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Friday 1/11/08
2pm	Registration
3:00-3:45pm	Welcome Address by Congressman Blumenauer
4:00pm-5:10 pm	Workshops—Session 1 Room A: Go West Young Voter: New Tactics for Engaging the Millennial Generation Room B: In God We Vote: Religion and Politics Room C: Women Belong in the House…and Senate: Women and Politics in the Pelosi Era Room D: The Workshop Session to End All Sessions: The Importance of Framing Your Message Room E: Cleaning the Bath Water without Throwing out the Baby: Campaign Finance Room F: It’s Easy Being Green: A Sustainable Living Consortium ~~with Al Gore~~.
5:10pm – 5:25pm	Break
5:25pm - 6:35pm	Workshops –Session 2 Room A: Changing the World or Preaching to the Choir: Exploring the Limits of Blogging Room B: Lawn Signs and Laser Printers: Building a Field Campaign. Room C: The Root of Grassroots: Community Organizing 101 Room D: High Road Economics: Doing Well While Doing Good Room E: After M49: A Blueprint for Oregon's Future Room F: Deliberative Democracy: Putting People Back in Politics
6:35pm – 7:30pm	Mingling, cocktails, networking
7:30pm – 9:30pm	Banquet Featuring Former Secretary of State Norma Paulus & Air America Radio’s Thom Hartmann,
9:30pm	Caucus Eve Straw Poll
9:30pm – 11:30pm	After-dinner drinks, jovial conversation

Saturday 1/12/08
8:30-9:25am	Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:25am - 10:00am	Welcome by Rep. Jeff Merkley
10:10am-10:35am	Policy Battle Royale, Rotating Round 1
10:40am-11:05	Policy Battle Royale, Rotating Round 2
11:20 – 11:45	Policy Battle Royale, Rotating Round 3
11:50 – 12:15	Policy Battle Royale, Rotating Round 4
12:15-2:00pm	Leadership Lunch at Nearby Restaurants
2:10pm – 3:05pm	Policy Battle Royale: Lightning Round & Vote, featuring Steve Novick
3:15pm- 4:05pm	Ballot Measure Limbo: How Low Can You Go?
4:15pm-5:35pm	Ballot Measure Breakdowns Room A: Progressive Ballot Measure Strategy Panel—why we keep getting thumped, and how to thump back. Room B: Bordering on Ridiculous: Fighting Two Upcoming Anti-Immigrant Measures Room C: Measure 11 Revisited : Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Room D: Love Labor’s Loss? Tactical Ballot Measures #1 Room E: We Don’t Need No Education, We Don’t Need No Tort Control: Tactical Ballot Measures #2 Room F: 1040 or Fight: Dismantling Taxation
5:50pm – 7:00pm	Policy Battle Royale: Final Caucus
7:15- 8:30	Cocktails and Passed Hors D’oeuvres
8:30pm	Live Tunes from The Shaky Hands , DJ Beyonda and Copacrescent Rebooting Democracy Fashion Show featuring Sameunderneath and Portland Commissioner Sam Adams

Sunday 1/13/08
9am – 10am	Continental Breakfast with Candidate Meet n’ Greet
10am – 10:25am	Welcome back, Voting results & policy winners
10:25 – 11:15	Are You a Swinger? Better Know Your Swing Districts.
11:20 – 12:15	Attorney General Debate with John Kroger and Rep. Greg Macpherson
12:15 –12:45	Box Lunch
12:45 – 2:00	State Treasurer Debate and Secretary of State Debate with Sens. Ben Westlund, Kate Brown, Brad Avakian, Vicki Walker, and Rick Metsger
2:00 – 2:15	Closing Remarks from former Governor John Kitzhaber
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