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Dress code for our event is business casual
This is an invitation-only event. Please contact the organizers for more information.
Abundance 2024 is a widely attended event that complies with House and Senate ethics rules.
Abundance 2024 is thrilled to have Marshall Kosloff emcee our two-day gathering.
Marshall Kosloff is the host of the Foundation for American Innovation's The Realignment podcast. He hosts additional podcasts including the Hudson Institute's Arsenal of Democracy and War on the Rocks/UT-Austin's Clements Center for National Security's Horns of a Dilemma. Marshall is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at America's Frontier Fund.
Itinerary: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Beverly Foyer 2nd Floor
Registration and Check-In
9:00 - 9:20 AM
Beverly Foyer 2nd Floor
Welcome Coffee and Pastries
9:20 - 9:40 AM
Opening Remarks
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Alex Trembath, The Breakthrough Institute, and Derek Kaufman, Inclusive Abundance Initiative
9:40 - 10:10 AM
Main Stage Talk #1
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Arati Prabhakar, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Interviewed by Derek Kaufman, Inclusive Abundance Initiative
10:10 - 10:20 AM
Lightning Talk #1
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Kodiak Hill-Davis, Niskanen Center
Morning Breakout Sessions #1:
October 9, 2024
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Note: All breakouts at Abundance 2024 are set up to be 75 minutes with built-in networking. They are all being held under Chatham House Rule:
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Making Congress Work After Chevron
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Kevin Kosar, American Enterprise Institute
Daniel Schuman, American Governance Institute
Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution
Michael Thorning, Bipartisan Policy Center
More, Cheaper Housing: State & Local Solutions
Salon
Vicki Been, NYU School of Law
Christopher Elmendorf, UC Davis School of Law
Henry Honorof, Welcoming Neighbors Network
Ben Metcalf, Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Maintaining American Leadership On Science and Innovation
Barnett Aden
Kumar Garg, Renaissance Philanthropy
Erica Goldman, Federation of American Scientists
Eli Dourado, Abundance Institute
Jon Askonas, Catholic University of America / Foundation for American Innovation
Lunch With Main Stage Programming
12:00 - 1:25 PM
12:45 - 12:55 PM
Lightning Talk #2
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Ted Nordhaus, The Breakthrough Institute
12:55 - 1:25 PM
Main Stage Talk #2
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
In conversation with Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring
Afternoon Breakout Sessions #2:
October 9, 2024
1:45 - 3:00 PM
Note: All breakouts at Abundance 2024 are set up to be 75 minutes with built-in networking. They are all being held under Chatham House Rule:
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
How Bureaucracy is Breaking Government
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Nicholas Bagley, University of Michigan Law School
Jenny Mattingley, Partnership for Public Service
Santi Ruiz, Institute For Progress
Kathy Stack, Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy and Federation of American Scientists
Bringing Next-Generation Energy Tech to Market
Salon
Jane Flegal, Stripe
Ryan Norman, Third Way
Marcela Mulholland, Carbon Removal Alliance
Ashley George, Employ America
Creating Prosperity in More Places
Barnett Aden
Tim Bartik, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Amy Liu, The Brookings Institution
Xochitl Torres Small, Department of Agriculture
J.D. Grom, U.S. Commerce Department
Afternoon Breakout Sessions #3:
October 9, 2024
3:15 - 4:30 PM
Note: All breakouts at Abundance 2024 are set up to be 75 minutes with built-in networking. They are all being held under Chatham House Rule:
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Creating a National Culture of Progress
Barnett Aden
Virginia Postrel, Works in Progress Magazine
Jason Crawford, The Roots of Progress
Gary Winslett, Middlebury College
Tamara Winter, Stripe
Intelligent Use of Artificial Intelligence
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Samuel Hammond, Foundation for American Innovation
Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress
Jasmine Dhaliwal, Open Philanthropy
Joshua New, SeedAI
Building a World-Class Federal Workforce
Salon
Robert Shea, GovNavigators
Jennifer Anastasoff, Tech Talent Project
Chayenne Polimédio, Hewlett Foundation
James-Christian Blockwood, Partnership for Public Service
Happy Hour With Hors D’oeuvres
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Itinerary: Thursday, October 10, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Beverly Foyer 2nd Floor
Registration and Check-In
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Beverly Foyer 2nd Floor
Welcome Coffee and Pastries
9:30 - 9:40 AM
Lightning Talk #3
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Dan Correa, Federation of American Scientists
9:40 - 9:50 AM
Lightning Talk #4
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress
9:50-10:00 AM
Lightning Talk #5
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Max Bodach, Foundation for American Innovation
Morning Breakout Sessions #4:
October 10, 2024
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Note: All breakouts at Abundance 2024 are set up to be 75 minutes with built-in networking. They are all being held under Chatham House Rule:
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Building Abundance Factions in Both Parties
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Lauren Harper Pope, WelcomePAC
Marshall Kosloff, Foundation for American Innovation
Steve Teles, Niskanen Center
Layla Zaidane, Future Caucus
More, Cheaper Rocks: Developing Supply Chains for Energy
Salon
Gracelin Baskaran, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Seaver Wang, The Breakthrough Institute
Mara Rudman, Miller Center, UVA
Arnab Datta, Employ America
More, Cheaper Food
Barnett Aden
Emily Bass, The Breakthrough Institute
Kyle Bridgeforth, Bridgeforth Farms
James Macdonald, University of Maryland
Vincent Smith, Montana State University
Lunch With Mainstage Programming
12:00 - 1:00 PM
12:00 - 12:45 PM
Lunch
Beverly Snow Ballroom
12:25 - 1:00 PM
Main Stage Talk #4
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Featuring Patrick Collison, Stripe
In Conversation with Jerusalem Demsas, The Atlantic
Afternoon Breakout Sessions #5:
October 10, 2024
1:15 - 2:30 PM
Note: All breakouts at Abundance 2024 are set up to be 75 minutes with built-in networking. They are all being held under Chatham House Rule:
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Permitting More, Cheaper Energy
Beverly Snow Ballroom
Nikki Chiappa, The Breakthrough Institute
Thomas Hochman, Foundation for American Innovation
Devin Hartman, R Street Institute
Cheryl Lombard, ClearPath
Xan Fishman, Bipartisan Policy Center
More, Cheaper Housing: Federal Solutions
Salon
Derek Kaufman, Inclusive Abundance Initiative
David Garcia, Up for Growth
Alex Armlovich, Niskanen Center
Sara Bronin, National Zoning Atlas
Securing American Work, Wealth, and Wages
Barnett Aden
Samantha Tweedy, Black Economic Alliance
Skanda Amarnath, Employ America
Adam Millsap, Stand Together
Adam Ozimek, Economic Innovation Group