Day 353: Rising Tide Speakers And Panelists

The following Rising Tide Conference schedule is up at the conference website.  Also available on the front page is a registration form, which I strongly suggest you fill out so we have an idea of seating and food requirements.

8:00 – 9:00 Arrival & Registration

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote Address by Chris Cooper and Robert Block, authors of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security

10:15 – 11:15 Panel Discussion: Personal Viewpoints moderated by Mark Moseley

• Ashley Morris
• Greg Peters (suspect device)
• Josh Britton (joshbritton.com)
• Lois Dunn (Scout Prime)

11:30 – 12:30 Think New Orleans by Alan Gutierrez

1:30 – 2:30 Panel Discussion: New Orleans Politics moderated by Peter Athas

Local politicians Michael Duplantier, Shane Landry and Peggy Wilson

2:45 – 3:45 Panel Discussion: Influence of Journalists and Bloggers moderated by Maitri Venkat-Ramani and Mark Folse

• Jon Donley (founding editor of NOLA.com, Dawnsinger)
• Daisy Pignetti (Doctor Daisy)
• Troy Gilbert (GulfSails)
• Christopher Cooper

4:00 – 5:00 Panel Discussion: Bloggers & Neighborhood Associations moderated by Morwen Madrigal and Peter Athas

Bloggers and neighborhood activists representing the Gentilly, MidCity, Northwest Carrollton, Broadmoor, Irish Channel and Bouligny Riverside neighborhoods

5:00 – 6:00 Mixer & Cash Bar

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Exhibitors

• Michael Mizell-Nelson, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Project
• George “Loki” Williams IV, New Orleans Oral History Project
• Arabi Wrecking Krewe
• Blake Haney, Dirty Coast t-shirts and posters
• Logan Babin, Logan Babin Katrina movies (?)
• Troy Gilbert, Chefs in Exile