THURSDAY MORNING
7:00 Registration Opens
8:00 Welcoming Remarks
Eric Odom
Sparks Mayor Geno Martini
Sponsored by: NetCompetition.org
8:15 Dealing with the Mainstream Media
Mike Collins, GOPAC
9:00 Online Fundraising
Mark Soohoo, GOPAC
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Podcasting
Adam Graham
10:30 Opposition Research on the Web
Joe Giardiello, TCB Consulting
11:00 Voter Contact Mail
Jim Bieber, Bieber Communications
11:30 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid
Ken Marrero
Noon LUNCH
12:30 Grassroots Lobbying
Glen Caroline, National Rifle Association
1:15 Stopping Voter Fraud
Charles Bell, Republican National Lawyers Association
1:45 Where the Old Media Went Wrong
Warner Todd Huston
2:15 Automated Phone Calls
Jerry Dorchuck, Global Telesystems
2:45 BREAK
3:00 Panel: The Rise of Blogs/Talk Radio
Andrea Shea King
Ed Morrisey
Brian Wilson
Moderator: Ken Marrero
4:00 Panel: Criminalizing Citizen Activism
Rick Arnold
Susan Johnson
Paul Jacob
Moderator: Chuck Muth
6:00 MARGARITA BEACH PARTY
Sponsored by: On Demand Sedan and Limousine
Casual attire/Cash bar
Entertainment: Joseph Reinbolt
****FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12****
8:00 Welcome
Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach
Kerri Houston, Master of Ceremonies
8:15 Speaker: Dick Armey*
Introduction: Bill Raggio
8:45 Speaker: Richard Viguerie*
9:00 EXHIBIT HALL OPENS
9:15 Speaker: Steve Greenhut
Why I Left the Republican Party”
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Panel: Affirmative Action/Minority Outreach
Speaker: Shannon Reeves*
Speaker: Jennifer Gratz
10:45 Panel: Conservatives & the New Media
Speaker: Gary Schneider
Speaker: Mark Hyman
Speaker: Bob Carlestrom
Moderator:
11:30 “Why Ronald Reagan Would Tell Conservatives to be of Good Cheer - Seriously"
Speaker: John Fund
Noon LUNCH
12:30 Speaker: Mitt Romney
Introduction: Former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn
1:15 Panel: Fixing Education in America
Speaker: Israel Teitelbaum
Speaker: Andrew Campanella
Speaker: Heather Reams
2:00 “Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Union?”
Speaker: Rick Berman
2:30 Panel: Government & the Internet
Speaker: Bill Greene
Speaker: Scott Cleland
Speaker: Mickey Barnett
Moderator:
3:15 BREAK
3:30 “Accounting for America’s Missing Heroes”
Speaker: Adrian Cronauer
Introduction: Sue Lowden
4:00 Panel: Handicapping the 2008 Race for the White House
Speaker: Steve Greenhut, Orange County Register
Speaker: John Fund, Wall Street Journal
Speaker: Ed Morrisey, BlogTalkRadio.com
Moderator: Jason Wright, PoliticalDerby.com
6:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Sponsored by: Libertarian Party
7:00 WESTERN BBQ
Entertainment: Crossbow
****SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13****
8:00 “Growing the Leave Us Alone Coalition”
Speaker: Grover Norquist
8:30 Speaker: Duncan Hunter
9:00 Panel: The Unfairness of the Fairness Doctrine
Speaker: Brian Wilson
Speaker: Adrian Cronauer
Speaker: Steve Moore, Wall Street Journal
Speaker: Mark Hyman, Sinclair Broadcast Group
9:45 BREAK
10:00 Panel: Issues ’08: What Wins & What Loses
Speaker: Horace Cooper
Speaker: Larry Pratt
Speaker: Chris Barron
Speaker: Paul Jacob
Speaker: Steve Moore
Moderator: Amanda Hydro
11:30 Speaker: Wayne Allyn Root, LP presidential candidate
Noon LUNCH
12:30 Speaker: Rep. John Shadegg*
Introduction: Rep. Dean Heller*
1:15 Speaker: Bill Redpath
2:00 Speaker: Bob Barr
2:30 BREAK
2:45 Speaker: J.D. Hayworth
3:00 EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES
3:45 Panel: The Politics of Immigration Reform
Speaker: Chris Simcox
Speaker: Leslie Sanchez
Speaker: Rep. Dean Heller
Speaker: Richard Nadler
Moderator: John Fund
4:30 Speaker: David Keene
5:00 STRAW POLL BALLOTING CLOSES
6:00 GENERAL COCKTAIL RECEPTION – (Rose Ballroom B)
7:00 AWARDS BANQUET
Sponsored by: Rogich Communications
(Business attire appreciated)
Master of Ceremonies: Brian Wilson
Moment of Silence for John Berthoud
Invocation: TBD
Pledge of Allegiance: Sue Lowden
National Anthem: Lynne Heller
DINNER
Special Presentation Honoring Milton Friedman
Presenter: Doug Bandow
Recipient: Paul DiPerna of the Friedman Foundation
Presentation of the Conservative Blogger of the Year Award
Presenter: Eric Odom
Recipient: Ed Morrisey
Presentation of the Nofziger Award
Video: Sen. Paul Laxalt
Presenter: Ambassador Jerry Carmen
Recipient: Rich Galen
Presentation of the Goldwater Award
Presenter: Rep. John Shadegg
Recipient: Gov. Mark Sanford
State of the Conservative Union Address
Speaker: Rep. John Shadegg
Announcement of Straw Poll Results
Jason Wright, Political Derby
Concluding Remarks
Chuck Muth
