Location: Marriott City Center (Grand Ballroom), Charlotte .
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Morning Prayer Gathering (Room 211AB/212AB).
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Caucus Session 1. Womens Caucus (Ballroom ABCD).
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. R+D and Americas Energy Outlook. Moderator: Amy Harder, Energy and Environment correspondent, National Journal. Panelists: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.); Marvin Fertel, president and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute; Mike Howard, CEO, Electric Power Research Institute; Michael Levi, senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Richard Newell, Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, and director of The Energy Initiative.
10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Introduction - Speakers: Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state and chairman of the National Democratic Institute; Kenneth Wollack, president, NDI; Dan Murrey, executive director, Charlotte in 2012 Host Committee.
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. The 2012 Campaign: The Role of Primaries, Nominating Conventions and Presidential Debates. Panelists: Frank Fahrenkopf, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates; Paul Kirk, former senator, co-chairman emeritus of the Commission on Presidential Debates, and former Democratic National Committee chairman; Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and former DNC chairman; and Elaine Kamarck, Harvard lecturer and former Clinton White House senior policy adviser Moderator: Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, The Washington Post.
11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Latino leaders luncheon: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, chairman of the Democratic National Convention, will be honored.
Location: Omni Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 132 East Trade St., Charlotte.
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Caucus Session 2. LGBT Caucus (Room 203AB). Senior Council (Room 211AB/212AB).
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. The U.S. Conference of Mayors delegation holds a luncheon and press availability.
Location: Holiday Inn Charlotte Center City, 230 North College St., Charlotte.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Caucus Session 2. LGBT Caucus (Room 203AB). Senior Council (Room 211AB/212AB).
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. How They Would Govern - Panelists cover how the next administration would turn campaign promises into reality, including working with Congress and setting priorities, all within the context of our contemporary political process and challenges in the U.S. and throughout the world. Panelists: Tom Daschle, former Senate majority leader, co-chairman, ONE Vote 2012, and vice chairman of the NDI; Vin Weber, former congressman and former chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy; John Podesta, chairman and counselor of the Center for American Progress, former White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton; Ryan Lizza, Washington correspondent for The New Yorker; Scot Lehigh, columnist for The Boston Globe - Moderators: Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; John Fortier, director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Voto Latino hosts policy forum People Powered Politics, addressing immigration, economics and education. Participants include: Rosario Dawson, Maria Teresa Kumar, Cecile Richards, Javier Palomarez, Lily Eskelsen, Jose Antonio Vargas and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.).
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Religious Liberty Panel - Catholics for Choice hosts a panel discussion on Keeping Faith in the Democratic Party: Protecting Religious Liberty for Everyone, featuring speakers from member organizations of the Coalition for Liberty & Justice.
Speeches from the Time Warner Cable Center:
5:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M.:
Call to Order by DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Invocation By His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Detroit
Presentation of Colors, Disabled American Veterans, The Stanly County Chapter 12 Honor Guard
Pledge of Allegiance, 3rd Grade Class, W.R. ODell Elementary School from Concord, North Carolina
National Anthem by Glee actress Amber Riley
Stephen J. Kerrigan, Chief Executive Officer of the Democratic National Convention Committee
Welcome Video
Presentation of Credentials Committee Report from Co-Chairs
Presentation of Rules Committee Report from Co-Chairs
Appointment of Convention Officers
Gaveling-in of Permanent Chair
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Andrew Tobias
Alice Germond
Roll Call for Attendance
6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.:
Platform Committee Remarks by Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy (Retired)
Platform Video and Remarks by Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker
Remarks by N.C. Gov. Bev. Perdue
American Hero Video: Education
American Voices Remarks by Ryan Case
Mary Kay Henry from International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (Texas) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (N.Y.)
Gov. Pat Quinn (Ill.)
Ohio firefighter Doug Stern
Va. Senate candidate and former governor Tim Kaine
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Charlotte Mayor Anthony R. Foxx and Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.)
An Economy Built to Last Video: Education
Women of the US House of Representatives
Jimmy Carter Video
Ken Salazar
Kennedy Family Tribute Video
Remarks
Joe Kennedy III, Mass. House candidate
Singer Ledisi
Fomer Rep. Robert Wexler (Fla.)
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
Rep. Jared Polis (Colo.)
Stronger Together Video: Reproductive Choice
Maria Ciano, American Voices
Nancy Keenan , President of the National Abortion Rights Action League - Pro-Choice America (NARAL)
Progress for People Video: American Veterans
Nate Davis, American Voices
House candidate Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
Gov. Lincoln Chafee(R.I.)
Rep. James E. Clyburn (S.C.)
Progress for People Video: Health Care
Stacey Lihn
Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.)
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Kal Penn, actor and former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
Craig Robinson and Maya Soetoro-ng, Brother of Mrs. Obama and Sister of President Obama
Stronger Together Video: Equal Pay
Lilly Ledbetter
Gov. Deval Patrick (Mass.)
10:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Gov. Martin OMalley (Md.)
Joaquin Castro, Texas House candidate and brother of keynote speaker
Julián Castro, Mayor of San Antonio
Michelle Obama Video and Remarks by Elaine Brye
Michelle Obama
Benediction
Recess





