Announcing Personal Democracy Forum 2010: June 3-4, New York City

Micah L. Sifry | January 19, 2010 - 2:23pm | Email This!

We're pleased to announce that the eighth annual Personal Democracy Forum conference will be taking place this June 3-4 in New York City, at the beautiful and centrally-located CUNY Graduate Center (5th Ave and 34th St.) If you want to save money, you should take advantage of our "early-early-bird" registration. We're making a limited number of tickets available between now and February 15, after which prices will go up. So, if you know you're planning on coming--and you know who you are--why not book now and lock in our best price?

This year we're proud to be featuring these confirmed speakers, a most diverse and accomplished group:

  • Saul Anuzis, Chair of the GOP Technology Advisory Council
  • Nick Bilton, The New York Times
  • Susan Crawford, founder of OneWebDay
  • Anil Dash, founder, Expert Labs
  • Allison Fine, co-author of the forthcoming book, The Networked NonProfit
  • Mindy Finn, Engage
  • Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake
  • Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post
  • Beth Kanter, co-author of the forthcoming book, The Networked NonProfit
  • Alex Lundry, TargetPoint
  • Evgeny Morozov, Georgetown University
  • Craig Newmark, craigslist.org
  • Ory Okolloh, founder of Ushahidi
  • Eli Pariser, Moveon.org
  • Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, and Virtual Communities
  • Suzanne Seggerman, founder of Games for Change
  • Clay Shirky, Author of Here Comes Everybody
  • Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
  • Erica Williams, Center for American Progress
  • Deanna Zandt, author of the forthcoming book Share this Change
  • Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Fellow
  • Plus many more to come...

    • We'll soon be announcing the conference theme, at which point we'll also throw the door open to your suggestions for speakers, plenary topics and breakout sessions. In addition, we're working on adding an "unconference" for the Saturday after the formal conference ends, so if you're making travel plans to come in, be sure to save time on June 5th as well to continue the networking, scheming and catching-up with friends old and new that defines PdF.