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IAB Europe Virtual Programmatic Day H2 2019

Europe’s must-attend programmatic event in back! The Virtual Programmatic Day (VPD) brings together industry experts and thought-leaders to explore the latest trends, drivers and barriers impacting programmatic trading in Europe. It’s one of the largest virtual events in the programmatic industry, with global leaders and experts dialling in to discuss and debate the hottest topics! All participating speakers sit on IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee, to help educate, shape and inform the industry on the latest programmatic news and developments.

Register now!

The event will take place on the afternoon of 19th November and will focus on the latest market trends including spend, drivers and barriers, key growth areas such as connected TV, how programmatic will look in a post-cookie era and up to date insight into GDPR and the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework. Register to join the virtual audience here

The event will be live streamed via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5_RJvcxgH4

Join the Live Audience

For the first time, IAB Europe will host the event with a live audience as well as streaming it live. Hosted at Verizon Media in London, we have capacity for up to 40 guests to join the audience. If you’d like to come along in-person, please contact Marie-Clare asap to register. Please note, in person attendance is only available for IAB Europe members.

Event address: Verizon Media, Midcity Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA

The Agenda

Find out more about the speakers below

Session Speakers Time (GMT)
Registration, networking and light lunch Thank you to our lunch sponsor, Integral Ad Science
Welcome and introduction Simon Halstead, Senior Director Exchanges and Supply, Verizon Media 13.00-13.10
PRESENTATION & PANEL: The state of the European Programmatic Advertising Market

The results of IAB Europe’s industry benchmark studies Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising and Programmatic Ad Spend will be presented by IAB Europe’s Chief Economist, Daniel Knapp and discussed by the panel

Moderator: Simon Halstead, Senior Director Exchanges and Supply, Verizon Media

Presenter: Daniel Knapp, Chief Economist, IAB Europe

James Brown, Managing Director, EMEA, Rubicon Project
Andrew Buckman, CEO, Sublime
Simon Baker, Head of Programmatic EMEA, Bloomberg Media Group
Faye Liddle-Moore, Commercial Director Northern Europe, Outbrain
Daniel Knapp, Chief Economist, IAB Europe

PANEL: Demystifying Attribution in Programmatic Advertising

This panel will aim to demystify attribution and how it can be used effectively to evaluate programmatic advertising campaigns.

Moderator: Matt Isdale, Head of Performance, Teads

Clementina Piazza, Programmatic Director EMEA, Integral Ad Science
Oliver Gertz, Managing Director Interaction EMEA, MediaCom
Ionut Munteanu, Education Project Manager, IAB Romania
Lucia Mastromauro, Vice President, Global Head of Agency and Partner Business at Adform

PANEL: The Evolution of Connected TV in Europe

The panel will explore how the digital and TV advertising worlds are colliding, the opportunity this presents to advertisers and media owners and how connected TV is developing across Europe.

Moderator: David Goddard, VP Global Programmatic Strategy, BBC Global News

Martin O’Boyle, Managing Director, Partnerships PMX, Publicis Media
Tanzil Bukhari, Managing Director EMEA, Double Verify
Tom Fryett, Head of Programmatic Development, OMG EMEA
Glenn Perera, Director, Product Strategy, EMEA, Integral Ad Science
Sophie Knight, Director, Platform Services, SpotX

BREAK 14.50-15.05
Programmatic Advertising in a Post Cookie Era

How will programmatic trading evolve in a post-cookie era? The panel will explore what challenges and opportunities lie ahead including alternative technology solutions and the importance of creativity.

Catherine Lofthouse, Programmatic Director, Essence Global

Matt Bennathan, Senior Director, Channel Partnerships, International, Oracle Data Cloud
Lisa Kalyuzhny, Senior Director, Advertiser Solutions, PubMatic
Sara Vincent, Senior Director, Strategic Partner Development, Index Exchange
Toccara Baker, Senior Product Marketing Manager EMEA, Adobe
Tej Rekhi, VP Group Development EMEA, Publicis Media

PANEL: Making Programmatic work for Publishers

Publishers are faced with a proliferation of challenges in today’s programmatic landscape from monetisation, keeping up with technological developments through to combating non-human traffic. The panel will explore these and how publishers can overcome these and make programmatic work for them.

Ben Geach, Senior Director, Global Product Strategy, Oracle Data Cloud

Elsa Demain-Griffiths, Head of Commercial Innovation, The Telegraph
Vignesh Narayanan, Senior Director, Media Partnerships, International MediaMath
Szymon Pruszyński, Head of Global Communication, Yieldbird
Emmanuel Ogidan - Commercial Director UK & Ireland, FreeWheel
Jéricho Lämmler, Programmatic Development Manager, Goldbach

PANEL: How to Rebuild Trust in Advertising Through Transparency

This multi-stakeholder panel of publishers, ad tech payers and agencies moderated by IAB Europe will discuss the latest industry developments around Trust and Transparency alongside the recently launched v2 of the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF), the largest industry effort to help companies that serve, measure and manage digital and personalised advertising content comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy Directive (ePD) when processing personal data or accessing and/or storing information on a user’s device.

Anne Goodman, IAB Europe

Thomas Adhumeau, Senior Associate General Counsel, Xandr
Stevan Randjelovic, Brand Safety Manager, GroupM
Stefan Hanloser, Vice President, Data Protection Law & Policy, ProSiebenSat1

Summary and close Simon Halstead, Senior Director Exchanges and Supply, Verizon Media 16.35-16.45
Networking drinks 16.45-18.00

The Speakers

David Goddard, VP Global Programmatic Strategy, BBC Global News

David is the Vice President, Global Programmatic Strategy at BBC Global News and is responsible for the strategy and development of global programmatic advertising across the portfolio of BBC properties represented by Global News Limited.

Prior to the BBC David was responsible for Programmatic Trading at Gumtree, Ebay inc, at the infancy of programmatic trading in the UK, setting up the Programmatic Direct offering in 2011.

David is also a Member of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee.

Simon Baker, Head of Programmatic EMEA, Bloomberg Media Group

Simon Baker has been at Bloomberg for over ten years, during which time he has worked across digital media in various commercial roles. As Programmatic Lead for EMEA, he is currently responsible for driving programmatic revenue growth across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Previously, Simon held positions as International Online Sales Director for EMEA and Head of Mobile for EMEA and APAC at Businessweek Magazine, before its 2009 acquisition by Bloomberg L.P. His career in the media industry started with roles at Mediacom, Mediavest and The Financial Times.

At the weekend you’ll find Simon out running, fishing or supporting his local football team with his son Benjamin.

Clementina Piazza, Programmatic Director EMEA, Integral Ad Science

Clementina Piazza is Programmatic Director for EMEA at Integral Ad Science. Her focus is to support and develop IAS programmatic offering for the region. Clementina comes to IAS having previously worked on the DSP side, the latest being Amazon Advertising Platform, working both across the UK and EMEA.

Tej Rekhi, Vice President, Groupe Development, Precision, EMEA, Publicis Media

In his current role, Tej Rekhi identifies and sources cross-agency programmatic capabilities across Publicis Groupe in the EMEA region. He does this by analyzing and monitoring industry landscapes, exploring current offerings within the agencies and developing solutions across distribution channels. He oversees various workstreams across EMEA in programmatic connected TV, blockchain and emerging technologies.

As an established industry thought leader across EMEA with over 14 years of experience in digital advertising technology, Tej was the visionary behind the industry’s first live, dual-screen media campaign, seamlessly combining TV and mobile capabilities. Before that, Tej was with buy-side advertising platform Sizmek for over 10 years, where he served in various roles, such as Global Head of Mobile and Global Director of Innovation. He has delivered thought-provoking presentations at over 200 industry events in over 30 countries, been featured twice in Wired and regularly writes articles for IAB, Huffington Post, Mobile Marketer, Digital Marketing Magazine and more.

Tej joined Publicis Media in May of 2018 with a comprehensive background in scaling new products from concept to completion, establishing creative technologies for brand personalization, leading sales teams and helping brands and agencies better understand ways to connect to their audience. Since joining the organization, Tej has identified and implemented new technologies to yield competitive advantages and has been instrumental in Precision’s new business efforts.

