AGENDA

 

Wed., Dec. 10, 2003 Day 1
   
9:00 – 9:30 AM Welcome
Allan Eustis
Project Leader, NIST Voting System Standards
   
  Opening Remarks
Arden L. Bement
Director, NIST
   
9:30 – 12:30 AM Session 1 - Specification, Testability, Accreditation and Qualification in Voting Systems
   
Moderator: Mark Skall
Chief, Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division
Information Technology Laboratory, NIST
   
Panel: Tom Wilkey
National Association of State Election Directors/
New York State
   
  Herb Deutsch
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/
Election Systems and Software Inc.
   
  Rebecca Mercuri
Harvard University
   
10:40 – 11:10 AM Break
   
  Doug Jones
University of Iowa
   
  Carolyn Coggins
SysTest Labs
   
  Patrick Curran
Sun Microsystems
   
  Open Panel Question & Answer Session
   
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch - NIST Cafeteria
   
2: 00-5:30 PM Session 2 - Security and Openness in Voting Systems
   
Moderator: Edward A. Roback
Chief, Computer Security Division,
Information Technology Laboratory, NIST
   
Panel: Brit Williams
Kennesaw State University
   
  David Dill
Stanford University
   
  Aviel Rubin
Johns Hopkins University
   
3:30-4:00 PM Break
   
  Jim Adler
VoteHere, Inc.
   
  Donetta Davidson
Colorado Secretary of State
   
  Open Panel Question & Answer Session
   
5:30 PM End for the Day
   
   
Thurs., Dec. 11, 2003 Day 2
   
9:00 AM Introduction
   
  Allan Eustis
Project Leader, NIST Voting System Standards
   
  Election Assistance Commission Representatives
   
  Gracia M. Hillman
The Hillman Group
   
  Paul DeGregorio
International Foundation for Election Systems
   
9:30 AM-12:30 PM Session 3 - Usability and Accessibility in Voting Systems
   
Moderator: Sharon Laskowski
Manager, Visualization and Usability and Usability Group,
Information Technology Laboratory, NIST
   
  Jim Dickson
American Association of People with Disabilities
   
  Steven Booth
National Federation for the Blind
   
  Denise Lamb
Director of Elections, State of New Mexico
   
  Questions & Answers
   
10:40-11:10 AM Break
   
  Paul S. Herrnson
University of Maryland
   
  Sanford Morganstein
Populex Corporation
   
  Whitney Quesenbery
Usability Professionals Association
   
  Ted Selker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   
  Questions & Answers
   
12:30-2:00 PM Lunch
   
2:00-3:30 PM Session 4 - Next Steps
   
Moderator: Susan F. Zevin
Acting Director, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST
   
Panel:
William M. Gardner
New Hampshire Secretary of State
   
  Ronald L. Rivest
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   
  Robin M. Downs (Invited)
Prince Georges’ County (MD) Board of Elections
   
  Craig Burkhardt
Department of Commerce, General Counsel for Technology
   
  Open Panel Question & Answer Session
   
  CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
   
  Arden Bement
Director, NIST
   
3:30 PM End
   
   

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