Hillary Clinton To Speak At Stanford Conference

PALO ALTO, CA — Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is coming to Palo Alto Friday to speak at a conference at Stanford University. The event is a day-long celebration marking the launch of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law's Global Digital Policy Incubator, with Clinton scheduled to deliver a coinciding keynote address exploring the theme of digital technology, diplomacy and democratic values.

Eileen Donahoe, former U.S. ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, is the executive director of the new Global Digital Policy Incubator, or GDPi. According to a news release, the program "serves as a multi-stakeholder collaboration hub at Stanford for technologists, governments, civil society and the private sector actors. GDPi will identify and incubate global policy and governance innovations that enhance freedom, security and trust in the digital realm."

Attendance at the 4:30 p.m. keynote address with Clinton is invite-only — tickets were made available to Stanford students through a lottery system — but a livestream will be shown via the CDDRL Facebook page.

More information about the conference is available here.

Photo: NEW YORK, NY - MAY 23: The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage at the Children's Health Fund Annual Benefit at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 23, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Entertainment/Getty Images)