The Future of Encryption, Housing, and Regulation by Data4America & Lincoln

The Future of Encryption, Housing, and Regulation

Join Data4America for a memorable evening with some of the smartest minds in policy and technology. Hear from entrepreneur and legendary investor Keith Rabois, interviewed by the President of the Thiel Foundation, Blake Masters. Also hear from California State Senate candidate, Scott Wiener, interviewed by former TechCrunch writer Kim-Mai Cutler. Light bites and beverages will be provided during the welcome networking reception. 

Listen, learn, network, and exchange ideas!

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Date: Wednesday, June 8th

Time: 6:30 - 9pm

Where: Runway @ Twitter Building - 1355 Market St #488, San Francisco, CA 94103

Format: The event will feature two fireside chats along with a networking reception. Blake Masters will host the discussion with Keith Rabois. Kim-Mai Culter will moderate a conversations with Scott Wiener.

Co-Hosts: Lincoln Initiative 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6:30-7pm Doors open - drinks reception and small bites

7:00pm - Fireside chat with Keith Rabois

8:00pm - Fireside chat with Scott Weiner

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FIRESIDE CHAT WITH SCOTT WIENER

San Francisco is among the cities hardest hit by the worsening urban housing crisis in America today. While tech companies with operations in San Francisco do not control city housing policies, they are feeling pressure to find a solution that both allows them to bring in more tech workers and also does not push out existing residents.

Opinions on how to deal with housing--and inequality more generally--differ sharply in the Bay Area. Some just want tech companies to relocate elsewhere. Others want tech companies to pay heavy fees to subsidize affordable housing. And both of these solutions are challenged by suburban neighborhood associations that don't want to see their homes disturbed by high-rise condos for tech workers.

The political gridlock is harming the economy, too. UC Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti estimates that housing regulation alone in three major cities has stunted US GDP by about 10%.

What is the solution? Should tech companies become politically involved or is there a more constructive role for them to play in addressing the housing crisis?

Hosted by: Kim-Mai Cutler

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH KEITH RABOIS

The highly anticipated Apple vs. FBI court battle was abruptly halted. After insisting that Apple’s help would be the only way to access data stored on the device, the FBI was able to circumvent the phone’s security features via an undisclosed third party solution.

Although temporarily resolved, this was clearly the first scuffle in what will be an on-going encryption and data privacy battle. On one side, there is a national security argument - strong encryption makes it harder for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to do their job. On the other, there’s the obligation to protect consumer data - weaker encryption make consumers susceptible to hackers. Do both of these arguments hold up to scrutiny or are they based on flawed premises? What happens next in the battle of encryption? How can civil liberties be preserved amid the ever-evolving world of terrorism, which increasingly relies on advanced communications technology to coordinate attacks? Can the U.S. government reasonably force cooperation on these issues from a dominant American tech corporation such as Apple?

Hosted by: Blake Masters

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

	Kim-Mai Cutler is founder of Roam and a tech journalist. She contributes to TechCrunch and has worked for Bloomberg, VentureBeat, and The Wall Street Journal.
	Keith Rabois is a tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures. He was a part of the early team at PayPal and has held executive positions at LinkedIn, Slide, and Square.
	Scott Wiener is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and current candidate for the California State Senate.
	Blake Masters is the co-author “Zero to One” and is the President of The Thiel Foundation.
	Chris McCoy is the Founder and Executive Director of Data4America. He's also building Footprint, a messaging platform for franchise businesses and their customer communities.

EVENT SPONSORS

Lincoln Initiative Lincoln Initiative, formerly known as Lincoln Labs, was born from the optimistic view that when technology and public policy meet, under the right conditions and with the right tools, both worlds win. Through hackathons, meetups and online engagement, we provide opportunities for the entrepreneurial community to come together and both collaborate on and learn about market-based, tech-powered solutions to our nation's biggest problems.

Startup Policy Lab Startup Policy Lab (SPL) is an independent nonprofit think tank connecting government officials and startups to address cutting edge issues in technology driving public policy. Learn more at startuppolicylab.org.

Data4America welcomes your donation to further its mission of bringing data science and data viz to the understanding of politics. Data4America is in the process of obtaining its 501(c)(3) status from the IRS. While Data4America is waiting for this process to be completed, Silicon Valley Community Foundation has agreed to act as Data4America’s fiscal sponsor and accept gifts on its behalf. Donations will be processed by SVCF, a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in the United States, EIN# 20-5205488. Contributions will be tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. SVCF will provide a formal acknowledgment letter containing tax-deduction language for your records.