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FOW-VVSG: First Open Workshop on the “Voluntary Voting System Guidelines”

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance (CISA), VSPR , FairVote and the National Center for the Study of Elections (NCSE) will host an open forum for voting system researchers, election officials, voting equipment manufacturers, policy makers, as well as disabilities and other advocates to discuss the proposed draft Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

This first workshop is being held in response to requests for an open forum to discuss the proposed VVSG. It will provide an opportunity for all interested parties to come together and discuss these important recommendations of the Election Assistance Commission’s Technical Guidelines Development Committee.

The workshop will comprise a series of stakeholder panels interleaved with substantial time for attendee participation aimed at allowing everyone a chance to speak if only briefly. The afternoon will be reserved for breakout sessions and discussion of next steps.

For questions regarding the workshop, please send an email to vvsg@itif.org.

Date: Thursday, December 6, 2007
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Place: ITIF, 1250 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20005

We will be using TalkShoe.com to provide an interactive talkcast of the workshop panels between 9 AM and 2 PM. TalkShoe allow users to listen to a live audio stream online at TalkShoe.com or use a standard telephone, Skype or ShoePhone to call in directly to the conference.

Agenda

Welcome & Introduction
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Daniel Castro, ITIF

Rob Richie, FairVote

Panel 1: VVSG in Context Download audio (MP3)
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

|Speaker #1: |“Caroline Hunter”:http://www.eac.gov/about/commissioners/Hunter, EAC Commissioner (handout)| |Speaker #2: |“Barbara Guttman”:/files/vvsg/bio-bguttman.pdf, NIST (slides)| |Speaker #3: |“Sharon Laskowski”:/files/vvsg/bio-slaskowski.pdf, NIST (slides)|

Panel 2: Effect of VVSG on Cost and Innovation Download audio (MP3)
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM

|Speaker #1: |“Alan Dechert”:http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/about_ovc, Open Voting Consortium (slides)| |Speaker #2: |“David Beirne”:/files/vvsg/bio-dbeirne.pdf, Election Technology Council (handout)| |Speaker #3: |“Stefan Popoveniuc”:/files/vvsg/bio-spopoveniuc.pdf, PunchScan (slides)|

Panel 3: New metrics and standards in the VVSG Download audio (MP3)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Speaker #1:	Alec Yasinsac, Florida State University
Speaker #2:	Ed Smith, Sequoia Voting Systems
Speaker #3:	Jim Dickson, AAPD

Intro to VSPR
12:30 PM – 12:35 PM
Arthur Keller (slides)

Panel 4: Beyond VVSG: Next steps Download audio (MP3)
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM

Speaker #1:	Rebecca Mercuri, Notable Software, Inc. (handout)|	Speaker #2:	Lillie Coney, EPIC
Speaker #3:	David Chaum

Workshop Discussions
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

A special thanks to the following individuals for organizing this event:

Carlisle Adams (University of Ottawa)
Daniel Castro (The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation)
David Chaum (Votegrity)
Kevin Chung (AVANTE)
Lillian Coney (EPIC)
Alan Dechert (Open Voting Consortium)
Juan E. Gilbert (Auburn University)
Arthur Keller (UC Santa Cruz)
Aggelos Kiayias (University of Connecticut)
Stan Klein
Rebecca Mercuri (Notable Software, Inc.)
Sanford Morganstein (Populex)
Donald Norris (NCSE)
Rob Richie (FairVote)
Peter Ryan (Newcastle University)
Alan Sherman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Ed Smith (Sequoia Voting Systems)
Poorvi Vora (George Washington University)