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5:10pm MDT

Michael Medved, Deneen Borelli, Larry Elder, Wayne Allyn Root, Andy Puzder, Mark Skousen (mod) - Exploring New Frontiers on the "Free Enterprise": Can Business Make Government Better? Rivoli Ballroom

5:40pm MDT

Steve Forbes - New Frontiers in Politics: What Trump Must Do to Create a Really Great Economy Rivoli Ballroom

8:15am MDT

Global Economic Summit: Steve Forbes, Jim Rogers, Barbara Kolm, Joel Stern, Roberto Salinas, Keith Fitz-Gerald; Mark Skousen (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

8:45am MDT

Investing in the Earth: How to Power the Economy & Investment Portfolios with Natural Resources while Minimizing Govt Regs That Get in the Way! - Ziad Abdelnour, Steve Stengel (Encore Energy) Doug Shea (HGR) Luke... Rivoli Ballroom

9:15am MDT

PANEL Is the University Killing Free Speech? - Ted Balaker, Ari Cohn, Stephen Cox, Lou Perez; Claudia Murray, mod. Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

10:10am MDT

Steve Moore, Lanny Ebenstein; John Tamny (mod) - Should We Tax the Rich More or Less? (FreedomWorks) Rivoli Ballroom

11:15am MDT

PANEL Realigning Political Ideologies in the Digital Age - Jim Antle, John Fund, Adam Guillette, Madeleine Morgenstern; Kevin Bowe, mod. Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

11:30am MDT

CryptoCurrency: A Bit about Investing in Bitcoin - John McAfee (MGT), Anthem Blanchard (AnthemGold); Naomi Brockwell (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

1:00pm MDT

Lawson Bader, Peter Lipsett - Five Ways to Ruin Your Charitable Giving (DonorsTrust) Vendome C David Alinsky, Ralph Benko, Dinesh D'Souza; James O'Keefe (mod) - Saul Alinksy: Radical Progressive or Freedom Fighter? Rivoli Ballroom

2:00pm MDT

DEBATE Is College Worth It? - Doug Casey, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Daniele Struppa, Gabriel Calzada; Mark Stewart (mod) Vendome B Doug Bandow, Cynthia Farahat, Jon Utley; William Federer (mod) - Can Trade and Cultural Exchange Resolve the Clash of Civilizations in the Middle East? Vendome A John Fund, Travis Korson, Andrew Langer - Emerging Issues for those Fighting for Freedom (Frontiers of Freedom) Versailles 2

3:20pm MDT

Christina Sandefur, Claudia Murray, Lana Link, Nena Whitfield - Free Speech and Tolerance: What the Heck Does That Even Mean? (LOLA) Rivoli Ballroom JuanPablo Andrade, Avens O'Brien, James Paek; Ron Meyer (mod) - Millennials and the Movement: Is There Hope for Our Future? (Washington Examiner) Vendome A

4:20pm MDT

David Boaz - Why I’m Optimistic About Freedom and Progress (Cato) Vendome B Kanya Bennett, Dr. Dick Carpenter, Russ Caswell, Bill Piper; Scott Bullock (mod) - Challenging Civil Forfeiture: Why We Need To End Policing for Profit (Institute for Justice) Vendome A Michael Medved, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, George Gilder, Ziad Abdelnour; Gene Epstein (mod) - Capitalism vs Socialism: Which Way, Israel? Rivoli Ballroom

7:00pm MDT

Greed and Selfishness: Virtues or Vices? A Meeting of the Minds between Ayn Rand (Jennifer Grossman) and Ben Franklin (Mark Skousen); Gary Alexander (mod) (The Atlas Society) Rivoli Ballroom

7:20pm MDT

KEYNOTE John Stossel - CONFRONTATION: My Run-Ins with Donald Trump, Ted Turner and Other Central Planners Rivoli Ballroom

