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Universal Design in Electronic Voting: One Machine, One Vote for Everyone - Juan E. Gilbert
1:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Juan E. Gilbert is an IDEaS Professor and Chair of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University, where he leads the Human-Centered Computing Lab. Gilbert and his research team were recently awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to conduct research on accessible voting technologies. Gilbert is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement Science, an ACM Distinguished Scientist, National Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies, an ACM Distinguished Speaker and a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society. He was recently named one of the fifty most important African Americans in Technology. A reception will follow at 2 pm in the Atrium.

Field Work: A Family Farm - Documentary and Discussion
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Meet filmmaker John Helde as he follows Judy and Charlie Swanson and their three grown children pursuing their dream of farming as one extended family. This is a preview screening of his documentary film "Field Work: A Family Farm," which is supported by Humanities Iowa. It follows the Swanson family through several seasons and looks at the social and economic challenges of family farming: rising land prices, changing technologies, and the barriers to entry for the younger generation. It's a new, twenty-first century portrait of the iconic family farm and America's changing agricultural landscape. Featuring music by the Iowa-based duo Truckstop Souvenir. A discussion with filmmaker John Helde and participants in the project, including Judy and Charlie Swanson and Julie and Scott Wilber of Wilber's Northside Market in Boone, will immediately follow the 96-min film.

Escape from Slavery - Francis Bok
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Francis Bok was only seven years old when he and ten other Sudanese children of the Dinka ethnic group were taken at gunpoint by Arab gunmen from the north. Forced into slavery, he spent ten years enduring beatings and living on scraps from his captor's meals. His third attempt to escape was successful, but after reaching Khartoum, he was forced by police to work as a stable boy and later imprisoned for speaking out against the government. Bok was eventually granted UN refugee status and came to the United States, where he joined the American Anti-Slavery Group. He was the first Sudanese escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and has met with President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Madeleine Albright, and other important leaders. His book, Escape From Slavery, is considered an important record of the experience of contemporary slavery. Part of the Network against Human Trafficking Conference.

Human Trafficking and Forced Labor - Tiffany Williams
1:15 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - A majority of human trafficking victims are forced into industrial and commercial labor. Learn how modern industries, economies and policies influence this crime and continue to go largely unpunished. Tiffany Williams is the national coordinator and policy co-chair for the Freedom Network, a coalition of organizations providing direct social and legal services to survivors of human trafficking. She joined the staff of the Break The Chain Campaign at the Institute for Policy Studies in 2008. As Break the Chain Campaign's advocacy director, she has focused on the connection between immigrant rights, worker rights, and human trafficking. Part of the Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking. The keynote address and afternoon breakout sessions are free and open to the public. Register for the entire Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking at: ICHT Registration. Registration Fee: $40. Half-price, $20, for the first 70 students who register - student ID required.

Stopping Sex Trafficking of Minors and Women - Kaffie McCullough and Roxanne Ryan
1:15 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - More than 70 percent of human trafficking victims are women and girls. Kaffie McCullough will discuss the causes of and possible solutions to the trafficking of minors and women into and within the United States. Kaffie McCullough works for the Atlanta-based Juvenile Justice Fund as program manager of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children program. She oversees a campaign to stop the prostitution of children in Georgia as well as the CEASE program, a prevention and early intervention program for commercially sexually exploited children. She will be joined by Roxanne Ryan, a senior criminal intelligence analyst with the Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center. Ryan spent twenty-four years in the Iowa Attorney General's office in the criminal divisions, and taught criminal justice at Simpson College. She teaches as an adjunct professor at Simpson College and Drake Law School. Part of the Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking. The keynote address and afternoon breakout sessions are free and open to the public. Register for the entire Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking at: ICHT Registration. Registration Fee: $40. Half-price, $20, for the first 70 students who register - student ID required.

Human Trafficking in Iowa: A Global Dilemma - Bonnie Campbell
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bonnie Campbell was the only woman to have held the office of Iowa Attorney General before joining the Clinton Administration as one of its key officials on crime and gender-equity issues. As director of the Justice Department's Violence Against Women Office, Campbell oversaw a $1.6 billion program to provide resources to communities for training judges, prosecutors, and police and to provide services and shelter to victims. She also headed the Justice Department's Working Group on Trafficking and was instrumental in the creation of a U.S. treaty with Italy on ending trafficking in women and girls. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright subsequently appointed Campbell to represent the United States in international negotiations on the creation of an International Criminal Court. She has been a leading spokesperson on international human rights issues ever since. Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking Keynote Address. The keynote address and afternoon breakout sessions are free and open to the public. Register for the entire Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking at: ICHT Registration. Registration Fee: $40. Half-price, $20, for the first 70 students who register - student ID required.

How Agricultural Economics Saved Futures Markets: An Untold Story of Leadership - Scott Irwin
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Iowa State alum Scott Irwin is recognized as a national and international leader in agricultural economics. In recent years, he has made important contributions to the ongoing international debate on the role of speculators in commodity futures markets and is often quoted as an authority on agricultural markets in the financial press. His research and extension programs include AgMAS, a nationally recognized project that evaluates agricultural market advisory services, and farmdoc, an award-winning extension program that provides comprehensive risk management information and analysis for farmers and agribusinesses. Irwin grew up on a family farm in west central Iowa and earned his B.S. in agricultural business at Iowa State. He earned both an M.S. and Ph.D. in agricultural economics at Purdue University and is currently the Laurence J. Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing at the University of Illinois. The William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture.

9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ? - Andrew Revkin
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Andrew Revkin covered global environmental issues for the New York Times for fifteen years and continues to write for their Dot Earth blog. His reports have ranged from Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami to the assault on the Amazon and the troubled relationship of climate science and politics. He recently became the first two-time winner of the Communication Award bestowed jointly by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. He is also the author of several books, including The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest and Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Revkin is a senior fellow at Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Sciences. He has a biology degree from Brown University and a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia. The 2011 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture.

New Media and Politics: The Sphere of Influence - Panel Discussion
1:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The new media revolution has affected the way news outlets report information and the way political campaigns communicate with voters. It has also given citizens a new opportunity to engage with reporters and campaigns through social media. Panelists will explore changes in the reporting, communication and consumption of political news and information. Participants include Tyler Kingcade, Huffington Post (via Skype); Craig Robinson, The Iowa Republican; Todd Richissin, Patch.com; and Shane Vanderhart, CaffinatedThoughts.com.

Working in Political Journalism and Communication - Panel Discussion
12:15 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Iowa's first in the nation status in the presidential nomination process and its grassroots style of political involvement make it a great place to begin a career in political journalism and communication. Panelists will discuss internships and careers in political reporting, public affairs, political organization, public information, political advertising and opportunities for career advancement. Participants include Scott Stanzel, former White House assistant press secretary, and Beth Pellet Levine, spokesperson for Senator Charles Grassley.