FACTBOX-Speaker line-up for the Democratic Convention

(Reuters) - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night at the party's upcoming convention in Denver.

Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden will accept the vice presidential nomination on Wednesday night.

Here is the schedule of key speakers.

MONDAY, August 25

Michelle Obama, the candidate's wife, will be the prime-time speaker on the convention's opening day, which will focus on Obama's life story. Other speakers will include U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's older brother.

Monday night will also feature a tribute to Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, a party icon now battling brain cancer.

TUESDAY, August 26

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a U.S. Senate candidate, will headline a day devoted to economic issues. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who narrowly lost the nomination to Obama, will speak as well.

Other speakers include Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and former Transportation Secretary Federico Pena.