Friday, 7.30.10
19:00 "Who Are We And What Are We Doing Here?" Opening Reception for US Conference on Initiative and Referendum. SPEAKERS: Introductory keynote by M. Dane Waters, founder and Chairman of the Initiative and Referendum Institute (US). Remarks by Eric O’Keefe, Sam Adams Alliance, Remarks and songs by Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
SAT, 7.31.10
OPENING AND WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA
9:00 Opening Remarks "Are Citizens In Charge?" Welcome keynote by Paul Jacob, President, Citizens in Charge Foundation (VIDEO)
Concept Note Bruno Kaufmann, President, IRI Europe
9:45 Welcome to CA: A Report on the State of California (VIDEO)
UC Hastings Dean Frank Wu
Betty Yee, State Board of Equalization
David Lesher, Public Policy Institute of California
Jon Christensen, Bill Lane Center for the American West, and California Choices
Leif Haase, New America Foundation
10:25 Introduction by John Matsusaka, Initiative & Referendum Institute, University of Southern California (VIDEO)
10:45 Panel: Is California’s Initiative Process Ruining the State, Or Saving It? (VIDEO)
Introduction by Bob Stern, Center for Governmental Studies; Panel: moderated by Stern
* Rick Jacobs, Courage Campaign
* Ted Costa, original proponent, 2003 recall of Gray Davis
* Peter Schrag, author, Not Fit For Our Society
* Rob Stutzman, Stutzman Public Affairs
* with response by Andreas Gross, member, Swiss Parliament and Council of Europe
12:30 Lunch keynote, by Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. "Direct Democracy and the Tax Revolt: Past, Present and Future" (VIDEO)
I&R AND REFORM
13:15 Speech: A Proposal to Fight Fraud in the Process, by Rep. Jennifer Garrison, Ohio, with response, Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation (VIDEO)
13:35 Video: Reform in Oregon
13:45 Panel: "Does the Initiative & Referendum Process Need Reform?" with integrated Q&A, moderated by John Myers, KQED (VIDEO)
* Tyrone Reitman, Healthy Democracy Oregon
* Jennie Bowser, National Conference of State Legislatures
* Derek Cressman, Common Cause
* David Langdon, Ohio
* Rep. Jennifer Garrison, D-Ohio
* Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation
* With response by Ramon Casiple, Philippines, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform
15:05 Remarks by Former California State Sen. Tom Hayden, "From Port Huron: Participatory Democracy And How It Has Spread" (VIDEO)
15:30 AMERICAN DIRECT DEMOCRACY TODAY: Research News
Research note, “Beginnings: the Whitaker and Baxter story,” by David McCuan, Sonoma State University (VIDEO)
15:45 Panel: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Paid For and Counted: An Inside Look at the Process, from the Signatures to the Votes" with integrated Q&A, moderated by Nicole Winger (VIDEO)
* Theresa Amato, Citizen Works, and author, Grand Illusion, The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
* Rick Arnold, National Voter Outreach
* Christina Tobin, Free and Equal
* Elaine Ginnold, Marin County Registrar of Voters
* Gerald Haefner, European Parliament
17:15 RECEPTION: DD AND GOVERNANCE
19:00 RECEPTION: "Govern Yourself: What’s Next for Direct Democracy in America?"
* Remarks by Ralph Nader
* Krist Novoselic, Former Nirvana bassist and chair of FairVote
* John Fund of the Wall Street Journal
* Gerald Haefner, European Parliament
Includes author book signing: Theresa Amato, Bruno Kaufmann, Joe Mathews, Mark Paul, Bob Stern, Jung-Ok Lee, Susie Iventosh
SUNDAY, 8.1.10
7:30 Research Note: "Is Direct Democracy Constitutional?" by Michael Salerno, UC Hastings
9:00 Panel: The Law of Direct Democracy: A Conversation With Initiative Attorneys, moderated by Chip Nielsen, Nielsen Merksamer
* Barry Fadem, National Popular Vote
* Ross Day, Common Sense Oregon
* Paul Grant, attorney in private practice, defendant in Meyer v. Grant case
* James Harrison, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell
10:20 KEYNOTE: "Direct Democracy – An Authentic Voice of the People?"
