In the coming weeks we'll be posting full videos for all of our keynote and panel sessions in a searchable archive on this site. In the meantime please check out our YouTube Channel for some highlight videos from this year.

To our friends in Texas and our speakers, sponsors, attendees and volunteers, we can't thank you enough for helping make Netroots Nation 2008 a huge success. We're already in planning mode for our next gathering.

On Saturday night, we announced that Netroots Nation 2009 will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, August 13-16. Registration is already open, so reserve your spot now!.

We selected Pittsburgh for a lot of reasons. One of our primary goals in choosing a host city is to provide an opportunity to not only bring together existing local and regional progressive communities, but also help create new ones. And our choice allows us to bring in progressive communities from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and beyond.

Watch Sam Seder interview Gov. Don Siegelman at Netroots Nation streamed live exclusively at Air America.

If you can't make it to Austin for Netroots Nation, that doesn't mean you can't be part of the excitement. You can watch all of the action (or at least all of our keynotes and panels) at netrootsnation.org, courtesy of ustream.tv.

The wonderful crew at 5 Steps Forward Media will film all Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions happening in Exhibit Hall 4, Ballroom E, Ballroom F, Room 12, Ballroom G, and Room 12. We'll be building and promoting a fully-searchable video archive in the weeks following the convention. Check the online agenda for listings.

More video here.

Exhibit Hall 4

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Watch General Wesley Clark, NN Executive Director Gina Cooper and Governor Howard Dean address the attendees at the opening keynote session of Netroots Nation 2008.

Doors open at 7:30pm (Central Time), the program will begin shortly thereafter.

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The three-day series celebrates the best in progressive films, shorts, vidcasts and other visual media and examines new messaging tools for progressive activists, candidates and officeholders.

The Series includes a panel featuring Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”), who will present never-before-seen clips from his upcoming film “Casino Jack: United States of Money.” Gibney will be joined by a panel of experts discussing transparency in government and how the internet has changed the way Washington D.C works. Panelists include: Roy Sekoff, founding editor of the Huffington Post; Naomi Seligman Steiner, deputy director of CREW; Michael Silberman of EchoDitto and former MeetUp director for Howard Dean’s Presidential Campaign; and Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Politico. The panel is Friday, July 18 at 9 a.m.

There are few bigger champions of Netroots Nation than Gen. Wesley Clark. For the third consecutive year, the retired four-star general will speak to our community as part of Thursday night’s program.

From his participation in the 2006 science panel at YearlyKos to last year's morning keynote in Chicago, Clark has been an active participant in the convention. And he was an early supporter of the movement, posting frequently at Daily Kos and gaining substantial support as a 2003 presidential candidate through the Netroots-driven DraftWesleyClark.com.

An integral part of the our movement's growth and sustainability is encouraging activists to take the next step and run for office. We at Netroots Nation aim to recognize Netroots candidates at all levels and shine a spotlight on those who organize and mobilize progressives locally.

So we welcome one of the Netroots' very own success stories, Donna Edwards, who will join us in Austin for a Saturday evening keynote.

Click here to register now.

Since its inception, one of the primary goals of the Netroots has been to examine the future of our movement.

Who are our leaders? Where should we build infrastructure?

And after last year's YearlyKos Convention, Markos went on Meet The Press to debate that very topic with Rep. Harold Ford Junior. Now, the two are meeting again at Netroots Nation for a lunchtime keynote discussion about party infrastructure.

One of Netroots Nation's goals is to facilitate in-person interaction between our political leaders and the progressive community.

So we're thrilled to announce that Speaker Nancy Pelosi will join us in Austin for a Saturday morning keynote session: "Ask the Speaker."

This won't just be any keynote. Speaker Pelosi wants to hear from you. Instead of simply giving a speech at a podium, the Speaker will be taking your questions and interacting with convention attendees.