2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy

And U.S. Conference on Initiative & Referendum

AGENDA
FIRST NIGHT, Friday 7.30.10

19:00-21:00 "Who Are We And What Are We Doing Here?" Opening Reception for US
Conference on Initiative and Referendum.
LOCATION: UC Hastings Alumni Reception Center (ARC), 200 McAllister Street

Introductory keynote by M. Dane Waters, founder and Chairman of the Initiative and
Referendum Institute (US).

Remarks and songs by Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation

Remarks by Eric O’Keefe, Sam Adams Alliance

DAY 1, Saturday 7.31.10

OPENING AND WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA

LOCATION: UC Hastings Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge
8:30 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 Opening Remarks "Are Citizens In Charge?"

Welcome keynote by Paul Jacob, President, Citizens in Charge Foundation

Concept Note by Bruno Kaufmann, President, IRI Europe

9:45 Welcomes to CA: A Report on the State of California

UC Hastings Dean Frank Wu

Betty Yee, State Board of Equalization
David Lesher, Public Policy Institute of California

Jon Christensen, Bill Lane Center for the American West, and California Choices
Leif Haase, New America Foundation
10:25 Introduction by John Matsusaka, Initiative & Referendum Institute, University of
Southern California
10:45 Panel: Is California’s Initiative Process Ruining the State, Or Saving It?
Introduction by Bob Stern, Center for Governmental Studies
Panel: moderated by Stern

* Rick Jacobs, Courage Campaign

* Ted Costa, original proponent, 2003 recall of Gray Davis
* Peter Schrag, author, Not Fit For Our Society
* Rob Stutzman, Stutzman Public Affairs

* with response by Andreas Gross, member, Swiss Parliament and Council of Europe

LUNCH

12:30-13:15

Lunch keynote, by Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. "Direct Democracy and the
Tax Revolt: Past, Present and Future"
Location: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge

I&R AND REFORM

13:15 Speech: A Proposal to Fight Fraud in the Process, by Rep. Jennifer Garrison, Ohio,
with response, Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation
13:35 Video: Reform in Oregon
13:45 Panel: "Does the Initiative & Referendum Process Need Reform?" with integrated
Q&A, moderated by John Myers, KQED
* Tyrone Reitman, Healthy Democracy Oregon
* Jennie Bowser, National Conference of State Legislatures

* Derek Cressman, Common Cause

* David Langdon, Ohio
* Rep. Jennifer Garrison, D-Ohio
* Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation

* With response by Ramon Casiple, Philippines, Institute for Political and Electoral
Reform
15:05 Remarks by Former California State Sen. Tom Hayden, "From Port Huron:
Participatory Democracy And How It Has Spread"
15:20 BREAK
15:30 AMERICAN DIRECT DEMOCRACY TODAY: Research note, “Beginnings: the Whitaker
and Baxter story,” by David McCuan, Sonoma State University
15:45 Panel: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Paid For and Counted: An Inside Look at the
Process, from the Signatures to the Votes" with integrated Q&A, moderated by Nicole
Winger

* Theresa Amato, Citizen Works, and author, Grand Illusion, The Myth of Voter Choice in
a Two-Party Tyranny

* Rick Arnold, National Voter Outreach

* Christina Tobin, Free and Equal
* Elaine Ginnold, Marin County Registrar of Voters
17:15 END OF DAY’S SESSION AT HASTINGS

19.00 EVENING RECEPTION: DD AND GOVERNANCE

LOCATION: SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco

"Govern Yourself: What’s Next for Direct Democracy in America?"

* Remarks by Ralph Nader
* Krist Novoselic, Former Nirvana bassist and chair of FairVote
* John Fund of the Wall Street Journal

* Gerald Haefner, European Parliament

Includes author book signing: Theresa Amato, Bruno Kaufmann, Joe Mathews, Mark Paul,
Bob Stern, Jung-Ok Lee, Susie Iventosh

DAY 2, Sunday 8.1.10

BREAKFAST SPEECH

Location: Hotel Bijou, 111 Mason St.