Ned Crosby, Jefferson Center, Minnesota
10:55 Panel: "Big Money vs. Direct Democracy: Who Wins?", including presentation of new Citizens in Charge Foundation report, moderated by Darien Shanske, UC Hastings
* Thad Kousser, UCSD professor and visiting scholar, Bill Lane Center for the American West
* Roy Ulrich, Common Cause and Visiting Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
* Rick Hasen, Loyola Law School, the Election Law Blog
* Mark Paul, New America Foundation
* Allison Hayward, Center for Competitive Politics
* Alexander Moll, Citizens in Charge Foundation
12:00 Lunch Presentation: The Soul of a New Democratic Machine: How Technology and Social Networking Will Change Initiative and Referendum," Tracy Westen, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles
12:20 World Survey of Data Collection and Mapping Efforts - Brief reports by:
* Fernando Mendez, Center for Democracy , Aarau, Switzerland
* Bailey Ludlam, Ballotpedia
* Bruno Kaufmann, IRI Europe
* Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation
* David Altman, University of Santiago Chile, world assessment
* Representative of UC Hastings, Ballot Initiative Database
* Susan Mart, research librarian
13:00 Remarks by Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender, SF SMART Reform campaign
13:15 Speech by Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Institute author of Prop 209
13:30 "Smart Detour or Dead End: Does I&R Provide a Path to Advance Your Agenda?", moderated by Paul Elias, Associated Press
Panel on Reform by I&R: (With integrated Q&A)
* Eric Ehst, Arizona Clean Elections Institute
* Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project
* Marcia Fritz, president, California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
* Steven Hill, author of Europe's Promise, on Instant Runoff Voting
* Tim Mooney, Silver Bullet Inc and Save Our Secret Ballot, Nevada
* Tim Eyman, Voters Want More Choices, Washington
* with response by Jung-OK Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation
15:10 "On the Media: I&R in the Court of Public Opinion", moderated by Joel Fox, Fox & Hounds Daily
* Patrick McGuigan, CapitolBeatOK.com
* Jane Hamsher, film producer, blogger, Firedoglake
* Dan Morain, Sacramento Bee
* Jon Fleischman, California Flash Report
* Bettina Inclan, former Communications Director for Citizens in Charge Foundation and Press Secretary for Poizner for CA Governor Campaign
16:35 Remarks by Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University
16:45 Announcement of Electoral Reform Conference
16:50 "Is America Ready?" TOWARDS A NATIONAL I&R PROCESS
Presentation by Former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska)
With responses by:
Evan Ravitz, Vote.org
Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria
Michael Freeman, Transamerican Alliance for a National Consensus (VIDEO)
Mike Arno, Arno Political Consultants
17:50 "What Did We Learn? And What Next?" Closing Remarks by Paul Jacob and Citizens in Charge Foundation
18:30 Departure for Evening Reception at St. Francis Yacht Club
19:00 Reception offered by the Swiss Confederation and hosted by the Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Julius F. Anderegg
GLOBAL WELCOME AND KEYNOTE
9:00 Opening video, from filmmakers Charles Reilly (Bermuda) and Walt Cudlip (Australia and Canada)
9:15 Opening Remarks for Global forum - Joe Mathews and Bruno Kaufmann, Co-Presidents, 2010 Global Forum Host Committee
9:30 Opening Keynote from California, by Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State, with Q&A
10:00 Welcoming addresses to San Francisco, CA, the US and the World
* Greetings by Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation and Co-President of the 2009 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Seoul/Korea
* Greetings by Gerald Häfner, Member of European Parliament
* Phil Ting, San Francisco assessor
10:30 "A Luxury for the Rich North or a Curse for the Poor South? A Contemporary View on Direct Democracy Worldwide (1984-2009)" by David Altman, professor, The Catholic University of Chile
11:00 WORLD TOUR TO MODERN DIRECT DEMOCRACY "IS D.D. ON The MARCH? OR IN RETREAT?"
* Theo Schiller, Chairman, Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe
* Teh-Fu Huang, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
* John Matsusaka, University of Southern California
* Atanas Slavov, Head, Institute for Direct Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria
* Ramon Casiple, Director, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform
* Ugochukwu Osuagwu, human rights lawyer, Nigeria
* Nigel Smith, UK
* Rolf Rauschenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
* Suresh Nautiyal, Green Party, India
* Cyd Ho, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
12:15 Lunch: Speaker: "A Citizen-Centered Agenda for the World", by Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
13:00 CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? Legislators and Direct Democracy, Reflections from California and Switzerland:
* Andreas Gross, Council of Europe (Social Democrat) and Swiss MP
* Jim Brulte, Former CA State Senate Leader
With comments by
* Gerald Häfner, Member of European Parliament
14:30 Research Input, Rolf Rauschenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil: "What We Learn By Practicing Direct Democracy."
