Rising From The Murk
The following Rising Tide Conference schedule is up at the conference website. Also available on the front page is a registration form, which I strongly suggest you fill out so we have an idea of seating and food requirements.8:00 – 9:00 Arrival & Registration
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote Address by Chris Cooper and Robert Block, authors of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
10:15 – 11:15 Panel Discussion: Personal Viewpoints moderated by Mark Moseley
- Ashley Morris
- Greg Peters (suspect device)
- Josh Britton (joshbritton.com)
- Lois Dunn (Scout Prime)
11:30 – 12:30 Think New Orleans by Alan Gutierrez
1:30 – 2:30 Panel Discussion: New Orleans Politics moderated by Peter Athas
Local politicians Michael Duplantier, Shane Landry and Peggy Wilson
2:45 – 3:45 Panel Discussion: Influence of Journalists and Bloggers moderated by Maitri Venkat-Ramani and Mark Folse
- Jon Donley (founding editor of NOLA.com, Dawnsinger)
- Daisy Pignetti (Doctor Daisy)
- Troy Gilbert (GulfSails)
- Christopher Cooper
4:00 – 5:00 Panel Discussion: Bloggers & Neighborhood Associations moderated by Morwen Madrigal and Peter Athas
Bloggers and neighborhood activists representing the Gentilly, MidCity, Northwest Carrollton, Broadmoor, Irish Channel and Bouligny Riverside neighborhoods
5:00 – 6:00 Mixer & Cash Bar
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Exhibitors
- Michael Mizell-Nelson, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Project
- George “Loki†Williams IV, New Orleans Oral History Project
- Arabi Wrecking Krewe
- Blake Haney, Dirty Coast t-shirts and posters
- Logan Babin, Logan Babin Katrina movies (?)
- Troy Gilbert, Chefs in Exile










Working on a post highlighting the conference again. Incredible website and wiki and a great community supporting it. I’ll do my best to help make some good noise about it.
Ellsworth, you seem legit. The jury continues to be out, but you have listened and taken steps. It is only fair that if I criticize the bad I must also aknowledge the good. Please keep this direction going and things could turn out positive.
We shall see.