7:30 Research Note: "Is Direct Democracy Constitutional?" by Michael Salerno, UC
Hastings
PLENARY SESSION
Location, UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge, 198 McAllister
9:00 NECESSARY EVILS? LAWYERS AND MONEY

Panel: The Law of Direct Democracy: A Conversation With Initiative Attorneys, moderated
by Chip Nielsen, Nielsen Merksamer
* Barry Fadem, National Popular Vote

* Ross Day, Common Sense for Oregon

* Paul Grant, attorney in private practice, defendant in Meyer v. Grant case
* James Harrison, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell

10:20 KEYNOTE: "Direct Democracy – An Authentic Voice of the People?"

Ned Crosby, Jefferson Center, Minnesota
10:55 Panel: "Big Money vs. Direct Democracy: Who Wins?", including presentation of new
Citizens in Charge Foundation report, moderated by Darien Shanske, UC Hastings
* Thad Kousser, UCSD professor and visiting scholar, Bill Lane Center for the American
West
* Roy Ulrich, Common Cause and Visiting Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC
Berkeley
* Rick Hasen, Loyola Law School, the Election Law Blog
* Mark Paul, New America Foundation

* Allison Hayward, Center for Competitive Politics

* Alexander Moll, Citizens in Charge Foundation
LUNCH PRESENTATIONS

12:20 The Soul of a New Democratic Machine:

How Technology and Social Networking Will Change Initiative and Referendum," Tracy
Westen, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles
World Survey of Data Collection and Mapping Efforts
Brief reports by:
* Fernando Mendez, Center for Democracy , Aarau, Switzerland

* Bailey Ludlam, Ballotpedia

* Bruno Kaufmann, IRI Europe
 * Brandon Holmes, Citizens in Charge Foundation
* David Altman, University of Santiago Chile, world assessment

* Susan Mart, research librarian

ACTION AND MEDIA
13:00 Remarks by Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender, SF SMART Reform
campaign
13:15 Speech by Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Institute author of Prop 209
13:30 PANEL "Smart Detour or Dead End: Does I&R Provide a Path to Advance Your
Agenda?", moderated by Paul Elias, Associated Press
* Eric Ehst, Arizona Clean Elections Institute

* Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project

* Marcia Fritz, president, California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
* Steven Hill, author of Europe's Promise, on Instant Runoff Voting
* Tim Mooney, Silver Bullet Inc and Save Our Secret Ballot, Nevada

* Tim Eyman, Voters Want More Choices, Washington

* with response by Jung-OK Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation
15:00 BREAK

15:10 PANEL "On the Media: I&R in the Court of Public Opinion", moderated by Joel Fox,
Fox & Hounds Daily
* Patrick McGuigan, CapitolBeatOK.com

* Jane Hamsher, film producer, blogger, Firedoglake

* Dan Morain, Sacramento Bee

* Jon Fleischman, California Flash Report

* Bettina Inclan, former Communications Director for Citizens in Charge Foundation and
Press Secretary for Poizner for CA Governor Campaign
16:35 Remarks by Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University

16:45 Announcement of Electoral Reform Conference

NATIONAL I&R
16:50 "Is America Ready?" TOWARDS A NATIONAL I&R PROCESS

Presentation by Former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska)

With responses by:
Evan Ravitz, Vote.org

Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria

Michael Freeman, Transamerican Alliance for a National Consensus
Mike Arno, Arno Political Consultants
17:50 "What Did We Learn? And What Next?" Closing Remarks by Paul Jacob, Citizens in
Charge Foundation
EVENING RECEPTION

Location: St. Francis Yacht Club in the Marina

18:30 Bus shuttle begins departing at Hotel Bijou, 111 Mason Street, for St. Francis Yacht
Club
19:00 Reception offered by the Swiss Confederation and hosted by the Consul General of
Switzerland in San Francisco, Julius F. Anderegg

DAY 3, Monday 8.2.10

OPTIONAL MEDITATION

LOCATION: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge

8:00 Optional pre-forum meditation session
GLOBAL WELCOME AND KEYNOTE
LOCATION: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge

9:00 Opening video, from filmmakers Charles Reilly (Bermuda) and Walt Cudlip
(Australia and Canada)

