Personal Democracy Forum 2012
NYC | Jun 11-12
Day One, June 11, 2012
| Time | Event (Click on Speakers' Names to Learn More) | |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast and Registration | |
| Begins in | Skirball Theater | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome (video) Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 | The Internet's New Political Power in Congress | |
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Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Darrell Issa, in conversation with Andrew Rasiej (video) Senator Ron Wyden Representative Darrell Issa Andrew Rasiej |
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From a Moment to a Movement: Sustaining Our New Power (video) Leslie Harris |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by AT&T | |
| 10:30 - 12:10 | New Political Power? Views From Outside the Hill | |
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Captive Audience (video) Susan Crawford |
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Making Movements: What Punk Rock, Scouting, and the Royal Society Can Teach Us (video) Mark Surman |
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Progressives, Conservatives, and Pirates (video) Reihan Salam |
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The Hero the Internet Needs (YOU) (video) Alexis Ohanian |
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SOPA/PIPA: A Case Study in Networked Discourse and Activism (video) Yochai Benkler |
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How to NOT Create a New Cyber-Plutocracy (video) Jaron Lanier |
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Infowar: A View From the Battlefield (video) John Perry Barlow |
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| 12:10 - 1:00 | The Internet's Power Overseas | |
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OGP: Global Steroids for National Reformers (video) Juan Pardinas |
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Liquefying Democracy: How the German Pirate Party is Crowdsourcing Politics (video) Jan Hemme |
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Positive Politics: Open Source Culture and Social Justice in the Global Protest Movement (video) Stav Shaffir |
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Digital Activism in the Arab World Sami ben Gharbia |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch sponsored by Microsoft | |
| Moves to | Kimmel Center | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
We Government Room 914 |
The Cutting Edge of Open Government Todd Park, Carole Post, Sophie Raseman, Bryan Sivak, Peter Hirshberg (moderator) |
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Politics of 2012 Room 802 |
The November Election: Online and in the Media Sponsored by Harvard Institute of Politics Christina Bellantoni, Zac Moffatt, Ari Melber, Laurie Segall, Trey Grayson (moderator) |
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Deep Dive Room 808 |
A Conversation with Jaron Lanier Jaron Lanier, Micah L. Sifry |
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Internet Freedom Room 475 |
Rise of the Indie Web Tantek Çelik, Will Norris, Erin Jo Richey, Nancy Scola (moderator) |
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Global View Room 461 |
Rebooting Countries; Rebooting Politics Robert Bjarnason, Gunnar Grimsson, Jan Hemme, Chris Worman, Anne-Marie Slaughter (moderator) |
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Online Organizing and Campaigning PD+ Track Room 803 |
Using Data to Move Supporters to Action Katie Harbath, Tim Lim, Jordan Raynor, Ashley Spillane, Stuart Trevelyan (moderator) |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by the Omidyar Network | |
| Room 914 | Sunlight Foundation Press Conference | |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Politics of 2012 Room 914 |
The Battle of Wisconsin Jenni Dye, Ian Murphy, Matt Gagnon, Ryan Alexander, Elizabeth DiNovella (moderator) |
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Internet Freedom Room 802 |
Media When We Can All Be the Media Joaquin Alvarado, Emily Bell, Robert Bluey, Virginia Heffernan, Rachel Sklar (moderator) |
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We Government Room 808 |
Learning from the SENSEable City Norman Sadeh, Carl Skelton, Sarah Williams, Nick Judd (moderator) |
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Global View Room 475 |
The Open Government Partnership: Progress and Challenges Sponsored by Omidyar Network Caroline Mauldin, Juan Pardinas, John Wonderlich, David Eaves (moderator) |
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Online Organizing and Campaigning PD+ Track Room 461 |
The Lean Startup Model for Politics David Binetti, Brian Elliot, Natalie Foster, Ben Rattray, Christie George (moderator) |
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We Government Room 803 |
Collaborative Economics and the American Dream 2.0 Shelby Clark, Trooper Sanders, Joe Hurd, Van Jones, Allison Fine (moderator) |
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| Returns to | Skirball Theater | |
| 4:45 - 5:15 | New Political Power? Views From Outside the Hill | |
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The Music Industry in the Digital Age (video) Cary Sherman |
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FCC: Out to Lunch (video) Gigi Sohn |
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| 5:15 - 6:30 | Reshaping the Relationship Between Government and the People | |
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The Advocacy Gap: What Congress Really Does with All Those Emails (video) Shayna Englin |
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Data-Powered Democracy (video) Ellen Miller |
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What "Community" Must Learn from "Solidarity" (video) Sara Horowitz |
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Towards a New Paradigm: American Dream 2.0 (video) Van Jones |
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Homeland Security in a Networked Age (video) Jane Holl Lute |
