1:00pm PDT
Panopticon (20 min.) Jarod Su, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 1:05 pm; Friday, 9:00 am, Jarod Su dir. (20 min)
Lieutenant Donovan, a drone operator, protects the Republic from domestic terrorists with lethal force at the push of a button. Donovan is struck with a crisis of conscience when he reconnects with the troubled teen-aged son of an old friend, a boy who has begun to transport illegal...
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1:00pm PDT
Dena Espenscheid & Chuck Muth: LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TRAINING #2 Pop Culture and Policy: Winning the War of Ideas One Blog, Meme, or Vlog at a Time
Speakers
Director of Grassroots Coalitions, Leadership Institute
Dena Espenscheid is the Director of Grassroots Coalitions for the Leadership Institute. She has 24 years of experience in grassroots activism, public policy and campaigning. Most recently, she was the Virginia and DC Regional Field Director for the Donald J. Trump for President C...
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President, Citizen Outreach
Chuck Muth is president of Citizen Outreach and a longtime political activist in Nevada. He is the state’s #1 conservative blogger, an author, a columnist and veteran campaign trainer for the Leadership Institute. He has written for Campaigns & Elections Magazine and runs the "Muth’s...
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Exhibitors
Founded in 1979 by its president, Morton C. Blackwell, LI provides training in campaigns, fundraising, grassroots organizing, youth politics, and communications. The Institute teaches conservatives of all ages how to succeed in politics, government, and the media. The Institute offers...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Sunset 1
1:00pm PDT
Mark Skousen, Sean Flynn (mod): Eureka! The Feds Adopt My GO Statistic
Moderators
Speakers
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Melrose 3/4
1:00pm PDT
Matt Needham: STUDENT MINI CONFERENCE Free Speech On Campus
Speakers
Senior Director for Leadership Development, Students For Liberty
Matt Needham is the Senior Director for Leadership Development at Students For Liberty. He graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy. Matt previously served as the President of the Michigan State College Libertarians, as well...
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Exhibitors
Students For Liberty is a rapidly growing network of pro-liberty students from all over the world. Our mission is to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty. We are the largest libertarian student organization in the world. We accomplish this through...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Melrose 1/2
1:30pm PDT
iSpy (15 min.) Dugan Bridges dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 1:30 pm; Friday 9:00 am, Dugan Bridges, dir. (15 min.)
Harriet, a young Department of Justice bureaucrat, spends her days helping the FBI, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies spy on citizens. But when she uses the government's spy technology for personal use, she gets a little more than she bargained for. Little did she know that...
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2:00pm PDT
Everything (16 min.) Daniel Hanna, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 2:00 pm; Thursday, 12:00 pm, R. J. Daniel Hanna, dir. (16 min.)
To save her daughter’s life, a mother is forced to take desperate actions: She must break an unjust law, and then find and confront the woman who backed out of a life-saving procedure.PANEL "Body Parts and Passion" John Kramer, Jeff Rowes
2:00pm PDT
Judd Weiss Photography Training
Speakers
Photographer
Judd Weiss received the Remax Hall of Fame Award after ranking among the top 10 Agents in the state of California, and among the top 20 Agents in the world at Remax Commercial for multiple years during his mid 20s. He soon began his own independent Commercial Real Estate Brokerage...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Celebrity 5
2:00pm PDT
Dena Espenscheid: LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TRAINING #1 Communicating Liberty: Mind the Gap
Speakers
Director of Grassroots Coalitions, Leadership Institute
Dena Espenscheid is the Director of Grassroots Coalitions for the Leadership Institute. She has 24 years of experience in grassroots activism, public policy and campaigning. Most recently, she was the Virginia and DC Regional Field Director for the Donald J. Trump for President C...
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Exhibitors
Founded in 1979 by its president, Morton C. Blackwell, LI provides training in campaigns, fundraising, grassroots organizing, youth politics, and communications. The Institute teaches conservatives of all ages how to succeed in politics, government, and the media. The Institute offers...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Sunset 1
2:00pm PDT
Mark Skousen: Modern Portfolio Theory: Three Shocking Charts
Speakers
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Melrose 3/4
2:00pm PDT
Elizabeth Hayes: STUDENT MINI CONFERENCE Kick Ass Activism
Speakers
Academic Programs Associate, Students For Liberty
Elizabeth Hayes is an Academic Programs Associate at Students For Liberty. Graduating from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in International Relations and Arabic, her knowledge of student activism comes from her experience with Young Americans for...
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Exhibitors
Students For Liberty is a rapidly growing network of pro-liberty students from all over the world. Our mission is to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty. We are the largest libertarian student organization in the world. We accomplish this through...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Melrose 1/2
2:00pm PDT
Grover Norquist's Coalition Meeting
Speakers
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
The Studio
2:30pm PDT
Intrepid Spirits (13 min) Jeanine Butler, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday 2:30 pm; Friday 10:00 am, Jeanine Butler, dir. (13 min.)
Since 2000, the unseen wounds of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have affected 320,000 U.S. service members. Intrepid Spirits is an eye-opening look at the revolutionary collaboration between doctors and visionary philanthropist Arnold Fisher to implement cutting edge treatments...
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3:00pm PDT
3:00pm PDT
Brett Pojunis: LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TRAINING #3 Recruiting Friends and Influencing Policy: KISS Them!
Speakers
Chairman, Libertarian Party of Nevada
Brett Pojunis is one of the leaders in the Libertarian Party. He is currently chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, and served two terms on the Libertarian National Committee and one term as treasurer of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance (LSLA). Brett has worked full-time...
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Exhibitors
Founded in 1979 by its president, Morton C. Blackwell, LI provides training in campaigns, fundraising, grassroots organizing, youth politics, and communications. The Institute teaches conservatives of all ages how to succeed in politics, government, and the media. The Institute offers...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Sunset 1
3:00pm PDT
Daniele Struppa, Thomas Jefferson and Euclid: Axioms, Models and the Declaration of Independence
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
Chancellor, Chapman University
Dr. Daniele Struppa has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Maryland (1981) and joined Chapman University as Provost in July 2006. He assumed the position of Chancellor in July 2007. Prior to coming to Chapman University, Dr. Struppa had a distinguished career as a professor...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Melrose 3/4
3:00pm PDT
CJ Sailor: STUDENT MINI CONFERENCE Fight For Free Speech
Speakers
Director of Free Speech, Young Americans for Liberty
CJ served as the Southeast Regional Coordinator for Rand Paul's 2016 Presidential Campaign and worked exclusively with National Youth Director Cliff Maloney, Jr. to start Rand Paul's Barbershop Chat events. Prior to the campaign, CJ worked as Director of Programs for The Gloucester...
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Exhibitors
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is the largest, most active, and fastest-growing pro-liberty organization on America's college campuses. With more than 600 YAL chapters and 204,000 youth activists nationwide, YAL seeks to identify, educate, train, and mobilize young people committed...
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Wednesday July 13, 2016 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Melrose 1/2
3:30pm PDT
Mule: Living on the Outside (11 min.) John McDonald, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 3:30 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am, John McDonald, dir. (11 min.)
MULE: Living on the Outside follows the journey of John Sears aka Mule and his three mules. They have been traveling throughout the western United States for three decades and lived outdoors every single day for over twelve years. Practicing this nomadic lifestyle, however, is becoming...
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3:45pm PDT
I've Just Had a Dream (7 min) Javier Navarro, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 3:45 pm; Thursday, 2:50 pm, Javier Navarro, dir. (7 min.)
Irene is an eight-year-old girl who just had a nightmare. She dreamed the her life had completely changed. Is it just a dream? Amina is also eight years old and also dreamed and just awoke from a lovely dream. Could these dreams come true?
4:00pm PDT
The Return, (23 min.) Matthew Szewczyk, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday 4:00; Thursday 2:00 pm, Matthew Szewczyk (23 min)
A Filipino house maid, Ligaya, held captive by an upper class family in Orange County, California, seeks to find peace in her terrible reality until an observant deliveryman tries to help. The story of Ligaya is a composite, based on actual events, of an immigrant who was sold into...
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4:00pm PDT
4:30pm PDT
People Like Us (11 min.) Tina Gharavi, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday 4:00 pm; Thursday, 9:30 am, Tina Gharavi, dir. (11 min.)
How do you cope with being convicted of a crime you know you did not commit? Since DNA evidence has come into play, approximately 300 people have been released from death row after tests showed they had been wrongfully convicted. Many exonerees are released from their cells without...
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5:00pm PDT
Mark & Jo Ann Skousen: Welcome and Introduction
Speakers
Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival
As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment...
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Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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5:15pm PDT
Wayne Allyn Root: Is Freedom Rising?
Speakers
National Radio and TV Host, Cool Hand Root
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential nominee. He is host of the nationally-syndicated "WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show" aired daily from 6 PM to 9 PM ET on USA Radio network and broadcast on Newsmax TV. Wayne is also a bestselling...
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5:25pm PDT
Steve Forbes: Reviving America
Speakers
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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5:40pm PDT
5:55pm PDT
6:10pm PDT
Michael Medved: The Year of Rage and What To Do About It
Speakers
Radio Talk Show Host, Author
Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. His daily three-hour show reaches 300 stations and an audience of more than 4 million, placing him on the Talkers Magazine list of top ten political talk shows. Michael started Yale at age 16 as...
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6:25pm PDT
6:30pm PDT
8:00pm PDT
Global Investments Reception
Speakers
Founder and Managing Partner, Swiss Infinity Global Investments, GmBH
Daniel Zurbruegg is the founder and managing partner of Swiss Infinity Global Investments, a company that is helping Americans invest internationally and protect their assets. The services offered by Swiss Infinity go far beyond what one normally expects from an investment management...
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Exhibitors
Swiss Infinity Global Investments (GmbH) is an independent Swiss investment advisor focused on serving U.S. persons. Registered in Switzerland and the United States (U.S. SEC registered RIA), we provide personalized wealth management solutions for individual private clients and families...
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7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
Special Event Breakfast with Dinesh D'Souza ($): Clinton World: Back to the Future? Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Moderators
Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival
As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment...
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Speakers
Author, Filmmaker
Dinesh D’Souza has had a 35-year career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 7:00am - 7:50am PDT
The Studio
7:50am PDT
Meet and Greet with Emcee Terry Brock
Speakers
Author, Speaker, Marketing Coach, Achievement Systems, Inc
Terry Brock is the new emcee for FreedomFest. He helps audiences around the world achieve their goals to live life with the principles of liberty and freedom. He is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, a syndicated columnist with Business Journals, and is a marketing coach. Terry...
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8:00am PDT
The Big Bull vs Bear Debate (Bert Dohmen, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Alexander Green, Peter Schiff)
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
President, Dohmen Capital Research
Bert Dohmen is president and founder of Dohmen Capital Research Inc. (DCRI). He has achieved an international reputation for his expertise in forecasting the major investment markets, interest rates, and economic trends. Bert Dohmen is known as a Fed watcher and a contrarian. You...
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Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning & Total Wealth Research
Keith Fitz-Gerald has spent 35 years in global markets as a consultant, analyst and trader. More than 3 million readers, subscribers and viewers depend on his commentary, perspective and analysis every month to help them navigate today’s complicated markets with good reason. Keith...
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Chief Investment Strategist, Oxford Club
Alexander Green is the chief investment strategist of The Oxford Club and Investment U and Editor of The Momentum Alert, The Insider Alert and The True Value Alert. The independent Hulbert Financial Digest ranks his Oxford Communiqué on its Honor Roll of top-performing investment...
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CEO, Euro Pacific Capital
Peter Schiff is chairman of SchiffGold; CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.; and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters...
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8:30am PDT
Darrell MacMullin, Enabling of a Global Currency for Today's Global Commerce: Centralized or Decentralized? The Re-Invention of Gold.
Speakers
CEO, BitGold Corp
Darrell MacMullin has driven successful new payment and commerce innovations for the past 15 years, including the launch and leadership of PayPal during its first eight years in Canada. He has worked closely both as an advisor and investor with entrepreneurs, developers and industry...
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Diamond Sponsors
Goldmoney Inc. is a global, full-reserve and gold-based financial services group. Goldmoney provides financial services as a trusted, limited, third party, combining the unique attributes of gold with technology-driven innovation. Through Goldmoney Wealth® the company offers precious...
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8:40am PDT
9:00am PDT
Libertarian CEOs: Creating a New Brand of Capitalism (John Allison, Bill Bonner, Jennifer Grossman, John Mackey, Mark Skousen)
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
Cato Institute, Wake Forest University
John Allison is Chairman of the Executive Advisory Council of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, and a member of the Cato Institute’s Board of Directors. He was president and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015. Prior to...
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Founder and President, Agora, Inc.
In 1978, William Bonner created what is nowknown as Agora Inc. What began as a smallpublishing company based in Washington,DC, has grown to be one of the largest andmost successful consumer newsletterpublishers in the world. Since foundingAgora Inc., Bill Bonner has worked steadilyto...
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President, The Atlas Society
As president of The Atlas Society, Jennifer Anju Grossman brings a powerful combination of executive management, public policy, and digital media expertise. Her creativity, charisma and commitment to Objectivism are taking the liberty movement to the next level. Her mission is to...
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Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
John Mackey is an American businessman. He is the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded in 1980. Named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He is one of the most influential advocates in the movement...
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Exhibitors
The purpose of The Atlas Society is to inspire and equip people to embrace reason, achievement, and ethical self-interest as the moral foundation for political liberty and personal happiness. We promote open Objectivism, a living, growing philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, the author...
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9:30am PDT
9:30am PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Cato Institute, Wake Forest University
John Allison is Chairman of the Executive Advisory Council of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, and a member of the Cato Institute’s Board of Directors. He was president and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015. Prior to...
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Founder and President, Agora, Inc.
In 1978, William Bonner created what is nowknown as Agora Inc. What began as a smallpublishing company based in Washington,DC, has grown to be one of the largest andmost successful consumer newsletterpublishers in the world. Since foundingAgora Inc., Bill Bonner has worked steadilyto...
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CEO, Euro Pacific Capital
Peter Schiff is chairman of SchiffGold; CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.; and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters...
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9:30am PDT
People Like Us (11 min.) Tina Gharavi, dir. DISCUSSION: "The Trauma of Wrongful Conviction"
Speakers
Owner, CitizenA Media
Sean W. Malone is the owner of CitizenA Media, a company specializing in creative consulting, film & video production, motion graphics design & animation, and original music composition. Prior to his work as a freelance producer, Sean studied music performance and composition for...
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Anthem
Wednesday 4:00 pm; Thursday, 9:30 am, Tina Gharavi, dir. (11 min.)
How do you cope with being convicted of a crime you know you did not commit? Since DNA evidence has come into play, approximately 300 people have been released from death row after tests showed they had been wrongfully convicted. Many exonerees are released from their cells without...
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10:00am PDT
Power Moves: Latest Trends in Energy and Investment (Harvey Howell, M.A. Plummer, Steve Stengell)
Moderators
Founder, Managing Director, The Global Advisory Group
Dan Mangru is the founder and Managing Director of The Global Advisory Group, a Palm Beach advisory firm that focuses on globalization, real estate development, strategic partnering, media, and new business development with relations in over 20 countries. Mangru was the host and executive...
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Speakers
Consulting Geologist, High Gravity Resources
Harvey Howell is a third-generation wildcatter and native San Antonian. He grew up following his grandfather and father across South Texas oil fields, learning the drilling and operating business. He studied Geology and Petroleum Land Management at University of Texas, Austin, and...
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Founder & Owner, Texas E&P
M. A. Plummer is the founder and owner of the Texas E&P Companies. Mr. Plummer holds degrees in biology and biochemistry from Pan American University and in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a registered Professional Engineer, having diverse experience...
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President CEO, Chairman, Encore Energy, Inc.
Steve Stengell is the founder, president and CEO of Encore Energy, Inc., which specializes in oil exploration and production in Kentucky. He is the former president and CEO of E & P Company, Allied Energy, Inc., Allied Operating TX and OK. The company maintained audited financial...
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10:00am PDT
Short: Safety School (3 min.) Jeremy Michael Cohen and Victoria Hill, dir. Main feature: Can We Take a Joke? (75 min.) Ted Balaker, dir.
Speakers
Comedian, Can We Take a Joke?
Born in Hollywood California, Christopher got his brand of humor from traveling from state to state and country to country in a military family. Chris decided to focused on comedy and public speaking after winning a comedy contest in Tacoma, Washington. Since 2005 he has used his...
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Anthem
Thursday, 10:00 am, Ted Balaker, dir. (75 min.)
In the 1960s, cops arrested Lenny Bruce for word crimes, but today the policed have become the police. Many people are bent on silencing jokes and opinions that offend them, but now some of the sharpest comedic minds, people like Penn Jillette, Adam Carolla, Gilbert Gottfried, Lisa...
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Thursday, 10:00 am, Saturday, 4:00 pm, Jeremy Michael Cohen, Victoria Hill, dirs. (3 min.)
During his speech to his fellow college graduates, Moses is forced to watch what he says under the watch of an electrifying representative of the Dept. of Education. Comedy.
10:00am PDT
10:25am PDT
Paul Hornbach: How to Profit from the Upcoming Wave of Technological Metals Shortages
Speakers
Account Manager, SwissMetal (SMH)
Indiana University and University of New York, at AlbanyB.A. EconomicsExperience:Securities Industry: Merrill LynchReal Estate: Florida with Downing Frye and Sun RealtySmall Business Owner: Over 20 years.Travels: Europe, have lived in Central and South America formore than 6 years.Paul...
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Exhibitors
Panama based Schweizerische Metallhandel S.A., better known asSMH Panama, helps individuals acquire physical ownership of rare strategic and industrial precious metals. Rare strategic metals are used in 90% of industries and 95% of products manufactured today. A few examples include...
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10:35am PDT
Money Streams: New Ways to Profit From Capitalism (Rich Checkan, Josh Crumb, Darren Marks, Alf Temme, Daniel Zurbruegg)
Speakers
Investment Panel, President, Asset Strategies International
Rich Checkan joined Asset Strategies International (ASI), then International Financial Consultants Inc., in 1996 after working in sales for telecommunications and multinational service corporations in Macon and Atlanta, Ga. As the president and COO of ASI, and with almost 20 years...
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Chief Strategy Officer, Goldmoney Inc.
