Monday, March 12, 2018
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
William G. McGowan Theater

1:00: Welcome by the Archivist of the United States

1:10: Championing the Public’s Right to Know

• Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

1:30: Innovation: Transforming Government of and by the People

• Jim Thompson, Director of Innovation, Department of State
• Pam Wright, Chief Innovation Officer, National Archives
• Kate Zwaard, Chief of National Digital Initiatives, Library of Congress
• Miriam Nisbet, former Director of the Office of Government Information Services (moderator)
• Other panelists to be announced

2:30: Break

2:45: Making Sense of Public Comments: Lessons Learned in Congress

• Steve Dwyer, Senior Advisor, Office of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
• Seamus Kraft, Executive Director, OpenGov Foundation
• Jessica Seale, Digital Director, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
• Jessica Presley, Minority Staff, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• Daniel Schuman, Policy Director, Demand Progress (moderator)
• Other panelists to be announced

3:45: The Open Data Roadmap

• Hudson Hollister, Executive Director, Data Coalition
• Sunmin Kim, Technology Policy Advisor, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI)
• Laura Manley, Director of Partnerships & Programs, Center for Open Data Enterprise
• Alex Howard, Deputy Director,  Sunlight Foundation (moderator)
• Other panelists to be announced