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For the People, By the People: How Open Data Drives Innovation (video) Todd Park |
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| 6:30 - 8:00 | Cocktail Party sponsored by AT&T | |
Day Two, June 12, 2012
| Time | Event (Click on Speakers' Names to Learn More) | |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast and Registration | |
| Begins in | Skirball Theater | |
| 9:00 - 9:05 |
Welcome Back (video) Micah L. Sifry and Andrew Rasiej |
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| 9:05 - 10:00 | Pushing the Edge of the Possible | |
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Lessons from the Bin Laden Raid and Cyberwar: Immunizations and Security Updates (video) Chris Soghoian |
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Protecting the Internet Public (video) Dave Parry |
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Democracy is Obsolete (video) Peter Fein |
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Commotion and the Rise of the Intranet Era (video) Sascha Meinrath |
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Don't Mess With Our Boobs: Ad-Hoc Networks and Online Power (video) Deanna Zandt |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by the Ford Foundation | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Internet Freedom in China and Russia | |
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OMG! Meiyu: Interactive US-China Cross-Cultural Communication (video) Jessica Beinecke |
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Internet Street Art and Social Change in China (video) An Xiao Mina |
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Walking Along the Great Firewall (video) Michael Anti |
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The Future of the Russian Protest Movement (video) Masha Gessen |
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| 11:30 - 1:00 | Power Shifts and Shifting Power in 2012 and Beyond | |
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Networked Power: What We Learn From Data (video) Gilad Lotan |
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Tough Customers: The Political Power of Consumer Organizing (video) Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman |
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The End of the Digital Divide (video) Cheryl Contee |
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The Importance of Being Earnest (video) Zach Wahls |
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FlackChecking Political Sleaze (video) Kathleen Hall Jamieson | ||
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Let's Have a Fantasy Election! (video) Jason Rzepka |
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The Real Story of 2012: Using Digital for Persuasion (video) Zac Moffatt |
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In Defense of Echo Chambers (video) David Weinberger |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch sponsored by Microsoft | |
| Moves to | Kimmel Center | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
We Government Room 914 |
Designing a More Writeable Society Sponsored by Mozilla Leah Gilliam, Beth Noveck, Clay Shirky, Mark Surman (moderator) |
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Online Organizing and Campaigning PD+ Track Room 802 |
Online Fundraising: Making the Most of Social David Boyce, Jessica Dahl, Colin Mutchler, Heather Holdridge (moderator) |
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Politics of 2012 Room 808 |
The Future of the Left-Right Internet Coalition Patrick Ruffini, David Segal, Zeynep Tufecki, Reihan Salam, Andrew Rasiej (moderator) |
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Global View Room 475 |
Freedom on the Non-American Internet James Cowie, Laura DeNardis, Amol Sarva, Jennifer Preston (moderator) |
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Internet Freedom Room 461 |
Privacy As If Users Mattered Sam Gregory, Andrew Lewman, Nick Merrill, Chris Soghoian, Emmanuel Schalit, Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm (moderator) |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by Google | |
| Room 808 | Independent Voters of America Press Conference | |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Global View Room 914 |
Online Life in China Michael Anti, Jessica Beinecke, An Xiao Mina, David Satterthwaite Wertime, Emily Parker (moderator) |
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Politics of 2012 Room 802 |
New Platforms for Changing Politics David Binetti, Dan Beckmann, Keya Dannenbaum, Raymond Glendening, Brian Elliot, Marci Harris, Sarah Lai Stirland (moderator) |
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Internet Freedom Room 808 |
Liberating the Network Greta Byrum, Nathan Freitas, Isaac Wilder, Josh Levy (moderator) |
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We Government Room 475 |
Decentralized Power; Centralized Tools Sponsored by Microsoft & ElectionMall Justin Hart, Kate Monson, Alex Schriver, John Sampson (moderator) |
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Online Organizing and Campaigning PD+ Track Room 461 |
Big Data Invades Political Advertising Michael Beach, Megan Cellucci, Bryce Cullinane, Daniel Kreiss, Michael Bassik (moderator) |
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| Returns to | Skirball Theater | |
| 4:45 - 6:00 | Sex, Race, Power and Revolutions | |
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The Other Problem with Sex Trafficking (video) Julie Ruvolo |
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No Field of Dreams: How Online Organizing Really Works (video) David Karpf |
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Freedom of the...What? (video) Zephyr Teachout |
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The Local Revolution (video) Alex Torpey |
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The Revolution is Here, Now, Us (video) Carne Ross |
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How to Think About the Future (video) Baratunde Thurston |
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