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Securing Our Cyber Future: Innovative Approaches to Digital Threats
8:30 - 9:15 AM: Registration; Breakfast available
9:15 - 9:30 AM: Opening remarks
Dan Boneh, Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center; Rajeev Motwani Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering; Co-Director of the Stanford Computer Security Lab
Nathaniel Persily, Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center; James B. McClatchy Professor; Senior Fellow at FSI; Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science
MORNING PROGRAM 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Discussion of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center's White Paper No. 1, "Securing American Elections: Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections and Beyond"
9:30 - 10:00 AM:Putin's Intentions and Actions in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Michael McFaul, Director of FSI; Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies; Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Deterrence and Resilience
Imposing Costs on Foreign Governments Who Support Election Interference and Securing U.S. Election Infrastructure
Moderator: Beth George, Partner, WSGR
Christopher Painter, William J. Perry Fellow; Lecturer at FSI; Commissioner on the Global Commission for the Stability of Cyberspace; Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues for the Department of State
Alex Stamos, Adjunct Professor at FSI; Program Director for the Stanford Internet Observatory; Former CSO of Facebook
Andrew Grotto, FSI Research Scholar; Program Director for the Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance; Former White House Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy
Regulating Online Political Advertising by Foreign Governments and Nationals; Confronting Efforts at Election Manipulation from Foreign Media Organizations; Combating Organized Disinformation Campaigns from State-aligned Actors
Moderator: Eli Sugarman, Cyber Initiative Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation
Nathaniel Persily, Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center; James B. McClatchy Professor; Senior Fellow at FSI; Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science
Alex Stamos, Adjunct Professor at FSI; Program Director for the Stanford Internet Observatory; Former CSO of Facebook
Sergey Sanovich, Cyber Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation
11:15 - 11:45 AM:Transparency and International Norms
Providing Transparency about Foreign Interference; Establishing International Norms and Agreements to Prevent Election Interference
Moderator: Kathryn Stoner, Deputy Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at FSI and at the Hoover Institution; Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science
Megan Metzger, Research Scholar and Associate Director for Research for the Global Digital Policy Incubator
Allison Berke, Executive Director of the Stanford Cyber Initiative
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Question and Answer Session
12:15 - 1:00 PM: Lunch
AFTERNOON PROGRAM 1:00 - 5:30 PM
Agenda Setting for the Stanford Cyber Policy Center
1:00 - 2:00 PM: The Program on Democracy and the Internet
Nathaniel Persily, Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center; James B. McClatchy Professor; Senior Fellow at FSI; Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science
Matthew Gentzkow, Professor of Economics; Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Frank Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at FSI; Mosbacher Director of CDDRL; Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Rob Reich, Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of Education
Robb Willer, Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business
Stevie DeGroff, JD Candidate, Stanford Law School
2:00 - 3:00 PM: The Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance
Andrew Grotto, FSI Research Scholar; Program Director for the Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance; Former White House Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy
Video appearance, Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
Ian Wallace, Director, Cybersecurity Initiative, New America
Graham Webster, Coordinating Editor, DigiChina, China Digital Economy Fellow, New America
Michael Sellitto, Deputy Director, Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute
3:00 - 3:15 PM: Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM: The Global Digital Policy Incubator
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at FSI and at the Hoover Institution; Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science
Megan Metzger, Research Scholar and Associate Director for Research for the Global Digital Policy Incubator
Kit Walsh, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Chinmayi Arun, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi
4:15 - 5:15 PM: Stanford Internet Observatory
Alex Stamos, Adjunct Professor at FSI; Program Director for the Stanford Internet Observatory; Former CSO of Facebook
Renée DiResta, Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust