The conference will be held at the Harvard University's Center for Government and International Studies South Building all day on Friday, November 16th, 2018.
The data analysis Hackathon is on Thursday November 15th. For more information about this event, please see the Hackathon page.
Schedule
9-9.30am: Check-in and Coffee
9.30-9.45am: Introductions
Ryan Enos (Harvard University), Stephen Pettigrew (University of Pennsylvania), Dritan Nesho (HarrisX)
9.45 - 10.45am: Measuring & Mapping the Midterms
Nate Cohn (New York Times), Amanda Cox (New York Times), Kirk Goldsberry (ESPN, FiveThirtyEight, University of Texas), Mark Penn (Stagwell Group)
10.45 - 11am: Hackathon Presentation A
11-11.15am: Break
11.15-11:30am: Hackathon Presentation B
11.30 - 12.30pm: Tech Firms, Misinformation, & Moderation
Betsy Hoover (270 Strategies), Dave Karpf (George Washington University), Shannon McGregor (University of Utah), Ryan Meerstein (Targeted Victory), Jeremy Merrill (ProPublica)
12.30 - 12.45pm: Lightning Talks
Kabir Khanna (CBS News), Charlotte Swasey (Civis Analytics)
12.45 - 1.45pm: Lunch
1.45 - 2pm: Hackathon Presentation C
2 - 3pm: Data Journalism in the Midterms
Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight), Lynn Vavreck (UCLA)
3 - 3.10pm: Lightning Talk
Cameron Wimpy (MIT Election Data and Science Lab)
3.10 - 3.30pm: Break
3.30 - 3.45pm: Hackathon Presentation D
3.45 - 4.45pm: Gerrymandering: Data and Fairness
Steve Ansolabehere (Harvard University), Guy-Uriel Charles (Duke Law/Harvard Law), Moon Duchin (Tufts Univerrsity), Ben Ginsberg (Jones Day), Allison Riggs (Southern Coalition for Social Justice)