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Across the Continent, political leaders and grass-roots activists are embracing new ways of running for office, influencing the political debate, and governing. Inspired by the success of Barack Obama’s campaign for president of the United States, people everywhere are using the Internet to open up politics and make governance more transparent, participatory and effective.
 
For six years, Personal Democracy Forum has been THE place in America where politicos and technologists gather to learn from each other, network, and glimpse the future. Now that conversation is coming to Barcelona, November 20-21, at the spectacular Torre Agbar.

PdF Europe will be simultaneously translated into Spanish.

UPDATE: Here's the detailed schedule for Day One and Day Two. (This is still subject to last-minute changes.)

PdF Europe Will Feature Top Speakers from Europe and the United States including:

Kate Albright-Hanna, Obama '08 Video Director (USA)
David All, President, David All Group (USA)
Richard Allan, Director of Policy, Facebook EU (UK)
José M. Alonso, Director eGovernment, CTIC/W3C (Spain)
John Aravosis, Blogger, Americablog (USA)
Julian Assange, Cofounder, Wikileaks (Australia)
Diego Beas, Author of the forthcoming book, "The Reinvention of Politics: Obama, the Internet and New Media" (Spain)
Markus Beckedahl, Blogger, Netzpolitik.org (Germany)
Ernest Benach, President of the Catalan Parliament (Catalonia/Spain)
Sindre Fossum Beyer, Political Adviser to Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
Karina Brisby, Head of Digital Campaigns, Oxfam (UK)
Dominic Campbell, Founder, FutureGov (UK)
Stephen Clark, Head of Web Communication, European Parliament (Belgium)
Alberto Cottica, Project leader, Kublai, Ministry of Economic Development (Italy)
Javier Cremades, Author of "Micropoder" (Spain)
Vincent Ducrey, New Media Advisor, Government of France (France)
Esther Dyson, EDventure.com (USA)
Anna Ebbesen, Founder, Radikale.net (Denmark)
Mick Fealty, Founder and Editor, Slugger O'Toole (Ireland)
Matthew Fraser, Adjunct Professor, American University of Paris (France)
Anthony Hamelle, Linkfluence (France)
Astrid Haug, Co-author, "Digital Communication" (Denmark)
Felipe Heusser, Founder, Smart Citizen Foundation (Chile)
Scott Heiferman, Founder of MeetUp.com (USA)
Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona (Spain)
Paul Hilder, Campaign director, Avaaz.org (UK)
Ilyse Hogue, Director of Political Advocacy and Communications, MoveOn.org (USA)
Bente Kalsnes, Communications Advisor to Origo.no (Norway)
Charles Leadbeater, Author, "We Think" (UK)
Rolf Lührs, Coordinator, Pan European eParticipation Network (Germany)
Heidi Nordby Lunde, Blogger, VamPus and Community Manager at ABC Startsiden (Norway)
Liz Mair, Former RNC Online Communications Director and Online Strategist (USA)
Matthew McGregor, London Director, Blue State Digital (UK)
Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation (USA)
Andreas Mullerleile, Blogger, Kosmopolito.org (UK)
Steve Moore, Director, Reboot Britain (UK)
David Osimo, Managing Partner, Tech4i2 Ltd. (Italy)
Tiago Peixoto, European University Institute (Italy)
Dominique Piotet, CEO of RebellionLab and Co-Author, The Alchemy of Crowds (France)
Susan Pointer, Director of Public Policy for Europe, Middle East and Asia, Google (UK)
Ghislaine Robinson, Web Coordinator, Party of European Socialists (Belgium)
Amanda Rose, Founder, Twestival (UK)
Joe Rospars, New Media Director, Obama '08 & Founding Partner, Blue State Digital (USA)
Rafa Rubio, Partner, Dog Comunicacion (Spain)
Rishi Saha, Head of New Media, Conservative Party (UK)
Marietje Schaake, MEP (the Netherlands)
Daniel Schmitt, Co-Founder, Wikileaks (Germany)
Matt Scofield, Director of Online Communications for Newt Gingrich (USA)
Ravi Singh, CEO and Founder, ElectionMall (USA)
Antonio Sofi, Journalist and Blogger, Webgol.it (Italy)
Tom Steinberg, Director, mySociety.org (UK)
Benoit Thieulin, Net-campaign Director for primary and presidential race of Segolene Royal (France)
Jack Thurston, Co-founder, FarmSubsidy.org (UK)
Nicolas Vanbremeersch, Founder, Publius.fr and Spintank (France)
Katrin Verclas, Co-founder, MobileActive.org (USA)
Marc Vidal, CEO, Cink.es (Spain)
Bruno Vilarasau, Director of Information Society, Telefonica-Catalunya (Spain)
Tom Watson, Member of Parliament (UK)
Clo Willaerts, Marketing Manager, Sanoma Magazines (Belgium)
Jon Worth, Co-Founder, Bloggingportal.eu (Belgium)
Oliver Zeisberger, CEO, Barracuda (Germany)
Jeremie Zimmerman, Co-founder and Spokesman, La Quadrature du Net (France)