Born in London, Tej is a family man who can be found exploring emerging technologies, astronomy and sports.

Tom Fryett, Head of Programmatic Development, OMG EMEA

Tom ensures that the programmatic product for OMG advertisers in the EMEA region is market-leading, be that via in-house development of own tools and capabilities, or partnering with best-in-class companies from across the ad tech ecosystem.

Matt Bennathan, Senior Director, Channel Partnerships, International, Oracle Data Cloud

With 20 years of experience in marketing to consumers, Matt strongly believes in leveraging data-driven insights to make more informed advertising decisions. Specialising in programmatic with leadership roles at eXelate, Nielsen Marketing Cloud, and Oracle, Matt pioneered the UK market. He was recognised with prestigious awards including The Drum Digital Trading Awards “Most Effective Use of Data” in 2016. The Drum independently voted Matt as a “Digerati” within the top 100 UK Digital Advertising leaders in 2017. Matt earned an MBA from Warwick Business School and speaks regularly at industry events.

Faye Liddle-Moore, Commercial Director Northern Europe, Outbrain

As Commercial Director, Faye is responsible for all of Outbrain's advertiser business in Northern Europe. Since joining the team in 2015, Faye has been instrumental in growing the market. With 10+ years of industry experience, Faye is an effective leader who provides a strategic vision for her team while delivering concrete business results.

Stefan Hanloser – Vice-President, Data Protection Law, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE.

Dr Stefan Hanloser is Vice-President, Data Protection Law at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. Operating out of the company’s headquarter in Munich, Stefan oversees ProSiebenSat.1’s group-wide privacy legal program. Prior to joining ProSiebenSat.1, Stefan worked as Global Corporate Privacy Officer at Allianz Asset Management AG, the financial services holding of Allianz Group. Stefan has a background as an information technology lawyer with two international law firms in Munich, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Lisa Kalyuzhny, Senior Director, Advertiser Solutions, PubMatic

Lisa is responsible for driving Pubmatic’s key relationships with buy-side businesses, particularly agencies, trading desks, Demand Side Platforms and direct brands. Originally working for PubMatic in New York, she relocated to London two years ago to develop demand partnerships in the UK and has recently increased her scope to EMEA. Prior to PubMatic she worked at IPG Mediabrands, managing digital media partnerships as well as agency relationships with the buying and planning teams nationally. She also spent over five years at Triton Media managing media clients domestically and internationally.

James Brown, Managing Director, EMEA, Rubicon Project

Drawing upon his 15+ years of experience in the digital advertising industry, James is Managing Director, EMEA for Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI), which operates one of the world’s largest independent marketplaces for the buying and selling of advertising. This includes managing the teams working with EMEA’s leading buyers – including DSPs, agencies and advertisers – and sellers such as online publishers, mobile applications, and online broadcasters.

Prior to joining Rubicon Project, he spent six years at The Telegraph rising to become General Manager, Digital Advertising where he was responsible for global digital advertising revenues. Commercial highlights include the development of the Telegraph Media Group Performance Network, Commercial Content creation business units, the conception and strategy for TMG’s programmatic trading and publisher trading desk. Before that James was Trading Director of Aegis-owned Diffiniti (now iProspect), responsible for commercial trading relationships with media owners and the media strategy across a portfolio of brands.

Based in London, James enjoys playing golf, keeping fit and a glass of wine!

Sara Vincent, Senior Director, Strategic Partner Development, Index Exchange

An industry veteran, Sara Vincent joined Index Exchange as a Senior Director of Strategic Partner Development earlier this year, bringing with her nearly two decades of experience in the world of publishing. At present, Sara works as a liaison between Index Exchange and its U.K. publishing partners — collaborating with the sales engineering, analytics, and partner operations teams to ensure her clients are positioned for success and leveraging all available technology in their programmatic business development.

Before joining Index Exchange, Sara served as SVP of Publisher Development at Just Premium, a leading online marketplace dedicated to rich media. A mother of two, in her spare time she enjoys reminiscing about being an amateur triathlete and promising herself that next month she will start training again.

Andrew Buckman, CEO, Sublime

Andrew joined the leading solution for high-impact non-intrusive digital advertising, Sublime in May 2017 with 20 years’ experience in international internet environments and expertise in ad tech, search, start-up creations, and turnaround management in e-commerce and digital advertising.

He joined Sublime as the EMEA Managing Director and became Global Chief Operations Officer in April 2019, adding APAC and the Americas to his remit. In his role as COO at Sublime, Andrew is instrumental in meeting growing global demand, forming strategic partnerships and promoting the adoption of new high-impact and non-intrusive ad solutions and technologies. One of his main missions is to drive future developments in key European markets such as Spain, Italy, Germany as well as in APAC and the Americas.

Previously, Andrew was EMEA MD at OpenX, where he was responsible for accelerating adoption of the advertising platform throughout the EMEA region. Prior to this, Andrew’s extensive experience in the ad tech industry has included high-profile roles at Tradedoubler, where he advanced the scale and profitability of the company as COO, and Yahoo!, where he took the lead on multiple sizeable European projects.

Based in the UK, Andrew is half French and bilingual, having previously lived in France with his young family. As well as being a keen endurance sportsman, Andrew likes to practice card tricks on any willing audience.

Ben Geach, Senior Director, Global Product Strategy, Oracle Data Cloud

Ben leads Product Strategy for global markets at Oracle Data Cloud. He spent the last decade working with the world’s leading brands and most innovative agencies to ensure their digital marketing reaches the right consumer, at the right time, with the right message.

Simon Halstead, Senior Director Exchanges and Supply, Verizon Media and Chair, IAB Europe Programmatic Trading Committee

Simon is Chair of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee and has been involved in the programmatic industry since 2011. In his role as Head of Open Demand for Verizon Media, Simon leads sales efforts to Advertisers, Agencies and Independent buyers and technology partners working with Oath Programmatic Exchanges, working with teams in regional and in major EMEA markets.

Prior to Verizon Media, Simon worked at Microsoft and a number of Media buying agencies and Sales Houses.

Tanzil Bukhari, Managing Director EMEA, DoubleVerify

As Managing Director for EMEA at DoubleVerify, Tanzil builds DV’s relationship with brands, agencies and media platforms across Europe. With over 20 years of experience within the media industry, expanding ad tech across the EMEA region and building global partnerships, Tanzil brings experience and expertise in digital marketing strategy and transformation, process automation, partnership development and product commercialization to the DoubleVerify EMEA team.
For the session, we are aiming to present to case studies to showcase value.

Daniel Knapp, Chief Economist, IAB Europe

Dr. Daniel Knapp is an advertising and media analyst with more than 15 years of international experience. He has served in leadership roles spanning market analysis, strategic advisory, and business intelligence.

He is Chief Economist at IAB Europe, co-founder at vMarketeur, an advanced data science for media.

Previously he was Executive Director at IHS Markit (NASDAQ: INFO), overseeing the company’s global advertising & media research, consulting and forecasting practice. Daniel’s key research areas span all domains of digital advertising, TV and video, platform economics, data strategies and the business application of AI/ML technologies. He also is former adviser to the European Commission on a groundbreaking report on the media published in March 2019. Daniel holds a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) on the sociology of algorithms and the datafication of media.

Elsa Demain-Griffiths, Head of Commercial Innovation, The Telegraph

Elsa Demain-Griffiths is the Head of Commercial Innovations at The Telegraph where she initiates and supports transformative and disruptive commercial strategies and Go To Market propositions in order to future proof The Telegraph in the transforming publisher landscape. At The Telegraph nearing six years holding Heads of Digital and Heads of Programmatic roles, leading digital sales transformation. Previously, Elsa worked at AOL, where she managed integrations of key RTB supply partners and Microsoft Xbox advertising team

Toccara Baker, Senior Product Marketing Manager EMEA, Adobe

As Product Marketing lead for Advertising Cloud in EMEA, Toccara Baker is responsible for growing awareness and adoption of Adobe Advertising Cloud’s products, solutions and services among existing EMEA customers and prospects. She works in a cross-functional role to manage execution of EMEA marketing strategies across Advertising Cloud’s products and partner solutions working closely with sales, product management, business development and client services. Previous companies include TubeMogul, Publicis companies, an emerging media startup, and MTV - all spanning across San Francisco, New York and Chicago across 10+ years. She holds a BA from Northwestern University in Chicago and currently resides in London.

