Follow the Links in the Program Below for Speech Transcripts and Slide Presentations

About The Event: Over 300 well-known and up-and-coming New Democrat elected officials gathered in New York City July 28-30 for the DLC's 2002 National Conversation. The event was a one-of-a-kind forum for governors and other state-wide elected officials, legislators, mayors, county executives, council members, business leaders, and citizen activists to meet on a national platform, compare notes and brainstorm innovative strategies for governing in their states and communities.

Main Program:

Monday, July 29

• 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- General Session
  Hilton New York, 3^rd Floor, Grand Ballroom
• 9:00 a.m. -- Welcoming Remarks by U.S. Representative Greg Meeks, New York

  National Anthem performed by Daniel Rodriguez, NYPD

  Roll Call of States by U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas

  Framing Remarks by Senator Evan Bayh, Indiana, DLC Chairman

  Remarks by U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher, California, DLC Vice Chair

• 9:30 a.m. -- Remarks by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, South Dakota
• 10:00 a.m. -- Remarks by U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
• 10:30 a.m. -- Remarks by U.S. Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts
• 11:00 a.m. -- Slide Presentations by Al From and Mark Penn: "Challenges and Opportunities for New Democrats"
  Al From, DLC Founder & CEO
  Mark Penn, Penn Schoen & Berland

  Remarks by Harold Schaitberger, President, International Association of Fire Fighters

• 1:00 p.m. -- Keynote Address by U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York
• 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. -- Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, July 30

• 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. -- General Session
  Hilton New York, 3^rd Floor, Grand Ballroom
• 9:00 a.m. -- General Session Begins

  Remarks by Terry McAuliffe, Chairman, Democratic National Committee

  Remarks by Governor Mark Warner, Virginia

  Remarks by Governor Jim McGreevey, New Jersey

• 10:00 a.m. -- Remarks by U.S. Senator John Edwards, North Carolina
• 10:30 a.m. -- Remarks by U.S. House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri
• 11:00 a.m. -- "Red States, Blue States"
  Remarks by David Brooks, The Weekly Standard
• 11:15 a.m. -- New Democrat Local Leaders Panel Discussion
  Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit, Michigan
  Mayor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore, Maryland
  County Executive Ron Sims, King County, Washington
• 12:30 p.m -- Adjourn