On June 29-30, The Personal Democracy Forum held its 2009 conference in New York City. NextGenWeb has made videos of keynote speeches and panel discussions available for viewers below. The conference is billed as the world’s largest and best known conference on the intersection of technology and politics.

Click below to see full archived footage from all of the plenary sessions at this year’s PDF conference.

Did Obama Revolutionize Campaigning? A Conversation with Joe Rospars (Obama ‘08) and Mark McKinnon (McCain ‘08)
Keynote speech on how technology is improving government by Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Reality Check: The Internet’s Impact on Politics: A Conversation With Nate Silver, Fivethirtyeight.com
Owning Your Identity in Social Media, Gina Bianchini
The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online, Danah Boyd
Reinventing Government: What Would Google Do?, Jeff Jarvis
Truth and Transparency, David Weinberger

The Obama Broadband Initiative and the Future of the Internet: Opening Remarks by Blair Levin, FCC; Discussion with Josh Silver, James Assey, Hank Hultquist, Andrew Rasiej (moderator)

Innovation in Government, Obama-Style: Conversations With Beth Noveck and Vivek Kundra, and Macon Phillips, introduced by Craig Newmark

Social Networks and Social Revolutions, Randi Zuckerberg
21st Century Statecraft: Fostering Citizen-Centered Diplomacy and Development, Alec Ross
The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity, Michael Wesch
The Dangerous Power of Sharing (Power), Mark Pesce

Can We.gov? How? A Conversation With Rep. Steve Israel, Jack Dorsey, Clay Shirky, Ellen Miller, and Joe Trippi

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