10:30am MDT

John Fund, Paul Jacob, Nick Tomboulides; Mark Harris (mod) - Term Limits: A Libertarian Success Story (US Term Limits) Burgundy Marc Eliot, Mark Klugmann, Yuri Maltsev, Lee Edwards (mod) - A Century of Communism: Who’s Winning the 100-Year War? (Heritage Foundation) Vendome A Senator Mike Lee, Representative Thomas Massie, David Safavian, Bob Barr; Jason Pye (mod) - Criminal Justice Reform in the 115th Congress (FreedomWorks) Champagne 2 Why I Can't Enter the United States (and at this point, do I even want to?) Conrad Black with Jennifer Grossman (via Skype) Rivoli Ballroom

11:30am MDT

Jeffrey Tucker, M. Zachary Johnson, Marji Ross (mod) - Can You Own an Idea? Abolishing Patents and Copyrights Bordeaux The Big Debate - Alexander Green, Larry Elder, Michael Shermer; Nicholas Vardy (mod) - Is Success Due to Skill or Luck: Did You Really Build That? Vendome A

1:30pm MDT

DEBATE Trump II: The Rematch - JuanPablo Andrade, Deneen Borelli, Wayne Allyn Root, Roberto Salinas, Jeffrey Tucker, Nick Gillespie; Dan Mangru (mod) Rivoli Ballroom Joseph Buchman, John Alexander, Congressman Merrill Cook - Is ET Libertarian? The NAP, Self-Ownership, and High Technology: If THEY are HERE, They are Libertarian! Chablis

2:30pm MDT

Eric Shuss, Ed Hudgins, Peter Voss, Zoltan Istvan, Gennady Stolyarov; Michael Shermer (mod) - Artificial Intelligence & Robots: Economy of the Future or End of Free Markets? Vendome C

3:30pm MDT

Dan Mitchell, Scott Hodge - The Road to Tax Reform (Tax Foundation) Champagne 1 Dick Carpenter, Jarrett Skorup, Christina Sandefur; John Kramer (mod) - Occupational Licensing Reform: Uniting Left & Right and Freeing Entrepreneurs (Institute for Justice) Chablis

8:00am MDT

Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie; Adam Brandon (mod) - Defending Freedom in the House of Cards (FreedomWorks) Rivoli Ballroom

8:30am MDT

Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Thomas Massie; Matt Kibbe (mod) - Defending Liberty in the Era of Trump (Free the People) Rivoli Ballroom

10:30am MDT

Jeff Berwick, Doug Casey, Jeffrey Tucker, Carla Gericke, Lyn Ulbricht, Tatiana Moroz; Naomi Brockwell (mod) - From Walden Pond to the Digital Frontier: Circumventing the State in a Parallel Universe Rivoli Ballroom Randy Barnett - From Bork to Gorsuch: How Donald Trump and a Handful of Professors Saved the Constitution Bordeaux REASON DAY Katherine Mangu-Ward, Justin Monticello, Berin Szoka - Liberty on Mars (and other Planets) Champagne 2

11:30am MDT

PANEL World Anarchy vs Rule of Law: Should America Mind its Own Business? - Janek Ambros, Elan Bentov, Doug Casey, Barbara Kolm, Kip Perry; Bob Chitester, mod. Anthem Theater/Versailles 3 Mark Stewart, Julie Borowski, Nicholas Sarwark, Judd Weiss; Larry Sharpe (mod) - What Will It Take to Win in 2018, 2020—and Beyond? Rivoli Ballroom REASON DAY Ronald Bailey, Zoltan Istvan, Mike Riggs; Matt Welch (mod) - Liberating the Human Body Champagne 2

1:30pm MDT

CLOSING PANEL Steve Forbes, Jim Rogers, David Boaz, Sen. Mike Lee, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jennifer Grossman, Mark Skousen (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

2:10pm MDT

Lib X Doug Casey; Steven Watts (mod) - The Right to Express Hate Speech Champagne 1

3:30pm MDT

Jim Copland, Rafael Mangual - The Rule of Law in the New Administration Champagne 2 Jose Cordeiro, Michael Shermer, David Brin - The Death of Death: The Possibility of Physical Immortality Vendome A

4:30pm MDT

Arnold Steinberg, Bob Barr, Dan Mangru (mod)- Democracy Works! How to End Gerrymandering, Voter Fraud, and Career Politicians Vendome B