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Join us at Tech@State: Moneyball Diplomacy, June 7, for a day of stimultating presentations and engaging discussion on how creative data analysis using economic thinking can better inform diplomacy and development.  …

Tech@State: Moneyball Diplomacy is coming June 7^th to GWU's Jack Morton Auditorium. We will explore how a more rigorous economic-style analysis of readily available data…

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Closing Keynote - Speaker Bio

Danny Weitzner - Decentralized Information Group, MIT Computer Science and…

Support of Publishers - Panelist Bios

Posting content online does not guarantee that it will be available to the people who need it when they need it. Internet repressive regimes regularly block political and social content. Research indicates that no more than 3% of users in countries where internet filtering is pervasive choose to use anti-censorship tools.…

Mobile Security - Panelist Bios

Privacy and security of information exchanged on mobile devices has become a serious threat to activists, civil society organizations, and ordinary citizens who want to exercise their right of free expression. On mobile devices, every call is recorded, every text message is saved, and every location stored. Especially in…

Export Controls - Panelist Bios

Certain Internet monitoring, filtering, and blocking technologies are likely to be misused by repressive governments for censorship and surveillance in violation of international human rights standards. This panel will focus on whether and how the export of some technologies manufactured in the U.S. or other western countries…

Online Voices for All - Panelist Bios

The ability to access the Internet and freely express one’s opinions is a core principal of Internet freedom. Unfortunately, there is a large online gender gap, limiting access to the Internet for many women and other marginalized groups. Once online, the ability of women and others such as LGBT and certain ethnic groups to…

Building a Safer Web - Panelist Bios

Browsing the web is the most common way that people use the Internet. Repressive governments—and others who are threatened by an empowered citizenry—exploit vulnerabilities in browsers and in web services in order to censor speech and to compromise the computers of activists, journalists, and politically-minded citizens. A…

Internet Governance for Techies - Panelist Bios

A diverse set of activities and institutions are responsible for the Internet that we enjoy today. Their responsibilities range from creating technical standards for interoperability and other capabilities, to developing norms and regulations at the international level. Decisions made at every level can impact…

Next Generation Anti-Censorship - Panelist Bios

Anti-censorship tools have become increasingly popular and, as a result, are being overwhelmed by demand. Online bottlenecks slow the tools and often make them inaccessible. At the same time, the technologies of internet repression, monitoring and control continue to advance and spread as the tools that oppressive…

Future of Advoacy - Panelist Bios

A global, open, and free internet continues to be threatened. Nations such as China, Russia, Vietnam, Iran, and Syria are well known to have imposed stringent controls and limitations on internet use within their borders. These countries and others joined together at the World Conference on International Telecommunications in an…

Ignite Session - Speaker Bios

During our Ignite Session, we will be offering the audience exposure to four exciting new Internet freedom technologies, programs, and research. These will be presented in a series of ignite sessions, which are highly engaging 5 minute presentations with 20 slides set to…

Plenary Panel on Technology of Freedom, Technology of Repression - Speaker Bios

The US commitment to Internet Freedom is a commitment to basic human rights. In the past few years, actions have matched policy as monitoring and responding to threats to Internet Freedom has become part of the daily work of US diplomats and…

Keynote Address - Speaker Bio…

Welcoming Address - Speaker Bios

Gregory Maggs - George Washington University Law…

Master of Ceremonies Introduction 

Sarah Labowitz (Master of Ceremonies) - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, …

Register for free for Tech@State: Internet Freedom on March 8-9. See the agenda below for more details.

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Day One: Friday, March 8, 2013

Our next Tech@State will focus on Internet Freedom by examining techniques and methods that can be used to enhance and expand Internet Freedom. Scheduled for March 8, 2013 at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium, Tech@State on Internet Freedom will be an open forum where practitioners and foreign policy experts can meet to discuss techniques for advancing new technologies and their related processes that will enhance Internet Freedom where it is…