DNC Denver 2008 Podcasts

Roundtable Topic: The New Energy Economy: Corporate and Community Initiatives in the New Energy Economy

Roundtable Focus:
State and local leadership have largely led the way in implementing on-the-ground solutions to address global climate change and to diversify the energy economy. For this reason, this session focuses on innovative actions at the state and local level in particular, while incorporating the need to build a more effective partnership at the federal level in what is now increasingly an international climate reality.

Participants:
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Dan Arvizu, Mark Falcone, Van Jones (photo), Charles Maxwell, Federico Peña, Carl Pope, Jon Ratner, Rhone Resch, Heather Stephenson

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Topic: The New Energy Economy: The Government’s Role in the New Energy Economy

Roundtable Focus:
State and local leadership have largely led the way in implementing on-the-ground solutions to address global climate change and to diversify the energy economy. For this reason, this session focuses on innovative actions at the state and local level in particular, while incorporating the need to build a more effective partnership at the federal level in what is now increasingly an international climate reality.

Participants:
Vijay Vaitheeswaran (photo), Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Ed Markey, Greg Nickels, Gov. Bill Ritter Jr., Sen. Ken Salazar

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

The Rocky Mountain Roundtable Energy and Climate Change sessions took a break midday to hear from keynote speaker Sir Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at The World Bank, and author of the upcoming book Blueprint for a Safer Planet.

This podcast episode features introductory remarks by David Potter, Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Camco.

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Topic: The Business of Climate Change

Roundtable Focus:
The global challenge of climate change has moved to the top of the boardroom agenda as businesses strive to balance their economic interests while recognizing the global imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A full range of challenges and opportunities facing business leaders will be explored in this session, regarding capitalization, research and development, technology transfer, the policy regime, and the emerging carbon market.

Participants:
Rick Stengel, Paul Cicio, Dan Hendrix, Mike Kaplan (photo), Dr. Jeff Kenna, Rose McKinney James, Dan Reicher, Frances Beinecke, Leo Gerard, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Navin Nayak, John Podesta, Dan Sperling

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Topic: Global Poverty

Roundtable Focus:
International public opinion research has demonstrated a sharp and widespread decline in global opinion of the United States. Parallel domestic opinion research demonstrates that there is broad, bipartisan consensus that America’s flagging reputation is contrary to its global security and economic interests. This roundtable explores steps a new Administration can pursue to enhance public diplomacy and rebuild America’s reputation in the world.

Participants:
Tom Brokaw, Madeleine Albright (photo), Richard Haas, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Jessica Mathews, Vin Weber

This podcast was originally recorded on August 27, 2008.

Roundtable Topic: Enhancing America’s Reputation in the World

Roundtable Focus:
International public opinion research has demonstrated a sharp and widespread decline in global opinion of the United States. Parallel domestic opinion research demonstrates that there is broad, bipartisan consensus that America’s flagging reputation is contrary to its global security and economic interests. This roundtable explores steps a new Administration can pursue to enhance public diplomacy and rebuild America’s reputation in the world.

Participants:
Tom Brokaw (photo), Madeleine Albright, Richard Haas, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Jessica Mathews, Vin Weber

This podcast was originally recorded on August 27, 2008.

Roundtable Focus:
The global economy is in the midst of a massive transformation akin to the transition from the agricultural age to the industrial age. Workers are now increasingly in service professions, often with the ability (and sometimes the requirement) to work from anywhere (or everywhere). In this environment, companies also are free to locate anywhere across the globe. As a result, American companies increasingly face challenges from China and India as readily as from across the US.

While in theory entrepreneurs can start companies anywhere, in practice they do so where there are desirable places to live, where educated employees are available, and where state-of-the-art infrastructure exists, especially wired broadband and wireless connections. In fact, access to broadband connectivity is now a prerequisite to participate not only in the economic, civic, and cultural benefits arising from Internet access, but increasingly to access affordable and effective educational options and health care services, as well.

Participants:
Moderator: Phil Weiser

Government 2.0: Kathryn Brown (photo), Julius Genachowski, Don Gips, Ellen Goodman, Reed Hundt, Andrew McLaughlin, Joe Samuel
Promoting the Next Wave of Innovation: Charlie Ergen, Brad Feld, Bill Kennard, Charles Phillips, Don Rosenberg, John Seely Brown, David Thompson
Internet Policy in a New Era: Dorothy Attwood, Larissa Herda, Larry Irving, Michael Katz, Jack Krumholtz, Pieter Poll

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Focus:
The global economy is in the midst of a massive transformation akin to the transition from the agricultural age to the industrial age. Workers are now increasingly in service professions, often with the ability (and sometimes the requirement) to work from anywhere (or everywhere). In this environment, companies also are free to locate anywhere across the globe. As a result, American companies increasingly face challenges from China and India as readily as from across the US.

While in theory entrepreneurs can start companies anywhere, in practice they do so where there are desirable places to live, where educated employees are available, and where state-of-the-art infrastructure exists, especially wired broadband and wireless connections. In fact, access to broadband connectivity is now a prerequisite to participate not only in the economic, civic, and cultural benefits arising from Internet access, but increasingly to access affordable and effective educational options and health care services, as well.

Participants:
Moderator: Phil Weiser

Government 2.0: Kathryn Brown, Julius Genachowski, Don Gips, Ellen Goodman, Reed Hundt, Andrew McLaughlin (photo), Joe Samuel
Promoting the Next Wave of Innovation: Charlie Ergen, Brad Feld, Bill Kennard, Charles Phillips, Don Rosenberg, John Seely Brown, David Thompson
Internet Policy in a New Era: Dorothy Attwood, Larissa Herda, Larry Irving, Michael Katz, Jack Krumholtz, Pieter Poll

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Focus:
The global economy is in the midst of a massive transformation akin to the transition from the agricultural age to the industrial age. Workers are now increasingly in service professions, often with the ability (and sometimes the requirement) to work from anywhere (or everywhere). In this environment, companies also are free to locate anywhere across the globe. As a result, American companies increasingly face challenges from China and India as readily as from across the US.

While in theory entrepreneurs can start companies anywhere, in practice they do so where there are desirable places to live, where educated employees are available, and where state-of-the-art infrastructure exists, especially wired broadband and wireless connections. In fact, access to broadband connectivity is now a prerequisite to participate not only in the economic, civic, and cultural benefits arising from Internet access, but increasingly to access affordable and effective educational options and health care services, as well.

Participants:
Moderator: Phil Weiser (photo)

Government 2.0: Kathryn Brown, Julius Genachowski, Don Gips, Ellen Goodman, Reed Hundt, Andrew McLaughlin, Joe Samuel
Promoting the Next Wave of Innovation: Charlie Ergen, Brad Feld, Bill Kennard, Charles Phillips, Don Rosenberg, John Seely Brown, David Thompson
Internet Policy in a New Era: Dorothy Attwood, Larissa Herda, Larry Irving, Michael Katz, Jack Krumholtz, Pieter Poll

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.

Roundtable Topic: How Prepared is our Nation?

Roundtable Focus:
The Roundtable examines the critical functions in emergency preparedness, and possible strategies, public and private sector partnerships, financing mechanisms, and the quality of the information and distributions systems.

Participants:
Edward Collins (photo), Philip Crowley, Richard Falkenrath, Dr. Stephen Flynn, Dr. Douglas Jackson, Suzanne Mencer, Robert O’Leary, Major General (Ret.) Mason Whitney, James Witt

This podcast was originally recorded on August 26, 2008.