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