Innovators Summit - Day 1

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Treme co-creator David Simon and Tina Brown at the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Maureen Orth, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, and Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, during cocktail hour at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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The Wire star Wendell Pierce and guests at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Dan Senor, Founder of Rosemont Capital, and his wife, Campbell Brown attend The Daily Beast's Innovators Summit: Reboot America! at Mardi Gras World East on October 21, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Owner and Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Saints Rita Benson LeBlanc and New Yorker writer Ken Auletta at the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans, LA on October 21st, 2010.
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Attendees look at floats during the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans, LA on October 21st, 2010.
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ABC News' Bianna Golodryga and economist and New York Times columnist Peter Orszag, President Obama's former budget director, at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Artist/inventor Ivan Schwartz and Tina Brown speak with other attendees at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Mardi Gras Indians lead attendees into the opening dinner during the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer of HP Shane Robinson and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of HP Michael Mendenhall at the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans, LA on October 21st, 2010.
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Attendees are led into the summit by local New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians in a traditional second line at the start of the Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans, LA on October 21st, 2010.
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Actor Wendell Pierce speaks during cocktail hour on October 21.
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Latoya Cantrell, president of Broadmoor Improvement Association and Broadmoor Development Corp., at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Robbie Vitrano, co-founder and chief brand architect of NakedPizza speaking at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Author Walter Isaacson interviews Treme co-creator David Simon, New Orleans educator Cherice Harrison-Nelson, actor Wendell Pierce, and New Orleans Saints owner Rita Benson LeBlanc on the "Culture as a Political Act" panel at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit on October 21.
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Guests attending the opening dinner on October 21.
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and author Walter Isaacson at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit on October 21.
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An HP display at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit in New Orleans on October 21.
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Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer interviews New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on October 21.
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The Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder Tina Brown speaks at The Daily Beast Innovators Summit on October 21. She called the city of New Orleans "the greatest example ever of revitalization and creative renew," saying that it embodies a tale that we all want to hear more about.
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Meghan McCain at the summit on October 21.
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