Scotland’s Democratic Future: Exploring Electronic Voting

On Wednesday, 29 November 2017, the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics, and the H2020 PANORAMIX Consortium in partnership with the Scottish Government, facilitated an all-day workshop on electronic voting.
Agenda
Presentations
Elections in Scotland - Setting the Scene
Welcome | Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business |
Digital Strategy for Scotland | Anne Moises, Scottish Government Chief Information Officer, Directorate for Digital |
Elections in Scotland – The Electoral Practitioners’ View
Challenges & Opportunities |
Andy O’Neill, Electoral Commission |
Challenges & Opportunities |
Chris Highcock, City of Edinburgh Council, Depute Returning Officer and Secretary to the Electoral Management Board |
Introducing New Technology
General Challenges of e-Voting |
Professor Aggelos Kiayias, School of Informatics University of Edinburgh |
Addressing the Challenges of e-Voting Through Crypto Design |
Dr Thomas Zacharias, School of Informatics University of Edinburgh |
The Supplier Perspective
SCYTL |
Ian Brook |
Smartmatic |
Sonya Anderson |
UK Engage |
Andy Tye |
IDOX |
William Quinton |
CGI |
Tracy Porch-Bradley |
Review of the Broader Electoral Landscape
Counting on technology: computational voting and electoral law reform |
Prof. Burkhard Schafer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Law School |
Scotland’s Democratic Future: Exploring Electronic Voting
Since 2007 Local Government Elections in Scotland have used the Single Transferable Vote system (STV) and votes have been counted electronically. Is it now time to explore electronic voting?
University of Edinburgh School of Informatics, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB