Agenda

The 2017 Democracy Convention begins Wednesday, August 2 and ends Sunday, August 6 and will take place at the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN 55455) unless otherwise noted.

Following is the overall program schedule* for the Democracy Convention, subject to change. The programs for each of the Convention conferences are posted on their respective conference pages.

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Convention Agenda

Wednesday, August 2, 2017	12:00-7:00pm	Convention Registration
Wednesday, August 2, 2017	12:00-7:00pm	Marketplace/Tables
Wednesday, August 2, 2017	2:00-5:00pm	Poster Sessions/Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, August 2, 2017	4:30-6:30pm	Dinner
Wednesday, August 2, 2017	7:00-9:30pm	Opening Plenary & Welcome Ceremonies
Thursday, August 3, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Convention Registration
Thursday, August 3, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Marketplace/Tables Open
Thursday, August 3, 2017	7:00-8:30am	Breakfast
Thursday, August 3, 2017	9:00-10:15am	Concurrent Sessions 1
Thursday, August 3, 2017	10:30-11:45am	Concurrent Sessions 2
Thursday, August 3, 2017	11:30am-1:00pm	Lunch
Thursday, August 3, 2017	1:00-2:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 3
Thursday, August 3, 2017	2:30-3:45pm	Concurrent Sessions 4
Thursday, August 3, 2017	4:00-5:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 5
Thursday, August 3, 2017	4:30-6:30pm	Dinner
Thursday, August 3, 2017	7:00-9:00pm	Social time - structured and unstructured (music, social areas, film)
Friday, August 4, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Convention Registration
Friday, August 4, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Marketplace/Tables Open
Friday, August 4, 2017	7:00-8:30am	Breakfast
Friday, August 4, 2017	9:00-10:15am	Concurrent Sessions 6
Friday, August 4, 2017	10:30-11:45am	Concurrent Sessions 7
Friday, August 4, 2017	11:30-1:00pm	Lunch
Friday, August 4, 2017	1:00-2:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 8
Friday, August 4, 2017	2:30-3:45pm	Concurrent Sessions 9
Friday, August 4, 2017	4:00-5:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 10
Friday, August 4, 2017	4:30-6:30pm	Dinner
Friday, August 4, 2017	7:00-9:00pm	Plenary
Saturday, August 5, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Convention Registration
Saturday, August 5, 2017	8:00am-7:00pm	Marketplace/Tables Open
Saturday, August 5, 2017	7:00-8:30am	Breakfast
Saturday, August 5, 2017	9:00-10:15am	Plenary
Saturday, August 5, 20	10:30-11:45am	Concurrent Sessions 12
Saturday, August 5, 2017	11:30am-1:00pm	Lunch
Saturday, August 5, 2017	1:00-2:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 13
Saturday, August 5, 2017	2:30-3:45pm	Concurrent Sessions 14
Saturday, August 5, 2017	4:00-5:15pm	Concurrent Sessions 15
Saturday, August 5, 2017	4:30-6:30pm	Dinner
Saturday, August 5, 2017	7:00-10:00pm	Social time - structured and unstructured (music, social areas, film)
Sunday, August 6, 2017	8:00-1:00pm	Convention Registration
Sunday, August 6, 2017	8:00-1:00pm	Marketplace/Tables Open
Sunday, August 6, 2017	7:00-8:30am	Breakfast
Sunday, August 6, 2017	9:30-10:45am	Concurrent Sessions 16
Sunday, August 6, 2017	11:30-1:00pm	Lunch
Sunday, August 6, 2017	12:00-4:00pm	Closing Plenary
Sunday, August 6, 2017	4:30-6:00pm	Open Space for Meetings/Concurrent Sessions