NIST/EAC Future of Voting Systems Symposium
Preliminary Agenda

Opening Remarks: “Framing the Discussion on the Future of Voting Systems”
Brian Hancock, Director of Testing and Certification, EAC

Keynote “An Overview of the Election Technology Landscape”
Dr. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology [pdf] [rtf]

Panel “Trends in Voting Systems”
Moderator: Matt Masterson, Deputy Elections Administrator, Office of the Ohio Secretary of State [pdf] [rtf]

Panelists:

• Dean Logan, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Los Angeles County
• Dana DeBeauvoir, County Clerk, Travis County, Texas
• Stephen Trout, Director of Elections, Oregon Secretary of State
• Whitney Quesenbery, WQusability

Panel “Web-Based Technologies Supporting Elections”
Moderator: David Wagner, University of California, Berkeley

Panelists:

• Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, Maricopa County, Arizona 
• Linda Lamone, State Administrator of Elections, Maryland 
• Jeremy Epstein, SRI International [pdf] [rtf]
• Paul Lux, Supervisor of Elections, Okaloosa County, Florida [pdf] [rtf]

Panel “Voting System Manufacturers Look to the Future”
Moderator: John Wack, NIST

Panel:

• Ian Piper, Dominion Voting Systems [pdf] [rtf]
• Ken Carbullido, Election Systems and Software
• Craig Reines, Everyone Counts [pdf] [rtf]
• Eddie Perez, Hart [pdf] [rtf]
• Michelle Shafer, SOE Software, a Scytl Company [pdf] [rtf]
• McDermot Coutts, Unisyn [pdf] [rtf]

Invited talk “Challenges in the Current Voting System Standards and Certification Process”
Mark Skall, Technical Reviewer, EAC [pdf] [rtf]

Invited talk “Overview of Product Conformity Assessment and Examples of Various Approaches to Certification”
Gordon Gillerman, NIST [pdf] [rtf]

Panel “Overview of Standards Development Processes”
Moderator: Belinda Collins, Former NIST Senior Advisor for Voting Standards

Panelists:

• David Wollman, NIST [pdf] [rtf]
• John Wack, NIST [pdf] [rtf]
• David Baquis, U.S. Access Board [pdf] [rtf]
• Anne Caldas, Senior Director, Procedures and Standards Administration, ANSI [pdf] [rtf]

Panel “What we need in Voting System Standards”
Moderator: Mary Brady, NIST [pdf] [rtf]

Panelists:

• Matt Masterson, Deputy Elections Administrator, Office of the Ohio Secretary of State 
• Doug Jones, University of Iowa
• Clayton Lewis, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, NIDRR 
• Jack Cobb, Pro V&V 

Panel “Exploring Alternative Methods and Goals for Federal Testing and Certification”
Moderator: Merle King, KSU Center for Election Systems [pdf] [rtf]

Panelists:

• Brian Hancock, Director of Testing and Certification, EAC
• Ed Smith, Vice President, Compliance and Certification, Dominion Voting Systems [pdf] [rtf]
• Chris Thomas, State Director of Elections, Michigan Secretary of State
• Joe Hall, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Tom Caddy, Technical Reviewer, EAC [pdf] [rtf]

Panel “The Evolving Nature of State Certification”
Moderator: Jessica Myers, Certification Program Specialist, EAC

Panelists:

• Merle King, Center for Election Systems, Kennesaw State University
• Ryan Macias, California Secretary of State
• Joe Losco, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Ball State University
• Robert Warren, NY State Board of Elections

Keynote talk “The Challenges of Balancing Usability and Security in Future Voting Systems”
Dana Chisnell, UsabilityWorks  [slideshare]

Panel “Academics and Technologists Look at the Future”
Moderator: Daniel Castro, ITIF

Panelists:

• David Wagner, University of California, Berkeley
• Joe Hall, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Juan Gilbert, Clemson University [pdf] [rtf]
• Josh Benaloh, Microsoft Research [pdf] [rtf]