Josh Crumb is a co-founder of Goldmoney Inc. and has served as its Chief Strategy Officer and Director since 2014. Mr. Crumb was previously an executive director at Goldman Sachs as the Senior Metals Strategist in the Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research Division in...
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Chairman & CEO, Grom Social
Darren Marks co-founded and served as vice president of Sims Communications, a NASDAQ traded telecommunications company and has co-founded and held executive level positions at other publicly traded companies.
President, ROM
Alf is an “Outside the Box” thinker. In 1963 he started his “Nordic Sauna Company," custom building residential and commercial saunas and now is on the web at
www.Sauna.com. Then in 1990 he began manufacturing the now famous 4 minute per day ROM (stands for Range of Motion) exercise machine which was advertised full page in all the airline magazines. See it in the exhibit hall of Freedomfest and try it out yourself. Several of the attendees at Freedomfest...
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Founder and Managing Partner, Swiss Infinity Global Investments, GmBH
Daniel Zurbruegg is the founder and managing partner of Swiss Infinity Global Investments, a company that is helping Americans invest internationally and protect their assets. The services offered by Swiss Infinity go far beyond what one normally expects from an investment management...
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Diamond Sponsors
Goldmoney Inc. is a global, full-reserve and gold-based financial services group. Goldmoney provides financial services as a trusted, limited, third party, combining the unique attributes of gold with technology-driven innovation. Through Goldmoney Wealth® the company offers precious...
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Exhibitors
Grom Social, Inc. ("Grom"), an exciting pre-IPO opportunity, is a highly interactive social media platform/website, "By Kids for Kids," founded by 15-year-old Zach Marks. In three years, Grom has grown to over 3 million users in over 200 countries and territories and has been publicized...
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ROM stands for Range Of Motion. It is an exactly-4-minutes-persday exercise - no more but sometimes even less (3 minutes or even 2.5 minutes) - that gives a person (no matter how old or fit) the same or even superior results as a 60- to 90-minute workout in a health club. Sounds crazy...
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11:00am PDT
John Mackey & John Roemer, Capitalism vs Socialism: Which is the Best Model of Success?
Speakers
Senior Writer, Navellier.com
Gary Alexander is currently Senior Writer at Navellier.com, where he edits MarketMail, including his own Growth Mail column. For the previous 20 years, he was Senior Executive Editor at InvestorPlace Media (formerly Phillips Publishing), where he edited market experts like Richard...
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Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
John Mackey is an American businessman. He is the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded in 1980. Named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He is one of the most influential advocates in the movement...
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Professor, Yale University
John Roemer is the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University. His work concerns distributive justice, political economy, and the relationship between them. Recent books are Sustainability for a warming planet (Harvard UP 2015...
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Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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12:00pm PDT
Everything (16 min.) Daniel Hanna, dir. PANEL "Bad to the Bone: Feds Block Compensation for Bone Marrow Donors"
Speakers
Institute for Justice
John Kramer's strategic media relations work—coupled with IJ’s litigation—has protected homes and small businesses nationwide from eminent domain abuse, and secured the rights of entrepreneurs to earn an honest living when the government sought to shut them out. Kramer’s work...
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Institute for Justice
Jeff currently represents cancer patients and their families, a prominent doctor, and a California nonprofit organization in a path-breaking constitutional challenge to the federal criminal ban on compensation for lifesaving bone marrow donors. A native of Alberta, Canada, Jeff dropped...
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Anthem
Wednesday, 2:00 pm; Thursday, 12:00 pm, R. J. Daniel Hanna, dir. (16 min.)
To save her daughter’s life, a mother is forced to take desperate actions: She must break an unjust law, and then find and confront the woman who backed out of a life-saving procedure.PANEL "Body Parts and Passion" John Kramer, Jeff Rowes
12:00pm PDT
12:00pm PDT
12:00pm PDT
Special Event Luncheon ($): Leaning In, Libertarian Style: A Frank and Honest Conversation on Women in the Liberty Movement Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Speakers
President, The Atlas Society
As president of The Atlas Society, Jennifer Anju Grossman brings a powerful combination of executive management, public policy, and digital media expertise. Her creativity, charisma and commitment to Objectivism are taking the liberty movement to the next level. Her mission is to...
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Executive Director, Antiwar.com
Angela Keaton, a revisionist historian of the libertarian movement in the U.S., is a legal researcher at a West Hollywood based law firm and executive director of the Randolph Bourne Institute. Keaton received her M.A and J.D. from the University of Florida.
Author/Investor/Speaker, Paasive Income Advisors
Gena is an Investor, Author, and Speaker. Homeless and Abandoned at the age of 2, her primary goal was Financial Freedom. Within a few short years, she achieved Financial Freedom by acquiring over 4k apartment units and other income-producing assets, while simultaneously on the management...
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Executive Director, Ladies of Liberty Alliance
Nena Bartlett Whitfield is from Ann Arbor, Michigan and moved to Washington, DC upon completing her Master's program in Diplomacy from Norwich University in Vermont in 2007. She has worked at the Cato Institute and has been involved with a number of political campaigns, most recently...
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12:00pm PDT
12:00pm PDT
1:00pm PDT
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Do We Still Have A Constitution?
Speakers
Senior Writer, Navellier.com
Gary Alexander is currently Senior Writer at Navellier.com, where he edits MarketMail, including his own Growth Mail column. For the previous 20 years, he was Senior Executive Editor at InvestorPlace Media (formerly Phillips Publishing), where he edited market experts like Richard...
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Author, Speaker, Marketing Coach, Achievement Systems, Inc
Terry Brock is the new emcee for FreedomFest. He helps audiences around the world achieve their goals to live life with the principles of liberty and freedom. He is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, a syndicated columnist with Business Journals, and is a marketing coach. Terry...
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Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. Judge Napolitano joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in January 1998 and currently serves...
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2:00pm PDT
Daniel Zurbruegg, Wealth Protection and the Best Global Investment Opportunities
Speakers
Founder and Managing Partner, Swiss Infinity Global Investments, GmBH
Daniel Zurbruegg is the founder and managing partner of Swiss Infinity Global Investments, a company that is helping Americans invest internationally and protect their assets. The services offered by Swiss Infinity go far beyond what one normally expects from an investment management...
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Exhibitors
Swiss Infinity Global Investments (GmbH) is an independent Swiss investment advisor focused on serving U.S. persons. Registered in Switzerland and the United States (U.S. SEC registered RIA), we provide personalized wealth management solutions for individual private clients and families...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Wilshire B
2:00pm PDT
Darrell MacMullin & Josh Crumb, Ditching the Legacy of Legacy Payment Rails: Democratizing Cross-Border Payments for Instant, Secure, Affordable and Accessible Transactions
Speakers
Chief Strategy Officer, Goldmoney Inc.
Josh Crumb is a co-founder of Goldmoney Inc. and has served as its Chief Strategy Officer and Director since 2014. Mr. Crumb was previously an executive director at Goldman Sachs as the Senior Metals Strategist in the Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research Division in...
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CEO, BitGold Corp
Darrell MacMullin has driven successful new payment and commerce innovations for the past 15 years, including the launch and leadership of PayPal during its first eight years in Canada. He has worked closely both as an advisor and investor with entrepreneurs, developers and industry...
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Diamond Sponsors
Goldmoney Inc. is a global, full-reserve and gold-based financial services group. Goldmoney provides financial services as a trusted, limited, third party, combining the unique attributes of gold with technology-driven innovation. Through Goldmoney Wealth® the company offers precious...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Sunset 2
2:00pm PDT
David Phillips: The10 Most Common Mistakes in Estate Planning and How to Avoid Them
Speakers
Founder and CEO, Estate Planning Specialists
David T. Phillips is a teacher, but not in a traditional classroom; he has taught thousands of Americans how to protect their families and properly plan their estates. He began his career in 1972 and is a life- and qualifying- member of the Top of Table continuously since 1983. His...
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Exhibitors
Established in 1988, Estate Planning Specialists, LLC has assisted thousands of Americans in planning their estates properly. Our primary focus is to develop strategies that protect your wealth and maximize the distribution of your wealth for you and future generations.
Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Melrose 3
2:00pm PDT
Gene Epstein, The Fall in Economic Freedom in the U.S. and Slowdown in Economic Growth
Moderators
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow who specializes in fiscal policy, tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending. He also serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow...
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Speakers
Economics Editor, Barron's Magazine
Gene Epstein joined Barron’s in February 1992 as Commodities Editor and quickly became the weekly’s first Economics Editor and the first to write the column, “Economic Beat,”--which he writes to this day. He is also the Barron’s Book Review Editor. He is the author of ECONOSPINNING...
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2:00pm PDT
High Gravity Presents One of Their Industry Partners / Geologist Harvey H. Howell As They Discuss Their Recent Success And Current Opportunities In South Texas
Speakers
Consulting Geologist, High Gravity Resources
Harvey Howell is a third-generation wildcatter and native San Antonian. He grew up following his grandfather and father across South Texas oil fields, learning the drilling and operating business. He studied Geology and Petroleum Land Management at University of Texas, Austin, and...
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Managing Member, High Gravity Resources
Doug Shea serves as the managing member of High Gravity LP Management, LLC. Previously, Shea was a registered representative specializing in natural resource and real estate investments for almost ten years. He holds a B. S. degree in Natural Resources from Oregon State University...
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Diamond Sponsors
High Gravity Resources, LLC was formed to be an alternative outlet for Accredited Investors who are interested in Direct Energy Investments. Our focus is to remain small and manage our resources effectively. The company was founded in 2012 with the purpose of providing our partners...
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2:00pm PDT
Lawrence Reed: FEE DAY Excuse Me, Professor
Speakers
President, Foundation for Economic Education
Larry Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Before joining FEE, Reed served as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan. He is the author of Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism and a forthcoming book, Real...
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Exhibitors
FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society. For young minds interested in an introduction to free market economics and its foundations in the broader philosophy of individual liberty, FEE is the...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
2:00pm PDT
MEDIA TRACK Media Blast: Best Ways to Get Your Liberty Message OUT! (Larry Elder, Dre Baldwin, Craig Huey)
Speakers
Founder, Work on Your Own Game
Dre Baldwin created Work On Your Game, a Mental Toughness philosophy imparting Mental Toughness, Confidence and Self-Discipline to athletes, entrepreneurs and business professionals. Dre has worked with and been featured by Nike, Finish Line, Wendy's Gatorade, Buick, Wilson Sports...
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Author and Talk-Show Host, The Larry Elder Show
A "firebrand" according to Daily Variety, bestselling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder has a take-no-prisoners style, using such old-fashioned techniques as evidence and logic. Larry shines the bright light of reasoned analysis on many of the myths and hypocrisies apparent...
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Publisher, The Huey Report
Craig Huey is a nationally recognized political commentator and marketing consultant who regularly appears on national news outlets such as Fox News. Over the years Craig has earned an international reputation as a business and marketing consultant to a variety of clients, embracing...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Melrose 4
2:00pm PDT
Peter Schiff: The Junkie Economy--How Monetary Dependency Created a Zombie
Speakers
CEO, Euro Pacific Capital
Peter Schiff is chairman of SchiffGold; CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.; and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters...
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Exhibitors
Euro Pacific Capital offers a means for American investors to gain exposure to those areas of the global economy that have largely avoided the crushing debt burden that has swamped many developed economies.
Based on the irresponsible policies of the Federal Reserve and the continued...
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2:00pm PDT
Tax Reform: Improving Economies, Empowering Lives (Joseph Henchman, Scott Hodge, Brad Lips)
Speakers
Vice President, Tax Foundation
Joe Henchman is Vice President at the Tax Foundation, where he analyzes state tax trends, constitutional issues, and tax law developments. He has testified or presented to officials in 31 states, testified before Congress six times, and has written over 75 major studies on tax policy...
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President, Tax Foundation
Scott Hodge is president of the Tax Foundation, where he has made it one of the most influential organizations on tax policy in Washington and in state capitals. He was the creative force behind the Tax Foundation’s Taxes and Growth Dynamic Tax Modeling project and the State Business...
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CEO, Atlas Network
Brad Lips is the CEO of Atlas Network. He joined Atlas Network in 1998 believing sound policy ideas are best spread by organizations using sound business practices. Brad received his MBA from Emory University and his BA from Princeton University. Prior to joining Atlas Network in...
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Exhibitors
Taxes are a part of life, but they don’t need to be burdensome and complex, nor inhibit economic growth. An ideal tax code is one that follows the principles of sound tax policy: simplicity, neutrality, transparency, and stability. The Tax Foundation is devoted to educating taxpayers...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Wilshire A
2:00pm PDT
The Belize Advantage: Structures, Taxes, Passports, Banking and Foreign Real Estate (Christian Burn, Dave Drummon, Peter Zipper)
Speakers
Vice President of Sales, Georgetown Trust
Dave Drummond helps clients who are“going international.” From banking and asset protection to residency and alternative investments, Dave helps others streamline their initiatives. As a resident of Belize since 2008, Dave uses real world experience and a thorough knowledge of...
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President and CEO, Caye Bank International
Peter Zipper has been president of Caye International Bank in Belize since 2006. He has over 30 years of international banking experience. He graduated from the Geographic Institute of Vienna, Austria, with a degree in Geography and Cartography. Immediately thereafter he attended...
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Exhibitors
Discover Belize's unique advantages to enjoying life, growing your wealth and protecting your future! Nowhere else can you find such a unique balance of living, investing, vacationing, banking and asset protection in one place. However, don't take our word for it; come and experience...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Sunset 1
2:00pm PDT
2:00pm PDT
2:00pm PDT
2:50pm PDT
2:50pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Correspondent, National Review Institute
Kevin D. Williamson is National Review’s roving correspondent and the author of several books, including The End Is Near and It’s Going To Be Awesome and The Case against Trump. He began his journalism career as an editor with the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and...
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2:50pm PDT
I've Just Had a Dream (7 min.) Javier Navarro, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 3:45 pm; Thursday, 2:50 pm, Javier Navarro, dir. (7 min.)
Irene is an eight-year-old girl who just had a nightmare. She dreamed the her life had completely changed. Is it just a dream? Amina is also eight years old and also dreamed and just awoke from a lovely dream. Could these dreams come true?
3:20pm PDT
Daniel Nance: Own Inflation-Proof Rare Tech Metals Stored in Offshore Vaults for Wealth Preservation and Profit
Speakers
Senior Account Manager, SwissMetal (SMH)
Daniel Nance, Senior Account Manager at Schweizerische Metallhandel (SMH) in Panama City, Panama, directs an experienced sales team for rare and strategic metals. Providing personalized access to scarce, high demand, rare and strategic industrial as well as precious metals for individuals...
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Exhibitors
Panama based Schweizerische Metallhandel S.A., better known asSMH Panama, helps individuals acquire physical ownership of rare strategic and industrial precious metals. Rare strategic metals are used in 90% of industries and 95% of products manufactured today. A few examples include...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Wilshire A
3:20pm PDT
DEBATE Which is Best: Flat Tax or Progressive Tax? (Mark Skousen, Lanny Ebenstein)
Speakers
Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
Lanny Ebenstein, adjunct scholar, is the author of Friedrich Hayek: A Biography, the first English language biography of Hayek, and Hayek’s Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek. His most recent book is Milton Friedman: A Biography. He is a visiting professor at the University of...
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Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Melrose 3
3:20pm PDT
Grom Social: A Children’s Media Destination Pre-IPO Opportunity (Darren Marks, Zach Marks, Sander Schwartz)
Speakers
Founder, Grom Social
By the time Zach was 10 years old, he developed a strong interest in computers, technology, and business. After being twice banned from Facebook by his parents, Zach set off on the biggest adventure of his young life – the creation of Grom Social. At age 12 Zach developed...
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Chairman & CEO, Grom Social
Darren Marks co-founded and served as vice president of Sims Communications, a NASDAQ traded telecommunications company and has co-founded and held executive level positions at other publicly traded companies.
President, Grom Social
Sander Schwartz is an Emmy Award winning senior entertainment executive and producer of innovative entertainment content in the kids’ space. Mr. Schwartz formerly held positions as president of FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment, president of International Production for...
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Exhibitors
Grom Social, Inc. ("Grom"), an exciting pre-IPO opportunity, is a highly interactive social media platform/website, "By Kids for Kids," founded by 15-year-old Zach Marks. In three years, Grom has grown to over 3 million users in over 200 countries and territories and has been publicized...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Sunset 1
3:20pm PDT
Jeff Berwick & Daniel McCarthy: LIB-X Decriminalize (Not Legalize) All the Drugs!
Moderators
Editor, The American Conservative
Daniel McCarthy is the editor of The American Conservative. His writings have appeared in a wide variety of other publications, including The Spectator, Reason, Modern Age, and Orion. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008...
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Speakers
Founder and Chief Editor, Dollar Vigilante
Jeff Berwick, the “Dollar Vigilante,” is an outspoken economic, financial and monetary commentator, libertarian activist, podcast host and media mogul. He is the founder and Chief Editor of the wildly popular Dollar Vigilante website and financial newsletter.He is also the host...
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3:20pm PDT
Just Business: Can Good Profits Save Capitalism? (John Allison, Rob Bradley, Steven Bradley, Stephen Hicks)
Speakers
Cato Institute, Wake Forest University
John Allison is Chairman of the Executive Advisory Council of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, and a member of the Cato Institute’s Board of Directors. He was president and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015. Prior to...
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Institute for Energy Research, Founder & CEO
Robert L. Bradley Jr. (Rob) is founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research, a classical liberal think tank located in Washington, DC and in Houston, Texas. IER was involved in the Trump Administration transition with the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory...
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Professor, Rockford University
Stephen R. C. Hicks is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois. He is the author of three books: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, Nietzsche and the Nazis, and The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis (co-edited...
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3:20pm PDT
Larry Elder, David Evans (mod): Why Donald Trump WILL Get Black Votes!
Moderators
Division President -New Media & Publishing, Salem Media Group
Speakers
Author and Talk-Show Host, The Larry Elder Show
A "firebrand" according to Daily Variety, bestselling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder has a take-no-prisoners style, using such old-fashioned techniques as evidence and logic. Larry shines the bright light of reasoned analysis on many of the myths and hypocrisies apparent...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
The Studio
3:20pm PDT
MEDIA TRACK How to Change the World and Get Rich Through Social Media (Dre Baldwin, Floyd Brown, Craig Huey)
Speakers
Founder, Work on Your Own Game
Dre Baldwin created Work On Your Game, a Mental Toughness philosophy imparting Mental Toughness, Confidence and Self-Discipline to athletes, entrepreneurs and business professionals. Dre has worked with and been featured by Nike, Finish Line, Wendy's Gatorade, Buick, Wilson Sports...
