NLAS West AGenda

March 319 am - 4pm

SPUR Urban center (654 Mission St, San Francisco)

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