PdF Conference 2007 At-a-Glance

The Personal Democracy Forum Conference, an intensive one-day event, will take place on May 18th, 2007 at the Pace University in New York City. It 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
Schimmel Hall
Multi-Purpose Room
Breakout A
Breakout B
8:15-8:30am

Welcome:
Andrew Rasiej

8:30-9:00am


Free Culture, Free Politics
Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford University

9:00-10:00am

10:00-10:15am


Break
Video: The best political web videos

10:15-10:25am



10:25-10:55am



10:55-11:25am



11:25-12:30pm








12:30-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-2:30pm

Navigating the New Media System
Esther Dyson (moderator), Mike Connell, Walter Fields, Jeff Jarvis, Jay Rosen

Is Cyberspace Colorblind? Race, Ethnicity, and Identity Online
Ruby Sinreich (moderator), John Aravosis, Cheryl Contee, Anil Dash, Chris Rabb, Liza Sabater

Embracing Voter-Generated Content: Risks and Benefits
Ellen Miller (moderator), Jeff Berman, Josh Marshall, Eli Pariser, Steve Urquhart


What Will Washington Do Next? Net Neutrality, Open Access, Copyright, etc.
Nancy Scola (moderator), Jamie Brown, Adam Green, David McGuire


2:30-3:30pm

Political Money Online: Getting It and Spending It More Effectively
Peter Leyden (moderator), Henry Copeland, Becki Donatelli, Kim Malone, Ben Rahn

Web 2.0: Cult of the Amateur? A Debate
Josh Levy (moderator), Andrew Keen, Craig Newmark, Robert Scoble, Clay Shirky

Building Powerful Online Communities: Best Practices
Heather Holdridge (moderator), Ian Bogost, Allison Fine, Matt Lewis, James Rucker


E-Lessons from Overseas: Europe, Latin America and Australia
Michael Cornfield (moderator), Jeremy Heimans, Jaime Aparicio, Molly Webb


3:30-3:45pm
Break
3:45-4:45pm

The Online Video Revolution: Message-Jamming and Campaigns
David All (moderator), Jeff Crigler, Steve Grove, Phil de Vellis, Robert Greenwald, Dina Kaplan

Idea Market (see topics and table hosts below)

Why Open Platforms Matter: A Conversation
Dave Winer
in conversation with
Micah Sifry


Social Networks, Tipping Points and Organizing
Fred Stutzman (moderator), Fred Gooltz, Chris Kelly, Sara Horowitz, Doris Spielthenner


4:45-4:50pm


4:50-4:55pm



4:55-5:00pm



5:00-5:05pm



5:05-5:10pm



5:10-6:00pm




Idea Market:

Converting Online Support to Offline Activism
Bobby Clark

All Things Mobile
Doug Busk

Nurturing Local Online Communities
Michael Wood-Lewis

Tracking Money, Lobbying, and Votes
Dan Newman and Sheila Krumholz

Successful Online Lobbying of Congress
Susie Gorden

Tech Secrets of Political Geeks
Deanna Zandt

RSS for Beginners
Rick Klau

How Data Mining Wins Campaigns
Brian Williams

Mapping & Marketing with Google
Rena Shapiro and Lisa Green

Videoblogging in 5 Minutes
Steve Garfield

Interoperability: Why it Matters
Tate Hausman

The Practice of Distributed Reporting
Jay Rosen

Fun with Political Mashups
Greg Elin

Games for Change
Suzanne Seggerman

Best Practices in Blogger Relations
Todd Ziegler

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