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Chairman, Liftable Media
Floyd G. Brown is chairman of Liftable Media Inc., which owns three of the top 150 most visited websites in the US:
Westernjournalism.com,
ConservativeTribune.com and
Liftable.com. He is also chairman of Anthem Broadcasting LLC, the parent company of USA Radio Network. Formerly, Mr. Brown served as president of Western Center for Journalism, executive director of Young America's Foundation, and founding president of Citizens United. He has been an advisor t...
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Publisher, The Huey Report
Craig Huey is a nationally recognized political commentator and marketing consultant who regularly appears on national news outlets such as Fox News. Over the years Craig has earned an international reputation as a business and marketing consultant to a variety of clients, embracing...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Melrose 4
3:20pm PDT
Peter Jaworski, FEE DAY Buying & Selling Sex, Kidneys, Votes, and... Children?
Moderators
Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Speakers
Assistant Teaching Professor, Georgetown University
Peter Martin Jaworski is an Assistant Teaching Professor teaching business ethics at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow with the Canadian Constitution Foundation, and a Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies. He has also been a Visiting Research Professor at Brown...
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Exhibitors
FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society. For young minds interested in an introduction to free market economics and its foundations in the broader philosophy of individual liberty, FEE is the...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
3:20pm PDT
Privacy, Patrols, and Protection: Inside Policing in America (CKI) (Jim Bueermann, Russel Coleman, Neill Franklin, Kevin Williamson)
Moderators
Director, External Relations, Charles Koch Institute
Speakers
President, Police Foundation
In September 2012, Jim Bueermann was appointedpresident of the Washington, DC-based PoliceFoundation, America’s oldest non-partisan,non-pro t police research organization. Heworked for the Redlands (CA) PoliceDepartment for 33 years, serving in everyunit within the department. As...
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Attorney, US Justice Action Network & Partner, Frost Brown Todd, LLC
Russell M. Coleman practices in the areas ofgovernment relations, internal investigationsand white collar criminal defense. He hasworked in both federal law enforcement andon Capitol Hill. Before returning to privatepractice in Kentucky, he served as brie ngcoordinator to two Attorneys...
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Executive Director, LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Major Neill Franklin, a 34-year law enforcement veteran, retired from the Maryland State Police in 1999 after rising through the ranks, undercover narcotics agent to a commander within the Bureau of Drug and Criminal Enforcement. Major Franklin was recruited by the Baltimore Police...
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Correspondent, National Review Institute
Kevin D. Williamson is National Review’s roving correspondent and the author of several books, including The End Is Near and It’s Going To Be Awesome and The Case against Trump. He began his journalism career as an editor with the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and...
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Exhibitors
The Charles Koch Institute is an educational organization focused on the importance of free societies and how they increase well-being for the overwhelming majority of people. Through the Institute’s professional education, research, and training programs, we work to prepare professionals...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
3:20pm PDT
Steve Stengell: How to Make Money at $10 Oil- "Investment Opportunity, After the Meltdown"
Speakers
President CEO, Chairman, Encore Energy, Inc.
Steve Stengell is the founder, president and CEO of Encore Energy, Inc., which specializes in oil exploration and production in Kentucky. He is the former president and CEO of E & P Company, Allied Energy, Inc., Allied Operating TX and OK. The company maintained audited financial...
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Diamond Sponsors
Encore Energy, Inc. has built an exploration and production company in proven areas of Kentucky where more than ~5 million BO have already been produced. As the bonded operator, 100% working interest lease owner and the largest investor in each project, Encore mitigates risk through...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Sunset 2
3:20pm PDT
Tawfik Hamid, Lee Edwards (mod) How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, and How to Defeat it
Speakers
Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater...
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Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer and a one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a radical Islamic organization in Egypt with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri (who later became the first in command of Al-Qaeda). More than 30 years ago he started a reformation...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 3:20pm - 4:10pm PDT
Wilshire B
3:20pm PDT
Trumpism: A New European Disease? (Frank Buckley, Dusan Milijevic, Joel Stern, Barbara Kolm)
Speakers
Professor, George Mason Law School
Frank Buckley is a professor at George Mason LawSchool, where he teaches a course about theFramers at their 1787 Convention inPhiladelphia. Buckley teaches that they gaveus our Constitution and were the wisestgroup of Americans ever assembled in oneroom—but almost no one today understandswhat...
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President, Hayek Institute
Barbara Kolm holds degrees in business studies and economics and serves as CEO in private enterprises as well as NGOs. She does academic research and lectures at universities on the topics of efficiency processes, and financial and legal foundations of administrative and state institutions...
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Founder, OwnYourCountry.org
Dusan Miljevic is the founder of OwnYourCountry.org, a global grassroots movement that proposes that voters upgrade their voting rights into property, thereby legalizing their free trade. The consequence would be instant transformation of today’s nation states from socialist “tragedies...
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CEO, Stern Value Management. Ltd.
Joel M. Stern is the Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer at Stern Value Management Ltd. Previously he served as President of Chase Financial Policy, the financial advisory arm of Chase Manhattan Bank. He is an adjunct professor at six Graduate Schools of Business which...
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3:20pm PDT
3:20pm PDT
4:20pm PDT
Angela Keaton: LIB-X Bring the Troops Home Now!
Speakers
Executive Director, Antiwar.com
Angela Keaton, a revisionist historian of the libertarian movement in the U.S., is a legal researcher at a West Hollywood based law firm and executive director of the Randolph Bourne Institute. Keaton received her M.A and J.D. from the University of Florida.
Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
4:20pm PDT
Dinesh D'Souza & Michael Shermer: DEBATE Is the Bible the Good Book or Bad Theology?
Speakers
Author, Filmmaker
Dinesh D’Souza has had a 35-year career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution...
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Founding Publisher, Skeptic Magazine/ Columnist, Scientific American
Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and a presidential fellow at Chapman University. His new book is The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice...
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4:20pm PDT
Emerging Issues for those Fighting for Freedom (John Fund, Travis Korson, George Landrith)
Speakers
Columnist, National Review
John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001. Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and the...
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Senior Fellow, Frontiers of Freedom
Travis Korson is a Senior Fellow with Frontiers of Freedom. A veteran of politics with years of experience in campaigns, communications and public policy. Travis previously served in the Bush White House and has spent time at various center-right organizations and government institutions...
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President and CEO, Frontiers of Freedom
Since 1998, George Landrith has served as the President and CEO of Frontiers of Freedom – a public policy think tank devoted to promoting a strong national defense, free markets, individual liberty, and constitutionally limited government. Previously, Landrith served as the Vice...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Wilshire A
4:20pm PDT
FEE Day Fear and Loathing: The Rise of American Fascism (Max Borders, Steve Horwitz, Jeffrey Tucker)
Speakers
Director of Idea Accounts, Emergent Order
Max Borders is Director of Idea Accounts atEmergent Order. He is former Editor andDirector of content for The Freemanmagazine, The Freeman Online (fee.org/freeman) and FEE.org and a contributingeditor.In 2013, Max co-founded Voice & Exit(voiceandexit.com) -- an annual eventdedicated...
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Distinguished Scholar, Foundation for Economic Education
Steven Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center in Arlington, VA. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Canada and a distinguished scholar at the Foundation for...
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Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Exhibitors
FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society. For young minds interested in an introduction to free market economics and its foundations in the broader philosophy of individual liberty, FEE is the...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
4:20pm PDT
M.A. Plummer: $50+ Oil- The Oil Boom is Coming Back
Speakers
Founder & Owner, Texas E&P
M. A. Plummer is the founder and owner of the Texas E&P Companies. Mr. Plummer holds degrees in biology and biochemistry from Pan American University and in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a registered Professional Engineer, having diverse experience...
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Diamond Sponsors
Based in Dallas, Texas, the Texas E&P Companies are a family-owned group of companies that offer direct investment opportunities in oil and natural gas projects since 1994. Our companies have been dedicated to maximizing the value of our operations and our projects. We focus on...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Sunset 1
4:20pm PDT
PANEL Graduate to Prosperity! Millennials' Pathway to the American Dream (Roger Custer, Kevin Harrington, John Mackey, Carrie Sheffield, Donald Smith)
Speakers
Executive Director, America's Future Foundation
Roger Custer is the executive director ofAmerica’s Future Foundation. Under hisleadership since 2011, AFF’s impact, programs,and budget have grown steadily. He is a 2012graduate of the Koch Associate Program anda 2014 recipient of the William F. Buckley, Jr.Award from the Young...
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Entrepreneur
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur over the last 40 years and an Original Shark on ABC's hit, Emmy winning TV show, “Shark Tank.” He is also Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Founding Board Member of Electronic Retailers Association (ERA), representing...
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Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
John Mackey is an American businessman. He is the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded in 1980. Named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He is one of the most influential advocates in the movement...
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Founder, Bold
Carrie Sheffield is founder of Bold, a Millennial-focused, news & cultural platform centered on ideals of personal responsibility and accessible capitalism. A Forbes political economy contributor, she regularly appears in major print and broadcast outlets nationwide. She began her...
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President & Chief Investment Officer, Donald Smith & Co
Donald Smith has devoted his entire career to all aspects of the investment business that support the management of client portfolios. He began his career as an analyst with Capital Research Company and subsequently became a director, vice president and portfolio manager of Capital...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Melrose 4
4:20pm PDT
Rick Durfee: The 5 Best Planning Practices for Any Estate
Speakers
Principal and Founder, Durfee Law Group
Richard Durfee is a principal and founder with Durfee Law Group, PLLC, and has been practicing law since 1988. His practice is limited to providing estate and business planning services for wealthy individuals and their businesses. Mr. Durfee focuses on preventive law--dynasty estate...
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Exhibitors
Durfee Law Group, PLLC: Serving the best clients in the world for Dynasty Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Charitable Planning, Business and Tax Planning, and related matters.
Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Melrose 3
4:20pm PDT
4:20pm PDT
Torgny Persson: How Safe is Your Gold?
Speakers
CEO and Founder, BullionStar
Torgny Persson is the CEO and founder of the Singaporean precious metals company BullionStar Pte Ltd (
www.bullionstar.com) Torgny started BullionStar in 2012 when the Singaporean government exempted investment precious metals such as gold bars, gold coins, silver bars and silver coins from GST...
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Exhibitors
BullionStar offers bullion and bullion vault storage in Singapore.
Thursday July 14, 2016 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Sunset 2
5:20pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Professor, George Mason Law School
Frank Buckley is a professor at George Mason LawSchool, where he teaches a course about theFramers at their 1787 Convention inPhiladelphia. Buckley teaches that they gaveus our Constitution and were the wisestgroup of Americans ever assembled in oneroom—but almost no one today understandswhat...
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Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer and a one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a radical Islamic organization in Egypt with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri (who later became the first in command of Al-Qaeda). More than 30 years ago he started a reformation...
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Founding Publisher, Skeptic Magazine/ Columnist, Scientific American
Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and a presidential fellow at Chapman University. His new book is The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice...
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5:20pm PDT
America's Future Foundation Reception
Exhibitors
America's Future Foundation recruits and cultivates young professionals to become lifelong, effective advocates for liberty. Millennials gather in more than 20 cities to learn about free market ideas, grow their network of like-minded peers, and develop skills to advocate freed...
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5:20pm PDT
FEE and Intercollegiate Studies Institute Joint Reception
Exhibitors
FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society. For young minds interested in an introduction to free market economics and its foundations in the broader philosophy of individual liberty, FEE is the...
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ISI was founded in 1953 by Frank Chodorov and a young journalist named William F. Buckley, Jr. Since then, ISI’s mission has remained steadfast: to “educate for liberty,” ensuring that college students understand and advance the timeless principles that make America free and...
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Thursday July 14, 2016 5:20pm - 6:20pm PDT
The Studio
6:30pm PDT
6:45pm PDT
Will Ruger: Can We Keep America Safe and Free? Toward a Better U. S. Foreign Policy
Speakers
Vice President of Research and Policy/Vice President for Research, Charles Koch Institute/Charles Koch Foundation
William Ruger serves as the vice president of research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute and the vice president for research at the Charles Koch Foundation. Before coming to CKI, he was most recently a professor at Texas State University. Ruger earned his Ph.D. in Politics...
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Exhibitors
The Charles Koch Institute is an educational organization focused on the importance of free societies and how they increase well-being for the overwhelming majority of people. Through the Institute’s professional education, research, and training programs, we work to prepare professionals...
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6:55pm PDT
Alexander McCobin, The Future of the Student Liberty Movement
Speakers
President, Students for Liberty
Alexander McCobin is co-founder and president of Students for Liberty. Under his leadership, Students for Liberty has grown into the largest libertarian student organization in the world. It includes over 400 leaders that support over 1,300 student groups representing over 50,000...
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7:00pm PDT
MOCK TRIAL on Global Warming
Speakers
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Kerry Emanuel is the Cecil and Ida Green professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1981, after spending three years on the faculty of UCLA. Professor Emanuel's research interests focus on tropical meteorology...
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Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
William Happer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University. He invented the sodium guidestar that is used in astronomical adaptive optics to correct for the degrading effects of atmospheric turbulence. He served as Director of Energy Research in the...
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Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute
Patrick J. Michaels is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. Michaels is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society...
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Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Pravica is an associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and a member of the High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC) there. He obtained his B.S. degrees in physics and applied mathematics (with honors) from Caltech and earned...
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President, Spark of Freedom Foundation
James Taylor is Founder and President of the Spark of Freedom Foundation. Before forming the Spark of Freedom Foundation he served as Vice President of The Heartland Institute, overseeing Heartland's energy and environment policy. Taylor writes a regular column on energy and environmental...
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8:15pm PDT
The Freedom Agenda in 2017 & Beyond
Moderators
Speakers
US Senator
Ben Sasse is a United States Senator,representing the great state of Nebraska. Hewas elected in a 2014 landslide, winning eachof Nebraska’s 93 counties, and securing thesecond-largest margin for a new senator inthe history of the state. A fth-generationNebraskan, Ben grew up walking...
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Exhibitors
FreedomWorks exists to educate, build, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty and the rule of law. FreedomWorks is a community of over 6.9 million Americans.
FreedomWorks members know...
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9:00pm PDT
9:00pm PDT
7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
Special Event Breakfast Dan Mitchell, Grover Norquist, John Fund ($): The Future of Liberty and the Republican Party Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Speakers
Columnist, National Review
John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001. Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and the...
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Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow who specializes in fiscal policy, tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending. He also serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow...
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President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform...
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7:00am PDT
Special Event Breakfast with Bill Bonner, Doug Casey, Peter Schiff ($): When the Dollar Stopped Working Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Moderators
President, Adrian Day Asset Management
Adrian Day, London born and a graduate of the London School of Economics, heads the eponymous money management firm Adrian Day Asset Management, where he manages discretionary accounts in both global and resource areas. Day is also sub-advisor to the EuroPacific Gold Fund. His latest...
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Speakers
Founder and President, Agora, Inc.
In 1978, William Bonner created what is nowknown as Agora Inc. What began as a smallpublishing company based in Washington,DC, has grown to be one of the largest andmost successful consumer newsletterpublishers in the world. Since foundingAgora Inc., Bill Bonner has worked steadilyto...
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Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Friday July 15, 2016 7:00am - 7:50am PDT
The Studio
7:50am PDT
Welcome by Terry Brock
Speakers
Author, Speaker, Marketing Coach, Achievement Systems, Inc
Terry Brock is the new emcee for FreedomFest. He helps audiences around the world achieve their goals to live life with the principles of liberty and freedom. He is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, a syndicated columnist with Business Journals, and is a marketing coach. Terry...
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8:00am PDT
Taxing Nation: Is the Supply-side Revolution Over? (Steve Forbes, Dan Johnson, Jenny Beth Martin, Grover Norquist, Andrew Puzder)
Speakers
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Executive Director, Tax Revolution Institute
Dan Johnson has built an amazing resume for "Liberty" and success, at a young age. Founder of People Against the NDAA, which became the largest civil liberties organization in the nation taking on Federal overreach at a local level. Founder of the Solutions Institute, an activist...
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Co-Founder, Tea Party Patriots
Jenny Beth Martin was a former executive with TheHome Depot and Mead Paper Company when sheheard Rick Santelli’s famous “Stop thespending!” rant in 2009. In February 2009,following a series of massive expansions of theUnited States government by Congress underPresidents George...
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President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform...
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8:00am PDT
8:25am PDT
Anthony Scaramucci, The Entrepreneur's Case for Trump
Speakers
Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital & Host of
Anthony Scaramucci is founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm with approximately $12.5 billion in assets under management and advisement as of April 30, 2016. In addition to its range of investment products, the firm produces the SkyBridge Alternatives...
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8:35am PDT
Voter Access, Voting Fraud and Gerrymandering: Can Democracy Work?
Moderators
Founder, Free and Equal Election Foundation
Christina Tobin founded The Free & Equal Elections Foundation in 2008 as a non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to broadening electoral choices through education. Tobin has organized debates in many states for many candidates, including the first alternatively-televised...
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Speakers
Advocate, Approval Voting, USA
Frank Atwood is an advocate for Approval Voting.Approval Voting lets the voter vote for more than one candidate. It removes the “Vote for only one” restriction; the winner is the one who has the most votes. Littleton, Colorado residents, for example, can vote for two at-large...
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CEO and Trial Lawyer, Bellatrix PC
Alicia I. Dearn is the founder of Bellatrix PC, awoman-owned, business facing law rm witho ces in Saint Louis, Missouri and SanDiego, California. Bellatrix PC handleslawsuits and business transactions andgives legal advice in business, employment,real estate, civil litigation and...
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Co-Founder and CEO, Follow My Vote,
Adam Ernest graduated from Virginia Tech in2004, with a B. S. in Marketing Management.Since then, he has acquired more than 10years of digital marketing experience andowns a critical role in the development of aninternet marketing agency from the groundup. As the Co-Founder and CEO...
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Columnist, National Review
John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001. Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and the...
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Founder, CEO, Voter
Hunter is the founder & CEO of Voter. Named the “#1 up-and-coming app” of 2016 by Newsweek, Voter is a platform to find the politicians, corporations, and causes that support your views. Often dubbed, “Tinder for politics,” Voter analyzes big (political) data, including candidates...