9:15 Opening Remarks for Global forum

Joe Mathews and Bruno Kaufmann

Co-Presidents
2010 Global Forum Host Committee

9:30 Opening Keynote from California, by Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State,
with Q&A

10:00 Welcoming addresses to San Francisco, CA, the US and the World
* Greetings by Phil Ting, San Francisco assessor
 * Greetings by Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation and Co-President of the 2009
Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Seoul/Korea
* Greetings by Gerald Häfner, Member of European Parliament
10:30 "A Luxury for the Rich North or a Curse for the Poor South? A Contemporary View
on Direct Democracy Worldwide (1984-2009)" by David Altman, professor, The Catholic
University of Chile

11:00 WORLD TOUR TO MODERN DIRECT DEMOCRACY "IS D.D. ON The MARCH? OR IN
RETREAT?"

* Theo Schiller, Chairman, Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe

* Teh-Fu Huang, President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
* Atanas Slavov, Head, Institute for Direct Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria
* Ramon Casiple, Director, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform

* Ugochukwu Osuagwu, human rights lawyer, Nigeria (by remote)

* Nigel Smith, United Kingdom
* Rolf Rauschenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

* Suresh Nautiyal, Green Party, India

* Cyd Ho, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council (by remote)
LUNCH BREAK
12:15 Lunch Speech: "A Citizen-Centered Agenda for the World", by Grover Norquist,
Americans for Tax Reform
DIRECT DEMOCRACY BORDERS

13:00 CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? Legislators and Direct Democracy, Reflections from
California and Switzerland:

* Andreas Gross, Council of Europe (Social Democrat) and Swiss MP

* Jim Brulte, Former CA State Senate Leader
* Gerald Häfner, Member of European Parliament

14:30 Research Input, Rolf Rauschenbach, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil: "What We
Learn By Practicing Direct Democracy."
14:45 Research Input. "The impact of media coverage on Initiative & Referendum
European experiences" by Palle Svensson, Århus University, Denmark
15:00 PANEL Overruling the People? Direct Democracy and the Courts
moderator/speaker David Jung, director, Center for State and Local Government Law, UC
Hastings College of the Law

The Hon. Joe Grodin, former justice, California Supreme Court, and professor UC Hastings
Dan Kolkey, Former associate justice, California Court of Appeal, and former counsel to
Governor Wilson

Andreas Auer, C2D and law professor

16:30 Wrap up and outlook to the next days with short previews on the Special Topic
Breakfast and the afternoon Workshops by Bruno Kaufmann

16:40 BREAK
EVENING PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM sponsored by Activate Direct ON The RISE OF
DIGITAL DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Location: UC Hastings Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge

16:50 Welcome by Bryan Merica, Activate Direct
16:55 Opening Video by Marc Strassman, eTopia News

17:00 Audience Instant Poll by Next 10

17:15 Panel 1: Do You Dream of Electronic Signatures? moderated by Bob Salladay,
California Watch
* Ross Day, Oregon (with Petey, the signature gathering robot)
* Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
* Michael Marrubio, Verafirma

* Darcy Goddard, ACLU, Utah.

* Carsten Berg, European Citizen’s Initiative
* Kelly Kimball, Co-Founder, Kimball Petition Management, eGovernment Entrepreneur

18:35: Remarks by Tim Bonneman, Intellitics

18:40 Panel 2: The Impact of Social Networking, Expanding Access, The Risks to Security
and the Process, moderator Eugene Kim, Blue Oxen,

* Bryan Merica, Activate Direct

* Michael Remmert, Council of Europe, head of section for E-Voting
* Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America

* Paul Wittenberg, social media expert

 * Ramon Casiple, the Philippines

DAY 4, Tuesday 8.3.10

BREAKFAST TOPICS
7:30 – 9 a.m. Towards global direct democracy
Global Citizens’ Initiative (Michael Remmert) and Democracy International - World
Activist Network (Daniel Schily) Location: Hotel Bijou (There is limited space for this
event)
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. MEDITATION SESSION: Location: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student
Lounge, 198 McAllister
ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATIONS

Location: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge, 198 McAllister

9:20 Address by Sen. Art Torres, vice chair of the California Institute for Regenerative
Medicine, former state legislator and chair of California Democratic Party
9:50 Research Inputs:

* "A More Democratic Approach to Science Funding? California, Prop 71 and Stem Cell
Research" Joanna Weinberg, UC Hastings.