The two-day conference will offer morning plenary keynotes, afternoon breakout sessions and a high-level plenary discussion at the end of each day. The topics we'll be focusing on include:

• Pan-European politics: Can the internet connect the dots?
• New possibilities for collaborative government
• Using the internet to open up politics outside the parties
• Transparency and participation: What is real e-government?
• What should European politicians and parties learn from the Obama victory?
• Using social media to transform the relationship between voters and their representatives
• State of the art politech: how to use mobile, video and social networking to advance your cause
• New media vs traditional media: how to navigate the new environment

Conference logistics:
REGISTRATON: The first day of the conference, in order to avoid queues at Torre AGBAR's door, registration will take place next door at Hotel Silken, next to the reception desk, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Later on and during the second day, registration will be at an Accreditation point at Torre AGBAR Auditorium Hall on the -1 floor.

ACCESS TO THE BUILDING
We regret to inform you that due to Torre Agbar security policy, each attendee will have to path through a security scan located in the main floor of the building. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

BREAKFAST
A networking breakfast will be available at the Auditorium Hall during both days, -1 foor of Torre AGBAR. Breakfast time will be 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.

TRANSLATION
We will offer translation English-Spanish-English and Catalan-English/Catalan-Spanish.

LUNCH
All participants will be invited to share a lunch that will take place at Hotel Silken, -1 Floor downstairs.

An independent room will be installed for Google Fellows (-1), so as to have a private session during lunch time.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

After lunch, the breakout sessions will take place in:

1. Main Hall (Auditorium)
2. BREAKOUT A (Floor 14th - Room 6)
3. BREAKOUT B (Floor 14th - Room 7)

Due to the fact that the access to the 14th floor is both limited and controlled, the up/down process will always be done under the supervision and direction of the PdF Europe team.

How to access the 14th floor breakout sessions:

1. During the first half of the day, attendees can obtain a colour sticker: one colour per each of the two breakout sessions on the 14th floor that day.
2. These colour stickers can be obtained at the Accreditation table of the Auditorium Hall.
3. The first transition-UP will be done between 2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. So, please, be at the Auditorium Hall - near the Accreditation table, some minutes before (blue sticker).
4. During the Afternoon Coffee Break (3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.) a Transition-Down and a new Transition-Up process will be done. The Coffee Break will take place at the Auditorium Hall.
5. The second transition-UP will be done between 4 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. So, be at the Auditorium Hall - near the Accreditation table, some minutes before (red sticker).

WIFI
Several wifi network connections will be available during the conference. Please do not use the wifi for large file transfers or downloads during the conference.

TWITTER, FLICKR:
The real-time conversation about the conference taking place on Twitter will be tracked using Twitterslurp, a tool created by The Bivings Group. Twitterslurp will pull in all relevant tweets as they happen, build a real-time directory of all Twitter users talking about the conference and perform a graphical analysis of the volume and nature of the discussion. Visit http://www.personaldemocracy.com/pdfeu/twitter/ to join the conversation.

The hashtag for PdF Europe is: #PdFEU

POWER
There will be power outlets to re-charge devices at the Accreditation table in the Auditorium Hall.

VOLUNTEERS
Will be available to assist and located at the Accreditation table.

Press inquiries, please email press@personaldemocracy.com

Check out our video from PdF USA, as well as clips of past speakers, to get a taste of what to expect:

Past PdF speakers have included:

Click on speakers with a icon to watch his or her video from past PdF conferences.