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9:00am PDT
Aaron Hamlin & Andrew Jennings: How Can Smarter Voting Methods Improve Democracy?
Speakers
Executive Director, The Center for Election Science
Aaron is the executive director of The Center for Election Science, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping the world use smarter election systems. Aaron has consulted on voting methods for elected officials and organizations such as The Webby Awards. He's written voting articles...
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Chairman of the Board, The Center for Election Science
Andy is the board chair of The Center for Election Science, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping the world use smarter election systems. He’s consulted for elected officials on voting legislation and led the straw poll for the 2016 Republican Liberty Caucus. Andy has written...
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Exhibitors
The Center for Election Science is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping the world use smarter election systems. We are a leading resource on voting methods and work with government and private organizations wherever collective decisions are made. Our flagship reform is approval...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sunset 5/6
9:00am PDT
DEBATE Who Needs the Fed? (Warren Coats, John Tamny, Dan Mitchell)
Moderators
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow who specializes in fiscal policy, tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending. He also serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow...
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Speakers
Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund
Warren Coats retired from the International Monetary Fund in 2003 as Assistant Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he led technical assistance missions to more than twenty countries (including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Egypt, Iraq Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan...
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Editor, Real Clear Markets
John Tamny is Political Economy editor at Forbes, a senior fellow in economics at Reason Foundation, a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research & Trading, and editor of RealClearMarkets.com (RCM). A spin-off of the policy website RealClearPolitics, RCM seeks to compile top-quality...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
The Studio
9:00am PDT
Jim Copland, Overcriminalizing America: What States Can Do to Keep Good People Free
Speakers
Senior Fellow, Director, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
James R. Copland is a
senior fellow and director of
legal policy at the
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, where he develops ideas for improving America’s civil- and criminal-justice systems. His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the Harvard Business Law Review and Yale Journal on Regulation, the Wall Street Journal, National Law Journal, and USA Today. Prior to joining Man...
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Exhibitors
Manhattan Institute is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility. Established in New York City in 1978, MI founded its magazine City Journal in 1990 as an intellectual and journalistic response...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sunset 2
9:00am PDT
Joe Lawrence: Cashing In On the Communications Revolution
Speakers
Joe is an acknowledged telecommunications industry expert with an entrepreneurial spirit. As a 30-year veteran, he is proficient in assessing the challenges of today’s mobile communications industry and in the intricacies of starting new businesses. At Voxox, Joe leads global business...
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Exhibitors
Voxox gives you the most complete, sophisticated, cloud communications solution on the planet, powered by the most comprehensive unified communications Platform as a Service. We have superlative span: our innovative VoIP and cloud communications solutions cover more channels, networks...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Wilshire A
9:00am PDT
John T. Reed, What's Hot, What's Not in Real Estate: Best Ways to Profit
Speakers
Publisher, John T. Reed's Real Estate Investor's Monthly
John T. Reed is the author of 20 real estate investment books and is the sole writer and publisher of John T. Reed’s Real Estate Investor’s Monthly newsletter. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including 60 Minutes and Larry King Live. Reed was a real estate investor...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Melrose 4
9:00am PDT
Kevin Harrington: Secrets To Early Stage Investing
Speakers
Entrepreneur
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur over the last 40 years and an Original Shark on ABC's hit, Emmy winning TV show, “Shark Tank.” He is also Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Founding Board Member of Electronic Retailers Association (ERA), representing...
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9:00am PDT
LIB-X Open the Borders! (Richard Ebeling, Jacob Hornberger, Jeffrey Tucker)
Speakers
Distinguished Professor, The Citadel
Richard Ebeling is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel. Prior to that he served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, the Ludwig von Mises Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College, and professor of economics...
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President, Future of Freedom Foundation
Jacob Hornberger is president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He received his BA in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his JD from the University of Texas. He practiced law in Texas for 12 years and also served as an adjunct professor of law and economics at the University...
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Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sunset 3/4
9:00am PDT
Mark Whitmore: Currency Investing in an Era of Monetary Madness: Taking Advantage of Reckless Central Banking and the Formation of Serial Bubbles
Speakers
Founder and CEO, Whitmore Capital Management, LLC.
Mark Whitmore is the CEO and Founder of Whitmore Capital Management, LLC, an investment management fund that invests exclusively in the currency markets, employing a long-term, fundamental investment approach. Prior to launching the fund in 2012, Mr. Whitmore was self-employed managing...
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Exhibitors
Whitmore Capital Management is an emerging fund manager focused on generating long-term value for our investors. Our fund exclusively invests in the currency markets - the largest, most liquid markets in the world. Unlike the majority of currency market participants, which focus on...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Sunset 1
9:00am PDT
Peter Zipper, Belize: The Best Offshore Banking Country in the World
Speakers
President and CEO, Caye Bank International
Peter Zipper has been president of Caye International Bank in Belize since 2006. He has over 30 years of international banking experience. He graduated from the Geographic Institute of Vienna, Austria, with a degree in Geography and Cartography. Immediately thereafter he attended...
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Exhibitors
Caye International Bank Limited (CIBL) was granted an Unrestricted "A" Class International Banking License in 2003 by the Central Bank of Belize and is regulated by the Central Bank of Belize, which set the standards for liquidity and capital adequacy. Banking with Caye International...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Wilshire B
9:00am PDT
Term Limits: It's Something You Can Do Featuring Gary Johnson
Moderators
Executive Director, U.S. Term Limits
Nick Tomboulides serves as Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits, which is based in Melbourne, FL. There he oversees the organization’s national grassroots activism efforts in support of a constitutional amendment to term limit the U.S. Congress. Nick also serves as Editor of the...
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Speakers
President, Liberty Initiative Fund
Jacob is president of the Liberty Initiative Fund, a national organization helping citizens place issues on the ballot to hold politicians accountable, fight crony capitalism and protect our liberties. “If there's anyone who's been involved in more citizen initiative campaigns in...
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Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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Exhibitors
US Term Limits is known as the largest grassroots movement in American history, and US Term Limits (USTL) was, and still is, the leader of that movement. Term limits have been placed on 15 state legislatures; eight of the ten largest cities in America adopted term limits for their...
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Friday July 15, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Melrose 3
9:00am PDT
Yaron Brook & Don Watkins: Equal is Unfair
Speakers
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute
Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Exhibitors
The Ayn Rand Institute fosters an awareness, understanding and acceptance of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism in order to create a culture whose guiding principles are reason, rational self-interest, individualism and laissez-faire capitalism—a culture in which individuals...
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9:00am PDT
Panopticon (20 min) Jarod Su, dir. iSpy (15 min) Dugan Bridges, dir. PANEL Watching Big Brother Watching You
Speakers
Owner, CitizenA Media
Sean W. Malone is the owner of CitizenA Media, a company specializing in creative consulting, film & video production, motion graphics design & animation, and original music composition. Prior to his work as a freelance producer, Sean studied music performance and composition for...
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Just Add Firewater
Patrick has been developing film and television projects and writing and producing live-action, documentary, and animated content for corporations, industry associations, non-profits for the past seven years first through Ozymandias Media - now Just Add Firewater. He consults on story...
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Anthem
Wednesday, 1:30 pm; Friday 9:00 am, Dugan Bridges, dir. (15 min.)
Harriet, a young Department of Justice bureaucrat, spends her days helping the FBI, CIA, and other law enforcement agencies spy on citizens. But when she uses the government's spy technology for personal use, she gets a little more than she bargained for. Little did she know that...
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Wednesday, 1:05 pm; Friday, 9:00 am, Jarod Su dir. (20 min)
Lieutenant Donovan, a drone operator, protects the Republic from domestic terrorists with lethal force at the push of a button. Donovan is struck with a crisis of conscience when he reconnects with the troubled teen-aged son of an old friend, a boy who has begun to transport illegal...
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10:00am PDT
10:00am PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute
President, Dohmen Capital Research
Bert Dohmen is president and founder of Dohmen Capital Research Inc. (DCRI). He has achieved an international reputation for his expertise in forecasting the major investment markets, interest rates, and economic trends. Bert Dohmen is known as a Fed watcher and a contrarian. You...
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Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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President, Foundation for Economic Education
Larry Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Before joining FEE, Reed served as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan. He is the author of Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism and a forthcoming book, Real...
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Editor, Real Clear Markets
John Tamny is Political Economy editor at Forbes, a senior fellow in economics at Reason Foundation, a senior economic adviser to Toreador Research & Trading, and editor of RealClearMarkets.com (RCM). A spin-off of the policy website RealClearPolitics, RCM seeks to compile top-quality...
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10:00am PDT
Intrepid Spirits (13 min.) Jeanine Butler, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday 2:30 pm; Friday 10:00 am, Jeanine Butler, dir. (13 min.)
Since 2000, the unseen wounds of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have affected 320,000 U.S. service members. Intrepid Spirits is an eye-opening look at the revolutionary collaboration between doctors and visionary philanthropist Arnold Fisher to implement cutting edge treatments...
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10:30am PDT
Adam Trexler: The Aurum as a Store of Value to Make Investing Available Around the World
Speakers
President and Founder, Valaurum
Adam Trexler, PhD is the President and Founder of Valaurum, Inc. Valaurum (www.valaurum.com) is democratizing physical gold ownership. Using proprietary nanotechnology, Valaurum offers the Aurum®, a 'Thin Film Precious Metal' that contains precisely 1/4, 1/10 or 1/20 gram of pure...
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Exhibitors
Valaurum, Inc. was created to make precious metal ownership and investment available to all people. Its primary product is the
Aurum®, a thin layer of gold or other precious metal sandwiched between layers of protective polyester...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Sunset 2
10:30am PDT
Alf Temme: Fitness Isn't Health
Speakers
President, ROM
Alf is an “Outside the Box” thinker. In 1963 he started his “Nordic Sauna Company," custom building residential and commercial saunas and now is on the web at
www.Sauna.com. Then in 1990 he began manufacturing the now famous 4 minute per day ROM (stands for Range of Motion) exercise machine which was advertised full page in all the airline magazines. See it in the exhibit hall of Freedomfest and try it out yourself. Several of the attendees at Freedomfest...
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Exhibitors
ROM stands for Range Of Motion. It is an exactly-4-minutes-persday exercise - no more but sometimes even less (3 minutes or even 2.5 minutes) - that gives a person (no matter how old or fit) the same or even superior results as a 60- to 90-minute workout in a health club. Sounds crazy...
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10:30am PDT
Amir Adnani: Freedom and Gold – A Unique Way to Leverage Gold’s Rise
Speakers
Founder and Chairman, GoldMining and Uranium Energy
Amir Adnani is an entrepreneur and a mining executive. He is the founder and Chairman of GoldMining Inc., a public company that is acquiring and advancing gold projects in the Americas. He is also the founder of Uranium Energy Corp. and has been the President, CEO and a director of...
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Exhibitors
Uranium Energy Corp. is a U.S.-based uranium mining and exploration company. The company’s fully licensed Hobson processing facility is central to all of its projects in South Texas, including the Palangana in-situ recovery (ISR) mine, the permitted Goliad ISR project and the development-stage...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Sunset 1
10:30am PDT
Conrad Black & Robert Murphy, FDR: Champion or Opponent of Liberty?
Speakers
Author
Conrad Black is a critically acclaimed author and biographer and former head of Argus & Hollinger group of companies. He was the publisher of London's Telegraph newspapers. Black is also the founder of Canada's National Post. He's been a member of the British House of Lords since...
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Senior Fellow, Mises Institute
Robert P. Murphy is an Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute and sits on the board of the Nelson Nash Institute. He is the author of many books including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015). He is the host of The Bob Murphy Show.
10:30am PDT
Doug Casey & Jon Utley, LIB-X My Adventures Turning Third World Hell-holes into Anarcho-Capitalist Havens
Moderators
Publisher, The American Conservative
Jon Basil Utley is publisher of The American Conservative and a writer for Reason.com and Antiwar.com. He has written widely on foreign policy, terrorism, civil defense, third world economic and electoral issues, environmental issues and energy. During Reagan times he was a commentator...
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Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Sunset 3/4
10:30am PDT
Ed Asner & Marc Eliot, Red Lights, Green Lights and BlackLists: My Life in Hollywood
Speakers
Actor and Activist
Ed Asner is best known for his comedic anddramatic talent as the gru but soft-heartedjournalist Lou Grant, the role he originated onthe landmark TV news room comedy TheMary Tyler Moore Show and continued in thenewspaper-set drama Lou Grant. The roleearned him ve Emmys and three...
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Hollywood Biographer
Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written numerous...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Melrose 3
10:30am PDT
10:30am PDT
Is a Harvard MBA Worth It? (Donald Smith, John Chisholm, John T. Reed, Gina Carr)
Moderators
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform...
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Speakers
Chief Tribe Builder, Gina Carr International
Gina Carr works with business leaders to leveragedigital marketing and online reviews for morepro ts, in uence, and success. Gina has anMBA from the Harvard Business School andan engineering degree from Georgia Tech.She is known as “The Tribe Builder” becauseshe helps passionate...
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CEO, Chisholm Ventures
John Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur, CEO, and investor. He is CEO of John Chisholm Ventures, an entrepreneurship advisory and investment firm in San Francisco. He is a trustee of MIT and of the Santa Fe Institute, and is president of the worldwide MIT Alumni...
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Publisher, John T. Reed's Real Estate Investor's Monthly
John T. Reed is the author of 20 real estate investment books and is the sole writer and publisher of John T. Reed’s Real Estate Investor’s Monthly newsletter. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including 60 Minutes and Larry King Live. Reed was a real estate investor...
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President & Chief Investment Officer, Donald Smith & Co
Donald Smith has devoted his entire career to all aspects of the investment business that support the management of client portfolios. He began his career as an analyst with Capital Research Company and subsequently became a director, vice president and portfolio manager of Capital...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
The Studio
10:30am PDT
Lee Edwards: Is the Cold War Really Over? Militant Communism on the Rise in Russia, China and North Korea
Moderators
President, Federalist Society
Eugene B. Meyer is president of the Federalist Society, an intellectual network which promotes limited government, the separation of powers, and individual freedom. He has served as president, CEO, or executive director of the Federalist Society for over 30 years. Gene earned his...
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Speakers
Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Melrose 4
10:30am PDT
Lyn Ulbricht, The Silk Road Case: How It Impacts Your Liberty
Speakers
Founder and CEO, Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Effort
Lyn Ulbricht is the mother of Ross Ulbricht, a peaceful libertarian and the alleged creator of the Silk Road website. Ross was sentenced to double life without parole for all non-violent charges. At sentencing the judge said this was to serve as a warning to others and called Silk...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Wilshire B
10:30am PDT
Richard Ebeling, Jacob Hornberger, Jeffrey Tucker: Separate Money and the State
Speakers
Distinguished Professor, The Citadel
Richard Ebeling is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel. Prior to that he served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, the Ludwig von Mises Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College, and professor of economics...
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President, Future of Freedom Foundation
Jacob Hornberger is president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He received his BA in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his JD from the University of Texas. He practiced law in Texas for 12 years and also served as an adjunct professor of law and economics at the University...
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Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Exhibitors
FFF's mission is to advance an uncompromising moral, philosophical, and economic case for the libertarian philosophy.
10:30am PDT
Suhail Khan: Your Right to Privacy In an Age of High Tech and Big Government
Moderators
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow who specializes in fiscal policy, tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending. He also serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow...
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Speakers
Director of External Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
Suhail A. Khan, a life-long Reagan conservative, is Director of External Affairs at Microsoft Corporation and a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement. Suhail served on Capitol Hill, in the Bush Administration, and at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where he was...
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Friday July 15, 2016 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
Sunset 5/6
10:30am PDT
10:30am PDT
Climate Hustle (75 min.) Christopher Rogers, dir. PANEL "What's the Hustle?"
Speakers
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute
Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute
Patrick J. Michaels is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. Michaels is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society...
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President, Spark of Freedom Foundation
James Taylor is Founder and President of the Spark of Freedom Foundation. Before forming the Spark of Freedom Foundation he served as Vice President of The Heartland Institute, overseeing Heartland's energy and environment policy. Taylor writes a regular column on energy and environmental...
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Anthem
Friday, 10:30 am, Christopher Rogers, dir. (75 min)
Are emissions from cars, factories, and farms causing catastrophic climate change? Is there a genuine scientific consensus? Or is the theory of man-made "global warming" an overheated environmental con job being used to push for increased government regulations and a new "Green" energy...
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11:30am PDT
Bob Barr: Does National Security Require Losing Our Bill of Rights?
Speakers
President, Liberty Strategies
Bob Barr is a former Congressman who served on the Judiciary Committee and the Financial Services Committee and was Vice Chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. He was appointed as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia by President Ronald...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Sunset 1
11:30am PDT
Bridging the Racial Divide: Engaging Liberty (Kristoffer Adams, Will Coley, Jose Cordeiro, Lily Williams, Kevin Williamson)
Moderators
Correspondent, National Review Institute
Kevin D. Williamson is National Review’s roving correspondent and the author of several books, including The End Is Near and It’s Going To Be Awesome and The Case against Trump. He began his journalism career as an editor with the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and...
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Speakers
Outreach Director, CityGOP
Kristo er Adams is a community activist fromMemphis, TN. He was also the formerUniversity of Memphis College RepublicanPresident. He is the Outreach Director forCityGOP a group based out of WashingtonD.C. In his spare time he volunteers withSoGiv and Lifeline to Success.
Director, Singularity University, Millennium Project
Jose Luis Cordeiro is a world citizen in our small planet in a big unknown universe. He was born in Latin America from European parents, was educated in Europe and North America, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He has studied, visited and worked...
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State Director, Our American Initiative
Born in the wild west of Chinanear Tibet and raised with her two brothers by illiterate working-class parents, Lily Williams grew up facing poor living conditions, food rationing, and political and social chaos. In this tumultuous environment, she quickly developed street smarts and...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Melrose 4
11:30am PDT
Daniel McCarthy & Jon Utley: Yes, We Can Afford to Reduce the Military-Industrial Complex
Speakers
Editor, The American Conservative
Daniel McCarthy is the editor of The American Conservative. His writings have appeared in a wide variety of other publications, including The Spectator, Reason, Modern Age, and Orion. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008...
