The Future of Political Communications

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Registration
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Opening Comments Chris Arterton, Dean of The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management Steve Etzler, Founder and CEO, Business Development Institution Vicki Lins, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Comcast Spotlight Brian Taylor, Vice President of Policy and Public Interest Services, PR Newswire
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Joe Trippi Joe Trippi is a long-time American Democratic campaign worker and consultant. A mainstay in presidential politics, Trippi has worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Dick Gephardt. Most notably, he served as campaign manager for presidential candidate and former Vermont governor Howard Dean. Currently he is servicing as a senior advisor to John Edwards campaign.
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion 1: Voice of the 2008 presidential candidates' communications leadership Moderator: Josh Kurtz, Politics Editor, Roll Call Peter Daou, Internet Director, Clinton Campaign Mindy Finn, Director of eStrategy, Romney Campaign Chris Henick, Senior Advisor, Giuliani Campaign Josh Orton, Deputy New Media Director, Obama Campaign Mark SooHoo, Deputy eCampaign Director, McCain Campaign
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Winning Young Voters Heather Smith, Executive Director, Young Voter Strategies (YVS) YVS is a nonpartisan project in partnership with The Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, that provides the public, parties, candidates, consultants and nonprofits with data and research on the youth vote as well as best practices to effectively mobilize young people. In 2006, Smith and Young Voter Strategies coordinated the nation's largest non-partisan project to register young voters using innovative and replicable methods of voter outreach. The project registered over 540,000 youth ages 18-30 and played a large role in the young voter turnout increase in 2006.
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Break
5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion 2: Connecting With Young Voters Moderator: Julie Barko Germany, Deputy Director, Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management Jeff Berman, SVP Public Affairs, MySpace Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, YouTube Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer & VP, Facebook Hank Oster, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Comcast Spotlight Hugh B. Price, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Contributor, Opportunity 08
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Premier Screening of "I'm 18 in 08" and Question/Answer Session with David D. Burstein, Director and Producer. Introduction by Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Director, Opportunity 08 David D. Burstein, 18, is the Director and Producer of "I'm 18 in 08", a documentary film designed to promote and encourage more youth to vote and get involved in the political process. Since 2004, David has interviewed dozens of U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, political experts, commentators, educational leaders, and students to find the answers to question such as: What can be done to increase youth participation in politics? What issues are important to youth? Why don't more youth vote? The film will be distributed in the summer of 2008 in a 50 state bus tour which will consist of screenings of the film, and talk backs with candidates, students, and elected officials. For more information about the film and David's work please visit www.18in08.com.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Networking Reception

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