Vignesh Narayanan, Senior Director, Media Partnerships, International, MediaMath

Vignesh is Senior Director, Media Partnerships International at MediaMath where he leads all Media conversations for International Markets (APAC, EMEA, LATAM), ensuring MediaMath clients have the best access to all supply inventory. Previously, Vignesh worked in APAC at C1X where he was helping publishers to drive revenue from their websites by selling their advertising inventory.

Ionuț Radu Munteanu, Education Project Manager, IAB Romania

Ionuț is the founding Partner of WebDigital, first specialized PPC Marketing Agency in Romania, founded around 2009, managing advertising portfolios for almost 100 active accounts across Central and Eastern Europe every month.
He also serves as Managing Partner of UpGradient, a small software company, founded in 2017, designed to automate processes and offer solutions for marketing agencies.
Co-founder of the oldest recurring industry specialized monthly event and vivid community "Lumea SEO PPC" ("People of SEO & PPC") in Bucharest, founded in 2010, which focuses on bringing digital specialists together.
Today he acts as one of the Board Members of BlueAlliance, a partnership of 14 independent agencies from all the Eastern European countries.
As an IAB member, speaker and trainer for performance marketing, Ionut is a certified trainer and for the last 10 years you could have found him either in university amphitheatres, invited by marketing teachers to help students get closer to the digital marketing or speak in workshops both in Romania and abroad, mainly to eCommerce events, but also to general events in the digital industry.
He is currently a member of the John Maxwell Team - the world's largest and fastest growing entrepreneur certification program with members from all over the world.

Oliver Gertz , Managing Director Interaction, EMEA, MediaCom Worldwide

Oliver has been a pioneer of digital marketing in Germany, playing a major part in building two digital agencies. He was the first employee at Plan.Net Media, Germany’s first online media agency in 1997 which lead the market with an in-house developed media planning tool with integrated adserver.
In October 2004, Oliver joined MediaCom Germany as Managing Director Interaction to grow the digital offer and share by expanding the services and team.
Oliver became Managing Director EMEA for MediaCom Interaction in January 2009, charged with growing MediaCom’s digital footprint by growing the service offering across EMEA. His focus is now on programmatic and working with MediaCom’s global clients on their programmatic strategy.

Lucia Mastromauro, VP Global Development, Adform

Lucia Mastromauro joined Adform as Vice President of Global Agencies; she arrived from her position as MD Advertising at video game developer King, prior to which she had extensive experience as Head of Sales, Account Management and Network Agencies at Google's DoubleClick, and was the Interactive Marketing Manager at eBay.

Emmanuel Ogidan - Commercial Director UK & Ireland, FreeWheel

As the Commercial Director for the UK, Emmanuel oversees Publisher Services and Business Development within the region.

Having experience in Performance Marketing, Programmatic Display and Video through his time at Conversant Media, Rubicon Project and YuMe; Emmanuel has worked directly on strategising successful and profitable business relationships with some of ComScore's top 50 publishers across multiple categories within Europe.

Glenn Perera, Director of Product Atrategy, EMEA, Integral Ad Science

Glenn Perera is the director of product strategy, EMEA, at Integral Ad Science. Glenn’s role is to work side by side with clients to understand the nuanced regional needs of European clients and direct product development alongside global business objectives. Glenn’s role also includes considering future challenges of the digital advertising industry and ideating on how measurement can help tackle this.

Previous to IAS, Glenn worked at Rocketfuel as Director of Partnerships and Supply and prior to that, at AOL and Videology.

Sophie Knight, Director, Platform Services, SpotX

Sophie Knight is director, platform services at SpotX, the leading video advertising platform unifying TV and digital video globally. In her current role, Knight manages a multinational team responsible for working with SpotX’s supply-side customers in Europe. She works with media owners such as Global and ESI to develop strategic account plans to optimise their returns from the SpotX platform. This includes best practice deployments of SpotX’s ad server and data enablement software and identifying opportunities to drive more revenue from programmatic techniques such as private marketplaces and curated marketplaces.

Knight has twelve years of digital advertising experience from companies including GroupM, Xaxis, Specific Media and Adviva. She joined SpotX in January 2019 following her role as Partnerships Director at LoopMe where she led the supply team managing relationships with global publishers and supply-side platforms to drive results across video, mobile and rich media.

Szymon Pruszyński, Head of Global Communication, Yieldbird

Digital advertising expert with almost 10 years of working experience. Previously operated on the agency side in Dentsu Aegis as a member of the client service department, handling digital accounts and budgets of biggest global brands.

Currently focused on the development of marketing and global communication for Yieldbird – one of the leading programmatic ad management companies, operating in more than 40 countries and supporting over 250 digital Publishers in improving their ad revenue and inventory quality.

Martin O’Boyle, Managing Director of Partnerships PMX, Publicis Media

Martin has over 20 years experience in media and is currently MD of Partnerships for Publicis Media Exchange in the UK. In this role, he is responsible for driving development of all external partnerships across media, data and tech. As part of his role he leads the development of Advanced & Data Driven TV & Video solutions for Publicis Media. He has extensive experience in commercial operations, media buying and trading, and data solutions development. Prior to his current role he was UK MD for Publicis PeopleCloud, launching the end to end marketing platform in the UK, and previous to that he led the P&G account for Publicis Media in UK across all media buying, trading and data.

Stevan Randjelovic – Brand Safety Manager, GroupM EMEA

Having previously worked as an agency advocate in Brussels on many challenging issues for the ad industry, such as privacy and consumer protection, Stevan joined GroupM in 2017. He supports the company’s digital operations by looking after all areas of digital risk, and underpinning media quality processes and governance.

Catherine Lofthouse, Director of Programmatic Spend Google EMEA, Essence Global

During her time at Essence, Catherine Lofthouse has led programmatic buying across two of their flagship accounts - previously for 'EE' and now for Google in EMEA. Her work on 'EE' drove their programmatic journey from a managed service model to a complex programmatic buying structure by pioneering the use of custom algorithms. By incorporating auto bidding strategies into 'EE's programmatic best practice, Catherine was awarded 'High Commendation' in the PMAs 'Best Use of Programmatic' category. Now heading up the programmatic buying team for Google's brand spend in EMEA Catherine has in depth multi market experience in delivering best in class programmatic strategies.

Thomas Adhumeau, Senior Associate General Counsel, Commercial & Privacy, Xandr

Thomas moved to London from Paris three years ago to become AppNexus’ first Europe based lawyer and has been supporting the company’s GDPR implementation efforts since then, as well as working with IAB Europe on the Transparency and Consent Framework.

Anne Goodman, CMO, Board Advisor, Investor Ventures in Blockchain

Anne is a skilful leader and influencer with over 20 years' experience in the commercial management and governance of digital platforms, leading the matrix teams and organisation that underpins them. Specialising in the creation of strategic marketing propositions for technology and media companies, spearheading business growth based on technology and digital integration, 3rd party alliances and organisation evolution.

Anne was Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of IAB Europe and is currently supporting the roll out of IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework alongside her advisory work in the commercial adoption of Blockchain by ad and marketing technology companies.

Jéricho Lämmler, Programmatic Development Manager, Goldbach

Jéricho Lämmler is responsible for the programmatic development at the biggest media house in Switzerland. Before working with programmatic, Jéricho has worked many years as a key account manager.
He knows the Swiss market in detail and has a lot of know-how on publisher monetisation strategies.

Check out a summary of the Virtual Programmatic Day that took place on 9th May here.

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Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans constantly interact with robots and intelligent machines. This future is already happening in warehouses and manufacturing businesses.

Other workers use virtual or augmented reality as part of their employment training, to assist them in performing their job or to interact with clients, and lots of workers are under automated surveillance from their employers.

All that automation yields data that can be used to analyze workers’ performance. Those analyses, whether done by humans or software programs, may affect who is hired, fired, promoted and given raises. Some Artificial Intelligence programs can mine and manipulate the data to predict future actions, such as who is likely to quit their job, or to diagnose medical conditions.

