Tech4democracy Venture Day Silicon Valley

On November 29, 2022 (1:00 pm), the third Tech4Democracy Venture Day will be held at Stanford University in partnership with its Global Digital Policy Incubator. Tech4Democracy is a global initiative by IE University, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, that aims to support entrepreneurs who develop democracy-affirming technologies.

The Venture Day will feature a competition for North and Central American startups that are pioneering the development of usable democracy-affirming technologies, as well as discussions on how technology can contribute to the promotion of democratic values worldwide.

AGENDA

12:30 – 1:00 pm: Registration and Lunch

1:00 – 1:10 pm: Welcome Remarks

Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director of Stanford University’s Global Digital Policy Incubator

Irene Blázquez, Director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University

Lila Tretikov, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft

1:10 – 1:30 pm: Opening Comments by Judges

Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur & Creator of the Lean Startup

Allison Bhusri, Founder of Lemonade Capital

Juan José Gómez Camacho, Former Mexican Ambassador & Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Peter Loewen, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto

Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator

Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco/Silicon Valley

Aimee Sentmat, Executive President of Banistmo Bank

Lourdes M. Turrecha, Founder & CEO of PIX LLC & Adjunct Professor of Privacy Law at Santa Clara University School of Law

Moderator: Eileen Donahoe

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Competition: Innovator Presentations

Competitors presented by Tech4Democracy Fellows from IE University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2:30 – 2:45 pm: Keynote Remarks and Q&A with Audience

Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 

2:45 – 2:55 pm: Closing Remarks

Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. Department of State

Larry Diamond, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Principal Investigator at Stanford GDPi

2:55 – 3:00 pm: Announcement of Winner

Lila Tretikov, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft