Day One, Monday, June 6, 2011



The theme for PdF 2011 was "Agents of Change".
More info available on the plenaries and breakout sessions that took place!

Time
Skirball Center
8:00-
9:00am
Breakfast and Registration

Skirball Theater
9:00-
10:00am

"User rights and platform responsibilities in a changing world"

Susan Morgan, Siva Vaidhyanathan and danah boyd

10:00-
10:30am
Coffee Break
sponsored by Opera Solutions
10:30-
11:15am

Changing politics from the inside out
MEP Marietje Schaake, Rohan Silva, Beth Noveck, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Emily Parker
11:15am-
1:00pm

Disruptive people, disruptive technologies:
Learning from North Africa, the Middle East and beyond


Riahd Guerfali
Alaa abd el Fattah
Dr. Rasha Abdulla
Mona Eltahawy
Habib Haddad

Omoyele Sowore
(Omidyar Network Talk)
Jillian York
Andy Carvin
Zeynep Tufekci
1:00-
2:00pm
Lunch
sponsored by Microsoft
2:00-
3:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
Kimmel Center, 8th and 9th Floors
Deep Dive
Room 808
Global Digital Activism
Room 804/5
Michael Wesch and danah boyd in conversation
The Revolution in Tunisia:
Houeida Anouar and Riadh Guerfali
Media Revolutions
Room 802
Online Politics and Organizing
Room 914
Newsing the Live Web:
Andy Carvin, Peter McEvoy, Brian Stelter, Dan Sinker, Jennifer 8 Lee (moderator)
Online politics of 2012:
Ilyse Hogue, Stephanie Taylor, Jenny Beth Martin, Kristen Luidhardt, Tabitha Hale, Saul Anuzis (moderator)
Evolving We-government
Room 803
Sponsored session (Opera Solutions)
Room 909
Changing Government From the Inside:
Richard Boly, Tracy Russo, Sheila Campbell, Rachel Sterne, Deanna Zandt (moderator)
I Can See Clearly Now: Using Advanced Analytics to Govern Better
Christina Sarchio, Andrew McLaughlin, Scott Weber, Andrew Rasiej (moderator)
3:00-
3:30pm
Coffee Break
Microsoft/Pew Press Briefing
Room 912
3:30-
4:30pm
Breakout Sessions:
Kimmel Center, 8th and 9th Floors
Deep Dive
Room 808
Global Digital Activism
Room 914
Doc Searls and Dan Gillmor in conversation
The Revolution in Egypt:
Rasha Abdulla, Mona Eltahawy, Alaa abd el Fattah, Nancy Scola (moderator)
Media Revolutions
Room 803
Online Politics and Organizing
Room 802
Found in Translation:
Weaving One World Online:

Ed Bice, Habib Haddad, Aleli Alcala, Esther Dyson (moderator)
Beyond Clicktivism to On-the-Ground Action:
Marianne Manilov, Ori Brafman, Jenny Beth Martin, Michael Silberman (moderator)
Evolving We-government
Room 804/5
Sponsored Session (Harvard Institute of Politics)
Room 909
Changing Congress From the Inside:
Matt Lira, Dan Beckmann, Marci Harris, Andrew Foxwell, Liz Mair (moderator)
Civility and Social Media: An oxy-moron? :
Mindy Finn, Eli Pariser, John DellaVolpe, Adam Sharp, Trey Grayson (moderator)

Skirball Theater
4:30-
6:30pm

Plenary Keynotes: Networked Futures

Dan Sinker
Eben Moglen
Michael Wesch
Lisa Gansky
Lawrence Lessig
Andrew Rasiej

6:30-
8:30
Cocktail Party
sponsored by Personal Democracy Plus


Day Two, Tuesday, June 7, 2011


Time
Skirball Center
8:00-
9:00am
Breakfast and Registration

Skirball Theater
9:00-
10:00am

Open Government, Open Congress, Open Policy, Open Philanthropy

Craig Newmark
Vivek Kundra
Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Hank Hultquist
Lucy Bernholz


10:00-
10:30am
Coffee Break
sponsored by AT&T
10:30-
1:00pm

The Future of Sharing
Anthea Watson & Mindy Finn
Andrew McLaughlin (Omidyar Network Talk)
Richard Boly
Daniel Ben-Horin
Lukas Biewald
Jeff Warren & Liz Barry
Jon Gosier (Omidyar Network Talk)
Jim Gilliam
Ben Rattray
Jeremy Heimans
Dan Gillmor
Jay Rosen
Marko Rakar
Rebecca MacKinnon
Doc Searls


1:00-
2:00pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Microsoft
2:00-
3:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
Kimmel Center, 8th and 9th Floors
Deep Dive
Room 802
Global Digital Activism
Room 914
A conversation with Cory Doctorow
Technology Development for Human Rights Work:
Brett Solomon, Nathan Freitas, Jillian York, Susannah Vila
Media Revolutions
Room 804/5
Online Politics and Organizing
Room 808
The Politics of Mobile, At Home and Abroad:
Josh Levy, Katherine Maher, Katie Harbath, Courtney Sieloff
Open collaboration platforms: NationBuilder, Freedom Connector:
Jim Gilliam, Martin Avila
Evolving We-government
Room 803

Civic Science:
Jeff Warren and Liz Barry
3:00-
3:30pm
Coffee Break
Sunlight Foundation Press Conference
Room 802
3:30-
4:30pm
Breakout Sessions:
Kimmel Center, 8th and 9th Floors
Deep Dive
Room 802
Global Digital Activism
Room 803
Mitchell Baker and Andrew Rasiej in conversation
Getting beyond 'anecdata': The Global Digital Activism Data Project:
Mary Joyce, Alix Dunn, Zeynep Tufekci
Media Revolutions
Room 914
Online Politics and Organizing
Room 804/5
The Aftermath(s) of WikiLeaks:
Gabriella Coleman, Micah Sifry, Heather Brooke, Jeff Jarvis
Personalization and Campaigns: How Far to Take It:
Cheryl Contee, Moritz Loew, Emily Williams, Eli Pariser (moderator)
Evolving We-government
Room 808

Open voting data:
Anthea Watson, Mindy Finn

Skirball Theater
4:30-
6:30pm

Closing Keynotes and Roundtable:
People and States in a Hyperconnected World


Steven Johnson
Mitchell Baker
Anne Marie Slaughter
Mark Pesce
Cory Doctorow
Alaa Abd el Fattah


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