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Workshop Information

June 4-5, 2002
GTRI
Atlanta, Georgia

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mh249/ivote/

The agenda and speakers are available by clicking "Summer 2002 Workshop".  
(The page is best viewed with Internet Explorer.)

There is still space available.  Please register at:

http://www.conted.gatech.edu/programs/conferences_and_symposiums/main.html

GENERAL INFORMATION

On June 4-5, 2002 the Georgia Tech Research Institute is hosting the second workshop on the Future of Voting Technology in a Networked Environment. Our objective is to encourage collaboration among researchers and practitioners in furthering research and development in the technical and social issues surrounding the future of elections and voting.

As a follow-up to our workshop last November, we will continue with the technical topics of systems architecture and usability. Our new social science topic will be public election policies within the context of future voting paradigms. Instead of presentations followed by Q&A, in this workshop we will facilitate in-depth working groups. The goal will be to document the group’s views on the strengths and weaknesses of alternative design concepts.

Topics
· Systems Architecture: e.g., what are the components of a complete Internet voting solution? How should they interoperate? What existing technologies are appropriate? Where are technical breakthroughs needed?
· Usability Issues in Internet Voting: e.g., what innovative technologies could be used to design and implement software interfaces to support ease of use for all users? How do we deliver ballot design tools to ensure all ballots are usable? What kinds of human factors testing of software and hardware can be developed for future voting systems?
· Public Election Policies within the Context of Future Voting Paradigms: Re-examining current public election policies in light of future voting technologies, specifically, provisional ballots, absentee voting, early voting, remote voting, and redistricting.
If you are interested in participating as a speaker, please contact Betty Whitaker, Ph.D. at betty.whitaker@gtri.gatech.edu or 404-385-1656. If you are interested in participating as an attendee, visit www.conted.gatech.edu/programs/conferences_and_symposiums/main.htmlto register for the workshop.

Registration fees cover workshop breakfast, lunch and breaks.
Participants: $100, Facilitators and Speakers: $50
Deadline: Friday, May 23, 2002. Registration past this date incurs an additional $50 fee.

Hotel information is available at http://cns.physics.gatech.edu/hotels.html. A major technology conference is in town that week, so we recommend that you book your hotel early.

Workshop Program Committee:
· Stephen Berger, IEEE Voting Equipment Standards Project
· Marlit Hayslett-Keck, Georgia Tech Research Institute
· Doug Jones, University of Iowa and Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems
· Eric Peterson, VoteHere, Inc.
· Bob Simpson, Georgia Tech Research Institute
· Betty Whitaker, Georgia Tech Research Institute