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FreedomFest 2017

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1:00pm

Mark Skousen, Sean Flynn - Free Money, GO and the A&W Principle: Creative Ways to Teach Free Market Economics Vendome A

2:00pm

Mark Skousen, Steven Kates - Capitalism vs Communism After 100 Years: What Every Student and Citizen Should Know about Marxism Vendome A

3:00pm

Mark Skousen, Jo Ann Skousen- FreedomFest: The Inside Story of the Greatest Libertarian Show on Earth Vendome A

4:30pm

Naomi Brockwell, Mark Skousen, Valerie Durham - Welcome to FreedomFest Rivoli Ballroom

4:40pm

James O'Keefe - New Frontiers in Journalism: Why the Mainstream Media is Failing American Democracy and How to Fix It (Project Veritas) Rivoli Ballroom

5:10pm

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

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

6:00pm

Greg Gutfield with Nick Gillespie (mod) - Exploring the Shake-Up in Washington and the Media: What It Means to You, Your Business, and Your Investments Rivoli Ballroom

6:40pm

Welcome Cocktail Reception & Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall with DJ Sterling Henton Concorde Ballroom

7:00pm

Meet the Authors - Greg Gutfeld, Michael Medved, James O'Keefe, Deneen Borelli, Wayne Allyn Root Concorde Ballroom

8:00am

Mark and Jo Ann Skousen - How to Get the Most from FreedomFest and the Anthem Film Festival Rivoli Ballroom

8:15am

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

8:45am

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) Lu... Rivoli Ballroom

9:15am

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

9:20am

The Crossroads of Currency: A Future Rooted in 6,000 Years of History - Peter Schiff (Euro Pacific Capital), George Gilder (Discovery Institute), Josh Crumb (GoldMoney), Stacy Herbert, Max Keiser (GoldMoney) Rivoli Ballroom

10:10am

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

10:40am

Turning Point: Why the Next Five Years Will Make the Ultimate Difference for Our Future - Charlie Kirk (Turning Point USA) Lawson Bader (DonorsTrust) Nicolas Sarwark (Libertarian Party) Todd Davidson (State Pol... Rivoli Ballroom

11:00am

Offshore and Online: New Frontiers of Alternative Investing - Michael Cobb (Belize Advantage), Peter Zipper (Belize Advantage), Zafar Khan (RPost); Jeff Joseph (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

11:20am

Gabriel Calzada - Too Hot For Teacher!? The Future of Higher Ed (UFM) Rivoli Ballroom

11:30am

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

12:00pm

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN - Enjoy the Exhibit Hall and the FILM FESTIVAL On Your Own

1:00pm

David Alinsky, Ralph Benko, Dinesh D'Souza; James O'Keefe (mod) - Saul Alinksy: Radical Progressive or Freedom Fighter? Rivoli Ballroom

2:00pm

Jennifer Grossman, Lesley Skousen, Fred Stitt; Bob Bowdon (mod) - Revolutionary Online Education: The Next Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Champagne 3 John Fund, Travis Korson, Andrew Langer - Emerging Issues for those Fighting for Freedom (Frontiers of Freedom) Versailles 2 Larry Elder - Free Trade, Fair Trade, Open Borders, or the Wall - What's Best for America? Vendome C Peter Zipper, Michael Cobb, Rachel Jensen, Dave Drummond - Belize: Why Is Everyone Talking About This Tiny Country? (Belize Advantage) Bordeaux

2:50pm

COFFEE BREAK and BOOK SIGNING - Doug Casey, Naomi Brockwell, Lanny Ebenstein, Robin Koerner, Steven Watts - ENJOY THE Concorde Ballroom AND THE FILM FESTIVAL Concorde Ballroom

3:20pm

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey; Matt Welch (mod) - Liberty Gave Us Prosperity and Happiness -- But It's Still a Dangerous Word in Modern Times! Vendome B FEE DAY Robin Koerner, Jeffrey Tucker - New Frontiers in How We Talk About Politics Champagne 2

4:20pm

Chris Jacobs, Jeff Kanter, Twila Brase, Tony Dale, Denise Campbell - Trump Can’t Replace ObamaCare, But We Can! (My Academy of Health Excellence / Sedera Health) Champagne 3 Claudia Murray, Lana Link - Heading 'Back to the Future': How Hollywood History Reveals What's Next for Freedom in Film (Moving Picture Institute / We the Internet TV) Champagne 2 David Boaz - Why I’m Optimistic About Freedom and Progress (Cato) Vendome B Michael Medved, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, George Gilder, Ziad Abdelnour; Gene Epstein (mod) - Capitalism vs Socialism: Which Way, Israel? Rivoli Ballroom

4:45pm

PANEL Law and Disorder - Larry Burns, Neill Franklin, David Safavian; Ramsey Denison, mod. Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

6:20pm

We the Internet video Rivoli Ballroom

6:30pm

The Student Movement for Liberty: A Case for Optimism - Wolf Von Laer (Students for Liberty) Rivoli Ballroom

6:40pm

Larry Reed - Real Heroes Who Inspire—We Need More of Them! (FEE) Rivoli Ballroom

7:00pm

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

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

8:00pm

'Re-Evolution' David Sousa Moreau, dir. (101 min) sneak peek, not in competition Panel: The Legacy of Ayn Rand in Filmmaking - Doug Casey, Jennifer Grossman, Javier Parellada; Mark Klugmann (mod) Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

7:00am

Special Event Breakfast Dinesh D'Souza - The Megaphones of Power: Hollywood, The Media, and Academia $60 Book Signing to follow Champagne 3

