I’m really looking forward to participating in this Sidley Austin Forum looking at the 2016 Elections on December 8 in DC through NYU’s DC program.  Here is the tentative agenda (still waiting on announcement of the keynote):

10:00 a.m.

CONVENING OF CONFERENCE
John J. Kuster, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Sally Katzen, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence;
Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, NYU School of Law
Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence;
Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, NYU School of Law

10:10 a.m.  

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

10:55 a.m. 

PANEL I: The Role of Parties (and Third Parties)

Moderator:
Rick Boucher, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; former Member of the United States House of Representatives (R-VA)

Participants:    
Benjamin Ginsburg, Partner, Jones Day; former General Counsel to the Republican National Committee (MSNBC Commentator)
David Keating, President, Center for Competitive Politics
Richard Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

11:55 a.m.  

PANEL II: The State and Direction of Campaign Finance

Moderator: 
Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence;
Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, NYU School of Law

Participants:  
David Donnelly, President and CEO, Every Voice
Richard Hasen, Professor, University of California at Irvine
Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

 1:00 p.m.    

LUNCH

2:15 p.m.  

PANEL III: The Changing Role of the News and Social Media

Moderator:
Sally Katzen, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence;
Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, NYU School of Law

Participants:
Ruth Marcus, Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Columnist, Washington Post
Jen Psaki, White House Communications Director

3:15 p.m.

PANEL IV: Effect of Developments in Technology on the Nature and Dissemination of Political Information and the Conduct of Campaigns


Moderator:
Cameron Kerry, Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP; former General Counsel and Acting Secretary, United States Department of Commerce

Participants:
Scott Goodstein, Founder and CEO, Revolution Messaging
Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Joe Rospars, Founder and CEO, Blue State Digital

4:15 p.m.  

CLOSING PRESENTATION: A Perspective (on the Numbers) on the 2016 Presidential Election

Introduction:
Trevor Morrison, Dean and Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Frederick Yang, Partner, Garin Hart Yang Research Group

5:00 p.m.  

RECEPTION

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