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The 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy was a five-day international event held in San Francisco, July 30-August 4, 2010. The conference attracted more than 400 direct democracy professionals, activists, critics and scholars. The conference was recorded. This is the place to order your copy of the recording. Single sets cost $20 and you can get the complete conference (4 sets) for $60. Shipping within USA is $3 per set or $9 for a complete set. International shipping is $5 per set or $14 for a complete set. |
| DISC 1 – Day 1, July 31, 2010 Welcome Keynote: Paul Jacob, President, Citizens in Charge Foundation Concept Note: Bruno Kaufmann, President, IRI Europe Keypad Voting Exercise: Chris Bui, 5th Medium I.C. Welcomes to CA: A Report on the State of California Speaker: Frank Wu, Dean, UC Hastings Speaker: Betty Yee, State Board of Equalization Speaker: David Lesher, Publc Policy Institute of California Speaker: Jon Christensen, Bill Lane Center for the American West, and California Choices Speaker: Leif Haase, New America Foundation Panel: Is California’s Initiative Process Ruining the State or Saving It? Keynote: Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association Speaker: Jennifer Garrison, State Representative, Ohio Response: Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation DISC 2 – Day 1, July 31, 2010 Presentation: Reform in Oregon Panel: Does the Initiative and Referendum Process Need Reform? Response: Ramon Casiple, Philippines, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform Speaker: Tom Hayden, Former CA State Senator Speaker: David McCuan, Sonoma State University Panel: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Paid For and Counted: An Inside Look at the Process, from the Signatures to the Votes Evening Reception: Govern Yourself: What’s Next for Direct Democracy in America? Speaker: Ralph Nader Speaker: Krist Novoselic, Chair of FairVote, former bassist for Nirvana Speaker: John Fund, The Wall Street Journal Speaker: Gerald Haefner, European Parliament |
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| DISC 1 – Day 2, August 1, 2010 Panel: Necessary Evils? Lawyers and Money Keynote: Ned Crosby, Jefferson Center, Minnesota Panel: Big Money vs. Direct Democracy: Who Wins? Speaker: Darien Shanske, UC Hastings Speaker: Thad Kousser, UCSD, Bill Lane Center for Democracy Speaker: Rick Hasen, Loyola Law School, The Election Law Blog Speaker: Mark Paul, New America Foundation Speaker: Allison Hayward, Center for Competitive Politics Speaker: Roy Ulrich, Common Cause, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley Speaker: Tracy Westen, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles Speaker: Bruno Kaufmann, IRI Europe Speaker: Fernando Mendez, Center for Research on Direct Democracy Speaker: Bailey Ludlam, Ballotpedia Speaker: Susan Nevelow Mart, Research Librarian, UC Hastings Speaker: Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation Speaker: David Altman, University of Santaigo Chile, World Assessment Speaker: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender, SF SMART Reform Campaign DISC 2 – Day 2, August 1, 2010 Speaker: Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Institute, Author of Prop 209 Panel: Smart Detour or Dead End: Does I&R Provide a Path to Advance Your Agenda? Response: Jung-OK Lee Panel: On the Media I&R in the Court of Public Opinion Speaker: Christina Tobin, Free and Equal Presentation: Former US Sen. Mike Gravel, Is America Ready? Response: Evan Ravitz, Vote.org Response: Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria Response: Michael Freeman, Transamerican Alliance for a National Consensus Response: Mike Arno, Arno Political Consultants Closing Remarks: Paul Jacob, Citizens in Charge Foundation |
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| DISC 1 – Day 3, August 2, 2010 Opening Remarks: Joe Matthews, Co-President 2010 Global Forum Host Committee Opening Remarks: Bruno Kaufmann, IRI Europe Opening Keynote: Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State Welcoming Addresses to San Francisco, CA, the US, and the World Speaker: Phil Ting, San Francisco Assessor Speaker: Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation Speaker: Gerald Hafner, Member, European Parliament Speaker: David Altman, The Catholic University of Chile World Tour to Modern Direct Democracy: Is DD on the March or in Retreat? Speaker: Theo Schiller, Chairman, Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe Speaker: Jonathan Lin, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Speaker: Ugochukwu, Human Rights Attorney, Nigeria Speaker: Rolf Raushenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Speaker: Suresh Nautiyal, Green Party, India Speaker: Nigel Smith, United Kingdom Speaker: Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform Panel: Can We All Get Along? Legislators and Direct Democracy, Reflections from California to Switzerland DISC 2 – Day 3, August 2, 2010 Research Input: Rolf Raushenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Research Input: Palle Svensson, Arhus University, Denmark Panel: Overruling the People? Direct Democracy and the Courts Speaker: Brian Merika, Activate Direct Panel: Do You Dream of Electronic Signatures? Panel: The Impact of Social Networking, Expanding Access, the Risks to Security, and the Process |
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| DISC 1 – Day 4, August 3, 2010 Speaker: Art Torres, Vice Chair of the CA Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Chair, CA Democratic Party Research Input: Joanna Weinberg, UC Hastings Research Input: Ethan Lieb, Professor Law, UC Hastings Keynote Speaker: Wayne Pacelle, President, Humane Society of The United States Panel: Alternative Methods of Democratic Participation: Direct and Participatory Democracy Panel: Starting Over: The Challenge of Writing a New Constitution with Direct Democracy DISC 2 – Day 5, August 4, 2010 Speaker: Victor Cuesta, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espa�a Speaker: Grace Kainoy Weitman, Empowerment Congress, Los Angeles Speaker: Shana Kaiser, International IDEA Address: Amjad Atallah, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation Speaker: Ramon Casiple, Phillipinnes, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform Remarks: Jane Kim, President, San Francisco Board of Education Speaker: Atanas Slavov, Institute for Direct Democracy, Bulgaria Learning from Comparing: Briefing Tour Remarks and Impressions Speaker: Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation Speaker: Roman Huber, More Democracy, Germany Keynote: Ross LaJeunesse, Google Asia Workshop Reports and Presentation of Global Information Remarks: George Lakoff, UC Berkeley Declaration of the San Francisco Statement on Best Practices in Direct Democracy Concluding Keynote: Bob Hertzberg, Co-Chair, California Forward, former Assembly Speaker Valediction Notes by the 2010 Global Forum Co-Presidents |
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