POLC 2009

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Time	Title	Location
8:00 am	Registration & Networking Breakfast	Atrium – The Conference Hub
8:30 am	Panel: Governance 2.0: How Secretaries of State are streamlining services in a 2.0 World	Ballroom
9:30 am	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium – The Conference Hub
10:00 am	Cognitive Evolution and Revolution How the way we use technology is changing us and what that means for politics	Ballroom
11:00 am	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium – The Conference Hub
11:00 am	Geek Lab: Design for Context	Atrium: Geek Lab
11:30 am	Vote Report: Crowdsourcing Political Journalism	Ballroom
11:30 am	Collaborative Politics Online: Principles, Pitfalls and Practical Advice	Hemisphere A
11:30 am	Law, Politics and the Internet: What is the current state of regulation? Is more regulation on the horizon?	Hemipshere B
11:30 am	Fishing with a Keyboard: How to catch and engage online users	Meridian C
11:30 am	Broadening Broadband: The Benefits and Beyond	Meridian D&E
12:30 pm	Lunch (On Your Own) Optional Activities: Screening of the documentary Us Now	Ballroom
12:30 pm	Geek Lab: Google	Ballroom
2:00 pm	How Republicans and Democrats Can Work Together Online to Create Government Transparency	Ballroom
2:00 pm	Will Old Media Paradigms Shift Into the New Media World?	Hemisphere A
2:00 pm	The Future of Voting Technology: Towards “Critical Democracy Infrastructure?”	Hemisphere B
2:00 pm	The Future of Public Debate – Online	Meridian C
2:00 pm	Field organizing in a digital world — new tools for old tricks?	Meridian D&E
3:00 pm	Caffeine & Networking Break	Atrium – The Conference Hub
3:00 pm	Geek Lab:Politics.com	Atrium: Geek Lab
3:30 pm	Advocacy 3D	Ballroom
3:30 pm	Every Question I Was too Embarrassed to Ask about Technology.	Hemisphere A
3:30 pm	Needle in a Haystack: Effectively Utilizing Data to Fuel Targeting Efforts	Hemisphere B
3:30 pm	The Next Step – Instant Feedback on Your Ideas for Using Technology to Advance Politics	Meridian C
3:30 pm	Social Media Platforms and Directing Traffic to your Real Campaign	Meridian D&E
4:30 pm	Coffee and Networking Break	Atrium – The Conference Hub
4:30 pm	Geek Lab: Wired for Change	Atrium – Geek Lab
5:00 pm	The Visual Frontier: How the arts, pop culture, and business innovate the way we consume and use information	Ballroom
6:00 pm	Politics Online Cocktail Party	Pavilion Room
8:30 pm	Absinthe - La Fée Verte After Party sponsored by NGP Software and SpeakEasy Spirits, LLC	Click here for location

Tuesday, April 21st

Time	Title	Location
8:00 am	Breakfast	Atrium
8:30 am	Elected and Connected: Uses, Dangers and Benefits of Being an Elected Official in a 2.0 World	Ballroom
9:30 am	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium
10:00 am	Public Affairs in the Digital Age: Real People = Real Results	Ballroom
10:00 am	Palin-ated — Online Media Training, Don’cha Know!	Hemisphere A
10:00 am	Power in your pocket: campaigning with mobile phones	Hemipshere B
10:00 am	Academic Research on Internet Tools in the 2008 Election	Meridian C
10:00 am	The Next Generation of Campaign Web Sites	Meridian D&E
10:00 am	Geek Lab: MSHC Partnersk	Atrium: Geek Lab
11:00 am	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium
11:00 am	Geek Lab: Huffington Post	Atrium: Geek Lab
11:30 am	How We Did It: A Conversation with the Online Communications Directors from the Obama and McCain Campaigns	Ballroom
12:30 pm	Lunch (On Your Own) Geek Lab: Advomatic (Atrium – Geek Lab)	Restaurants
12:30 pm	Geek Lab: Advomatic’s Click to Call Congress tool	Atrium: Geek Lab
2:00 pm	Social Media Analytics: Monitor, Measure and Manage Your Reputation on the Wild Wild Web of Social Media	Ballroom
2:00 pm	Who is the online right?	Hemisphere A
2:00 pm	Kids These Days: Powering the Youth Vote	Hemisphere B
2:00 pm	Mobilizing Your Campaign Bootcamp (for advanced strategists!)	Meridian C
2:00 pm	Online Politics at the State Level	Meridian D&E
2:00 pm	NGP Software	Atrium: Geek Lab
3:00 pm	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium
3:00 pm	Geek Lab:Political Media	Atrium-Geek Lab
3:30	Geek Lab: MetroStar Systems: Discussing Global Citizenship in Cyber Space / X-Life Games demo	Atrium-Geek Lab
3:30 pm	New Media Consumption	Ballroom
3:30 pm	What effect will the new administration’s use of tech have on congress?	Hemisphere A
3:30 pm	Smear Politics Online	Hemisphere B
3:30 pm	Successful Tactics for Raising Money Online	Meridian C
3:30 pm	Tinkering Your Web Strategy: Using Analytics to Understand Your Traffic and Making Adjustments	Meridian D&E
4:00 pm	Caffeine and Networking Break	Atrium
4:45 pm	Closing Keynote	Ballroom

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