FINAL AGENDA AND FULL SPEAKER LIST TO COME
8:30 am Coffee
Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute
Matti Miranda, Director, New Democracy
9:00 am Welcome Remarks
9:30 am Winning the High-Tech Future
Rep. Scott Peters, CA-50
Matti Miranda, Director, New Democracy
10:15 am Confronting America’s Artificial Housing Shortage
Jane Natoli, Organizing Director, SF YIMBY
Annie Fryman, Director, Special Projects, SPUR
Ned Resnikoff, Policy Director, California YIMBY
Steven Buss, Director, GrowSF (Moderator)
11:15 am Fighting Inequality with Public School Reform
Nick Melvoin, Member of the Los Angeles School Board
Lakisha Young, Co-Founder, CEO, The Oakland REACH
Don Shalvey, CEO, San Joaquin A+
Tressa Pankovits, Co-Director, Reinventing America’s Schools Project, Progressive Policy Institute (Moderator)
12:15 pm Lunch
12:45 pm How Content Moderation Protects Digital Free Speech
Laura Bisesto, Head of Policy & Privacy, Nextdoor
Aaron Mackey, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Malena Dailey, Technology Policy Analyst, Progressive Policy Institute (Moderator)
1:45 pm Taming Inflation and Debt: The Stakes for Young Americans
Tobias Read, State Treasurer, Oregon
Rep. Jim Costa, CA-21
Pavan Venkatakrishnan, Legislative Assistant, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Ben Ritz, Center for Funding America’s Future, Progressive Policy Institute (Moderator)
2:45 pm Workers Need New Skills, and America Needs More Workers
Kai Hirabayashi, Senior Manager of Public Policy, Amazon
Hilary Abell, Co-Founder and Chief Policy Officer, Project Equity
Marlena Sessions, Director, NOVAworks
Taylor Maag, Director of Workforce Development Policy, Progressive Policy Institute (Moderator)
3:45 pm Closing Remarks
Colin Mortimer, Director, Center for New Liberalism