2016 Schedule
8.30-9.30am: Check-in and Coffee
9-10am: Microsoft Pulse Demonstration and New Product Launch
Dritan Nesho, Microsoft Technology and Civic Engagement
10-10.10am: Opening Remarks
Ryan Enos, Kirk Goldsberry, and Stephen Ansolabehere, conference organizers
10.10-11.05am: Mapping the Electorate Panel
Amanda Cox, The Upshot, New York Times
Karl Gude, Michigan State University
Andrei Scheinkman, FiveThirtyEight
Moderator: Kirk Goldsberry, Harvard University
11.20am-12.15pm: Recapping the Primary Panel
Barney Frank, Former U.S. Congressman
Kristen Anderson, Echelon Insights
Dylan Matthews, Vox
Mark Penn, The Stagwell Group
Moderator: Steve Kornacki, MSNBC
12.15-1.30pm: Lunch and meet the speakers
1.30-2.25pm: Predicting November Panel
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Clare Malone, FiveThirtyEight
David Rothschild, Microsoft Research
Nate Cohn, The Upshot, New York Times
Moderator: Anthony Salvanto, CBS
2.40-3.25pm: Academic Presentations on Cutting-Edge Research in Analytics
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Harvard University
Simon Jackman and Bradley Spahn, Stanford University
Moderator: Ryan Enos, Harvard University, conference organizer
3.40-4.35pm: The State of Political Media Panel
Ana Marie Cox, MTV News
Wesley Morris, The New York Times
Bryan Curtis, The Ringer
Moderator: Bob Garfield, NPR
4.50-5.30pm: Lightning Talks
Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
Carrie Sheffield, Bold
Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight
Jeremy Bird, 270 Strategies
Natalie Jackson, Huffington Post
Eitan Hersh, Yale University