of the Global Digital Policy Incubator
Friday, October 6, 20179:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Pacific)
Michael McFaul, Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor Political Science
and FSI Senior Fellow, Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Francis Fukuyama, Mosbacher Director, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law,
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at FSI and the Hoover Insitution
Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator
Cordially Invite you to a conference conmemorating the launch of the
Global Digital Policy Incubator
Friday, October 6, 2017
Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall
Registration / Coffee / Meet the Speakers
9:30-10:00am
Welcome to the Global Digital Policy Incubator
10:00-10:015am
When Freedom of Expression Conflicts with Democracy
Enhancing the Quality of Discourse Necessary to Sustain Democracy 10:15-11:45am
Moderator: Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and FSI
Timothy Garton Ash, Hoover Institution, Stanford, Oxford University & Free Speech Debate
Francis Fukuyama, Director, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford
Brittan Heller, Director of Technology & Society, Anti-Defamation League
Ieva Kupce Ilves, Cybersecurity expert, former head of Cybersecurity Policy, MoD Latvia
Justine Isola, Product Policy Manager at Facebook
When Information Becomes the Weapon
Expanding notions of National Security in the Digital Context 12:00-1:45pm
Moderator: Michael Mcfaul, Director of FSI, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Toomas Ilves, Former President of Estonia
Mike Brown, Presidential Innovation Fellow, DIUX, Fformer CEO Symantec
Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff to former President Obama, Senior Principle, Markle Foundation
Nicole Wong, former U.S. Deputy CTO, former Google Vice President & Deputy General Counsel,
former Legal Director of Product, Twitter
Digital Platforms and Democratic Responsibility
Emerging Private Sector Roles in Protecting Freedom and Security 2:00-3:30pm
Moderator: Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation
Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Youtube
Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School
Andrew McLaughlin, Co-Founder, Higher Ground Labs, Venter Partner, Betaworks, former U.S. Dep. CTO
Nick Pickles, Senior Public Policy Manager, Twitter
Mike Posner, Director, NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Keynote Conversation
Digital Technology, Diplomacy, and Democratic Values
Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton
In conversation with Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator,
former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council
4:30 - 5:30pm
Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center
*event by invitation only, doors open at 3:30pm, guests must be in their seats 4:15pm*