If your job doesn’t currently involve these types of technologies, it likely will in the very near future. This worries mea labor and employment law scholar who researches the role of technology in the workplace – because unless significant changes are made to workplace laws, these sorts of surveillance and privacy invasions will be perfectly legal.

New technology disrupting old workplace laws

As an example, the United States’ regulation of the workplace has long been an outlier among much of the world. Especially for private, nonunionized workers, the U.S. largely allows companies and workers to figure out the terms and conditions of work on their own.

In general, for all but the most in-demand workers or those at the highest corporate levels, the lack of regulation means companies can behave however they want – although they are subject to laws preventing discrimination, setting minimum wages, requiring overtime pay and ensuring worker safety.

However, most of those laws are decades old and are rarely updated. They certainly haven’t kept up with technological advances, the increase in temporary or “gig” work and other changes in the economy. Faced with these new challenges, the old laws leave many workers without adequate protections against workplace abuses, or even totally exclude some workers from any protections at all. For instance, two Trump administration agencies have recently declared that Uber drivers are not employees, and therefore not entitled to minimum wage, overtime or the right to engage in collective action such as joining a union.

Emerging technologies like AI, robotics, virtual reality and advanced monitoring systems have already begun altering workplaces in fundamental ways that may soon become impossible to ignore. That progress highlights the need for meaningful changes to employment laws.

Consider Uber drivers

Like other companies in what has been called the “gig economy,” Uber has spent considerable amounts of money and time litigating and lobbying to protect regulations classifying its drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. Uber set its fifth annual federal lobbying record in 2018, spending $2.3 million on issues including keeping its drivers from being classified as employees.

The distinction is a crucial one. Uber does not have to pay employment taxes – or unemployment insurance premiums – on independent contractors. In addition, nonemployees are completely excluded from any workplace protection laws. These workers are not entitled to a minimum wage or overtime; they can be discriminated against based on their race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, disability and military status; they lack the right to unionize; and they are not entitled to a safe working environment.

Companies have tried to classify workers as independent contractors ever since there have been workplace laws, but technology has greatly expanded companies’ ability to hire labor that blurs the lines between employees and independent contractors.

Employees aren’t protected, either

Even for workers who are considered employees, technology allows employers to take advantage of the gaps in workplace laws like never before. Many workers already use computers, smartphones and other equipment that allows employers to monitor their activity and location, even when off duty.

Emerging technology permits far greater privacy intrusions. For instance, some employers already have badges that track and monitor workers’ movements and conversations. Japanese employers use technology to monitor workers’ eyelid movements and lower the room temperature if the system identifies signs of drowsiness.

Another company implanted RFID chips into the arms of employee “volunteers.” The purpose was to make it easier for workers to open doors, log in to their computers, and purchase items from a break room, but a person with an RFID implant can be tracked 24 hours a day. Also, RFID chips are susceptible to unauthorized access or “skimming” by thieves who are merely physically close to the chip.

No privacy protections for workers

The monitoring that’s possible now will seem simplistic compared to what’s coming: a future in which robotics and other technologies capture huge amounts of personal information to feed artificial intelligence software that learns which metrics are associated with things such as workers’ moods and energy levels, or even diseases like depression.

One health care analytic firm, whose clients include some of the biggest employers in the country, already uses workers’ internet search histories and medical insurance claims to predict who is at risk of getting diabetes or considering becoming pregnant. The company says it provides only summary information to clients, such as the number of women in a workplace who are trying to have children, but in most instances it can probably legally identify specific workers.

Except for some narrow exceptions – like in bathrooms and other specific areas where workers can expect to be in relative privacy – private-sector employees have virtually no way, nor any legal right, to opt out of this sort of monitoring. They may not even be informed that it is occurring. Public-sector employees have more protection, thanks to the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches, but in government workplaces the scope of that prohibition is quite narrow.

AI discrimination

In contrast to the almost total lack of privacy laws protecting workers, employment discrimination laws – while far from perfect – can provide some important protections for employees. But those laws have already faced criticism for their overly simplistic and limited view of what constitutes discrimination, which makes it very difficult for victims to file and win lawsuits or obtain meaningful settlements. Emerging technology, particularly AI, will exacerbate this problem.

AI software programs used in the hiring process are marketed as eliminating or reducing biased human decision-making. In fact, they can create more bias, because these systems depend on large collections of data, which can be biased themselves.

For instance, Amazon recently abandoned a multi-year project to develop an AI hiring program because it kept discriminating against women. Apparently, the AI program learned from Amazon’s male-dominated workforce that being a man was associated with being a good worker. To its credit, Amazon never used the program for actual hiring decisions, but what about employers who lack the resources, knowledge or desire to identify biased AI?

The laws about discrimination based on computer algorithms are unclear, just as other technologies stretch employment laws and regulations well beyond their clear applications. Without an update to the rules, more workers will continue to fall outside traditional worker protections – and may even be unaware how vulnerable they really are.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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IAPS is a professional association for heads with over 675 members in prep, junior and pre-prep schools in the UK and overseas.  Founded in 1892, it is the largest heads’ association within the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Schools must reach a very high standard to be eligible for membership, with strict criteria on teaching a broad curriculum, maintaining excellent standards of pastoral care and keeping staff members’ professional development training up to date.

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ANTS in Manchester!

ANTS, the cult party of  Ushuaïa Ibiza, lands in England,  at The Warehouse project Manchester.

The line up? Simply great: Groove Armada,  Joris Voorn, Andrea Oliva, Francisco Allendes, Eli & Fur, Kolsch (dj set) and many more.

The event will take place Friday, December 2nd.

Our suggestion? If you are in MANTSCHESTER…ops Manchester…don’t miss it.

ANTS is a party that makes the difference.

More info here. Here you have the poster & the line up.

Ibiza clubs make the difference!

International Nightlife association  published the World’s 100 best clubs.

The beautiful news is that in the first  ten position there are  five Ibiza’s clubs:  after Omnia Las Vegas, named best club in the world, there are  Ushuaïa (2nd) Pacha (4th), Space Ibiza (5th), DC10 (7th), Amnesia (10th) then Sankeys Ibiza (16th), Blue Marlin (82nd) Privilege (83rd): as usual Ibiza clubs make the difference!

This is the official rank, where you can see that  Ministry of Sound London was 11th, Space Moscow was 13th, Fabrik Madrid was 20th, then Fabric London 27th,  Berghain Berlin 31st, Watergate Berlin 37th, Tenax Florence 42nd, Warehouse  Leeds 43th, Pacha Barcelona was 71th, Egg London 72th.

The team of Ibiza by night wished to make compliments to all Ibiza’s clubs  and to all the workers that made it possible!

The organizers said:”Omnia Las Vegas was named Best Club in the World as well as winning an award for Best Bookings. After a day of intense debated, the 3rd International Nightlife Congress finalized the night of the 26th of October with the Golden Moon Award ceremony. The ceremony rewarded best practices in the industry as well as administrations and other organizations in 16 different categories. For one day Las Vegas has become epicentre of debate for the progress of the nightlife industry, establishing dialogues on topics such as the development of nightlife districts, the quality of life, the influence of the music industry, tourism marketing, nightlife & technology, responsibility, security, among others.
Both Ibiza and Las Vegas, two of world’s main nightlife capitals, won awards in various categories. Omnia was the final winner of the Best Club in the World Golden Moon, after a vote led by all of the components of the different nightlife associations from around the world. Ushuaïa Ibiza won second place, Green Valley the third and Pacha Ibiza the forth. Space Ibiza, winner of the fifth place, was also recognized with the award for Most Historical Club and Ushuaïa Ibiza for Best Nightlife Business Development. The Best Booking Service was awarded to Omnia and Best Customer Service was presented to club X’s, both also located in Las Vegas.
The Hakkasan Group from the United States won one year more the award for Best Marketing Strategy and Pacha Group from Spain was recognized in the category Best Nightlife Business Group.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was warranted a special mention for their outstanding and responsible support to the industry. Another awarded with a Golden Moon was the Night Time Industries Association, winning in the category for Best Awareness Campaign for their inniative “Save Nightlife”. Best Security Action went to DEKRA Certification for the “International Nightlife Safety Seal”, following Keep Sydney Open win for the most original action in defense of nightlife. The Funktion-One repetedthis year with  the award for Best Sound System after managing musical events such as Chemical Brothers concerts, Glastonbury Festival, London’s Millenium Dome Central Show, and more recently The Glade Festival. The awards even travelled to Dubai for the Best VIP Service offered by Club Provocateur.
In the category for Best Franchise the award went one year more to Space Moscow, and for Most Original Club it went to Warung Brasil. Lastly, as best booking platform was voted Nightspender.
This was the second edition of the Golden Moon Awards, celebrated as part of the framework of the 3rd International Nightlife Congress, and will be back again next year for the next edition of the congress, which will take place in Ibiza. This event will be celebrated alternating between both locations, being held in Ibiza on odd years and Las Vegas the years that are pair.”

