Transcript for Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2008

[♪ upbeat tempo music ♪] PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM Technology is changing politics

Personal Democracy MYSPACE IMPACT

>> The forum is a really big deal.

I mean, the world is undergoing some big changes

[Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist] involving new technology being applied to politics

applied to the de-centralization of power.

The forum is a big part of that, [Zack Exley, Off The Bus]

maybe even marking its own inflection point [Joe Trippi, John Edwards 2008]

in the history of change.

>> I've been to every PDF since it began. It gets better every year. [Bob Fertik, Co-founder, Democrats.com]

They have brilliant speakers. [Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google]

They talk about cutting-edge issues in terms of [Tom Friedman, New York Times]

how citizens are transforming democracy. [Farouk Olu Aregbe, One Million Strong For Barack]

We have all kinds of creative and innovative people who come to this event [Larry Lessig, Stanford]

who have developed new web sites or developed [Gina Glantz, SEIU]

new web ideas and concepts, [Yochan Benkler, Harvard]

and I learn a tremendous amount standing out in the halls talking to people, as well as sitting inside at the sessions.

>> It's been remarkable to see how ahead of the curve this conference is [Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democ Forum]

and how the rest of the political establishment is finally catching up. [Micah Sifry, Editor, Personal Democracy Forum]

It's incredibly innovative minds coming together to talk about this revolutionary, new phenomenon that

is just completely transforming politics.If you work in politics,you have to be here to understand. [Dan Gerstein, Political Strategist]

>> To be able to have a forum like this where hundreds of people from technology, [Bryan Keeler, V-shift]

from politics and some of the better thinkers [Esther Dyson, Author]

and visionaries can come together and share [Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine]

a lot of these ideas... [Jay Rosen, NYU]

is really quite extraordinary. [Walter Fields, VP, Community Service Society]

>> I was excited to here about the speakers and to reconnect with [Scott Heiferman, meetup.com]

professionals that I had worked with all across the country that were going to be here. [Sarah Schact, Knowledge As Power]

>> This is one of the most interesting, in terms of bringing [Kim Malone, Director of Adsense Online, Google]

a wide range of different people together,

and getting the ideas cross-pollinated. [Seth Godin, Author]

>> I'm here at the Personal Democracy Forum [Dannah Boyd, Blogger]

because they're doing interesting things, important things. [Becki Donatelli, Chairperson, Campaign Solutions]

[PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM 2008 June 23rd and 24th Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City]

[Registrations: www.personaldemocracy.com Sponsorship: sponsorship@personaldemocracy.com]