Wednesday, July 15, 2015

8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pre-conference events
4 to 6 p.m. Registration desk open
7 to 11 p.m. Netroots Nation 2015 Summer Pool Party Kick Off–Welcome to Phoenix (Hotel Palomar, 2 East Jefferson St) – At Capacity

Thursday, July 16, 2015

8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration desk open
9 to 10:15 a.m. Session 1
10 to 6 p.m. Town Square is Open
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Session 2
11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Break (lunch on your own)
1 to 2 p.m. State/Regional Caucuses
2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Session 3
3:45 to 5 p.m. Session 4
5 to 6 p.m. Opening reception featuring the Chapin Sisters and Irene Diaz
6 to 8 p.m. Opening Keynote
8 to 9:30 p.m. Laughing Liberally Comedy Show
9:30 til Late Netroots After Dark: Karaoke. (Copper Blues, 50 W Jefferson Street)

Friday, July 17, 2015

8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration desk open
9 to 10:15 a.m. Session 5
10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Morning Keynote – Senator Elizabeth Warren
11:45 a.m.to 5:45 p.m. Town Square is Open
11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Action (lunch on your own)
1:45 to 3 p.m. Session 6
3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Keynote
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Pundit’s Cup
4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Session 7
5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Candidate Happy Hour Presented by ActBlue and Democracy for America
5:45 to 6:45 p.m. The Media Matters Happy Hour (That The Koch Brothers Don’t Want You To Attend). (Outside Room 230)
6 to 8 p.m. Bacon, Bourbon and Beer from the people who brought you the weekend. (A.E. England Civic Building at 424 N. Central Ave)
7 to 9 p.m. Chairman Emeritus’ Pub Quiz generously sponsored by DLCC

Saturday, July 18, 2015

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration desk open
8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Session 8
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Presidential Town Hall featuring Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Moderated by Jose Antonio Vargas.
12 to 3:00 p.m. Town Square is Open
12 to 1:30 p.m. Break (lunch on your own)
12 to 1:15 p.m. New Tools Shootout
1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Session 9
3 to 4:15 p.m. Session 10
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Closing keynote: Ignite at Netroots Nation.
7:30 p.m. til Late The Blue Party by EveryAction. The Monarch Theater (122 E Washington St)

Sunday, July 19, 2015

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Interfaith Service – Pueblo Room (Renaissance Hotel)
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday morning recovery party (Bring your luggage, catch up with friends one last time and have coffee, a Mimosa, or Bloody Mary to get the day started while our DJ spins some chill morning grooves.) Generously sponsored by Action Network.
7 p.m. Promise Arizona vigil at the State Capitol, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix

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For Netroots Nation 2015, we’re choosing to go to Phoenix and make immigration a central issue to the progressive agenda.

We haven’t yet won on this legislatively and we haven’t yet won with the Obama administration. We’re mindful that we’re about to launch into the 2016 presidential cycle and it’s time to step up as a movement on this issue.

We want everyone aspiring for office in 2016 — from the President to the Senate to Congress to local elected offices – to know that if you don’t support taking real action on immigration reform, then you won’t win our community’s support.

So next year, just as 2016 will be heating up, we’re going to push the envelope further and head into the belly of the beast and send a powerful message with not only our voices but our presence. We, as a community, don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. We, as a community, believe in taking on the fight head on.

Just like here in Detroit, there’s a burgeoning progressive infrastructure in Arizona that could use more support. We’ve also got a lot to discuss from a policy perspective. It’s time to start talking about how militarizing our police forces and borders is problematic, how trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA have created the economic conditions for the migration from Central America, and how this issue ultimately comes down to family.

We’ll talk about all that and more in 2015. And I want all of you there with us next July 16-19.

Make a commitment now to join us in Phoenix for Netroots Nation.