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Publisher, The American Conservative
Jon Basil Utley is publisher of The American Conservative and a writer for Reason.com and Antiwar.com. He has written widely on foreign policy, terrorism, civil defense, third world economic and electoral issues, environmental issues and energy. During Reagan times he was a commentator...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
11:30am PDT
Greg Galloway, Sleep Well At Night (SWAN) Strategy: How to Earn High Income and Beat the Market Most of the Time
Speakers
President, FUnd Advisors of America
President of Fund Advisors of America, GregGalloway has over 25 years of experience onWall Street. His goal is to providepersonalized, unparalleled client service andmoney management solutions for allinvestors. His rm specializes in o eringdiversi cation and asset allocationstrategies...
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Exhibitors
Since 1993, Fund Advisors of America has strived to offer personalized, unparalleled client service and money management solutions for affluent investors. The firm has specialized in offering diversification and asset allocation strategies for its clients where personalized service...
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11:30am PDT
Lawson Bader, Victor Bernson, Chris Rufer: Keeping Government's Prying Hands Off Charity and Non-Profits
Speakers
President & CEO, DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund
Lawson Bader is president and CEO of DonorsTrust, a public charity protecting the intent of donors who value limited government, free enterprise, and personal responsibility. Through its donor-advised fund, DonorsTrust has granted over $1.3 billion to groups in academia, public policy...
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Founder, The Morning Star Company
Chris J. Rufer founded what has become The Morning Star Company in 1970, driving one truck hauling tomatoes and peaches from farms to processing factories. The enterprises today grow tomato seedlings, transplant them, harvest tomatoes, and truck them to its three processing factories...
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Exhibitors
DonorsTrust is the community foundation for liberty-minded donors. We offer donor-advised funds that help our libertarian and conservative clients support limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise. DonorsTrust offers the benefits you expect from a donor-advised...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Wilshire B
11:30am PDT
11:30am PDT
Matt Kibbe & Matt Battaglia, Indoctrination: How Graphic Novels Set The Cultural Narrative
Speakers
President, Free the People
Matt Kibbe is President and Founder of Free the People. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected public policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria. Dubbed...
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Exhibitors
Free the People is where liberty, community, and creative disruption collide. We are speaking to the next generation of libertarians, using stories, advocacy, social media and pop culture to educate and mobilize.
Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Wilshire A
11:30am PDT
PANEL Privacy, Security, and Encryption (Terry Easton, Jeff Kalibjian, Zafar Khan, Kevin O'Neil, Suhail Khan)
Moderators
Director of External Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
Suhail A. Khan, a life-long Reagan conservative, is Director of External Affairs at Microsoft Corporation and a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement. Suhail served on Capitol Hill, in the Bush Administration, and at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where he was...
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Speakers
Publisher and Editor-in-chief, PublisherCentral
Terry Easton is the Group Publisher & Editor-In-Chief of the PublisherCentral group of topical news sites. He has written about global economics for Human Events, and about technology in a variety of magazines and journals. For over 35 years, Professor Easton has taught graduate level...
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HP Distinguished Technologist, HP Enterprise Services
Jeff Kalibjian is a distinguised technologist for Hewlett Packard and is a senior data security architect in the HP Enterprise Services (ES) US Public Sector Enterprise Security Solutions Engineering Group. Currently he is performing the role of IP strategist for HP’s Continuous...
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CEO, RPost
Khan co-founded RPost Communications, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. RPost is the leader in secure and certified electronic communications, having set the global standard for email delivery proof with its patented Registered Email proof, email encryption, and e-signature...
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Founder and CEO, CYVA Research Corporation
Kevin O'Neil is founder and CEO of CYVA Research Corporation, an independent software developer, security consulting and intellectual property management firm. O’Neil is a privacy and security activist forwarding a disruptive suite of Human-Digital Liberty products and services...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Melrose 3
11:30am PDT
Trump, Pro and Con: The YUGE Debate (Dan Mangru, Wayne Allyn Root, Jeffrey Tucker, Matt Welch)
Moderators
Editor in Chief, Reason.com & Reason TV
Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, the online platforms of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The two sites draw over 4 million visits per month and have been named among the nation's best political sites. He is co-author...
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Speakers
Founder, Managing Director, The Global Advisory Group
Dan Mangru is the founder and Managing Director of The Global Advisory Group, a Palm Beach advisory firm that focuses on globalization, real estate development, strategic partnering, media, and new business development with relations in over 20 countries. Mangru was the host and executive...
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National Radio and TV Host, Cool Hand Root
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential nominee. He is host of the nationally-syndicated "WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show" aired daily from 6 PM to 9 PM ET on USA Radio network and broadcast on Newsmax TV. Wayne is also a bestselling...
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Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Editor-at-Large, Reason Magazine
Matt Welch is editor-at-large of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." He is the author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick (2007) and co-author with Nick Gillespie of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with...
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11:30am PDT
Van Simons: 40 Years of Secrets in Making Money in Art, Rare Coins, and Collectibles
Moderators
Vice President & Publisher, Eagle Financial Publications
Roger Michalski, Eagle Financial Publications’ vice president and group publisher, has been with the company for more than a decade. His experience in publishing spans 20-plus years and includes time working at the prestigious Smithsonian Institution in its catalog division. He...
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Speakers
President, David Hall Rare Coins
A consummate collector and dedicated numismatist, Van Simmons has earned his place in the rare-coin pantheon as the leading coin merchant of his time. He specializes in portfolio construction, set building and helping clients acquire the world’s finest rare coins. As partner and...
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Exhibitors
Since its founding in 1977, David Hall Rare Coins (DHRC) has specialized exclusively in gem quality rare coins and has consistently led the worldwide market in the sale of these treasures. As one of the nation's largest rare coin dealers, with approximately 1,100 authorized associate...
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Friday July 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Sunset 2
12:30pm PDT
12:30pm PDT
Adam Guillette, Lana Link, Lou Perez, PANEL You and Meme: Creating and Marketing Comedy Videos with "We the Internet"
Moderators
President of Development, Moving Picture Institute
MPI's Vice President of Development, Adam Guillette has extensive experience in the liberty movement. In 2007 Americans for Prosperity selected Adam to launch their Florida chapter. Within a year the chapter gained over 150 media hits statewide while defeating over $370 million in...
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Speakers
VP of Marketing, Moving Picture Institute
Lana Link, MPI's vice president of communications and marketing, spearheads marketing efforts for MPI Original in-house productions and assists MPI-supported filmmakers with their marketing and distribution strategies. She also works on MPI's creative team and writes for MPI-supported...
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Comedian and Head Writer, We the Internet TV
Lou Perez is an award-winning comedian and Head Writer of MPI-supported comedy channel We the Internet TV (Link to:
www.wetheinternet.tv). He's also half of the comedy duo, Greg and Lou (Link to:
www.YouTube.com/GregandLou). G&L videos have amassed over 33 million views on YouTube and have garnered over 86,000 subscribers. Lou performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater; was a writer for Fox Sports’ @TheBuzzer; produced “The Attendants” with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for...
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12:30pm PDT
12:30pm PDT
12:30pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater...
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Co-founder, Discovery Institute
George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism...
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Senior Fellow, Mises Institute
Robert P. Murphy is an Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute and sits on the board of the Nelson Nash Institute. He is the author of many books including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015). He is the host of The Bob Murphy Show.
National Radio and TV Host, Cool Hand Root
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential nominee. He is host of the nationally-syndicated "WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show" aired daily from 6 PM to 9 PM ET on USA Radio network and broadcast on Newsmax TV. Wayne is also a bestselling...
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12:30pm PDT
Special Event Luncheon with Senator Rand Paul ($): Taking a Stand Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Speakers
President, Free the People
Matt Kibbe is President and Founder of Free the People. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected public policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria. Dubbed...
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US Senator
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, M.D., is one of thenation’s leading advocates for liberty. Electedto the United States Senate in 2010, Dr. Paulhas been an outspoken champion forconstitutional liberties and scalresponsibility, and has fought tirelessly toreturn government to its limited,constitutional...
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Exhibitors
Free the People is where liberty, community, and creative disruption collide. We are speaking to the next generation of libertarians, using stories, advocacy, social media and pop culture to educate and mobilize.
Friday July 15, 2016 12:30pm - 1:20pm PDT
The Studio
1:30pm PDT
ATLAS SOCIETY DAY Keynesianism and the Long Run (William Thomas)
Speakers
Director of Programs & CFO, The Atlas Society
William R. Thomas is Director of Programs and CFO of The Atlas Society. He is also Lecturer in Economics at the University at Albany. He holds a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan. Thomas is the editor of Ethics at Work (2016) and of The Literary Art of Ayn...
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Exhibitors
The purpose of The Atlas Society is to inspire and equip people to embrace reason, achievement, and ethical self-interest as the moral foundation for political liberty and personal happiness. We promote open Objectivism, a living, growing philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, the author...
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Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Sunset 2
1:30pm PDT
Bob Barr, Frank Karsten, DEBATE Democracy Is Not Freedom
Moderators
Executive Director, Free Market Foundation
Leon Louw is a South African intellectual, author, speaker and policy advisor. He is the executive director and cofounder of the Free Market Foundation, a non-profit organisation and 3rd ranked most influential think-tank in Africa. He is a regularly featured speaker and writer in...
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Speakers
President, Liberty Strategies
Bob Barr is a former Congressman who served on the Judiciary Committee and the Financial Services Committee and was Vice Chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. He was appointed as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia by President Ronald...
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Chairman, More Freedom Foundation
Frank Karsten is founder of the Mises Institute Netherlands and chairman of the More Freedom Foundation, two Dutch libertarian organizations. In 2011 he published his co-authored book Beyond Democracy, which debunks 13 democratic myths. It is now available in 19 languages.
Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Wilshire B
1:30pm PDT
Carla Gericke & Austin Petersen, LIB-X If At First You Don’t Secede: A Case for New Hampshire Independence
Moderators
Austin Petersen is a constitutional libertarian, who believes in economic freedom and personal liberty. Petersen’s passion for limited government led him to a job at the Libertarian National Committee in 2008, and then eventually to the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. After...
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Speakers
631, Foundation for New Hampshire Independence
The Free State Project is a mass migration of more than 20,000 people who have pledged to move to New Hampshire for liberty. By concentrating our numbers in a single state, we are maximizing our impact as activists, entrepreneurs, community builders, and thought leaders.
Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
1:30pm PDT
Do Dividends Make a Difference? (Rob Arnott, Joel Stern, Rodolfo Milani)
Moderators
Senior Managing Director, Dominick & Dominick
Rodolfo Milani is a senior managing director at Dominick & Dominick, which provides investment advice to companies and high net worth clients throughout Latin America and the United States. Rodolfo has more than 36 years’ experience in the industry, and previously held senior positions...
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Speakers
Founder and Chairman, Research Affiliates
Rob Arnott is the founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, a research-intensive asset management firm that focuses on smart beta and asset allocation. He has pioneered several unconventional portfolio strategies that are now widely applied, including tactical asset allocation...
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CEO, Stern Value Management. Ltd.
Joel M. Stern is the Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer at Stern Value Management Ltd. Previously he served as President of Chase Financial Policy, the financial advisory arm of Chase Manhattan Bank. He is an adjunct professor at six Graduate Schools of Business which...
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1:30pm PDT
Generational Theft: How Washington Is Robbing the Next Generation of Prosperity (Adam Brandon, Charlie Kirk, Rep. Brat)
Speakers
CEO, FreedomWorks
Adam Brandon currently serves as CEO of FreedomWorks, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington DC that mobilizes grassroots activists nationwide to fight for less government, lower taxes and more freedom. Brandon currently focuses on directing priorities between each...
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US House of Representatives
David Brat is serving his first term in Congress as the Representative from Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Congressman Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Primary Election on June 10, 2014. This marked the first time a House Majority Leader had ever...
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Founder & Executive Director, Turning Point USA
Charlie Kirk is the Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government. Since the inception of Turning...
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Director/ Fmr. State Senator, Retirement Security Initiative/Utah
Dan Liljenquist is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate, representing the 23rd District from 2009 until his resignation on December 15, 2011.He ran for U.S. Senate in 2012Liljenquist has worked as a strategy consultant for Bain and Company. He has also worked as Director...
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Exhibitors
FreedomWorks exists to educate, build, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty and the rule of law. FreedomWorks is a community of over 6.9 million Americans.
FreedomWorks members know...
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Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Melrose 3
1:30pm PDT
High Gravity Presents One of Their Industry Partners / Geologist Harvey H. Howell As They Discuss Their Recent Success And Current Opportunities In South Texas
Speakers
Consulting Geologist, High Gravity Resources
Harvey Howell is a third-generation wildcatter and native San Antonian. He grew up following his grandfather and father across South Texas oil fields, learning the drilling and operating business. He studied Geology and Petroleum Land Management at University of Texas, Austin, and...
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Managing Member, High Gravity Resources
Doug Shea serves as the managing member of High Gravity LP Management, LLC. Previously, Shea was a registered representative specializing in natural resource and real estate investments for almost ten years. He holds a B. S. degree in Natural Resources from Oregon State University...
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Diamond Sponsors
High Gravity Resources, LLC was formed to be an alternative outlet for Accredited Investors who are interested in Direct Energy Investments. Our focus is to remain small and manage our resources effectively. The company was founded in 2012 with the purpose of providing our partners...
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Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Wilshire A
1:30pm PDT
John Fund, Hillary and Trump: Who Is The Evil of Two Lessers?
Speakers
Columnist, National Review
John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001. Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and the...
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Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
1:30pm PDT
Kevin Glass & Jared Meyer: Why Uber Turns Millennials Into Libertarians
Speakers
Director of Outreach and Policy, Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity
Kevin Glass is the director of outreach and policy at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity and covers politics and policy in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Colgate University, Kevin has served as Assistant Managing Editor at the Washington Examiner and Managing Editor...
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Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Jared Meyer is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His research interests include microeconomic theory and the economic effects of government regulations. He is the coauthor with Diana Furchtgott-Roth of Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young(Encounter Books, May...
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Friday July 15, 2016 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Melrose 4
1:30pm PDT
1:30pm PDT
Stephen Cox: Why Ayn Rand Was Wrong about Religion
Speakers
Editor, Liberty Magazine
Stephen Cox is the editor of Liberty magazine, an American monthly libertarian and classical liberal review. He is also a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego and author of several non-fiction books. Cox, who had been a longtime senior editor for Liberty...
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1:30pm PDT
Seized (15 min) Matthew and Thomas Locastro, dirs. PANEL "Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws: License to Steal"
Speakers
Executive Director, LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Major Neill Franklin, a 34-year law enforcement veteran, retired from the Maryland State Police in 1999 after rising through the ranks, undercover narcotics agent to a commander within the Bureau of Drug and Criminal Enforcement. Major Franklin was recruited by the Baltimore Police...
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President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform...
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Institute for Justice
Jeff currently represents cancer patients and their families, a prominent doctor, and a California nonprofit organization in a path-breaking constitutional challenge to the federal criminal ban on compensation for lifesaving bone marrow donors. A native of Alberta, Canada, Jeff dropped...
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Anthem
Friday, 1:30 pm, Matthew and Thomas Locastro, dirs. (15 min)
Naeem grew up in Baltimore city during the 1980s surrounded by violence and drug abuse. He beat the odds and made it to college on a basketball scholarship. In his final semester, Naeem traveled back to Baltimore to pick up $4,200 in tax refunds. The money was going to help support...
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1:30pm PDT
Preliminary Pitch Presentation and Coaching with Contestants
Speakers
Founder & CEO, Angel Investors Network
Greg Writer is an executive with over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation, executive level management, mergers, acquisitions, software development and sales/marketing. At 21, he was the youngest ever owner and operator of a full service investment banking firm...
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2:30pm PDT
Applied Austrian Economics: Outlook for Interest Rates, Inflation and the Boom/Bust Cycle (Chris Casey, Adrian Day, Gene Epstein, Robert Murphy, Keith Weiner, Justin Mohr)
Moderators
Host, The Justin Mohr Show
Justin is the host of the weekly Justin Mohr Show, which is available on itunes/sticher. He attempts to make talking about economics education and entertaining. Justin also farms and works on a feedlot with a capacity of 8,000 head of cattle, alongside his dad, in the beautiful state...
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Speakers
Managing Director, WindRockWealth Management
With a degree in economics specializing in the Austrian school of economics from the University of Illinois, Chris Casey advises clients on their investment portfolios in today’s world of significant economic and financial intervention. He is a trusted advisor to a diverse range...
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President, Adrian Day Asset Management
Adrian Day, London born and a graduate of the London School of Economics, heads the eponymous money management firm Adrian Day Asset Management, where he manages discretionary accounts in both global and resource areas. Day is also sub-advisor to the EuroPacific Gold Fund. His latest...
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Economics Editor, Barron's Magazine
Gene Epstein joined Barron’s in February 1992 as Commodities Editor and quickly became the weekly’s first Economics Editor and the first to write the column, “Economic Beat,”--which he writes to this day. He is also the Barron’s Book Review Editor. He is the author of ECONOSPINNING...
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Senior Fellow, Mises Institute
Robert P. Murphy is an Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute and sits on the board of the Nelson Nash Institute. He is the author of many books including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015). He is the host of The Bob Murphy Show.
CEO, Monetary Metals
Keith Weiner is the CEO of Monetary Metals. He is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. He is the founder of DiamondWare, a software company...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Melrose 4
2:30pm PDT
Bert Dohmen: Why the Next Crisis Will Be Worse Than 2008
Speakers
President, Dohmen Capital Research
Bert Dohmen is president and founder of Dohmen Capital Research Inc. (DCRI). He has achieved an international reputation for his expertise in forecasting the major investment markets, interest rates, and economic trends. Bert Dohmen is known as a Fed watcher and a contrarian. You...
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Exhibitors
Dohmen Capital is an investment research firm with over 38 years of professional experience, providing our in-depth investment research and daily analysis of the global financial markets to clients around the world. Our top services have achieved the highest acclaim and have proven...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
The Studio
2:30pm PDT
Ed Hudgins, ATLAS SOCIETY DAY Technological Challenges to Freedom’s Future
Speakers
Senior Scholar, The Atlas Society
Dr. Hudgins is a senior scholar at The Atlas Society. He has degrees from the University of Maryland, American University, and the Catholic University. He has worked at the Heritage Foundation, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the Cato Institute. He has authored...