ANTS in England!

Summer in Ibiza has ended? Don’t worry, as usual we follow Ibiza’s heroes around the world.

Today we talk about ANTS, the cult party of  Ushuaia Ibiza, lands in England.

The first date is scheduled  Friday December 2nd at “The Warehouse project” in Manchester (better Mantschester).

The line up includes Groove Armada (Dj set), Joris Voorn, Kolsch (dj set), Andrea Oliva  & many more.

This is the official poster. More info here.

Then the colony will move to Bristol, Saturday December 17th, at IN:MOTION, with Andrea Oliva, Joris Voorn, Francisco Allendes & Dj Tennis. More info here.

So, save the dates and ready for ANTS in England!

Ushuaïa Ibiza, a fantastic closing party!

Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel played host to one of the best  parties of the summer on Saturday 1 October, putting an end to a spectacular sixth season with its epic cartoon and super hero themed closing party.

A line-up of musical heroes, comprising eight separate performances, captured the spirits of thousands of party-goers who danced in the open-air to non-stop music for over twelve hours.

 Revelers arrived early to the iconic beachfront hotel, where visual effects and sophisticated lighting created images of superheroes and scientists under a tent of colour and lasers.

Dancers dressed as super heroines mingled with the crowds as they danced to the rhythm of today’s best house, techno and underground beats.

The day started with DJ Francisco Allendes got the party started at midday with his tech house beats, rounding off a season that has consolidated his career both on and off the island. He was followed by Los Angeles-based Lauren Lane, an artist that we really love,  on the afternoon shift, who made the entire Ushuaïa camp vibrate for two hours to her mysterious and elegant sounds.

Taking the party into the early evening, magician of sounds and captain of acclaimed label Crosstown Rebels Damian Lazarus cast a spell over the crowds with a masterful and energetic set that will be difficult to forget.

Then Underground house guru and Ushuaïa favourite, Andrea Oliva then took to the decks with an unprecedented, skin-tingling set to put an apt end to an astounding Ushuaïa season for the ANTS front man.

He gave rise to the South African DJ / producer Black Coffee, who released his most intimate album to date last month, ‘Pieces of Me’, that won over the critics and the public with its house beats and tribal nuances. His performance gave a new meaning to the word ‘music’, bringing a level of energy and passion that left everyone speechless.

At nightfall, the stage decoration, visual effects, projections on LED screens and go-go dancer towers became even more spectacular against the dark skies. Pyrotechnics, air jets, confetti and a light cannon that emblazoned a “Super U” on the façade of The Ushuaïa Tower completed the picture of the memorable night. unspecified-1

The party continued at the hands of the heirs of New York house music, The Martinez Brothers, injecting adrenaline and dynamic vibes to the season finale. They gave way to an epic set by Seth Troxler, one of electro-music’s most acclaimed international artists. The American’s charismatic performance won over the crowd, who could not stop dancing to the rhythm of his distinctive techno tunes.

In the ultimate culmination of a momentous day, The Martinez Brothers then returned to combine with Seth Troxler in an historic b2b. The performance, where three artists became one, highlighted the extent of their talents like never before and concluded with an emotional speech that put an end to a magical night.

Eight unforgettable performances and over twelve hours of the best underground music  put the finishing touch on a brilliant season for Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel.

Summer 2016 was simply epic at Ushuaïa Ibiza, and now the countdown for  Ibiza 2017 has started …and trust us…next summer will be also more great.

Compliments to all Ushuaïa’s team by the community of Ibiza by night!

Credits: pictures by ROBERTO CASTAÑO

Thanks to ANA ISABEL MORENO for the media support.

ANTS Ibiza: the closing party!

Saturday,. September 24, will be celebrated the closing party of ANTS, the cult party of Ushuaia Ibiza.

For the final event of the season the line up is absolutely great:  Andrea Oliva, Joris Voorn & Kolsch in a super b2b2b, then Francisco Allendes, Nic fanciulli, Maya Jane Coles & Uner.

Ready for an unmissable closing with the Colony?

And, finally, by the family of Ibiza by night compliments for thew great season 2016 to all the Colony!!

This is the official poster!

Solomun + live at Ushuaïa Ibiza: the closing party!

Solomun + live  is back at  Ushuaïa Ibiza for  the closing party!

The  unmissable event will take place Wednesday, September 21st, and with Solomun will play Stephan Bodzin (live) and H.O.S.H.

We heard Stephan Bodzin a few weeks ago at Pacha Ibiza, and his set was simply great.

So, save the date because of Wednesday will play a great line u.

This is the official poster!

If you want the updated list of Ibiza closing parties 2016, click here.

Inspection of Agencia Tributaria: the official note of Grupo Empresas Matutes.

Yesterday the Police of Agencia tributaria made an inspection at Grupo Empresas Matutes & at Ushuaïa (and also at Pacha).

The news was reported also by several local daily (read here  and here ).

This is the official note by Grupo Empresas Matutes that we received and that we decided to publish it.

Ushuaïa Ibiza presents: Solomun + live, Steve Aoki, Disturbing Ibiza, ANTS!

Ushuaïa Ibiza hosts also this week several intriguing events!

The first, important event is Solomun + live, Wednesday September 14th.

Further info here.

Then, Thursday September 15th: Steve Aoki with his “Neon future” is back!

Friday Tinieh Tempah presents the closing party of “Disturbing Ibiza”! This is the official poster.

Saturday, September 17th, the colony is back with ANTS! the line up? Andrea Oliva, Andhim, Uner, Joris Voorn, eats Everything & Raul Rodriguez!

If you want to know the updated list of ibiza closing parties 2016, just click here.

See you at Ushuaïa Ibiza.

Solomun + live at Ushuaïa Ibiza!

Wednesday, September 14th,  Solomun + Live lands  at Ushuaïa  Ibiza!

The line up is simply great: with Solomun  will play Kollektiv Turmstrasse (live), that we heard and appreciated at Diynamic Showcase of Watergate Berlin, then Adriatique.

Our suggestion: this is one of the last top events before the closing parties, don’t miss it.

This is the official poster!

Further info here.

If you want to know the updated list of Ibiza closing parties 2016, click here.

Ibiza 2016: the closing parties calendar!

The countdown for the Ibiza  closing parties 2016 has started, and here you have a list of  confirmed dates.

These are the last confirmed dates

Underground Ibiza, October 15!

Mambo Cafè, Saturday October 15!

Rumors at Destino: October 16th, more info & event page here.

Unusual Suspects at Sankeys Ibiza: October 20th

Elements Benirras. Sunday, October 23rd.

Tribal Sessions at Sankeys Ibiza: October 29th!

Coco Beach, October 29th

Heart: Official closing party, October 31st! More info soon.

So, organize your trip to Ibiza, plan your closing party calendar and have fun: Don’t forget, the list of parties will be updated!

Don’t forget: Ibiza by night doesn’t assume any responsibility for changes of dates and of line ups.

Ushuaïa Ibiza presents: Hardwell, Axwell & Ingrosso, Steve Aoki, Tinie Tempah, ANTS!

Here you have the programs of Ushuaïa Ibiza  for next days:

Tuesday September 6th Hardwell presents DNA! This is the poster & the complete line up.

Wednesday September 7th is the day of Axwell & Ingrosso!

Thursday, September 8th

Steve Aoki with his “Neon Future” is back!

Friday September 9th will be hosted Tinieh Tempah with his “Disturbing Ibiza”. This is the poster with the complete line up.

