Artifact Details

Title

Election 2020 : critical technology policy issues

Catalog Number

102792112

Type

Moving image

Description

The 2020 Presidential election in the US comes at a critical juncture for technology, innovation, politics, and policy. From aeronautics to space exploration, and from semiconductors to the internet, history shows in no uncertain terms the fundamental connections between government policy, political priorities, and technological innovation. What are the key technology and innovation policy issues facing the next President and Congress? The future of work? Data privacy? R&D funding? Immigration? The Climate Crisis? Regulating social media and Big Tech? What do we most need to understand as digital citizens to cast our votes for candidates in Election 2020? Experts from Washington, DC to Silicon Valley and beyond help us decode today’s critical technology policy issues that will affect our day to day lives and the future of America.

Date

2020-10-06

Participants

Estrin, Judy, Speaker
Khanna, Ro, Speaker
Mazzucato, Mariana, Speaker
O'mara, Margaret, Moderator
Slaughter, Anne Marie, Speaker

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Virtual event

Duration

01:34:47

Format

MOV

Category

Talk

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X9364.2021