R Street’s Guide to Policy Panels at SXSW 2018
While SXSW offers incredible opportunities to mingle with like-minded individuals and promote free-market ideas about tech policy, it can also be a difficult landscape to navigate. How does one choose from so many panels covering the same topic: blockchain? We’ve been told it’ll fix everything.
Each year, we publish a guide offering our assessments of the best policy-focused events. Check it out below. A (★) indicates a representative from the government will be participating. An (R) designates an R Street policy expert is a panelist.
March 9, 2018
- Worlds Apart: Bridging the Rural and Urban Divides (★)
- Conflicting Visions: The debate on Net Neutrality
March 10, 2018
- Connecting the Unconnected to the Internet
- Hacking our Democracy and Discourse (★)
- Diplomacy vs AI: Foreign Policy, Bots & Blockchain (★)
- Reforming the Vote (★)
- Ending the Dangerous Disconnect Between DC and AI (★)
March 11, 2018
- Robots Can Restore Our Humanity
- The New-Collar Revolution (★)
- Tech Under Trump: A 2017/2018 Scorecard (★)
March 12, 2018
March 13, 2018
- Fighting Terror With Tech (R)
- VR Codes of Conduct in the Virtual Wild West (R)
- Tech in the Trump Administration: Year 1
- AI and Its Impact on the Workforce
- Promoting Inclusion in Today’s Tech Industry
- Connected Cities, Connected Countryside
March 15, 2018
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March 10 – March 12, 2018