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Thursday, August 6, 2009
8:00am – 9:00am         AG Breakfast                                                           Pullman Room
                                       Contact: Rod Snyder
                                       Description:

8:30am – 8:30pm         Registration                                                            Ballroom Foyer
                                       Vendor Exhibits

8:30am – 12:00pm       Candidate Filing                                                     Ballroom Foyer

8:30am – 9:30am         Morning Briefing                                                    Ballroom
                                       TOPIC: Healthcare & Keeping Young Voters Engaged
                                       SPEAKERS: Adisu Demissie, Obama for America
                                       Marlon Marshall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

12:00 – 1:30                 SPA Lunch                                                               Gino’s
                                       Speaker: Ray Buckley
                                       Topic: Building a Relationship with your State Party
                                       Meet in the Lobby at 11:30

5:00pm – 8:30pm         General Session                                                      Ballroom
                                       TOPIC: Summer of Action
                                       SPEAKERS: Senator Gillibrand Video
                                       Stacy Vasquez & Alex Nicholson – Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
                                       Ray Buckley, Democratic National Committee
                                       Secretary Hilda Solis Video
                                       Governor Beshear

8:30pm – 10:00pm      Executive Committee Dinner                                            Gino’s
                                       Meet in Lobby Immediately Following General Session

8:30pm – late night      High School Event                                                  Prairie Center

Convention Committee Meetings
9:00am – 12:00pm       Awards                                                                    Boardroom 1
                                       Chair: Rebecca Burgin

9:00am – 5:00pm         Platform                                                                  Conf Center 10CD
                                       Chair: Jamie Oliver & Brian Poe

9:00am – 5:00pm         Credentials                                                              Conf Center 11AB
                                       Chair: Mark Bracken

9:00am – 12:00pm       Rules & Charter                                                      Conf Center 12AB
                                       Chair: Lon Seidman

2:00pm – 5:00pm         Resolutions                                                             Conf Center 12AB
                                       Chair: Kelly Drake

Caucus Meetings
9:00am – 10:00am       Rural Caucus                                                          Conf Center 12D
                                       Chair: Amanda Nelson

10:00am – 11:00am     Women’s Caucus                                                    Conf Center 12C
                                       Chair: Atima Omara Alwala
                                       Speaker:
                                       Topic: The Crucial Role of Women in the Obama Victory

11:00am – 12:00pm    Minority Caucus                                                     Conf Center 12D
                                       Vice-Chair: Shanay Watson
                                       Speaker:

12:00pm – 1:00pm      Labor Caucus                                                         Conf Center 12C
                                       Chair: Isaac Robinson
                                       Speaker: Charles Pugh & Matt Flynn
                                       Topic: Teamsters Rally or EFCA Panel

1:00pm – 2:00pm         Vets & Military Affairs                                           Conf Center 12C
                                       Contact: Mark Newman
                                       Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Movie Screening

2:00pm – 3:00pm         GLBT                                                                       Conf Center 12C
                                       Chair: Kyle Bailey
                                       Speaker: Brad Clark
                                       Topic: How to Get Marriage Equality Passed in Every State

3:00pm – 4:00pm         Disability Issues                                                     Conf Center 12D
                                       Chair: Ben Spangenberg
                                       Topic: Service Care Legislation

4:00pm – 5:00pm         High School                                                             Conf Center 12C
                                       Chair: Alicia Froio

4:00pm – 5:00pm         College                                                                     Conf Center 12D
                                       Chair: Thionne Nang
                                       Topic: NOI Presentation on How to Organize on Campuses

Trainings
9:30am – 12:00pm       Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 22AB
                                       Take on Higher Education
                                       Speakers: Anders Reynolds & Sujatha Jahagirdar

9:30am – 12:00pm       Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 23ABC
                                       Take on Redistricting                                           
                                       Speakers: Steve, America Votes

10:30am – 12:00pm    Religion in Politics                                                  Conf Center 22C
                                       Ken Whittaker, Brian Diaz, Joseph Kitchens

10:30am – 12:00pm    DEMopolis 101                                                       Conf Center 24C
                                       Speaker: Chelsea Bassett, Democracy in Action

2:00pm – 4:00pm         So You Want to Host a Conference                      Conf Center 22AB
                                       Speakers: Emily Robinson
                                       Shaunica Pridgen

2:00pm – 4:00pm         Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 22C
                                       Take on Global Warming
                                       Speakers: Sujatha Jahagirdar

2:00pm – 3:30pm         Chapter Building 101                                            Conf Center 23ABC
                                       Roundtable Discussion
                                       Speakers: Prince Georges YDs, Arlington YDs, & New Jersey YDs

2:00pm – 3:30pm         Electoral Action: Voter                                          Conf Center 24AB
                                       Registration & Electoral Reform
                                       Speakers: Sujatha Jahagirdar, Hillary Blackerby, & Matt Sampson

2:00pm – 3:30pm         DEMopolis 202                                                       Conf Center 24C
                                       Speaker: Chelsea Bassett, Democracy in Action

Friday, August 7, 2009
8:00am – 9:00am         Womens Caucus Bkfst                                           Pullman Room
                                       Contact: Atima Omara Alwala
                                       Speakers: Christine Pelosi & Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky

9:00am – 10:00am       Morning Briefing                                                    Ballroom
                                       TOPIC: Young Democrats in the Field in 2010
                                       SPEAKERS: Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
                                       Clay Haynes, Catalyst
                                       Dude from DGA

10:00am – 11:00pm    Registration                                                            Ballroom Foyer
                                       Vendor Exhibits

6:00pm – 9:30pm         General Session                                                      Ballroom
                                       SPEAKERS: Mayor Richard Daley
                                       Alderman Manny Flores
                                       Senator Dick Durbin
                                       Professor john powell, Wisconsin University

10:00 – late night         YDA Works Party                                                   Prairie Center           

10:00 – late night         Team Anderson Party                                           CC23

Convention Committee Meetings
9:00am – 5:00pm         Platform                                                                  Conf Center 10CD
                                       Chair: Jamie Oliver & Brian Poe

9:00am – 5:00pm         Credentials                                                              Conf Center 11AB
                                       Chair: Mark Bracken

9:00am – 12:00pm       Rules & Charter                                                      Conf Center 12AB
                                       Chair: Lon Seidman

2:00pm – 5:00pm         Resolutions                                                             Conf Center 12AB
                                       Chair: Kelly Drake

Caucus Meetings
9:00am – 10:00am       Disability Issues                                                     Conf Center 12C
                                       Chair

9:00am – 10:00am       Vets & Military Affairs                                           Conf Center 12D

10:00am – 11:00am     High School                                                             Conf Center 12C

10:00am – 11:00am     College                                                                     Conf Center 12D

11:00am – 12:00pm    GLBT                                                                       Conf Center 12C

12:00pm – 1:00pm      Pacific Region                                                         Conf Center 20AB
                                       Great Lakes                                                             Conf Center 20C
                                       Mid-Atlantic                                                            Conf Center 21AB
                                        Southwest                                                               Conf Center 21C
                                       Northeast                                                                Conf Center 22AB
                                       Southeast                                                                Conf Center 22C
                                       South-Central                                                         Conf Center 23ABC
                                       Midwest                                                                   Conf Center 24A

1:00pm – 2:00pm         SPA Meeting                                                            Conf Center 12AB

1:00pm – 2:00pm         Rural Caucus                                                          Conf Center 12D

2:00pm – 3:00pm         Labor Caucus                                                         Conf Center 12C

3:00pm – 4:00pm         Minority Caucus                                                     Conf Center 12D

4:00pm – 5:00pm         Women’s Caucus                                                    Conf Center 12C

5:00pm – 6:00pm         Jewish Caucus                                                         Conf Center 12D

Trainings
9:30am – 12:00pm       Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 21AB
                                       Take on Health Care
                                       Speaker: Tony Cani, Jane Flemming, Lisa Hoyos

9:30 am – 12:00pm      Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 23ABC
                                       Utilize New Media and Online Organizing
                                       Speakers: Manhattan YDs, Megan Gustaffson, Ken Whittaker, Heather Cronk

9:30am – 11:00am       How to get on the                                                  Conf Center 22AB
                                       6 o’clock News & Look Good
                                       Speaker: McClina, CNN

9:30am – 11:00am       DEMopolis 101                                                       Conf Center 22C
                                       Speaker: Chelsea Bassett, Democracy in Action

1:30pm – 3:00pm         International Youth Forum                                               Conf Center 10B

2:00pm – 4:30pm         Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 21AB
                                       Hit the Field
                                       Speakers: Adam Weiss, Tahir, Anders Reynolds, Sarah Saccany

2:00pm – 4:30pm         Community Organizers                                          Conf Center 23ABC
                                       Take on Marriage Equality
                                       Speakers: Kyle Bailey, Manhattan YDs, Shawn Hartman, Brad Clark

2:00pm – 3:30pm         Community Serv. Summit                                      Conf Center 22AB                                                                                                                                                        Speakers: Thomas Bates, Rock the Vote & Dustin Hausner

2:00pm – 3:30pm         DEMopolis 202                                                       Conf Center 22C
                                       Speaker: Chelsea Bassett, Democracy in Action

Saturday, August 8, 2009
9:00am – 4:00pm         Registration                                                            Ballroom Foyer
                                       Vendor Exhibits

9:30am – 12:00pm   General Session                                                    Ballroom
                                       SPEAKERS:  Paola De Silva
                                       Aloys Riguat
                                       Jenn Watts
                                       President Bill Clinton Video
                                       Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Video

1:30pm – 5:30pm      General Session                                                    Ballroom

6:30pm – 7:30pm      Tomorrow Club Reception                                Suite 2600

7:30pm – 10:30pm   Awards Gala                                                          Ballroom
                                       SPEAKERS: Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois
                                       Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco

Convention Committee Meetings
8:30am – 9:30am         Platform                                                                  Conf Center 10CD
                                       Chair: Jamie Oliver & Brian Poe

8:30am – 9:30am         Credentials                                                              Conf Center 11AB
                                       Chair: Mark Bracken

Sunday, August 9, 2009
11:00am – 1:00pm       Jewish Caucus Breakfast                                       Conf Center 10ABC