Voting Village 2026
DEF CON 34
Las Vegas Convention Center West, Room L2 W220

(Almost) Final Speaker Schedule

DAY ONE
Friday, August 7, 2026

1000-1030 Election Integrity and Technology
          * Matt Blaze

1030-1100 What Election Security Researchers
          Need to Know About the DMCA
          * Tori Noble

1100-1130 Anomalies Are Not Normal
          * Richard DeMillo

1130-1200 Welcome to the Voting Village
          * Brian DeMuth
          * Matt Blaze
          * Jake Braun
          * David Jefferson
          * Jeff Moss
          * Kendall Spencer
          * Philip Stark
         
1200-1245 Keynote: The Paper Chase
          * Kevin Shelley

1245-1330 Lunch Break

1330-1400 Publicly Auditable Elections
          * Josh Benaloah

1400-1445 Evidence-Based Elections
          and Risk-Limiting Audits
          * Philip Stark

1445-1530 Afternoon Break
          (RLA workshop in main room)

1530-1600 There and Back Again
          * Jason Wareham
          * Manbir Gulati


1600-1630 Security and Privacy for the Rest of Elections
          * Michael Specter

1630-1700 Watching Norway's Election
          * Hallvard Nygård

1700-1745 We Pwn Your Phone, We Pwn Your Vote (Demo and Panel)
          * Brian DeMuth
          * Panel TBA

DAY TWO
Saturday, August 8, 2026

1000-1030 "Trust Us, It's Secure": Why Internet Voting Isn't
          * Barbara Simons

1030-1100 Software Quality in Electronic Voting
          * Duncan Buell

1100-1130 Liberty and Justice for All
          * Michael Moore

1130-1200 Are We Making Things Worse? Election Denialism
          and Security Research (Panel)
          * TBA

1200-1245 Keynote: Colorado's Creation of RLAs
          * Wayne Williams

1245-1330 Lunch Break

1330-1400 Pulling Back the Curtain on the Voting Booth
          * Marilyn Marks
          * Max Springer

1400-1430 Separating News from Noise (Panel)
          * Nate Young
          * Ryan Macias
          * TBA

1430-1500 Dissecting the ICX Frog
          * Drew Springall

1500-1530 Afternoon Break
          (ICX demo in main room)

1530-1600 Alerts and Warnings in 2026 Elections
          * Geoff Hale
          * Ryan Macius 

1600-1630 Low Skill, High Impact Attacks on Internet Voting
          * John Odum

1630-1700 On the Weaponization of Voting Channels
          * Carsten Schürmann
          
1700-1745 Election Observation: Watching is not Enough
          * Douglas W. Jones

1745-1800 The Republic is a Team Sport
          * Kendall Spencer

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