Sample menu:

Schedule:


The weekend program is here as a pdf file.

These schedules are subject to change.

Location: Avaya Auditorium, Peter O'Donnell Building, 201 E 24th St.


The Thursday and Friday schedules for the mapmaking trainings are here.

WEEKEND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:


Saturday February 3
  • 9 am - welcome and coffee
  • 9:30-10:15 - Moon Duchin, Tufts University, Mathematics
  • 10:30-11 - Andrew Blumberg, UT-Austin, Mathematics
  • 11:15-11:45 - Travis Crum, Mayer Brown
  • 11:45-1:15 - Lunch (on your own in the neighborhood)
  • 1:15-1:45 - Henry Flores, St. Mary's University, Political Science
  • 2-2:30 - Peck Young, Austin Community College, Center for Public Policy and Political Studies
  • 2:45-3:15 - Wes Pegden, Carnegie Mellon University, Mathematics
  • 3:30-5 panel discussion - Redistricting in practice - Leah Aden (NAACP-LDF), Dana DeBeauvoir (Travis County Clerk), Renea Hicks (attorney), David Hanna (Texas Legislative Council)
  • …
  • 7pm-?? : Happy Hour at the 1st floor of Omni Hotel Downtown
Sunday February 4
  • 8:30 am - coffee
  • 9-9:30 - Mimi Marziani, UT-Austin Law and Texas Civil Rights Project
  • 9:45-10:15 - Leah Aden, NAACP-LDF
  • 10:30-11:45 - "Lightning talks"
    • Cabral Balreira (Trinity University)
    • Scott Cook (Tarleton State University)
    • Nestor Guillen (University of Massachusetts)
    • Scott Macdonell (CNA)
    • Mike Nahas (UT-Austin)
    • Austin Nelson (UT-Austin)
    • Anita Palmer (GISetc) and Rebecca Theobald (U Colorado-Colorado Springs)
    • Maxwell Stolarski (UT-Austin)
    • Stephanie Swanson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
    • Maia Woluchem (MIT)
  • 11:45-1:15 - Lunch (on your own in the neighborhood)
  • 1:15-1:45 - Nestor Guillen, UMass Amherst, Mathematics
  • 2-2:30 - Joey Fishkin, UT-Austin Law
  • 2:45-3:15 - Wes Pegden, Carnegie Mellon University, Mathematics
  • 3:30-5 - Presentations from the Hackathon