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Exhibitors
The purpose of The Atlas Society is to inspire and equip people to embrace reason, achievement, and ethical self-interest as the moral foundation for political liberty and personal happiness. We promote open Objectivism, a living, growing philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, the author...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Melrose 3
2:30pm PDT
Heather Wagenhals: Turning Critics into Converts
Speakers
Executive Producer / Show Host, Unlock Your Wealth Radio
Heather Wagenhals has empowered others for 20 years with her special blend of personal finance and wealth building techniques through books, articles, speeches, radio, and television. As a nationally recognized personal finance and certified identity theft risk management specialist...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Sunset 1
2:30pm PDT
2:30pm PDT
Li Schoolland & Lily Williams, Up from Mao: The Anti-Cultural Revolution 50 Years Later
Speakers
Founder, TFT Events
Founder of TFT Events, Li Schoolland organized the World Conference on Market Liberalization in Bali (2015), two Shanghai Austrian Economic Summits (2012 & 2014), the Bratislava Austrian Economic Summit (2013), and another in Bucharest, Romania (2013). Li has presided over the longest...
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State Director, Our American Initiative
Born in the wild west of Chinanear Tibet and raised with her two brothers by illiterate working-class parents, Lily Williams grew up facing poor living conditions, food rationing, and political and social chaos. In this tumultuous environment, she quickly developed street smarts and...
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2:30pm PDT
M.A. Plummer: $50+ Oil – The Oil Boom is Coming Back
Speakers
Founder & Owner, Texas E&P
M. A. Plummer is the founder and owner of the Texas E&P Companies. Mr. Plummer holds degrees in biology and biochemistry from Pan American University and in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a registered Professional Engineer, having diverse experience...
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Diamond Sponsors
Based in Dallas, Texas, the Texas E&P Companies are a family-owned group of companies that offer direct investment opportunities in oil and natural gas projects since 1994. Our companies have been dedicated to maximizing the value of our operations and our projects. We focus on...
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2:30pm PDT
Marc Eliot, Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend
Speakers
Hollywood Biographer
Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written numerous...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Wilshire A
2:30pm PDT
Michelle Seiler-Tucker, How to Buy & Sell a Business for Maximum Profits
Speakers
Founder and President, Seiler-Tucker Capital Business Solutions
Michelle Seiler-Tucker is an amazingly talented entrepreneur. As the founder and president of Seiler Tucker/Capital Business Solutions she has sold over 350 businesses to date, and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. Michelle is the leading authority on buying...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Sunset 2
2:30pm PDT
Steven Kates, Political Economy in Crisis: Were the Classical Economists Right After All?
Moderators
Distinguished Scholar, Foundation for Economic Education
Steven Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center in Arlington, VA. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Canada and a distinguished scholar at the Foundation for...
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Speakers
Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Steven Kates is associate professor of cconomics at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, with a major focus on the study of classical economic theory, or supply-side economics. He was chief economist for the Australian Chamber of Commerce for 24 years, the exact number of years that Ludwig...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Wilshire B
2:30pm PDT
Why Every Attempt at Tax Reform Has Failed (Jack Boyle, Dan Johnson, Emily Kingston, Robin Koerner, Geoffrey Lawrence, Dr. Timothy Nash)
Speakers
Executive Director, Tax Revolution Institute
Dan Johnson has built an amazing resume for "Liberty" and success, at a young age. Founder of People Against the NDAA, which became the largest civil liberties organization in the nation taking on Federal overreach at a local level. Founder of the Solutions Institute, an activist...
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Communications Advisor, Tax Revolution institute
Robin Koerner is the author of “If You Can Keep It”, which discusses the ways in which psychology and culture drive political change. He is a political and economic commentator for the Huffington Post and other media. In 2011, he wrote an article in which he coined the term “Blue...
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Assistant Controller, State of Nevada
Geoffrey oversees the state's financial reporting and transparency efforts along with Nevada's elected controller, Ron Knecht. Geoffrey formerly was Director of Research at the Nevada Policy Research Institute and has written for the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation in Washington...
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Reed Smith LLP
Kelley Miller is an attorney with Reed Smith LLP, resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where significant aspects of her practice involve handling complex federal and state tax controversies. Ms. Miller’s practice is premised on using the right tools at the right time...
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Senior Vice President, Northwood University
Timothy Nash joined Northwood in 1980 and received a B.B.A. from the university, an M.A. in Economics from Central Michigan University, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction with his cognate in business administration from Wayne State University. He is an associate professor...
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Exhibitors
Tax Revolution Institute (TRI) is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3)-pending organization dedicated to promoting transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels of the U.S. tax system, while researching and developing simple and innovative tax reform solutions to advance freedom and...
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Friday July 15, 2016 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
2:30pm PDT
Of Dogs and Men (72 min.) Michael Ozias, dir.
Speakers GG
President, Nevada Voters for Animals
President, Nevada Voters For Animals; authored Cooney’s Law (NV Felony Animal Cruelty law, 2011) and Canine Encounter Training law in 2015; animal and community advocate.
Founder, Hansel Law
Cary Hansel as recently voted Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Maryland Association for Justice, is the founder of Hansel Law, PC. Cary represented the Jenkins' family in their successful suit over the shooting of their dog Brandi and the illegal entry to their property. Cary has extensive...
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Director, Of Dogs and Men
"Oz" started making films on a super-8 camera at seven years old. He has always known it was his career ambition and attended film school before moving to Los Angeles. Initially he worked as an editor for movies and television shows like American Idol, Dr. Phil, and Sons of Guns before...
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Just Add Firewater
Patrick has been developing film and television projects and writing and producing live-action, documentary, and animated content for corporations, industry associations, non-profits for the past seven years first through Ozymandias Media - now Just Add Firewater. He consults on story...
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3:30pm PDT
David Kelley, ATLAS SOCIETY DAY Equality: Good and Bad
Speakers
Founder & CIO, The Atlas Society
David Kelley is founder and chief intellectual officer at The Atlas Society. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and taught philosophy at Vassar College and at Brandeis University. He founded The Institute for Objectivist Studies, now The Atlas Society, in 1990...
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Exhibitors
The purpose of The Atlas Society is to inspire and equip people to embrace reason, achievement, and ethical self-interest as the moral foundation for political liberty and personal happiness. We promote open Objectivism, a living, growing philosophy founded by Ayn Rand, the author...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Melrose 3
3:30pm PDT
Gary Johnson & William Weld: Can Liberty Win the White House?
Speakers
Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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Vice-Presidential Candidate, Libertarian Party
Bill Weld was elected Governor of Massachusettsin 1990 with 51% of the vote, and re-elected in1994 with 71% of the vote. While in o ce, Billcut taxes 21 times, including a phase-out ofthe long-term capital gains tax, and did notpermit any tax increases. In 1992 he wasrated the most...
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3:30pm PDT
Ken Schoolland: Why Donald Trump is YUGELY Wrong About Immigration and Trade
Speakers
Associate Professor & Director of the Entrepreneurship Center, Hawaii Pacific University
Ken Schoolland is an associate professor of economics and director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Hawaii Pacific University. Schoolland is also president of the International Society for Individual Liberty, a member of the Board of Scholars for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
3:30pm PDT
Latin Libre: From Cuba to Argentina (Jose Cordeiro Federico Fernandez, Ramon Parellada, Mark Klugmann)
Moderators
Visiting Professor, Francisco Marroquin University
Mark Klugmann was Speechwriter to Presidents Reagan and Bush (41). He also served as Assistant Director of the White House Outreach Working Group on Central America.In Honduras, where he introduced the LEAP zone concept and "institutional leapfrogging" in 2002, he has advised three...
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Speakers
Director, Singularity University, Millennium Project
Jose Luis Cordeiro is a world citizen in our small planet in a big unknown universe. He was born in Latin America from European parents, was educated in Europe and North America, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He has studied, visited and worked...
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Senior Fellow, Austrian Economic Center
Federico N. Fernández is a senior fellow with the Austrian Economics Center (Vienna, Austria) and founder and vice president of Fundación Bases (Rosario, Argentina). He is a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “The Austrian School of Economics in...
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Treasurer and Trustee, Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Ramón Parellada is Treasurer and Trustee of Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. Born in Dallas, Texas in 1961, he is a director of companies in flexible packaging manufacturing, blow molding containers, thermal cups, raw materials and plastics recycling. He is a chemical...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Melrose 4
3:30pm PDT
Michael G. Pravica: The Mysterious and Brilliant Nikola Tesla
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Pravica is an associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and a member of the High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC) there. He obtained his B.S. degrees in physics and applied mathematics (with honors) from Caltech and earned...
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3:30pm PDT
Steve Stengell, Direct Oil Well Investments -“Capital Preservation through Multiple Well Diversification”
Speakers
President CEO, Chairman, Encore Energy, Inc.
Steve Stengell is the founder, president and CEO of Encore Energy, Inc., which specializes in oil exploration and production in Kentucky. He is the former president and CEO of E & P Company, Allied Energy, Inc., Allied Operating TX and OK. The company maintained audited financial...
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Diamond Sponsors
Encore Energy, Inc. has built an exploration and production company in proven areas of Kentucky where more than ~5 million BO have already been produced. As the bonded operator, 100% working interest lease owner and the largest investor in each project, Encore mitigates risk through...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Wilshire A
3:30pm PDT
Tim O'Fallon: Four Valuable Opportunities in the Rare Coin Market
Speakers
Senior Numismatist, Gibraltar Coins & Precious Metals
Tim O’Fallon is the senior numismatist with Gibraltar Coins & Precious Metals and has been with the company for over 20 years.He is a Florida native, hailing from Miami, but spent most of his youth in the Tampa Bay area, where he currently resides. With degrees in biblical history...
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Exhibitors
Gibraltar Coins and Precious Metals is an independent rare coin company focused on helping collectors and investors effectively build their collections and portfolios. Gibraltar offers services to evaluate, sell and acquire rare coins, gold, and silver to clients across the country...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Sunset 1
3:30pm PDT
Wall Street and the Elections (Rob Arnott, Christopher Long, Rodolfo Milani, Donald Smith, Paul Wendee)
Moderators
Managing Director, Paul M Wendee & Associates
Dr. Paul M. Wendee has been an investment banker, securities analyst, and private equity fund manager for 33 years. He is the managing director of Paul M. Wendee & Associates, LLC, a corporate finance, private equity, and management consulting firm. He is the creator and developer...
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Speakers
Founder and Chairman, Research Affiliates
Rob Arnott is the founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, a research-intensive asset management firm that focuses on smart beta and asset allocation. He has pioneered several unconventional portfolio strategies that are now widely applied, including tactical asset allocation...
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President and CEO, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Christopher Long is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is a graduate of George Mason University. Prior to rejoining ISI in April 2011, he served as Managing Director of a global investment bank and asset management firm, as Chief Executive...
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Senior Managing Director, Dominick & Dominick
Rodolfo Milani is a senior managing director at Dominick & Dominick, which provides investment advice to companies and high net worth clients throughout Latin America and the United States. Rodolfo has more than 36 years’ experience in the industry, and previously held senior positions...
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President & Chief Investment Officer, Donald Smith & Co
Donald Smith has devoted his entire career to all aspects of the investment business that support the management of client portfolios. He began his career as an analyst with Capital Research Company and subsequently became a director, vice president and portfolio manager of Capital...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
3:30pm PDT
3:30pm PDT
Where in the World to Invest Now (Doug Casey, Marin Katusa, Adrian Day)
Moderators
President, Adrian Day Asset Management
Adrian Day, London born and a graduate of the London School of Economics, heads the eponymous money management firm Adrian Day Asset Management, where he manages discretionary accounts in both global and resource areas. Day is also sub-advisor to the EuroPacific Gold Fund. His latest...
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Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Author, The Colder War
Marin Katusa is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, The Colder War. Over the last decade, Marin Katusa has been involved in raising over $1 Billion in financing for resource companies. He has visited over 400 resource projects in over 100 countries. Marin publishes his thoughts...
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Friday July 15, 2016 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Sunset 2
3:40pm PDT
Meet the Author: Robin Koerner "If You Can Keep It"
Speakers
Communications Advisor, Tax Revolution institute
Robin Koerner is the author of “If You Can Keep It”, which discusses the ways in which psychology and culture drive political change. He is a political and economic commentator for the Huffington Post and other media. In 2011, he wrote an article in which he coined the term “Blue...
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4:20pm PDT
4:20pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Hollywood Biographer
Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written numerous...
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Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Project for Economic Growth, The Heritage Foundation
Stephen Moore, who formerly wrote on the economy and public policy for The Wall Street Journal, is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Project for Economic Growth, at The Heritage Foundation. Moore, who also was a member of The Journal’s editorial board, returned to Heritage in January...
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Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival
As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment...
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4:20pm PDT
5:00pm PDT
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson: Less Government Equals More Liberty
Speakers
Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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Editor-at-Large, Reason Magazine
Matt Welch is editor-at-large of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." He is the author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick (2007) and co-author with Nick Gillespie of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with...
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5:20pm PDT
Rob Arnott, Steve Forbes: Global Turmoil, the US Elections and the Markets
Moderators
Chairman, Mauldin Economics
Each week, well over a million readers turn to John Mauldin to better understand Wall Street, global markets, and the drivers of the world economy. And for good reason. John is a noted financial expert, a New York Times best-selling author, a pioneering online commentator, and the...
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Speakers
Founder and Chairman, Research Affiliates
Rob Arnott is the founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, a research-intensive asset management firm that focuses on smart beta and asset allocation. He has pioneered several unconventional portfolio strategies that are now widely applied, including tactical asset allocation...
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Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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5:40pm PDT
Brent Bozell, Can We Transform the Biased Media? Yes! In Three Steps
Speakers
Founder and President, Media Research Center
Founder and President of the Media ResearchCenter, Mr. Bozell runs the largest mediawatchdog organization in America. Since itslaunch in 1987, the MRC has developed thelargest video archive in the world; thepopular NewsBusters.org blog site; theCNSNews.com internet news service; MRCBusiness...
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Exhibitors
The mission of the Media Research Center is to create a media culture in America where truth and liberty flourish.
5:55pm PDT
Senator Rand Paul: Taking a Stand
Moderators
President, Free the People
Matt Kibbe is President and Founder of Free the People. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected public policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria. Dubbed...
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Speakers
US Senator
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, M.D., is one of thenation’s leading advocates for liberty. Electedto the United States Senate in 2010, Dr. Paulhas been an outspoken champion forconstitutional liberties and scalresponsibility, and has fought tirelessly toreturn government to its limited,constitutional...
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Exhibitors
Free the People is where liberty, community, and creative disruption collide. We are speaking to the next generation of libertarians, using stories, advocacy, social media and pop culture to educate and mobilize.
6:35pm PDT
Only in America: What Freedom Means to Me
Moderators
Founder, Managing Director, The Global Advisory Group
Dan Mangru is the founder and Managing Director of The Global Advisory Group, a Palm Beach advisory firm that focuses on globalization, real estate development, strategic partnering, media, and new business development with relations in over 20 countries. Mangru was the host and executive...
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Speakers
Promoter, Don King Promotions
Don King, the renowned global international icon isknown around the world for staging many of thegreatest professional boxing matches in thehistory of the sport, but today King is thechampion of world peace and women’s rights.King’s career as a promoter spans fourdecades and includes...
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6:50pm PDT
George Foreman, The Art of Fighting in Business and Life
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
Heavyweight Champion, Entrepreneur
George Foreman, a two-time world heavyweightchampion, is an ordained minister, author, andentrepreneur. An impoverished,troublemaking youth growing up in Texas,Foreman was saved by the Job Corps, wherehe decided to become a boxer. Afterwinning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics,he...
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7:30pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Founder and President, Agora, Inc.
In 1978, William Bonner created what is nowknown as Agora Inc. What began as a smallpublishing company based in Washington,DC, has grown to be one of the largest andmost successful consumer newsletterpublishers in the world. Since foundingAgora Inc., Bill Bonner has worked steadilyto...
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Libertarian Candidate for President
A two-term governor of New Mexico from1995-2003, Gary Johnson has been a consistentadvocate for limited, e cient governmentand personal liberty. As the Libertariancandidate for President in 2012, he received more votes than any Libertarian candidatein history. An outspoken pro-Constitution...
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US Senator
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, M.D., is one of thenation’s leading advocates for liberty. Electedto the United States Senate in 2010, Dr. Paulhas been an outspoken champion forconstitutional liberties and scalresponsibility, and has fought tirelessly toreturn government to its limited,constitutional...
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7:30pm PDT
Ringside VIP Reception with George Foreman, Don King ($) Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Speakers
Heavyweight Champion, Entrepreneur
George Foreman, a two-time world heavyweightchampion, is an ordained minister, author, andentrepreneur. An impoverished,troublemaking youth growing up in Texas,Foreman was saved by the Job Corps, wherehe decided to become a boxer. Afterwinning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics,he...
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Promoter, Don King Promotions
Don King, the renowned global international icon isknown around the world for staging many of thegreatest professional boxing matches in thehistory of the sport, but today King is thechampion of world peace and women’s rights.King’s career as a promoter spans fourdecades and includes...
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7:30pm PDT
Special Event Reception: High Gravity Resources
Diamond Sponsors
High Gravity Resources, LLC was formed to be an alternative outlet for Accredited Investors who are interested in Direct Energy Investments. Our focus is to remain small and manage our resources effectively. The company was founded in 2012 with the purpose of providing our partners...
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Friday July 15, 2016 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
The Studio
8:00pm PDT
Daniel Zurbruegg, Once in a Decade Opportunities
Speakers
Founder and Managing Partner, Swiss Infinity Global Investments, GmBH
Daniel Zurbruegg is the founder and managing partner of Swiss Infinity Global Investments, a company that is helping Americans invest internationally and protect their assets. The services offered by Swiss Infinity go far beyond what one normally expects from an investment management...
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Exhibitors
Swiss Infinity Global Investments (GmbH) is an independent Swiss investment advisor focused on serving U.S. persons. Registered in Switzerland and the United States (U.S. SEC registered RIA), we provide personalized wealth management solutions for individual private clients and families...
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9:00pm PDT
7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
7:00am PDT
Special Event Breakfast with Alexander Green and Mark Skousen ($): "Duel of the Investment Gurus: Insider Secrets You Won't Hear Anywhere Else" Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Moderators
Vice President & Publisher, Eagle Financial Publications
Roger Michalski, Eagle Financial Publications’ vice president and group publisher, has been with the company for more than a decade. His experience in publishing spans 20-plus years and includes time working at the prestigious Smithsonian Institution in its catalog division. He...
