About the Event

As artificial intelligence begins to impact every policy vertical, we explore how Congress can be proactive and prepared, rather than simply react.

Join us for an intimate, nonpartisan discussion that cuts through the hype to focus on how you can be prepared to advise your boss and engage with constituents as AI is increasingly integrated into American life.

This isn't an event focused on AI regulation. Instead, we'll explore how AI will fundamentally reshape legislative work, democratic processes, and governance — and how your office can be positioned to lead rather than lag. The future of American democracy in the age of AI will be shaped by the decisions Congress makes in the next few years. Make sure your office is prepared to lead that conversation.

Limited seating | RSVP encouraged | All Welcomed | A light lunch will be provided. For event questions, please contact aubrey@popvox.org.

What You'll Gain

• Strategic insights on Congress' unique leverage points in AI governance

• A realistic forecast of how AI will change legislative work over the next 2-3 years

• Actionable ideas for how your office can prepare and lead

• Understanding of AI's democracy-wide implications beyond tech policy

Featured Experts

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer, and New York Times bestselling author of 15 books including “A Hacker's Mind.” He is co-author of the recently released “Rewiring Democracy - How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.”

Nathan E. Sanders is a data scientist focused on participatory policymaking, former science policy fellow in the Massachusetts legislature, researcher at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, and co-author of the recently released “Rewiring Democracy - How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.”

Moderators

Marci Harris is the founder and CEO of POPVOX.com and the Executive Director of the nonprofit POPVOX Foundation. Marci is passionate about the responsible use of technology to improve government and benefit humanity. She is a lawyer and former Congressional staffer, who worked on the House Ways and Means Committee's Affordable Care Act team. She has held fellowships with Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democracy and the New America Foundation, and taught public policy, government, and civic technology courses at the University of San Francisco, San Jose State University, and the University of California Berkeley.

Soren Dayton is a policy and public affairs professional with experience across a range of areas including government reform, telecommunications, foreign policy, among others. Soren has been in Washington, DC since 2003, except for a year and a half sabbatical in India.

Soren is the Director of Governance at the Foundation for American Innovation a center-right think tank focused on building the innovation foundations of American society. There he focuses on methods of improving governance at the federal level, state level, and in civil society organizations. Previously, he worked in a similar role at the Niskanen Center. You can read Soren’s iterative musings on these issues at his Substack, Prototyping Politics.

Previously, Soren has been a policy advocate at Protect Democracy, a a was Senior Vice President, Digital Advocacy in Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ Washington, DC office, and a Senior Vice President — and Senior Counselor while in India — at Prism Public Affairs, which subsequently merged with Rasky Baerlein; at New Media Strategies; on the Hill for Rep. Nick Smith (R-MI); for the John McCain for President campaign; as an independent consultant, among other things. He has also been active in a number of grassroots political organizations.

In India, Soren and his wife worked with International Justice Mission to fight human trafficking. They wrote about their experiences at their blog.

His writings have appeared in Roll Call, Politico, The Hill, the Washington Post, and other outlets. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, NPR, RTE (Irish national TV and Radio), Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, among others.

Soren served as the President of the University of Chicago Washington, D.C. Alumni Association, as a member of the board of advisors of Tech Congress. He was also a Penn Kemble Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.

Soren lives in Accokeek, Maryland, in the Moyaone Reserve with his wife Amanda Butler and their cat Haider and two lovely kooikerhondjes, Maas and Kwak. They met at an alumni event for their mutual alma mater, the University of Chicago.