Agenda & Speakers Friday, March 28, 2025 - Tentative Agenda Expand All 9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. - Registration Check-in and Breakfast 9:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m. - The Future of Polling Doug Usher (Moderator), Partner, Forbes Tate PartnersWes Anderson, Partner, OnMessage Public StrategiesMichael Miller, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, Barnard CollegeMolly Murphy, President, Impact Research 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. - From Data to Headlines: The Role of Analytics in Political Media Coverage Basil Smikle (Moderator), Professor of Practice & Director, M.S. in Nonprofit Management Program, Columbia University SPSJennifer Agiesta, Director of Polling and Election Analytics, CNNJoe Lenski, Executive Vice President, Edison Media ResearchEthan Rosen, Associate General Counsel, PredictIt 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. - Lunch 1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. - Keynote 1:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m. - Can Data Technology Transform Politics? Michael Schwam-Baird (Moderator), Deputy Program Director & Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Political Analytics, Columbia University SPSDanielle Nakano, Chief Product Officer, Grassroots AnalyticsBrent Seaborn, Co-Founder & Chief Data Science Officer, TunnlMaeve Ward, Chief Research Strategy Officer, Grow Progress 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. - Where Did All That Money Go? Analytics and Billion Dollar Campaign Decisions Eunji Kim (Moderator), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia UniversityChristina Coloroso, Executive Director, Analyst InstituteErika Franklin Fowler, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University; Co-Director, Wesleyan Media ProjectSteven McAlpine, CEO & Founder, INTRVL 4:00 p.m. - Conference Concludes Speaker Bios Doug Usher, Ph.D. Speaker, Political Analytics; Partner, Forbes Tate Partners Wes Anderson Speaker; Partner, OnMessage Public Strategies Michael G. Miller, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard Molly Murphy Speaker; President, Impact Research Basil Smikle, Ph.D. Professor of Practice & Director, M.S. in Nonprofit Management Program Jennifer Agiesta Speaker; Director of Polling and Election Analytics, CNN Joe Lenski Speaker; Executive Vice President, Edison Media Research Ethan Rosen Speaker; Associate General Counsel, PredictIt Michael Schwam-Baird, Ph.D. Deputy Program Director, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Political Analytics Danielle Nakano Speaker; Chief Product Officer, Grassroots Analytics Brent Seaborn Speaker; Co-Founder & Chief Data Science Officer, Tunnl Maeve Ward Speaker; Chief Research Strategy Officer, Grow Progress Eunji Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Political Science Christina Coloroso Speaker; Executive Director, Analyst Institute Erika Franklin Fowler, Ph.D. Speaker; Professor of Government, Wesleyan University; Co-Director, Wesleyan Media Project Steven McAlpine Speaker; CEO & Founder, INTRVL