Saturday September 10th: ANTS are back, with a special extended set by Andrea Oliva, plus Maya Jane Coles, Tapesh, Dj Tennis. Join the colony!


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With our women’s first eight leading off the race for the second year in a row, the coaches decided to serve up a crew of rising talent accompanied by resident club virtuosos; Dr Melanie Wilson took time out from polishing her Olympic silverware, and Georgia Francis turned down her GB cycling getaway to get some proper training and racing back on the tideway.

The 1st VIII with their 3rd place flag

Coach Brendan Gliddon generated a crew line-up destined to silence twitter pundits with Shorten Long in the stern setting up a delightfully punny yet devastating IC rhythm. Appropriated in the 6 seat Dr. Wilson administered the prescribed dose of sass needed for any great British eight to finish on the podium, with her apprentice Georgia Francis following close behind, both during the race and the coming years. In the engine room, watt merchants Issy Powell and Meghann Jackson found themselves fully devoted to the black, blue and silver mandate; they were backed by resident Italian Mardissino at 2 and appropriately followed-in by Jo Thom in bow seat. To garnish this formidable line-up Brendan chose the loudest female voice in IC history – Dr Ellie Smith to take control of the rudder.

The 1st VIII started proceedings with the style and panache epitomised by the classic tartan leggings, at a blistering rate of 34. Unable to tame Rebecca’s unrelenting rhythm Ellie called for catches to be executed with precision and pizzazz. And deliver they did – top 3 at WEHORR for the third consecutive year.

Meanwhile a fully student 2nd VIII proved the quality and depth of the women’s squad this year, achieving a strong 22nd place finish.

The 2nd VIII tearing their way down the course - credit to Mark Ruscoe for the great pics
The 2nd VIII tearing their way down the course – credit to Mark Ruscoe for the great pics.

In a somewhat controversial move coach Dave Loveday decided to test the powers of rowing physics by stacking stroke side with four lightweights. He did however not diverge from tradition in putting Tristan’s female equivalent, Pippa England, in the six seat. As unusual as they may seem Dave’s plans seem to have worked.

Learning lessons from the previous weekend at Hammersmith Head, the crew made sure that any and all bursts were completed well before the start of the marshalling area. With a strong start to the race, and no red boys being hit or crabs being caught, the girls ploughed on to the sweet rhythm of minty-green’s (CUWLBC) alumni RecoveryRae Snow. She was backed up by ICBC’s ‘most ill’ Amy Gibson and of course the absolutely stacked Pippa England, (so stacked someone named a boat after her). The engine room was occupied by Ellie Nudist-Disney-Talkie, Jade Chuppa-Chupps Chubbard and Kathryn ‘I noviced at UL’ Barnhill. Finishing off the boat was golden girl Yewanta Mieszklgjfdhs, who – in case anyone missed it – studies law, and Heather Walker eager to get to the finish line as fast as possible to celebrate her belated birthday. The whole ensemble was conducted by former Durhamite and ICBC’s best dancer Theo Gibson.

Approaching the headwind post-Hammersmith bridge the girls realized that perhaps an extra 20kgs may have been useful to successfully tackle the challenging conditions. The home straight on the other hand, surpassed Dave’s expectations of ‘it doesn’t have to be clean just row as hard as you can’ so that even the resident Pole in the boat couldn’t help clean up the mess.

The Novice A VIII - Successfully survived their first WeHORR
The Novice A VIII – Happy to have survived their first WeHORR

For the two novice VIIIs perhaps the biggest achievement of the day was having all 18 of them turn up to the start line. After a long wait marshalling both the women’s novice A and B were determined and ready for the tideway challenge. The A boat stayed strong, kept the rate up and powered through despite the regular showers served by the stroke seat onto her crewmates to finish in a strong position. Their respectable time has given them a base to work with new coach: ‘let’s forget about last weekend and move on’ Lloyd. The B crew set off equally strong (after weeks of broken training and missed alarms) for the first time together giving a commendable performance overcoming some collisions. All in all, it was a great race to push the novice girls to train hard and aim for medals at BUCS regatta.

Although initially disheartened that the head season was over: an expensive Sainsbury’s trip, light-hearted bonding games, the works of the resident domestic goddess and a visit from a Christian rapper helped to swiftly lift the mood. As expected the night was completed with a trip to Putney’s finest institutions; for as RecoveRae will confirm – recovery is key!

Whilst the women’s squads were working hard tearing up home stretch the men’s first 8 were preparing for HORR by going bananas in Amsterdam. Race report from the Heineken Cup to follow.

Words by Nat & Jowita


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Cooperative dedicates landfill gas to energy facility

Engineers from Wabash Valley Power, Waste Management, P.E. MacAllister and Edwards-Rigdon Construction proudly stand in WVPA’s 14th landfill gas-to-energy facility.

Waste Management of Indiana, LLC, Wabash Valley Power Association and Hendricks Power Cooperative recently dedicated a renewable energy generation facility that uses gas from landfill waste to generate electricity. Wabash Valley provides wholesale energy to three Illinois electric distribution cooperatives.

The celebration marks the completion of the fourth landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Twin Bridges Recycling and Disposal Facility. With the addition of the 3.2 megawatts of power from Twin Bridges IV, the site now generates the equivalent amount of electricity to power approximately 14,000 homes.

“In 2007, our board of directors set a goal to increase our ownership of diverse fuel resources,” explained Greg Wagoner, Vice President of Business Development, Wabash Valley Power. “Yet while we want to be proactive in our pursuit of that goal, we remain committed to the delivery of affordable, reliable power to our member cooperatives. Our partnership with Waste Management of Indiana is instrumental in this process.”

Fuel for the Twin Bridges landfill gas-to-energy facility is derived from wastes buried in the landfill, which generate methane gas. A network of recovery wells and pipes control and collect the methane and convey it to an on-site power plant. There the gas is condensed, purified and used as fuel to drive engines that, in turn, drive electricity generators.


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Creamed Spinach

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Creamed Spinach

  • 5 T. butter or margarine divided
  • 1/4 c. flour
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 dash ground nutmeg
  • 1 c. half and half
  • 4 oz. cream cheese (low-fat is ok)
  • 1 sm. onion minced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2-10 oz. pkgs. frozen, chopped spinach thawed
  • 1/4 c. water
  • 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

  • Melt 3 T. butter in a 2 qt. saucepan over medium-low heat.
  • Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
  • Slowly whisk in half and half.
  • Stir in cream cheese. Increase heat to medium, whisk mixture constantly until thick and smooth. Remove from heat and set aside.
  • In a skillet over medium-high heat, cook onions and garlic in remaining butter until transparent. Stir spinach and water into pan. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer for 8 min. stirring occasionally.
  • Stir spinach mixture into creamy mixture and return to medium-high stirring often until warmed through.
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Full text of the 2021 state of the state address

Full text of the 2021 state of the state address

Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
January 11, 2021
Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
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January 11, 2021

“My fellow Idahoans, in the 245-year history of this great country of ours, Americans have been through triumphs and trials.

The dark events at the U.S. Capitol last week disturbed us. The violent acts of some overshadowed the peaceful acts of many. Former President George W. Bush aptly described the events as fitting of a “banana republic, not our democratic republic.” The riots tarnished the shining values America stands for.

This is not who we are.

Hostility and violence are not an expression of your rights; they are a violation of everyone else’s.

While we should be celebrating the openness of our government, a fence is being erected around the U.S. Capitol. I mourn the loss of life and the loss of access and what it means for future generations of Americans.

But I believe we the people have the power to form a more perfect union.

By condemning the upheaval, not defending or denying it.

By refusing to be intimidated by those who seek to destroy our country.

By redoubling our commitment to peaceful assembly and civil discourse – not just in the halls of the Capitol but in all areas of our lives.

In Idaho, we’ll celebrate the centennial of our statehouse this year, a building known as “the Capitol of Light.” What an appropriate time to let the light of democracy shine – today and for 100 more years and beyond.

The openness of our political process in Idaho is demonstrated in the openness of this building. Let’s keep it that way.

In preparing this speech, I looked back on my State of the State address last year.

I began by saying, “What a year!” We had just wrapped up a year of historic regulatory reforms, investments in education, and other shared achievements.

I think it’s appropriate to repeat that remark again this year.