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Speakers
Chief Investment Strategist, Oxford Club
Alexander Green is the chief investment strategist of The Oxford Club and Investment U and Editor of The Momentum Alert, The Insider Alert and The True Value Alert. The independent Hulbert Financial Digest ranks his Oxford Communiqué on its Honor Roll of top-performing investment...
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Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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8:00am PDT
Pitch Tank Presentations and Judging (Steve Forbes, Kevin Harrington, John Mackey, Michelle Seiler-Tucker, Bernt Ullmann, Greg Writer)
Moderators
Founder & CEO, Angel Investors Network
Greg Writer is an executive with over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation, executive level management, mergers, acquisitions, software development and sales/marketing. At 21, he was the youngest ever owner and operator of a full service investment banking firm...
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Speakers
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Entrepreneur
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur over the last 40 years and an Original Shark on ABC's hit, Emmy winning TV show, “Shark Tank.” He is also Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Founding Board Member of Electronic Retailers Association (ERA), representing...
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Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
John Mackey is an American businessman. He is the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded in 1980. Named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He is one of the most influential advocates in the movement...
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Founder and President, Seiler-Tucker Capital Business Solutions
Michelle Seiler-Tucker is an amazingly talented entrepreneur. As the founder and president of Seiler Tucker/Capital Business Solutions she has sold over 350 businesses to date, and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. Michelle is the leading authority on buying...
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Founding Partner, Star Branding
Brent Ullmann is a founding partner of Star Branding (
www.starbranding.com ), a critically acclaimed licensing and brand management partnership between Tommy & Andy Hilfiger, Joe Lamastra & Mr. Ullmann. As the CEO of Star Branding, Ullmann provides mastery in creating, incubating, developing, marketing and distributing leading lifestyle brands for supersta...
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9:00am PDT
REASON DAY The Libertarian Momentum: What It Is and How To Keep It Going Through November and into The Future
Speakers
Editor in Chief, Reason.com & Reason TV
Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, the online platforms of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The two sites draw over 4 million visits per month and have been named among the nation's best political sites. He is co-author...
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Editor-at-Large, Reason Magazine
Matt Welch is editor-at-large of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." He is the author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick (2007) and co-author with Nick Gillespie of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with...
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9:30am PDT
9:30am PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer and a one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a radical Islamic organization in Egypt with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri (who later became the first in command of Al-Qaeda). More than 30 years ago he started a reformation...
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CEO, Euro Pacific Capital
Peter Schiff is chairman of SchiffGold; CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.; and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters...
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Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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9:30am PDT
Mule: Living on the Outside (11 min.) John McDonald, dir.
Anthem
Wednesday, 3:30 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am, John McDonald, dir. (11 min.)
MULE: Living on the Outside follows the journey of John Sears aka Mule and his three mules. They have been traveling throughout the western United States for three decades and lived outdoors every single day for over twelve years. Practicing this nomadic lifestyle, however, is becoming...
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10:00am PDT
Alexander McCobin, How the Entrepreneurial Generation can Save Liberty
Speakers
President, Students for Liberty
Alexander McCobin is co-founder and president of Students for Liberty. Under his leadership, Students for Liberty has grown into the largest libertarian student organization in the world. It includes over 400 leaders that support over 1,300 student groups representing over 50,000...
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Exhibitors
Students For Liberty is a rapidly growing network of pro-liberty students from all over the world. Our mission is to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty. We are the largest libertarian student organization in the world. We accomplish this through...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Sunset 3/4
10:00am PDT
10:00am PDT
Dr. Tom McFie, The Perpetual Wealth Code: How to Beat the Bankers
Speakers
As the youngest of 6 children Tom McFie grew up in financial poverty, sharing a single bed with his brother until he was 10 years old. On cold winter mornings they’d wake up and scratch their names in the frost that had built up on the inside of the walls of the bedroom they shared...
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Exhibitors
Today Life Benefits has become one of the most sought out independent life insurance agencies in the United States because we are known for honest and straightforward opinions. And, unassumingly, everybody knows that what we offer are opinions because we don’t provide paid advice...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Sunset 5/6
10:00am PDT
Jared Labell, Taxes Are Revolting! (Why Aren't You?)
Speakers
Executive Director, Taxpayers United of America (TUA)
Jared Labell is director of operations for Taxpayers United of America (TUA), a nonpartisan, 501(c)(4) taxpayer advocacy group. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1976 by activist and economist Jim Tobin, TUA works on behalf of taxpayers to reduce local, state, and federal taxes. In...
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Taxpayers United of America (TUA) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(4) taxpayer advocacy group. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1976 by activist and economist Jim Tobin, TUA works on behalf of taxpayers to reduce local, state, and federal taxes. In the past forty years, TUA has saved taxpayers...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Melrose 1/2
10:00am PDT
Jim Powell: Why Liberty Flourished in the West More than Anywhere Else
Speakers
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Jim Powell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He has also conducted work for the Manhattan Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the National Right to Work Committee and Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. Powell is a prodigious author...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Sunset 2
10:00am PDT
Jon Utley, Trump’s Trade Deficits—Free Trade Is Not the Culprit --Six Ways Washington Handicaps U.S. Exporters
Moderators
Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org, Cato Institute
Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with...
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Speakers
Publisher, The American Conservative
Jon Basil Utley is publisher of The American Conservative and a writer for Reason.com and Antiwar.com. He has written widely on foreign policy, terrorism, civil defense, third world economic and electoral issues, environmental issues and energy. During Reagan times he was a commentator...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Sunset 1
10:00am PDT
Matt Kibbe, Socialism Kills
Speakers
President, Free the People
Matt Kibbe is President and Founder of Free the People. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected public policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria. Dubbed...
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Exhibitors
Free the People is where liberty, community, and creative disruption collide. We are speaking to the next generation of libertarians, using stories, advocacy, social media and pop culture to educate and mobilize.
Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Wilshire B
10:00am PDT
Oil, Islam, ISIS and the Mid-East Crisis: What's Fueling the Chaos? (Gene Epstein, George Gilder, Tawfik Hamid, Daniel McCarthy)
Moderators
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Steven Goldberg is a partner in the national law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. His specialty is business litigation. He is a member of the Bars of California and New York and graduated from Harvard University in 1975 with a B.S. in Mathematics and then from New York University...
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Speakers
Economics Editor, Barron's Magazine
Gene Epstein joined Barron’s in February 1992 as Commodities Editor and quickly became the weekly’s first Economics Editor and the first to write the column, “Economic Beat,”--which he writes to this day. He is also the Barron’s Book Review Editor. He is the author of ECONOSPINNING...
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Co-founder, Discovery Institute
George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism...
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Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer and a one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He was a member of a radical Islamic organization in Egypt with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri (who later became the first in command of Al-Qaeda). More than 30 years ago he started a reformation...
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Executive Director, Antiwar.com
Angela Keaton, a revisionist historian of the libertarian movement in the U.S., is a legal researcher at a West Hollywood based law firm and executive director of the Randolph Bourne Institute. Keaton received her M.A and J.D. from the University of Florida.
Editor, The American Conservative
Daniel McCarthy is the editor of The American Conservative. His writings have appeared in a wide variety of other publications, including The Spectator, Reason, Modern Age, and Orion. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008...
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10:00am PDT
The Power Of Mastermind Investing & Marketing (Kevin Harrington, Bernt Ullman, Greg Writer)
Speakers
Entrepreneur
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur over the last 40 years and an Original Shark on ABC's hit, Emmy winning TV show, “Shark Tank.” He is also Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Founding Board Member of Electronic Retailers Association (ERA), representing...
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Founding Partner, Star Branding
Brent Ullmann is a founding partner of Star Branding (
www.starbranding.com ), a critically acclaimed licensing and brand management partnership between Tommy & Andy Hilfiger, Joe Lamastra & Mr. Ullmann. As the CEO of Star Branding, Ullmann provides mastery in creating, incubating, developing, marketing and distributing leading lifestyle brands for supersta...
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Founder & CEO, Angel Investors Network
Greg Writer is an executive with over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation, executive level management, mergers, acquisitions, software development and sales/marketing. At 21, he was the youngest ever owner and operator of a full service investment banking firm...
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Diamond Sponsors
Angel Investors Network is a community of experts that invest our time, expertise, and money in exchange for equity in entrepreneurs with the objective to perpetuate free enterprise, capitalism and support the entrepreneur spirit while creating wealth, happiness and fulfillment for...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Celebrity 5
10:00am PDT
The Road to TOTAL Marijuana Legalization (Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Michael Blunk, Rob Kampia)
Speakers
US Represenative, Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District
A lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon,Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) hasdevoted his entire career to public service.While still a student at Lewis and ClarkCollege, he spearheaded the e ort tolower the voting age. His 10-year tenureas the Commissioner of Public Works forthe...
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Director of Entrepreneur Relations, ArcView Group
Michael Blunk does business development forArcView, and is the main point of contactfor companies seeking support and a goodportion of the investor members as well.He has been involved in drug policyreform for ve years and has a long-terminterest in seeing the legal cannabisindustry...
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Co-Founder, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project
Rob Kampia co-founded the Marijuana Policy Project in 1995 and has served as its executive director ever since. He is the architect of most of the state-level marijuana laws that have been enacted in the United States since 2000. Rob has provided fiery testimony before Congress twice...
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Exhibitors
The Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s largest marijuana policy organization, has been responsible for changing most state-level marijuana laws since 2000. It pursues its mission of ending marijuana prohibition and regulating marijuana as alcohol is regulated via federal and...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Melrose 4
10:00am PDT
William F. Buckley, Frank Meyer, Russell Kirk: Can Libertarianism and Conservativism Ever Agree? (Lee Edwards, Christopher Long, Eugene Meyer)
Speakers
Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater...
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President and CEO, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Christopher Long is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is a graduate of George Mason University. Prior to rejoining ISI in April 2011, he served as Managing Director of a global investment bank and asset management firm, as Chief Executive...
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President, Federalist Society
Eugene B. Meyer is president of the Federalist Society, an intellectual network which promotes limited government, the separation of powers, and individual freedom. He has served as president, CEO, or executive director of the Federalist Society for over 30 years. Gene earned his...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Melrose 3
10:00am PDT
Deep Web (90 min.) Alex Winter, dir. PANEL "Bitcoin, Silk Road, and Free Markets that Aren't So Free"
Moderators
Bitcoingirl.org
Naomi Brockwell is a producer, director, and opera singer who hales from Australia. She is the CEO and founder of Rainsworth Productions, and a policy associate at the New York Bitcoin Centre, associate producer at Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel, member of the Advisory...
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Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Founder, Tatiana Coin
Tatiana Moroz is the premier female singer-songwriter in the Bitcoin and activist community and is the creator of Tatiana Coin, the first ever artist cryptocurrency. As a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Tatiana has had an extensive music career managing and promoting top New...
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Founder and CEO, Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Effort
Lyn Ulbricht is the mother of Ross Ulbricht, a peaceful libertarian and the alleged creator of the Silk Road website. Ross was sentenced to double life without parole for all non-violent charges. At sentencing the judge said this was to serve as a warning to others and called Silk...
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11:00am PDT
Austin Petersen, The Politics of Principle
Speakers
Austin Petersen is a constitutional libertarian, who believes in economic freedom and personal liberty. Petersen’s passion for limited government led him to a job at the Libertarian National Committee in 2008, and then eventually to the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. After...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Wilshire A
11:00am PDT
Colleen Cowles, Civil Liberties Lost: War On Drugs = War on Us
Speakers
Founder, WarOnUs.com
Attorney Colleen Cowles is founder ofwww.WarOnUs.com and CEO of CowlesCommunication, which encompasses multipleonline education companies; her professionalspeaking, writing, legal and consultingservices; and advocacy programs in whichshe is involved. Colleen created CowlesLegal Systems...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Melrose 1/2
11:00am PDT
11:00am PDT
Dusan Miljevic The NEW Road to Liberty: Legalizing Free Trade of Votes
Speakers
Founder, OwnYourCountry.org
Dusan Miljevic is the founder of OwnYourCountry.org, a global grassroots movement that proposes that voters upgrade their voting rights into property, thereby legalizing their free trade. The consequence would be instant transformation of today’s nation states from socialist “tragedies...
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OwnYourCountry.org is a global grassroots movement which proposes that voters upgrade their voting rights into property, meaning the legalization of free trade of votes. This upgrade instantly turns nation states from today's socialist no- profit associations of members into for-profit...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Sunset 1
11:00am PDT
Engaging Millennials (Kristoffer Adams, Lana Link, Christopher Long, Alexander McCobin)
Speakers
Outreach Director, CityGOP
Kristo er Adams is a community activist fromMemphis, TN. He was also the formerUniversity of Memphis College RepublicanPresident. He is the Outreach Director forCityGOP a group based out of WashingtonD.C. In his spare time he volunteers withSoGiv and Lifeline to Success.
VP of Marketing, Moving Picture Institute
Lana Link, MPI's vice president of communications and marketing, spearheads marketing efforts for MPI Original in-house productions and assists MPI-supported filmmakers with their marketing and distribution strategies. She also works on MPI's creative team and writes for MPI-supported...
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President and CEO, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Christopher Long is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is a graduate of George Mason University. Prior to rejoining ISI in April 2011, he served as Managing Director of a global investment bank and asset management firm, as Chief Executive...
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President, Students for Liberty
Alexander McCobin is co-founder and president of Students for Liberty. Under his leadership, Students for Liberty has grown into the largest libertarian student organization in the world. It includes over 400 leaders that support over 1,300 student groups representing over 50,000...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Sunset 2
11:00am PDT
Foreign Policy Panel (Barbara Kolm, Leon Louw, Will Ruger, Li Schoolland, Joel Stern
Moderators
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow who specializes in fiscal policy, tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending. He also serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow...
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Speakers
President, Hayek Institute
Barbara Kolm holds degrees in business studies and economics and serves as CEO in private enterprises as well as NGOs. She does academic research and lectures at universities on the topics of efficiency processes, and financial and legal foundations of administrative and state institutions...
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Executive Director, Free Market Foundation
Leon Louw is a South African intellectual, author, speaker and policy advisor. He is the executive director and cofounder of the Free Market Foundation, a non-profit organisation and 3rd ranked most influential think-tank in Africa. He is a regularly featured speaker and writer in...
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Vice President of Research and Policy/Vice President for Research, Charles Koch Institute/Charles Koch Foundation
William Ruger serves as the vice president of research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute and the vice president for research at the Charles Koch Foundation. Before coming to CKI, he was most recently a professor at Texas State University. Ruger earned his Ph.D. in Politics...
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Founder, TFT Events
Founder of TFT Events, Li Schoolland organized the World Conference on Market Liberalization in Bali (2015), two Shanghai Austrian Economic Summits (2012 & 2014), the Bratislava Austrian Economic Summit (2013), and another in Bucharest, Romania (2013). Li has presided over the longest...
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CEO, Stern Value Management. Ltd.
Joel M. Stern is the Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer at Stern Value Management Ltd. Previously he served as President of Chase Financial Policy, the financial advisory arm of Chase Manhattan Bank. He is an adjunct professor at six Graduate Schools of Business which...
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11:00am PDT
Jeffrey Tucker & Randy Barnett, LIB-X I'm MADD: The Case Against Drunk Driving Laws
Speakers
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Randy Barnett teaches constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. A former criminal prosecutor in Chicago, he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich in the Supreme Court before devising...
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Chief Liberty Officer, Liberty.me
Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and an Acton Institute associate. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Melrose 4
11:00am PDT
11:00am PDT
John T. Reed, Unelected President
Speakers
Publisher, John T. Reed's Real Estate Investor's Monthly
John T. Reed is the author of 20 real estate investment books and is the sole writer and publisher of John T. Reed’s Real Estate Investor’s Monthly newsletter. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including 60 Minutes and Larry King Live. Reed was a real estate investor...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Sunset 3/4
11:00am PDT
Vilifying Speech: More Hate, Less Freedom in the Media? (Michael Bugeja, Charles Cooke, Robby Soave)
Speakers
Professor and Director, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Dr. Michael Bugeja is a professor and the directorof the Greenlee School of Journalism andCommunication at Iowa State University ofScience and Technology, where he earnedthe 2015 Scripps Howard Award forOutstanding Administrator of the Year.Previously, he served as associate directorfor...
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Writer, National Review
Charles C. W. Cooke is a writer at National Review and a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he studied modern history and politics. His work has focused especially on Anglo-American history, British liberty, free speech, the Second Amendment, and American exceptionalism...
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Associate Editor, Reason.com
Robby Soave is an associate editor at Reason.com. He enjoys writing about college news, education policy, criminal justice reform, and television. He is also a columnist for The Daily Beast and has penned articles for the New York Post, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, The Orange County...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Wilshire B
11:00am PDT
12:00pm PDT
CLOSING PANEL with Adam Brandon, Steve Forbes, John Fund, Nick Gillespie, Mark Skousen
Moderators
Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated...
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Speakers
CEO, FreedomWorks
Adam Brandon currently serves as CEO of FreedomWorks, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington DC that mobilizes grassroots activists nationwide to fight for less government, lower taxes and more freedom. Brandon currently focuses on directing priorities between each...
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Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and a co-ambassador of FreedomFest. He writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious...
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Columnist, National Review
John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001. Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and the...
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Editor in Chief, Reason.com & Reason TV
Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, the online platforms of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The two sites draw over 4 million visits per month and have been named among the nation's best political sites. He is co-author...
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Exhibitors
FreedomWorks exists to educate, build, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty and the rule of law. FreedomWorks is a community of over 6.9 million Americans.
FreedomWorks members know...
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12:40pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation
As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater...
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Co-founder, Discovery Institute
George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism...
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Senior Fellow, Mises Institute
Robert P. Murphy is an Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute and sits on the board of the Nelson Nash Institute. He is the author of many books including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015). He is the host of The Bob Murphy Show.
National Radio and TV Host, Cool Hand Root
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential nominee. He is host of the nationally-syndicated "WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show" aired daily from 6 PM to 9 PM ET on USA Radio network and broadcast on Newsmax TV. Wayne is also a bestselling...
