After the turmoil of 2020 and resulting conspiracy theories, the November 8th midterms will test our nation’s confidence in free and fair elections. In this session, election experts help us understand what to expect when it comes to election security, audits, influence operations, the role of partisan election officials, and how to prepare a nervous public.

Four key recommendations: strengthening democracy, building economic opportunity, increasing sustainability, and leading on issues of technology.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted and implemented across a broad range of industries and applications, from telecom and transport to groceries and governments. These can be a force for productivity and efficiency, but they can also have unintended consequences for customers, staff, and your organization's reputation.

When it comes to digital infrastructure, communities lack more than just broadband access. Rather, the delivery of effective digital services at the local level has been hamstrung by three primary obstacles: an absence of data, poor community-government relationships, and insufficient digital literacy among key populations. At their core, these failures all have one thing in common: they designed for the community but not with the community. 

This report reviews consumer attitudes towards digital privacy and security practices online. Though consumer understanding of cybersecurity practices has increased over the years, resulting in positive changes in behavior, attitudes towards adopting practices and tools to secure themselves online have moved at a slower pace.

Our report on pure science, in collaboration with the 13 other countries where the Aspen Institute has international partners, assesses the current state of basic science around the world, creates a forum for discussion among scientific leaders, and provides guidance on how basic science can be supported and advanced internationally.

Fifty-four percent of American adults report that not a single person knows them well.

As top policy makers have recognized, a National Spectrum Strategy to address these challenges is urgently needed.

Have Democrats become too identified with technocratic ways of speaking — about the economy, the pandemic, climate change? Has this deepened the political divide between those with and those without college degrees?