The Personal Democracy Forum Conference, an intensive one-day event, took place May 15th, 2006 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. It featured a stimulating cross-section of high-impact presentations, one-on-one interviews, keynote-level talks, moderated panel discussions and breakout workshops led by industry experts.

Time	Main Hall	Breakout 1	Breakout 2	Breakout 3
8:00-9:00am	Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00-10:00am	Introduction and Opening Plenary: The Changing Nature of Political Media Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democracy Forum Merrill Brown (moderator), Chuck Defeo, Joshua Marshall, Chris Nolan, David L. Sifry, Ben Smith
10:00-11:00am	MySpace for Politics Micah L. Sifry (moderator), Bobby Clark, Gina Glantz, Joe Green, Heather Holdridge, Chellie Pingree, Sheldon Rampton	Regulating Online Politics? David Donnelly (moderator), Adam Bonin, Allison Hayward, Celia Wexler	Making Online Work Offline and in the Field Shayna Englin (moderator), Mindy Finn, Bill McIntyre, Nathaniel Pearlman, Laura Quinn, Stuart Shapiro	The Rising Power of Local Political Blogs Nancy Scola (moderator), Aldon Hynes, Juan Melli, Scott Sala, Liza Sabater, Gur Tsabar
11:00-11:15am	Break
11:15-12:00pm	Keynote Address New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer followed by a conversation with ABC News' Mark Halperin
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch (Box lunch served)
1:00-1:45pm	Keynote Conversation "Elizabeth Edwards, in conversation with Andrew Rasiej"
1:45-2:45pm	How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Blogosphere Chris Rabb (moderator), Jason Calacanis, Peter Daou, Mike Krempasky, Ari Rabin-Havt, Roger Simon, Joe Trippi	Is Online Video More Powerful Than TV Ads? Zephyr Teachout (moderator), Jay Dedman, Steve Garfield, Mary Hodder, Justin Germany, Dina Kaplan, Ryan Montoya	Fundraising Best Practices For Turning Supporters Into Donors Becky Donatelli (moderator), Julie Barko Germany, Eve Fox, William Greene, Laura S. Quinn, Benjamin Rahn	Why Your Website is Probably Obsolete (and How to Fix It) Chris Casey, Michael Turk, Will Carlin
2:45-3:00pm	Break (and "Crashing the Gate" book signing with Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas, through 4:00pm)
3:00-4:00pm	Online Political Advertising--With and Without Money Sam Seder (moderator), Michael Bassik, Andrew Boyd, Henry Copeland, Elana Levin, Kathy Mitchell	TxtMessaging and Mobile Politics Justin Oberman (moderator), Jed Alpert, Doug Busk, Dorrian Porter, Ben Rigby, Dan Weaver	To Blog or Not to Blog Jonah Seiger (moderator), David All, Cheryl Contee, Mary Katherine Ham, Matt Stoller	Free, Easy And/Or Cheap Tools That Anyone Can Use Allison Fine (moderator), Britt Blaser, Sanford Dickert, Josh Koenig, Jo Lee, David Moore
4:00-5:00pm	Plenary: How Online Politics Will Affect Who Will Win in 2006, and Beyond Matt Bai (moderator), Jonathan Garthwaite, Markos Moulitsas, Joe Rospars, Patrick Ruffini
5:00-6:00pm	"Net Neutrality" or "Hands Off the Internet"? A Debate Rep. Anthony Wiener (moderator), Susan Crawford, Stephen Effros, Timothy Karr, Chris Wolf
6:00pm-?	Cocktail Party at Coda

Morning Plenary: The changing nature of political media. Is the old media system irrelevant? What would bloggers do if it didn't exist? And what's the best way to lead public opinion, now?

Afternoon Plenary: Who will win online in 2006, and beyond? Top campaign strategists, technologists and bloggers will survey the landscape and place their bets.

NEW: Plenary Debate:"Net Neutrality" or "Hands Off the Internet"?Are big telcos on the verge of creating a two-tiered net? Should government get involved? Whatever the answer, we can't afford to be indifferent to this timely discussion. Breakout sessions:
--To Blog or Not to Blog: Should campaigns or advocacy organizations adopt a blogging strategy, and if so, how to do it right.
--How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Blogosphere: Developing smart relations, and how to deal with a "blog-swarm."
--Fundraising Best Practices: How to turn supporters into donors, how to choose the right fundraising software, mistakes to avoid.
--Making Online Work Offline and in the Field: How to use your list to strengthen your field and communication operations and vice versa.
--Why Your Website is Probably Obsolete (And How to Fix it): Top political website designers will show what works, and what doesn't (submit your own site for discussion, if you dare).
--Online Political Advertising With, and Without, Money: Where to spend your money (i.e. Flash movies? Google ads? Blogs?), and how to get attention cheap, or for free.
--Is Online Video More Powerful Than TV Advertising?: Do you YouTube? Hear from pioneering videobloggers and top campaign strategists who are integrating interactive video into their efforts.
--MySpace for Politics: How campaigns and advocacy groups can use online social network platforms to create powerful political communities.
--Regulating Online Politics? The FEC, Bloggers and Campaigns: Will the feds crack down on online politics and should they? The experts speak.
--TxtMessaging and Mobile Politics--The Next Generation Platform: Hear from leaders in the rising field of phone-based fundraising and mobilization on what's over the horizon.
--Free, Easy or Cheap Tools That Anyone Can Use: Working on a small budget? You can practically run an organization or campaign for free with these tools.