One year ago, a global pandemic was not on our radar. We’ve come a long way in our fight against the enemy virus, and with the arrival of a safe vaccine just a few weeks ago, the end of the battle is in sight. We’re in the home stretch, and together we will finish strong.

I want to thank my wife and our first lady, Teresa, for her unrelenting support for Idahoans during a very challenging year. Teresa, you are a source of peace and strength for me and for the people of Idaho. I am proud of you and our entire family.

I also want to thank the Idaho Legislature for your work during the special session. Unlike many states, Idaho proactively addressed the safety and security of the general election and protected businesses, schools, and churches responsibly operating during the pandemic.

Sadly, we have lost over 1,500 of our fellow Idahoans to a new, dangerous, and deadly disease. Thousands of Idahoans of all ages and health conditions have been hospitalized. Many friends and neighbors lost time at work and face long-term health problems. To the mothers and fathers, children, siblings, grandparents, and veterans impacted, our hearts are with you. Please join me in a moment of silence to remember our fellow Idahoans who lost their lives to COVID-19.

Throughout the pandemic, the women and men in scrubs have been nothing short of heroic. Idaho’s nurses, doctors, and health care workers put their own safety on the line, pulling extra shifts to care for the influx of COVID-19 patients in our hospitals.

Idaho’s hospitals continue to do an excellent job of sharing resources and shifting operations to prevent a crisis. They have also shared the reality of COVID-19. They are telling the stories of COVID-19 patients – the stories of people whose organs are shutting down from an aggressive disease; the stories of young, healthy people who ended up on life support; the stories of veterans who fought enemies overseas only to suffer from a new invisible enemy here in their community. They are telling the stories of exhausted doctors and nurses caring for patients who cannot be with their families.

The COVID-19 reality is heartbreaking.

To Idaho’s hospitals and health care workers, thank you.

The pandemic turned our work lives, social lives, and home lives upside down. It pushed our health care, education, and unemployment systems to new lengths. It divided Americans in our individual views on the severity of the disease and how we should respond to it.

But the pandemic also reminds us that in troubled times, we have choices.

We can choose compassion over conflict.

Listening over lecturing.

Humanity over hostility.

These choices start with each one of us, individually, in our hearts. It is a concept that aligns perfectly with the fiercely independent and self-reliant spirit of the people of Idaho.

I choose to remember the historic year by the innumerable acts of kindness displayed by many Idahoans over the acts of aggression by a few.

From the beginning, my goal as governor has been to make Idaho the place where we all can have the opportunity to thrive, where our children and grandchildren choose to stay, and for the ones who have left to choose to return.

That pursuit steered our pandemic response. Not one state or country in the world opted for the “no action” alternative. That approach would have ended in catastrophic loss of life and destructive consequences for our healthcare system and economy.

My North Star during this trying time has been to protect life and critical health care capacity while supporting faith, families, businesses, and students.

No other state prioritized support for businesses and the workforce as much as Idaho.

We assembled a team of business leaders from companies big and small to guide decisions on our economic rebound plan. We put more than $300 million toward grants and equipment for small businesses. We helped get workers back on the job. We lowered unemployment insurance taxes for nearly all Idaho businesses. We ensured public safety personnel had all the resources needed to protect our loved ones, while giving $126 million back to property taxpayers. And Idaho will benefit for years to come from the $50 million investment in broadband infrastructure to support remote working and learning and more economic opportunity in rural Idaho.

We all play a role in choosing to protect lives, our economy, and our kids’ ability to continue learning in their classrooms. It is a responsibility shared by all of us.

But our state does play a role in times of an emergency.

We increased and expedited COVID-19 testing and took other steps to reduce exposure to a new disease. We raised capacity at the state lab to more quickly turn around results from an increased number of tests administered in schools and long-term care facilities. We enabled pharmacists to administer testing and vaccinations.

Our staged economic rebound plan had one goal – to protect lives and prevent a crisis in our hospitals while the economy could move forward. Businesses and places of worship in Idaho have been open longer than almost every other state during the pandemic. The statewide public health orders, guidelines, and recommended protocols we made available are for each one of us to choose to follow so Idaho can stay open.

In order to protect lives, we needed to elevate health care capacity so we could all continue to access care. To minimize the time COVID-19 patients spend in the hospital, we allocated new and effective treatments. To better protect residents of long-term care facilities, we designated COVID-only facilities and put millions toward testing of facility workers.

In the spring, Idahoans collectively slowed the spread of the disease while we worked to prepare our health care system. It worked. Hospitals, clinics, and first responders received more resources and staff to handle an influx of patients.

We cut red tape to expand access to more medical professionals. It worked. We licensed 1,100 more nursing professionals since last spring.

And we lifted regulations to expand telehealth access. It worked. The use of telehealth rose by 4,000%, and Idahoans in all parts of the state could continue to access care from the safety of their homes. The pandemic opened the door to great advances in telehealth access. Let’s work together to make those red tape cuts permanent!

I also activated the Idaho National Guard to increase health care capacity. The guardsmen are deployed across the state to help with testing, decontamination, and planning, and they’re assisting with critical vaccine distribution. Our men and women in the Guard are always prepared to serve, especially in a time of emergency. We are deeply grateful for their service.

Members of the seven public health boards made courageous decisions in the face of heated opposition. They have my support. Mayors, county and city officials, and school board members also made very tough decisions. These local leaders labored late into the evening. They navigated new technologies to inform the public. They wrestled with decisions they knew would draw criticism. Thank you.

Unlike many other states, almost all Idaho school districts are delivering full or partial in-person instruction. For months, teachers and others have accommodated changes in the delivery of education under uncertain time frames. I join many in expressing my deep appreciation to those who are serving our students during these extraordinary circumstances.

To support our school officials, Idaho created a framework to guide local decision-making on safe school operations while emphasizing the importance for students to learn in the classroom with their teachers and classmates. We also made historic investments in education – bumping up funding by $300 million or 16-percent overall – to support students, teachers, families, and safety.

Parents continue to do much of the heavy lifting for their children’s education during this once-in-a lifetime pandemic. I know it isn’t easy. I know at times it has felt impossible to balance work demands while facilitating online learning for your children at home. Many of you lost paychecks or left your jobs to be there for your children during this unprecedented time. Our $50 million “Strong Families, Strong Students” initiative supported many of these families by helping them access the technology and educational services required for successful at-home learning.

Like a tornado, 2020 was damaging and deadly.

But with the arrival of a safe vaccine just a few weeks ago, the dark clouds of the pandemic are starting to part.

There is an uplifting sense that we may be in the final lap of this race against COVID-19. The finish line is close, but the worst part of the pandemic may not be behind us. We cannot relent in our personal actions to protect everything and everyone we hold dear, especially in the critical weeks and months ahead.

Adaptation, determination, and resilience define Idahoans.

As we reflect on a momentous year, we are more than ready to look ahead.

The state of the state is strong.

To keep our children and grandchildren in Idaho, we must continue to lead the nation in economic prosperity.

I am not surprised that Idaho ranks first among states for economic momentum. Idaho ranks first for financial solvency and personal income growth.

Together, the Legislature and I laid the groundwork before the pandemic to rebound quickly during tough times, proving once again that conservative principles of governing bring opportunity for citizens during the highs and the lows.

A robust economy cannot exist with burdensome regulations on citizens and business. Part of the reason Idaho’s economy is catapulting ahead of other states is because of the regulatory rollbacks we achieved together before and during the pandemic.

Together, the Legislature and our administration achieved historic regulatory cuts in my first year as governor, making Idaho the least regulated state in the nation. For two straight years, we’ve cut red tape. The people of Idaho can be assured that, together, their governor and legislators will maintain a lean and efficient system of regulations in Idaho moving forward.

Simply put, fiscal conservatism and the collaboration between executive and legislative branches have positioned Idaho to emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever.

Together, before COVID-19, the Legislature and I were already preparing for an inevitable slowdown of Idaho’s economy. We limited government spending, used conservative revenue forecasting, and maintained healthy rainy-day balances.

We took a lot of heat from some who could not wrap their heads around this basic conservative principle: the time to prepare for the bad times is in the good times.

Turns out we were right.

While other states face potential budget cuts of 20- to 40-percent and more, Idaho is in the enviable position of having a record budget surplus.