7:50am

Welcome by Naomi Brockwell Rivoli Ballroom

8:00am

PITCH TANK - Steve Forbes, Kevin Harrington, Bernt Ullmann, Michael Fugler, Greg Writer; Stephen West (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

8:30am

'School Inc.' Andrew Coulson, dir. (56 min) Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

9:00am

Escaping the Political Medical System: How to Gain your Healthcare Freedom Today—No Lines, No Waiting, and Much Less Expense - John Hunt (Liberty Healthshare), Ralph Weber, Jud Anglin, Dr. Lee Gross Rivoli Ballroom

9:30am

100 Years of Forbes: What Have We Learned? - Steve Forbes, William Baldwin, Mark Skousen (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

10:30am

Helen Raleigh, Nick Zhao, Li Schoolland; Tom Palmer (mod) - Red State: The New Anti-Cultural Revolution in China Bordeaux 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

Bob Chitester, Larry Reed, Ziad Abdelnour - Adam Smith: The Father Of Business Ethics (Free to Choose) Champagne 1 Jeffrey Tucker, M. Zachary Johnson, Marji Ross (mod) - Can You Own an Idea? Abolishing Patents and Copyrights Bordeaux Jo Ann Skousen, Stephen Cox (mod) - Mothers of God: A Bold New Look At Women In the Bible Rivoli Ballroom 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

12:30pm

Special Event Luncheon Sen Mike Lee, Matt Kibbe (mod) - Written Out Of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government $95 includes autographed book Champagne 3

1:30pm

DEBATE Trump II: The Rematch - JuanPablo Andrade, Deneen Borelli, Wayne Allyn Root, Roberto Salinas, Jeffrey Tucker, Nick Gillespie; Dan Mangru (mod) Rivoli Ballroom

2:30pm

ATLAS SOCIETY DAY Matt Kibbe, Jim Caruso - Ayn Rand, Free Speech, and Beer: Matt Kibbe interviews Jim Caruso, CEO of the Flying Dog Brewery Champagne 2 AUTHOR'S ROUNDTABLE and book signing - Sam Sorbo "They're Your Kids: An Inspirational Journey from Doubter to Home School Advocate" Concorde Ballroom 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 Lou Perez - Can Political Satire Survive Political Correctness? A Comedian's Take (Moving Picture Institute) Champagne 1 Randal O'Toole, Stephen Cox, James L Payne; Jo Ann Skousen (mod) - Henry David Thoreau: The Man and His Message Rivoli Ballroom

3:00pm

PANEL Unintended Consequences: The Human Cost of Welfare and Regulation - Lisa Conyers, John Papola, Greg Gudenkauf; Bob Chitester, mod. Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

3:30pm

Jeffrey Tucker, Terry Kibbe, Eric Graf; Matt Kibbe (mod) - Reaching the Liberty-Curious through Technology, Pop Culture and Storytelling (Free the People) Vendome B Marc Eliot, Fraser Heston (Introduction Van Simmons) - Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon Rivoli Ballroom

5:00pm

MOCK TRIAL Police on Trial - Larry Burns, Dan Bongino, Adam Bates, Lisa Kennedy, Neill Franklin, Larry Elder, Daniel Thompson III; Naomi Brockwell (Marshal) Rivoli Ballroom

6:00pm

Reason TV Star Trek Parody Rivoli Ballroom

6:15pm

KEYNOTE William Shatner - The Fountainhead of Freedom: Striking the Balance between Business and Art - Mark Skousen and Valerie Durham (mods) Rivoli Ballroom

7:30pm

VIP Reception with William Shatner (Ticket required) $150 Versailles 2

8:00am

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

8:30am

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

9:00am

Dan Bongino - Evaporating Liberties? Protecting the Pursuit of Economic, Healthcare, and Education Happiness (CRTV) Rivoli Ballroom

9:10am

Kennedy (Fox News) and Bob Chitester (Free to Choose) - Creating Supernovas for Freedom Rivoli Ballroom

9:30am

Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch - Reason Day: To Boldly Go…: Reason and the Glorious Libertarian Future (Reason Foundation) Rivoli Ballroom

10:00am

Hallway BOOK SIGNING with Matt Kibbe and Senator Mike Lee Rivoli Ballroom

10:30am

AUTHOR'S ROUNDTABLE and book signing - Lee Edwards "A Brief History of the Cold War" Concorde Ballroom Eric Graf, Susan Byrne, Stephen Cox (mod) - Tilting at Windmills: The Real Meaning of Don Quixote, the World's First Modern and Greatest Novel Chablis 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

11:30am

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

12:30pm

Jennifer Grossman, Patrick Reasoner, Joan Carter; Jeffrey Tucker (mod) - My Name is Dagny Taggart Anthem Theater/Versailles 3

1:30pm

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

2:10pm

John Chisholm - British Common Law vs. Napoleonic Law: Which is Better for America and the World? Bordeaux Lib X Doug Casey; Steven Watts (mod) - The Right to Express Hate Speech Champagne 1

3:30pm

'Secrets of the Magna Carta' Martin Durkin, dir. (50 min) Anthem Theater/Versailles 3 Marc Eliot - Charlton Heston: A Political Life Bordeaux Wolf Von Laer - How Young People Are Changing the US and the World (Students for Liberty) Chablis

4:30pm

PANEL Robin Hood, Magna Carta and the Epic Story of Freedom - John Chisholm, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Jeffrey Tucker; Sam Bowman (mod) Anthem Theater/Versailles 3 Vit Jedlicka - Liberland: Making the Libertarian Dream Come True Burgundy William Federer "Who is the King in America? And Who are the Counselors to the King? An Overview of 6,000 Years of History & Why America is Unique" Champagne 3