* "Direct democracy and European integration: An analysis of the motives for holding EU
related referendums" Vicky Triga, C2D, Switzerland
* "The Parties and the People: A Reconciliation", by Ethan Leib, professor of law,
University of California Hastings
10:35 Keynote Direct Democracy as Organizing Tool, by Wayne Pacelle, president,
Humane Society of the United States. with Q&A
11:05 Panel Sponsored by COMMON SENSE CALIFORNIA: "Alternative Methods of
Democratic Participation: Direct and Participatory Democracy"
Moderator: Pete Peterson, Common Sense California
* Mark Linder (Dir, Parks & Rec, City of Cupertino)

* Greg Greenway (Exec Dir, Threshold 2009)

* Alice Siu (Assoc Dir, Center for Deliberative Democracy – Stanford Univ)
LUNCH PANEL ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

12:30 STARTING OVER: THE CHALLENGE OF WRITING A NEW CONSTITUTION WITH

DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Moderator: Mark Paul, New America Foundation
* Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council

* John Woodcock III, Connecticut Citizens for Ballot Initiatives

* J.H. Snider, president iSolon.org, Maryland constitutional convention
* Manfred Brandt, More Democracy, Hamburg, Germany
* Adrian Schmid, IRI Europe, Lucerne/Switzerland

* George Kokkas, attorney, Greek Direct Democracy Movement

WE WORK: WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS
Location: UC Hastings classrooms

14:15 Parallel Thematic Workshops

* Local Direct Democracy (Theo Schiller, IRI Europe)

* World Activist Forum (Angelika Gardiner and Gerald Hafner, More Democracy,
Germany)
* Education & Infrastructure (with Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria and Martin Buhler, IRI
Europe)
* Transnational Direct Democracy (with Carsten Berg, ECI campaign)
* Building transpartisan coalitions (Paul Jacob and the Citizens in Charge Foundation)

* Work on Best practices document/San Francisco Declaration (Joe Mathews, New

America Foundation)
17:30 Conclude Workshops. End of Program

MOVIE NIGHT
19:00 - 23:00 "Forget the Legislature, Jake, It’s Direct Democracy," Global Forum Movie
night.
Location: HUB, San Francisco Chronicle building, 901 Mission (5th and Mission)
Welcoming remarks by Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle

Films include: “Testimony” on Prop 8 Trial, introduced by Courage Campaign.

With excerpts from films on Redistricting, World Vote, South Korea, Direct Democracy
worldwide
DAY 5, Wednesday 8.4.10

CONCLUDING PLENARY: THE FUTURE OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Location: UC Hastings, Louis B. Mayer Student Lounge, 198 McAllister St.
8:45 Perspectives on the Future of Participation
REMARKS BY:

* Victor Cuesta, Las Palmas University on Europe

* Diasma Sandi Swandaru, Gadjah Mada University, Bali, Indonesia (remote)
* Grace Cainoy Weitman, Empowerment Congress, Los Angeles

* Saruul Tugs, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia

* Shana Kaiser, International IDEA

9:30 Address by Amjad Atallah, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation.
10:00 Remarks by Jane Kim, San Francisco Board of Education

10:05 "Learning from Comparing", Briefing Tour remarks and impressions

* Jung-Ok Lee, Korea Democracy Foundation

* Suzann-Viola Renninger, Swiss Monthly Magazine

* Claudine Nierth, More Democracy, Germany

10:15 Research Input: Alicia Lissidini, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, on Venezuela
and Uruguay

10:30 BREAK
10:45 Keynote; Ross LaJeunesse, Google Asia
11:20 Workshop Reports, and presentation of global information

11:40 Remarks by George Lakoff, UC Berkeley

A FINAL WORD ON BEST PRACTICES
12:00 DECLARATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO STATEMENT ON BEST PRACTICES IN DD
12:15 CONCLUDING KEYNOTE AND Q&A

Bob Hertzberg, co-chair, California Forward, former Assembly speaker.

13:10 Valediction notes by the 2010 Global Forum Co-Presidents
13:15 END