Schedule
One Vote
One Vote

Examine the role of technology in elections

Call for evidence about risks and benefits of introducing blockchain in India's electoral systems

16:00–18:00

Voters Before Citizens: The Origins of India’s Electoral Democracy

Prof. Ornit Shani, Associate Professor of Modern Indian History, Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa; Moderator, Naveen Bagalkot - design researcher and educator at DesignBeku and Srishti

16:00–18:00

On the nuances of electronic voting

Subhashis Banerjee, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT-Delhi. Moderated by Smari McCarthy - MP in Iceland Parliament from Pirate Party

16:00–18:00

Publicly verifiable voting: a design sketch illustration

Subhashis Banerjee, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT-Delhi. Moderated by Smari McCarthy - MP in Iceland Parliament from Pirate Party

16:00–18:00

Field notes from elections

Kannan Gopinathan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannan_Gopinathan. Moderated by Suman Kar, head of cybersecurity at Banbreach

16:00–18:00

Digital democracy and public trust

Nanjala Nyabola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjala_Nyabola). Moderated by Hina Binte Haq, NUST and Maryem Usmani, Research Associate

16:00–18:00

Prints in the sand of time: the construction of uniqueness before biometric authentication

Tarangini Sriraman, faculty at Azim Premji University

16:00–17:35

What really happened in the mock election conducted by the Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC)

Presenters: Srikanth Lakshmanan (Cashless Consumer), Srinivas Kodali (Kaarana). Moderated by Sunil Bajpai (Public Servant; former Principal Advisor (IT) with TRAI)

16:00–17:00

Technology for Democratic Reform: A Case Study of the MyNeta App

Jaskirat Singh and Divya Arora

16:00–17:00

(Un)planned Outcomes: Verifying Identity through Aadhaar Biometrics

Srikanth Lakshmanan, Anushka Jain, Ria Singh Sawhney

19:30–20:30

A Discussion with Khabar Lahariya

Meera Devi, Kumkum Yadav, Maansi Verma

16:00–17:00

The Model Code of Conduct

TVS Sasidhar, Assistant Professor at Azim Premji University

16:00–17:00

Accessible Electoral Process for persons with disabilities

Smitha Sadasivan - Accessibility Consultant, Election Commission of India

16:00–17:00

Disability Rights and Accessibility in Elections

Nilesh Singit - Consultant on Disability Law, ADAPT Rights Group founder, Indrani Malkani- Chairman of VCAN

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