Early Bird Registration On Sale Now

06-11-12!

Personal Democracy Forum, the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology's impact on politics and government, returns to the NYU Skirball Center June 11-12, 2012. Hundreds of individuals interested in how technology is changing politics, governance and society will gather at the ninth annual Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City. Early bird registration has opened. For information, you can check back here or join our mailing list and be the first to know.

We wanted to give you an early preview of just a few of the great speakers that we've got lined up for this year's event. We've always prided ourselves on bringing you a diverse array of talented speakers from across the technology and politics spectrum, and this year is no exception. We're pleased to announce that we'll be joined by:

• Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group
• Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of FlackCheck.org
• David Karp, Founder and CEO of Tumblr
• Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation
• Gigi Sohn, co-founder of Public Knowledge
• Baratunde Thurston, comedian and Director of Digital for The Onion
• David Weinberger, author of Too Big To Know and The Cluetrain Manifesto

Who Attends PdF?

Download the attendee list from PdF 2011

• Elected Officials and Government Agencies
• Campaign Staffers & Political Consultants
• Non-profits & Foundations
• NGOs & International Organizations
• Fortune 500s, Venture Capitalists, & Start-ups
• Technology & Social Media Consultants
• Journalists

Past Attending Organizations

Interested in Sponsoring?

Each year, we welcome a small group of innovative organizations to the PDF community as conference sponsors. Conference sponsors receive everything you'd expect (i.e.: prominent branding, publicity, recognition, etc.), as well as something more - a seat at the table amongst our community. Since we only accept a limited number of sponsors each year, we are able to work closely with each to ensure that its goals are met beyond just publicity; our community is our greatest asset, and we partner with sponsors to ensure that they are able to engage our community to achieve their goals.

Past sponsors include Microsoft, AT&T, Omidyar Network, Harvard Institute of Politics, The Economist, Virgin American, and among others.

Please email us to find out how to get involved in 2012.