The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, in partnership with the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania, is proud to present its esteemed line-up of speakers for The Annenberg Roundtables at the 2024 DNC. To attend one or more Annenberg Roundtable discussions, please RSVP.

Fake Videos and Election Cybersecurity in the Age of AI

Erik C. Nisbet

Erik C. Nisbet

Owen L. Coon Endowed Professor of Policy Analysis & Communication at Northwestern University

Adam Powell III

Adam Clayton Powell III

Executive Director of the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative

Jude Meche

Jude Meche

Chief Information Security Officer at the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)

Michael Posner

Michael Posner

Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business

Why History Matters

Byron Shafer

Byron Shafer

Author of Quiet Revolution: The Struggle for the Democratic Party and the Shaping of Post-Reform Politics

Geoffrey Cowan

Geoffrey Cowan

University Professor and CCLP Director, 22nd Director of Voice of America

David Hume Kennerly

David Hume Kennerly

Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer

Doug Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley

CNN Presidential Historian, Author of Cronkite

Kerry Kennedy

Kerry Kennedy

President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting

Michael Abramowitz

Michael Abramowitz

Director of Voice of America, Former President of Freedom House

Kristin Kane

Kristin Kane

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs

Kerry Kennedy

Kerry Kennedy

President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth

Former Member of Parliament and Chief Executive of Labour Together

Adam Powell III

Adam Clayton Powell III

Executive Director of the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative

Politics and the Media in the 2024 Election: Shaping the Narrative with POLITICO

Steve Scully

Steve Scully

Host of “The Briefing” on Sirius XM POTUS

Lynn Sweet

Lynn Sweet

Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Scherer

Michael Scherer

National Political Reporter at The Washington Post

Christopher Cadelago

Christopher Cadelago

California Bureau Chief at POLITICO

Latino Voters. Latino Media.

Leon Krauze

León Krauze

Former Univisión Anchor, Washington Post Columnist

Jennifer Medina

Jennifer Medina

National Correspondent for The New York Times

Carlos Odio

Carlos Odio

Co-Founder Equis Research

Nanette Barragán

Nanette Barragán

U.S. Representative for California’s 44th Congressional District

Jenifer Fernandez Ancona

Jenifer Fernandez Ancona

Co-founder and Vice President Way to Win

Julio Vaqueiro

Julio Vaqueiro

Telemundo Anchor

Simon Rosenberg

Simon Rosenberg

Political Strategist, Author “Hopium Chronicles”

Paola Ramos

Paola Ramos

TV Host and Correspondent for VICE, Contributor to Telemundo News and MSNBC

Sergio García-Rios

Sergio García-Rios

Director of Polling and Data at Univisión News, Assistant Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin

Why Women Matter with Ms. Magazine

Katherine Spillar

Katherine Spillar

Executive Editor of Ms. Executive Director at Feminist Majority Foundation

Michele Bratcher Goodwin

Michele Bratcher Goodwin

Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Executive Director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at NYU Law

Two Parties? Four Parties? Intraparty Dissent in 2024

Lauren Harper Pope

Lauren Harper Pope

Co-Founder of WelcomePAC

Craig Snyder

Craig Snyder

Founder and CEO of Indigo Global, Lecturer at Penn Annenberg, Director Haley Voters for Harris

PATRICK MURPHY

Patrick Murphy

Former Congressman and 32nd United States Under Secretary of the Army

An American Plan for Families and Children with Common Sense Media

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson

Actress, Political Activist

Jim Steyer

Jim Steyer

Founder and CEO of Common Sense Media

A Conversation with Celinda Lake

Celinda Lake

Celinda Lake

Leading Political Strategist for the Democratic Party

Katherine Spillar

Katherine Spillar

Executive Editor of Ms. Executive Director at Feminist Majority Foundation

Marjorie Margolies

Marjorie Margolies

Founding President of Women’s Campaign International, Lecturer at Penn Annenberg

Gen Z and the 2024 Election

Michael Tubbs

Michael Tubbs

Former Mayor of Stockton, Elected at 26 Years Old

Annie Wu Henry

Annie Wu Henry

Viral TikTok Strategist for John Fetterman’s Senate Campaign

David Hogg

David Hogg

Founder of Leaders We Deserve, Co-Founder of March for Our Lives

Kahlil Greene

Kahlil Greene

Gen Z Historian, 2x Emmy-Nominated and Peabody Award-Winning Edu-tainer

John Della Volpe

John Della Volpe

Author of Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America

Does America Need a Landslide?

Marjorie Margolies

Marjorie Margolies

Founding President of Women’s Campaign International, Lecturer at Penn Annenberg

David Eisenhower

David Eisenhower

Director Institute for Public Service, Lecturer Annenberg Undergraduate Program