WEBVTT 00:04.500 --> 00:08.420 Hi everyone, I'm Catherine Terranova. 00:08.420 --> 00:14.280 I am the co-organizer and one of the village leads over at the Voting Village. 00:14.280 --> 00:19.260 I am also the VP of Operations at the Election Integrity Foundation. 00:19.260 --> 00:29.420 The Election Integrity Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization that was founded by world-renowned ethical hacker Hari Hirstie. 00:29.420 --> 00:37.060 The Election Integrity Foundation is the non-profit responsible for putting on the Voting Village annually at DEF CON. 00:37.060 --> 00:45.140 I'm so excited to share with you some of the awesome events we have planned at this year's DEF CON 31. 00:45.240 --> 00:49.800 The Voting Village is made up of multiple components. 00:49.800 --> 01:01.100 We have workshops, we have an area where hackers can get their hands on actual voting systems, all of which that are currently used in U.S. 01:01.100 --> 01:02.780 elections today. 01:02.780 --> 01:10.640 We have a very robust speaker track with perspectives from across the election industry. 01:10.640 --> 01:14.320 We have voting system subject matter experts. 01:14.320 --> 01:19.400 We have actual election officials that are going to be there. 01:19.400 --> 01:23.860 We have misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation experts. 01:23.860 --> 01:31.240 We've also taken some of these speakers and put together a few wonderful panels. 01:31.240 --> 01:37.640 One of these panels is going to be moderated by a special guest moderator coming from the U.S. 01:37.640 --> 01:38.640 government. 01:38.640 --> 01:48.540 Another panel we have is going to be moderated by another high-profile moderator who you may have seen a lot recently in the media. 01:48.540 --> 01:52.080 Both of those names will be announced soon. 01:52.360 --> 01:58.940 Another thing I'm really excited about is the vendor that we have participating this year. 01:58.940 --> 02:01.160 We are going to be featuring this vendor. 02:01.160 --> 02:09.260 They will have representatives there to answer any questions, and it's going to be one of the highlights of the village. 02:09.320 --> 02:24.040 We're also going to be doing a review of the in-depth analysis we did on the Chinese voting machine prototype that we unboxed last year at DEF CON 30. 02:24.040 --> 02:31.160 We will also be unboxing something this year that is very high-profile. 02:31.160 --> 02:33.800 It will be very interesting. 02:33.800 --> 02:41.200 I can't tell you quite yet what it is, but if you come and join us at the village, you will get to see for yourself. 02:41.200 --> 02:56.040 After DEF CON, we are going to be sharing with everybody more information about the permanent voting machine laboratory that we have now in Washington, D.C., right down the street from the Capitol. 02:56.040 --> 03:03.900 We'll be sharing with you more about what we're going to do with that space, as well as updates on what comes next for the voting village. 03:03.900 --> 03:06.520 So hopefully you're able to make it. 03:06.520 --> 03:14.380 We are located in the Caesars Forum Convention Center this year, and we have quite a few room numbers. 03:14.380 --> 03:20.940 One of them is 417, so if you come to Caesars Forum Convention Center, come find us in room 417. 03:21.020 --> 03:22.660 My name is Kat. 03:22.660 --> 03:25.780 Please come and ask us any questions you have. 03:25.780 --> 03:30.280 We're so excited to share with you, and I really hope to see you all there. 03:30.280 --> 03:31.720 Thank you so much. 03:31.720 --> 03:32.560 Bye.