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12:40pm PDT
12:40pm PDT
Ted & Courtney Balaker, From the Supreme Court to the Big Screen: Susette Kelo's Historic Fight against Eminent Domain Abuse
Speakers
Co-Founder, Korchula Productions
Ted Balaker is a filmmaker, journalist, and co-founder of Korchula Productions, a film production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. He has produced for the likes of John Stossel, Drew Carey and Reason TV. His written work has appeared in many outlets including...
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Co-Founder, Korchula Productions
Courtney Balaker is a filmmaker and co-founder of Korchula Productions, a film production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. She has produced for the likes of Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures, and PBS. She is the director of LITTLE PINK...
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Institute for Justice
John Kramer's strategic media relations work—coupled with IJ’s litigation—has protected homes and small businesses nationwide from eminent domain abuse, and secured the rights of entrepreneurs to earn an honest living when the government sought to shut them out. Kramer’s work...
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12:40pm PDT
Special Event Luncheon with Former Shark-Tank Shark Kevin Harrington ($): Invest Like A Shark Register now! 855-850-3733 ext 202 or http://freedomfest.com/special-events-2/
Moderators
Founder & CEO, Angel Investors Network
Greg Writer is an executive with over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation, executive level management, mergers, acquisitions, software development and sales/marketing. At 21, he was the youngest ever owner and operator of a full service investment banking firm...
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Speakers
Entrepreneur
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur over the last 40 years and an Original Shark on ABC's hit, Emmy winning TV show, “Shark Tank.” He is also Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Founding Board Member of Electronic Retailers Association (ERA), representing...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 12:40pm - 1:30pm PDT
Celebrity 5
1:40pm PDT
Bert Dohmen Q&A
Speakers
President, Dohmen Capital Research
Bert Dohmen is president and founder of Dohmen Capital Research Inc. (DCRI). He has achieved an international reputation for his expertise in forecasting the major investment markets, interest rates, and economic trends. Bert Dohmen is known as a Fed watcher and a contrarian. You...
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Exhibitors
Dohmen Capital is an investment research firm with over 38 years of professional experience, providing our in-depth investment research and daily analysis of the global financial markets to clients around the world. Our top services have achieved the highest acclaim and have proven...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 1:40pm - 2:30pm PDT
The Studio
1:40pm PDT
1:40pm PDT
Frank Buckley: Once and Future King: The Rise and Fall of Crown Government
Speakers
Professor, George Mason Law School
Frank Buckley is a professor at George Mason LawSchool, where he teaches a course about theFramers at their 1787 Convention inPhiladelphia. Buckley teaches that they gaveus our Constitution and were the wisestgroup of Americans ever assembled in oneroom—but almost no one today understandswhat...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 1:40pm - 2:30pm PDT
Sunset 1
1:40pm PDT
Getting Big Government out of the Courtroom (Derek Cohen, Jorge Marin, Jason Pye)
Speakers
Deputy Director, Right on Crime
Derek M. Cohen is Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Right on Crime campaign. Cohen graduated with a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Bowling Green State University and an M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University...
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Criminal Justice, Defense, Immigration Specialist, Americans for Tax Reform
Jorge Marin is the criminal justice, defense, and immigration specialist at Americans for Tax reform, a coalition of taxpayer groups, individuals, and businesses opposed to higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. His writing has been published in the Daily Caller, The...
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Director of Communications and Justice Reform, FreedomWorks
Jason Pye is the director of communications and the director of justice reform for FreedomWorks. He serves as the spokesman for FreedomWorks and is responsible for creating and executing the organization's media strategy across various platforms. He also leads the organization’s...
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Exhibitors
FreedomWorks exists to educate, build, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty and the rule of law. FreedomWorks is a community of over 6.9 million Americans.
FreedomWorks members know...
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1:40pm PDT
1:40pm PDT
1:40pm PDT
John Pugliano, Harvesting Freedom & Wealth from the Dispersed Economy
Speakers
Founder, Investable Wealth, LLC.
John Pugliano has spent nearly 30 years studying and applying the habits of financially independent middle-class Americans. He encourages everyone to seek freedom by learning to live debt free and practice 10 simple wealth building principles. He has served in the military as both...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 1:40pm - 2:30pm PDT
Wilshire A
1:40pm PDT
Peter Ferrara, Power to the People: The New Road to Freedom and Prosperity for the Poor, Seniors, and Those Most In Need of the World's Best Health Care
Moderators
Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org, Cato Institute
Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with...
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Speakers
Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
Peter Ferrara is senior fellow for entitlement andbudget policy at The Heartland Institute, and asenior fellow at the Social Security Institute.He served in the White House O ce ofPolicy Development under President Reaganand as associate deputy attorney general ofthe United States...
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Exhibitors
The Heartland Institute is a national nonprofit research and education organization, tax exempt under Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and founded in Chicago in 1984. It is not affiliated with any political party, business, or foundation. Heartland’s mission is to...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 1:40pm - 2:30pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
1:40pm PDT
1:40pm PDT
Will We Ever Save Education from the State? How? (Bob Bowdon, Andrew Campanella, Jonatha Butcher, Brittany Corona, Larry Sand)
Speakers
Founder, Choice Media
Bob Bowdon runs Choice Media, a national education newsgroup that publishes a daily newswire, website (ChoiceMedia.TV), Twitter feed (@ChoiceMediaTV) and national event calendar about education reform and American schools. He frequently appears in the media to promote education reform...
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Education Director, Goldwater Institute
Jonathan Butcher serves as education directorfor the Goldwater Institute. His work hasappeared in journals such as Education Nextand the Georgetown Journal of Law andPublic Policy. He has appeared on local andnational TV outlets, including C-SPAN andFox News. He has also been a guest...
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President, National School Choice Week
Andrew R. Campanella is widely recognized as one of America's most dynamic and effective education reform executives. Andrew is president of National School Choice Week (NSCW), an independent effort that raises public awareness of the many K-12 education options available to families...
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State Programs and Government Relations Director, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Brittany Corona serves as State Programs andGovernment Relations Director for theFriedman Foundation for Educational Choice,working in states to advance parental choicein education. She is a former domestic policystudies researcher at The HeritageFoundation in Washington, DC, where...
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President, California Teachers Empowerment Network
Larry Sand started his teaching career in New York in 1971. Beginning in 1985, he taught elementary and middle school in Los Angeles. Retired in 2009, he is president of the California Teachers Empowerment Network – an organization dedicated to providing teachers with reliable and...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 1:40pm - 2:30pm PDT
Melrose 3
1:40pm PDT
The Money Changers (98 min.) Chris Mortensen, dir.
Anthem
Saturday 1:40 pm, Christopher Mortensen, dir. (98 min)
“It’s not surprising that the financial crisis happened in the most regulated industry in the world” –John Allison. Think ‘greedy bankers’ caused the financial crisis? Think again.THE MONEYCHANGERS is a feature-length documentary film that, for the first time, examines...
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2:40pm PDT
Adam Guillette, Lana Link, Lou Perez: Using Humor to Advance Liberty
Speakers
President of Development, Moving Picture Institute
MPI's Vice President of Development, Adam Guillette has extensive experience in the liberty movement. In 2007 Americans for Prosperity selected Adam to launch their Florida chapter. Within a year the chapter gained over 150 media hits statewide while defeating over $370 million in...
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VP of Marketing, Moving Picture Institute
Lana Link, MPI's vice president of communications and marketing, spearheads marketing efforts for MPI Original in-house productions and assists MPI-supported filmmakers with their marketing and distribution strategies. She also works on MPI's creative team and writes for MPI-supported...
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Comedian and Head Writer, We the Internet TV
Lou Perez is an award-winning comedian and Head Writer of MPI-supported comedy channel We the Internet TV (Link to:
www.wetheinternet.tv). He's also half of the comedy duo, Greg and Lou (Link to:
www.YouTube.com/GregandLou). G&L videos have amassed over 33 million views on YouTube and have garnered over 86,000 subscribers. Lou performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater; was a writer for Fox Sports’ @TheBuzzer; produced “The Attendants” with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for...
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Diamond Sponsors
The Moving Picture Institute (MPI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes freedom through film, comedy, and online videos. MPI achieves this goal in three unique and effective ways: (1) developing creative talent; (2) making entertaining movies that change policy and culture; (3...
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2:40pm PDT
Chris Edwards, Privatization: Will the Global Revolution Come to America?
Speakers
Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org, Cato Institute
Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with...
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Exhibitors
The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues. In...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
2:40pm PDT
Fred Stitt: How Libertarianism Liberates Business Enterprise
Speakers
Director, The School of Accelerating Technologies
Fred Stitt, a lifelong Libertarian and Objectivist, specializes in teaching accelerating technologies and extreme problem solving methodologies. His PowerPoint presentation will demonstrate methods of thinking and problem solving from Libertarian and Objectivist business leaders—methods...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Sunset 2
2:40pm PDT
2:40pm PDT
Jose Cordeiro: You Can Live Forever! The New Technology
Speakers
Director, Singularity University, Millennium Project
Jose Luis Cordeiro is a world citizen in our small planet in a big unknown universe. He was born in Latin America from European parents, was educated in Europe and North America, and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. He has studied, visited and worked...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Wilshire A
2:40pm PDT
Josh Crumb, Why Deep Freedom and Deep Equality Start with Fair Money, Good Measurement, and Choice in Savings: The Technology of Money
Speakers
Chief Strategy Officer, Goldmoney Inc.
Josh Crumb is a co-founder of Goldmoney Inc. and has served as its Chief Strategy Officer and Director since 2014. Mr. Crumb was previously an executive director at Goldman Sachs as the Senior Metals Strategist in the Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research Division in...
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Diamond Sponsors
Goldmoney Inc. is a global, full-reserve and gold-based financial services group. Goldmoney provides financial services as a trusted, limited, third party, combining the unique attributes of gold with technology-driven innovation. Through Goldmoney Wealth® the company offers precious...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Sunset 3/4
2:40pm PDT
Marc Eliot: Hollywood, Freedom, and Criticism
Speakers
Hollywood Biographer
Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written numerous...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Sunset 1
2:40pm PDT
2:40pm PDT
Nicholas Sarwark, Diversifying Your Political Investment
Speakers
Chair, Libertarian Party
Nicholas Sarwark is an unabashed, second generation Libertarian with a strong commitment to fighting on the party’s behalf against unfair ballot access obstacles and exclusion of qualified candidates from public debates. Sarwark has been an active member of the Libertarian Party...
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Exhibitors
The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971. Our vision is for a world in which all individuals can freely exercise the natural right of sole dominion over their own lives, liberty and property by building a political party that elects Libertarians...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Wilshire B
2:40pm PDT
REASON DAY Vice Is Nice: How Legalized Booze, Gambling, and Pot Have Made America a Better and Better Country
Speakers
Editor in Chief, Reason.com & Reason TV
Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV, the online platforms of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The two sites draw over 4 million visits per month and have been named among the nation's best political sites. He is co-author...
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Associate Editor, Reason.com
Robby Soave is an associate editor at Reason.com. He enjoys writing about college news, education policy, criminal justice reform, and television. He is also a columnist for The Daily Beast and has penned articles for the New York Post, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, The Orange County...
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Exhibitors
Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 2:40pm - 3:30pm PDT
Melrose 4
3:30pm PDT
3:30pm PDT
Meet the Authors--Book Signings
Speakers
Professor, George Mason Law School
Frank Buckley is a professor at George Mason LawSchool, where he teaches a course about theFramers at their 1787 Convention inPhiladelphia. Buckley teaches that they gaveus our Constitution and were the wisestgroup of Americans ever assembled in oneroom—but almost no one today understandswhat...
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CEO, Chisholm Ventures
John Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur, CEO, and investor. He is CEO of John Chisholm Ventures, an entrepreneurship advisory and investment firm in San Francisco. He is a trustee of MIT and of the Santa Fe Institute, and is president of the worldwide MIT Alumni...
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Publisher, John T. Reed's Real Estate Investor's Monthly
John T. Reed is the author of 20 real estate investment books and is the sole writer and publisher of John T. Reed’s Real Estate Investor’s Monthly newsletter. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including 60 Minutes and Larry King Live. Reed was a real estate investor...
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Author, Mastering Happiness
Joel F. Wade, Ph.D., is the author of Mastering Happiness, the upcoming Virtue of Happiness, and a new in depth online course, "A Master’s Course in Happiness," drawing from the increasingly useful research in general psychology and positive psychology over three decades as a teacher...
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3:30pm PDT
PANEL "The Money Changers: A Brief History of Banking" Yaron Brook, Warren Coats, Gary Alexander
Speakers
Senior Writer, Navellier.com
Gary Alexander is currently Senior Writer at Navellier.com, where he edits MarketMail, including his own Growth Mail column. For the previous 20 years, he was Senior Executive Editor at InvestorPlace Media (formerly Phillips Publishing), where he edited market experts like Richard...
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Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute
Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund
Warren Coats retired from the International Monetary Fund in 2003 as Assistant Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he led technical assistance missions to more than twenty countries (including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Egypt, Iraq Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan...
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4:00pm PDT
Blockchains: How Bitcoin Technology Changed Everything (Anthem Blanchard, Naomi Brockwell, George Gilder, Michael Terpin)
Speakers
Bitcoingirl.org
Naomi Brockwell is a producer, director, and opera singer who hales from Australia. She is the CEO and founder of Rainsworth Productions, and a policy associate at the New York Bitcoin Centre, associate producer at Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel, member of the Advisory...
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Co-founder, Discovery Institute
George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism...
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Chairman/CEO, BitAngels, Partner, AngelList Bitcoin Syndicate/Transform Group
Michael Terpin co-founded BitAngels (
www.bitangels.co), the world’s first angel network for digital currency startups and now serves as its chairman. The distributed angel network currently has more than 600 members, and has made more than 25 investments in bitcoin and cryptocurrency companies with two exits and several follow-on...
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4:00pm PDT
CJ Sailor, Fight For Free Speech
Speakers
Director of Free Speech, Young Americans for Liberty
CJ served as the Southeast Regional Coordinator for Rand Paul's 2016 Presidential Campaign and worked exclusively with National Youth Director Cliff Maloney, Jr. to start Rand Paul's Barbershop Chat events. Prior to the campaign, CJ worked as Director of Programs for The Gloucester...
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Exhibitors
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is the largest, most active, and fastest-growing pro-liberty organization on America's college campuses. With more than 600 YAL chapters and 204,000 youth activists nationwide, YAL seeks to identify, educate, train, and mobilize young people committed...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Sunset 5/6
4:00pm PDT
FreedomWorks House Freedom Caucus Panel with Congressmen Brat, Schweikert and Gosar
Speakers
US House of Representatives
David Brat is serving his first term in Congress as the Representative from Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Congressman Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Primary Election on June 10, 2014. This marked the first time a House Majority Leader had ever...
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Representative, US House of Representatives
Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., is serving his third term in Congress as the Representative from Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District. He believes that the Constitution is the cornerstone of our Republic, and he believes in more individual liberty and less government. He has focused his...
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Representative, US House of Representatives
David Schweikert is serving his third term in the United States Congress. He holds seats on the Financial Services Committee and Joint Economic Committee, co-chairs the Valley Fever Task force with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and is the Republican co-chair of both the Tunisia...
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Exhibitors
FreedomWorks exists to educate, build, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty and the rule of law. FreedomWorks is a community of over 6.9 million Americans.
FreedomWorks members know...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
The Studio
4:00pm PDT
4:00pm PDT
4:00pm PDT
4:00pm PDT
Philip Nicozisis, The Ethics of Eating (Vegan Philosophy Explained)
Speakers
Hippocrates Health Educator
Philip Nicozisis is an experienced businessman, real estate investor, professional scuba diver, published songwriter and musician, political activist, physical culturist, public speaker, and credentialed Hippocrates Health Educator.
Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Sunset 2
4:00pm PDT
Randy Barnett, Our Republican Constitution: Can We Keep It?
Speakers
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Randy Barnett teaches constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. A former criminal prosecutor in Chicago, he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich in the Supreme Court before devising...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Wilshire A
4:00pm PDT
REASON DAY It's Happening: Huge Wins on Pensions, School Choice, and the End of Statist Public Policy (Adrian Moore, Lisa Snell)
Speakers
Vice President of Policy, Reason Foundation
Adrian Moore, Ph.D., is vice president of policy at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Moore leads Reason's policy implementation efforts and conducts his own research on topics such as privatization, government and regulatory reform...
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Director of Education, Reason Foundation
Lisa Snell is the director of education and child welfare at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Snell has frequently testified before the California State Legislature and numerous other state legislatures and government agencies. She has...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Melrose 4
4:00pm PDT
Speculator: Doug Casey's First Novel
Speakers
Casey Research
Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Melrose 3
4:00pm PDT
Comedy Shorts: Safety School (3 min.) Jeremy Michael Cohen and Victoria Hill, dirs. Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate (26 min) John Papola and Bradley Jackson, dirs.
Speakers
Founder, President and CEO, The Independent Institute
David J. Theroux is Founder, President, and CEO of the
Independent Institute, Publisher of The Independent Review, Founder and President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, a Juror for the Brock International Prize in Education, and Co-Executive Producer of Independent’s a...
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Anthem
Wednesday, 3:00; Saturday 4:00, John Papola and Bradley Jackson, dirs. (26 min.)
LOVE GOV: FROM FIRST DATE TO MANDATE portrays the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend, Scott “Gov” Govinski, who foists his “good intentions” on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. The story follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak...
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Thursday, 10:00 am, Saturday, 4:00 pm, Jeremy Michael Cohen, Victoria Hill, dirs. (3 min.)
During his speech to his fellow college graduates, Moses is forced to watch what he says under the watch of an electrifying representative of the Dept. of Education. Comedy.
5:00pm PDT
FreedomWorks for America Reception Featuring Congressmen Brat, Gosar and Schweikert
Speakers
US House of Representatives
David Brat is serving his first term in Congress as the Representative from Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Congressman Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Primary Election on June 10, 2014. This marked the first time a House Majority Leader had ever...
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Representative, US House of Representatives
Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., is serving his third term in Congress as the Representative from Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District. He believes that the Constitution is the cornerstone of our Republic, and he believes in more individual liberty and less government. He has focused his...
Read More →
Representative, US House of Representatives
David Schweikert is serving his third term in the United States Congress. He holds seats on the Financial Services Committee and Joint Economic Committee, co-chairs the Valley Fever Task force with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and is the Republican co-chair of both the Tunisia...
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Saturday July 16, 2016 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
The Studio
6:00pm PDT
7:00pm PDT