14:45 "The impact of media coverage on Initiative & Referendum European experiences" by Palle Svensson, Århus University, Denmark
15:00 Overruling the People? Direct Demcoracy and the Courts
moderator/speaker David Jung, director, Center for State and Local Government Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
The Hon. Joe Grodin, former justice, California Supreme Court, and professor UC Hastings
Dan Kolkey, Former associate justice, California Court of Appeal, and former counsel to Governor Wilson
Andreas Auer, C2D and law professor
16:30 Wrap up and outlook to the next days with short previews on the Special Topic Breakfast and the afternoon Workshops by Bruno Kaufmann
17:00 Audience Instant Poll by Next 10
17:15 Panel 1: Do You Dream of Electronic Signatures? moderated by Bob Salladay, Calfornia Watch
* Ross Day, Oregon (with Petey, the signature gathering robot)
* Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
* Michael Marrubio, Verafirma
* Darcy Goddard, ACLU, Utah.
* Carsten Berg, European Citizen’s Initiative
* Kelly Kimball, Co-Founder, Kimball Petition Management, eGovernment Entrepreneur
* Mark Strassman (VIDEO)
18:45 Panel 2: The Impact of Social Networking, Expanding Access, The Risks to Security and the Process, moderator Eugene Kim, Blue Oxen, Remarks by Tim Bonneman, Intellitics
* Bryan Merica, Activate Direct
* Michael Remmert, Council of Europe, head of section for E-Voting
* Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America
* Paul Wittenberg, social media expert
* Ramon Casiple, the Philippines
TUESDAY, 8.3.10
9:20 Address by Art Torres, vice chair of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, former state legislator and chair of California Democratic Party
9:50 Research Inputs:
* "A More Democratic Approach to Science Funding? California, Prop 71 and Stem Cell Research" Joanna Weinberg, UC Hastings.
* "Direct democracy and European integration: An analysis of the motives for holding EU related referendums" Vicky Triga, C2D, Switzerland
* "The Parties and the People: A Reconciliation", by Ethan Leib, professor of law, University of California Hastings
10:35 Keynote Direct Democracy as Organizing Tool, by Wayne Pacelle, president, Humane Society of the United States. with Q&A
11:05 Panel: "Alternative Methods of Democratic Participation: Direct and Participatory Democracy"
Panel Sponsored by Common Sense California
Moderator: Pete Peterson, Common Sense California
* Mark Linder (Dir, Parks & Rec, City of Cupertino)
* Greg Greenway (Exec Dir, Threshold 2009)
* Alice Siu (Assoc Dir, Center for Deliberative Democracy – Stanford Univ)
12:30 Lunch Panel: STARTING OVER: THE CHALLENGE OF WRITING A NEW CONSTITUTION WITH DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Moderator: Mark Paul, New America Foundation
* Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council
* John Woodcock III, Connecticut Citizens for Ballot Initiatives
* J.H. Snider, president iSolon.org, Maryland constitutional convention
* Manfred Brandt, More Democracy, Hamburg, Germany
* Adrian Schmid, IRI Europe, Lucerne/Switzerland
14:15 Parallel Thematic Workshops
* Local Direct Democracy (Theo Schiller, IRI Europe)
* World Activist Forum (Angelika Gardiner and Gerald Hafner, More Democracy, Germany)
* Education & Infrastructure (with Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria and Martin Buhler, IRI Europe)
* Transnational Direct Democracy (with Carsten Berg, ECI campaign)
* Building transpartisan coalitions (Paul Jacob and the Citizens in Charge Foundation)
* Work on Best practices document/San Francisco Declaration (Joe Mathews)
17:30 Conclude Workshops. End of Program
19:00 - 23:00 Movie: "Forget the Legislature, Jake, It’s Direct Democracy," Global Forum Movie night. With excerpts from films on Redistricting, World Vote, South Korea, Direct Democracy worldwide
WEDNESDAY, 8.4.10
8:45 Perspectives on the Future of Participation
REMARKS BY:
* Victor Cuesta, Las Palmas University on Europe
* Diasma Sandi Swandaru, Gadjah Mada University, Bali, Indonesia
* Grace Cainoy Weitman, Empowerment Congress, Los Angeles
* Saruul Tugs, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia
* Shana Kaiser, International IDEA
9:30 Address by Amjad Atallah, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation.
10:05 "Learning from Comparing", Briefing Tour remarks and impressions
* Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation
* Suzann-Viola Renninger, Swiss Monthly Magazine
* Claudine Nierth, More Democracy, Germany
* Jane Kim, president, SF Board of Education
10:15 Research Input: Alicia LIssidini, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, on Venezuela and Uruguay
10:45 Keynote; Ross LaJeunesse, Google Asia
11:20 Workshop Reports, and presentation of global information
11:40 Remarks by George Lakoff, UC Berkeley
12:00 DECLARATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO STATEMENT ON BEST PRACTICES IN DD
12:15 CONCLUDING KEYNOTE AND Q&A
Bob Hertzberg, co-chair, California Forward, former Assembly speaker.
13:15 Valediction notes by the 2010 Global Forum Co-Presidents
