Schedule of Events
HIGHLIGHTS
All these events will be happening between 5 and 8 p.m. PDT. Routine convention business will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Each night will feature one or two “American dialogues,” talk-show formatted discussions.
TODAY
Theme: Prosperity and Progress
Introduction: Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman
Panel discussion on the economy moderated by New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
Remarks by female senators, including Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both of California.
Speakers: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Clinton.
TUESDAY
Theme: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Speakers: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey.
Keynote speaker: Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. of Tennessee.
WEDNESDAY
Theme: Al Gore: The Principled Fighter
Speakers: Vice presidential nominee Joseph I. Lieberman; Gore’s daughter Karenna Gore Schiff.
THURSDAY
Theme: Gore’s Vision for the Future
Wife Tipper introduces Gore.
Gore gives his acceptance speech
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