Here's how Sujatha Jahagirdar, the moderator of this session, describes its focus:

Time Magazine declared 2008 the year of the youth vote. Two million more young people turned out the polls than the last election cycle, and youth turnout has risen steadily over the past three election cycles. What is working to turn out young voters? What role did technology play in driving this turnout? How can new online strategies – like open source voting systems, online voter applications, get out the vote tools help sustain this trend? Join leaders of the youth vote movement to examine these questions and more.

What's great about this panel is the diverse angles it's going to bring together. Maria-Teresa Kumar of VotoLatino brings an inside perspective on how the Latino youth vote is emerging as a powerful force; Greg Miller of the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation is going to showcase some new online tools (such as for voter registration) that can make the process more attractive to young people; and Mike Connery of Future Majority will bring the big picture of what youth organizing and demographic change look like today.