The sound decisions of Idaho leaders in the past have gotten us to where we are today.

Let’s keep our state on this strong economic trajectory, together. Now is the time to make meaningful investments.

I am happy to announce my new plan to put more money back in the pockets of hardworking Idahoans and make strategic investments to propel our state even further ahead in prosperity.

My plan is called “Building Idaho’s Future.”

I am proposing more than $450 million in tax relief. This would be among the single largest tax cuts in Idaho history!

To get there, I’m proposing $295 million in one-time tax relief and $160 million in permanent tax cuts to boost Idahoans’ prosperity while keeping our tax rates competitive and our business climate vibrant.

Curbing government spending and returning taxpayer dollars should be the perpetual mission of public servants. I look forward to working with my partners in the Legislature to get tax relief across the finish line for our citizens.

My plan also shores up millions more in cash payments for small business, on top of the $300 million we directed to small businesses last year. Small business is the backbone of our entire way of life.

We’re able to achieve tax relief and continued support for small business in part because, together, we cut government spending early on.

My plan reinvests these savings into infrastructure projects with long-lasting value. With these investments, we will help preserve one of our citizens’ most precious commodities: their time.

We won’t be able to keep our children and grandchildren in Idaho if we cannot alleviate traffic congestion, especially as our state continues to attract newcomers fleeing dysfunctional states. No one wants to be stuck in traffic when they can spend time with their family.

My plan invests $126 million in state and local highway infrastructure projects and makes targeted investments in safe routes to schools, rail infrastructure, and community airports.

I am also proposing $80 million dollars in new ongoing transportation funding. A dependable transportation system is fundamental to commerce. In Idaho, we grow and process most of our commodities, and getting those products down the road in a timely fashion is critical. In all parts of the state, major transportation projects continue to get pushed out further and further.

One of the basic roles of government is to ensure a safe, connected system of roads and highways.

We cannot ignore a growing problem that steals Idahoans’ time and threatens their safety and our economic prosperity.

We cannot delay any longer in executing a sustainable plan for transportation funding into the future. We cannot postpone securing a long-term funding source.

We must address the transportation needs for this generation and the next.

We must act now.

The Legislature and I will work together on a sustainable transportation funding plan – one that blends both General Fund and reliable user fees to keep our economy driving forward!

Safe communities form a thriving Idaho. My plan also invests in the men and women of law enforcement.

It’s never been a more difficult time to put on the uniform. These brave souls demonstrate great restraint in order to deescalate intense situations. Their path to law enforcement stems from a true desire to serve and protect us. They are committed to implementing the best training and building strong relationships with the communities they serve.

My plan invests in the items necessary to support frontline personnel at the Idaho State Police — and training for our local frontline police officers.

While other places seek to defund the police, I am proud to say that Idaho DEFENDS the police. Idaho “backs the blue.”

Another way we make Idaho safe is through a low crime rate. Our safety is maintained when those returning home from a period of incarceration can become productive citizens. Thanks to investments we made in our correctional system last year, Idaho is safer because fewer Idaho inmates are violating parole.

My plan keeps us on a path to save taxpayer resources by making strategic investments in overdue infrastructure needs in our criminal justice system so we can break the expensive revolving door of repeat offenders.

My “Building Idaho’s Future” plan also invests in needed projects for agriculture and water infrastructure to aid in the economic vitality of rural Idaho.

In Idaho, agriculture remains a way of life. Last year, Idaho’s farmers, ranchers and allied businesses met a crisis with increased productivity, as they have done for generations. Farmers gave Idahoans faith that empty grocery store shelves were just a matter of timing and not an issue of true scarcity. Idaho agriculture continued to feed the state, the nation and the world.

Agriculture – and our economic future – hinge on safe and dependable water sources. Water is truly the source of life. My plan makes $60 million in strategic investments in long-term water projects and safe water systems for our communities.

Let me return to my top priority – Idaho’s children.

We need to continue to invest in an education system that gives the next generation of Idahoans a solid foundation for lifelong learning and meaningful employment, here at home in Idaho.

The pandemic highlighted schools as the heart of our communities and the bedrock of a strong economy.

But with all the disruptions in education delivery over the past 10 months, many of Idaho’s students are experiencing a learning loss. For some students who were already on track, the learning loss could range a few months. But our needier students may have lost more than a year’s worth of learning.

We must close the achievement gap.

To help, my “Building Idaho’s Future” plan recommends investments in literacy – my highest priority in education.

We must ensure this school year is an anomaly – not a permanent system-wide flaw for Idaho’s students in the next decade or more. We must make sure all young students are on track to read by the end of the third grade.

Our students are also Idaho’s future workforce. My plan supports Idaho’s higher education system as well as career technical education programs across Idaho that connect students with employers who need them and equip students with the skills they need while they earn a degree. Our kids need to know all career paths available to them.

For our kids to have a future in Idaho, they also need equal access to education. We must continue to make investments in internet connectivity.

Last year, a family in Kootenai County was struggling with distance learning. The family didn’t have access to broadband so the two children had to use their mom’s cell phone and data plan to complete their schoolwork. In Arimo, students struggled during the pandemic with equal access because they didn’t have the internet speeds necessary for video conferencing. Now, thanks to our investments, these students have better learning opportunities. There are many more stories like these.

Simply put, broadband access is central to commerce, economic growth, and education. We’ve made major progress – from Aberdeen to Winchester – and my plan continues that momentum.

Beyond my “Building Idaho’s Future” plan, I’m proposing a “no frills” budget for Fiscal Year 2022. My budget leaves a prudent surplus, bolsters rainy-day funds, and reflects my continued priority on education, including our valuable teachers.

My budget meets our historic commitment to teachers by fully implementing our $250 million investment in the career ladder.

To help in the ongoing pandemic response, my budget also bolsters Idaho’s public health infrastructure. I’m recommending funds to increase nursing capacity and also to address the shortage of physicians across Idaho. I also propose putting more than $250 million toward our homestretch efforts to finish the fight against COVID-19.

Idahoans spent more time outdoors in the past year than perhaps ever before. The outdoors offers Idaho families a sense of release and fun. To further improve our quality of life and make Idaho the place where future generations can recreate outdoors, I’m also recommending we ramp up investments to promote healthy lands and reduce wildfire risk.

Activists are trying to rebrand wildfires as “climate fires” – a divisive, defeatist term that does not accurately capture the West’s fire problem and dismisses the opportunity to do something about it.

Through collaborative initiatives such as the Good Neighbor Authority and Shared Stewardship, Idaho is focused on a solution – active land management.

Long gone are the days of no-action tactics that don’t work to protect the land or livelihoods.

Idaho is actively mapping out the future of our forests, and your grandkids and mine will directly benefit from our actions today.

In Idaho, we believe government must be responsive to the people it serves. To ease citizen participation in their state government, I’m recommending the creation of a new one stop shop for Idahoans to access public meeting information for any state entity. State Controller Brandon Woolf – my partner in government transparency – will administer the new online resource for civic engagement. We will continue to stand up for good government.

The ongoing growth in the state budget – just 3.8% – is among the most conservative in years. Our commitment to conservative budgeting – and quick action during the pandemic – are the reasons Idaho is excelling while other states’ economies and state budgets are pummeled. Let’s continue to live within our means and make investments where they count.

I’ll repeat it: what a year we had.

My fellow Idahoans, the pandemic made us appreciate parts of life we took for granted, and I don’t just mean the availability of toilet paper.

We learned not to take for granted time with family, our faith, and our freedom.

Despite all the differences of opinion, I know this: we are united in our love for Idaho and this great country of ours.

I am reminded of the timeless words of one of my heroes, President Ronald Reagan. He said, “The crisis we’re facing today... does require... our best effort and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds, to believe that together, with God’s help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us. And after all, why shouldn’t we believe that?”

I believe history will remember Idahoans’ tremendous outpouring of support for each other during the pandemic.

I want to thank the people of Idaho for their perseverance and the care they have shown others over the past 10 months.

In times of hardship, opportunity for growth emerges.

As Idahoans, we must choose to come out of the pandemic stronger, more resilient, and more united than ever before.

God bless Idaho, and God bless the United States of America.”

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