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Note; This is a preliminary
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Note; This is a preliminary
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| Day & Time | Location | Speaker | Topic |
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Fri. July 6th |
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| 8:00am - 6:00pm | Grand Salon | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:00am - 6:00pm | Platinum Room | Exhibit Hall Open | |
| 8:00am - 8:50a | Gold - General Session | John Mackey, Founder and CEO of the Whole Foods Market | "My Personal Philosophy of Self-Actualization: Leadership Through Personal Growth” |
| 9:00am - 9:50a | Platinum Room | Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine | "Why People Believe Weird Things" |
| Gold Room | Steven Hayward, Pacific Research Institute | "Global Warming : An Inconvenient Truth… Or a Convenient Fiction?" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 9:00am - 9:25am | Mark Skousen, Editor, Forecasts & Strategies | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 9:25am - 9:50am | Larry Abraham, Editor, Insider Report | ||
| Bronze 1 | Michael Denton, Professor of Human Genetics | "Nature's Destiny: Beyond Natural Selection." | |
| Bronze 2 | Richard Timberlake, Professor Emeritus of Economics | "Does the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle Explain the Great Depression?" | |
| Bronze 3 | George Murdock, Co-founded Nature’s Way Products, Inc | "The China Study" | |
| Bronze 4 | Craig Huey, President of Creative Direct Marketing Group | "Integrating Direct Mail and Online Marketing for Profitably Growing Organizations." | |
| 10:00am - 10:50am | Platinum Room | Mark Skousen, Editor, Forecasts & Strategies | "Investing in One Lesson" |
| Gold Room | Ken Schoolland and Steve
Moore -vs- Lanny Ebenstein and Jerome Corsi |
"Open Borders: The Immigration Debate" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 10:00am - 10:25am | Rick Rule, Global Resource Investments, Ltd. | "Money Making Ideas in Natural Resources for 2007". | |
| 10:25am - 10:50am | Rob Eadie, StarCore Ventures | ||
| Bronze 1 | Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project | "Marijuana Policy: Moving in a Libertarian Direction." | |
| Bronze 2 | Harry King, Heart Surgeon & Exercise/fitness Guru | "Middle Age Begins at 70" | |
| Bronze 3 | Marsha Enright, College of the United States | 'Education Dedicated to Reason, Individualism and Freedom" | |
| Bronze 4 | Martin Truax & Ron Miller, Morgan Keegan, Inc. | TBA | |
| 11:00am - 11:50am | Platinum Room | Brian Doherty, Senior Editor at Reason | "Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement." |
| Gold Room | John Mackey, James O'Toole, John Whitney | Panel Discussion: "Corporate Profits and Social Responsibility" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 11:00am - 11:25am | Frank Suess, BFI Consulting | ||
| 11:25am - 11:50am | Frank Trotter, EverBank | ||
| Bronze 1 | Mark Tier, Author/investor | "Ayn Rand on the War on Terror" | |
| Bronze 2 | Howard Blitz, The Freedom Library | "Why a Libertarian Society is in Our Future" | |
| Bronze 3 | Larry Abraham, Bellhaven Copper and Gold | "Insider Report Investing" | |
| Bronze 4 | Rick Rule, Global Resource Investments | "Resource Exploration Speculation" | |
| 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Skyview | Lunch with Dinesh D'Souza, Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University |
"The Enemy at Home and Its Critics" |
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**NOTE: This is a separate paid event and not included
in the standard registration fee. |
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| 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Platinum Room | Mark Skousen, Financial Economist & Professor | "Big Three in Economics:: Adam Smith, Marx and Keynes." |
| Gold Room | Larry Abraham, Jim Marsh, Mark Tier, Ken Schoolland | Panel Discussion: "The New Asia: Boom or Threat?" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 1:00pm - 1:25pm | John Schaub, Real Estate Investor and Author | ||
| 1:25pm - 1:50pm | Doug Fabian, Fabian Financial | ||
| Bronze 1 | Maurice O'Sullivan, Professor of English at Rollins College | "Jonathan Swift, the First Libertarian." | |
| Bronze 2 | Lanny Ebenstein, Author | "The World's Most Dangerous Philosopher: His Name is Karl . . . but not Marx!" | |
| Bronze 3 | James O'Toole, Research Professor | "Aristotle for Libertarians: Ancient Wisdom for a Good Life" | |
| Bronze 4 | Michael Haynes, Collectors Universe | "Even Diamonds for Diversification" | |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Platinum Room | Tom DiLorenzo, Professor of Economics at Loyola College | "Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed To Know About Dishonest Abe." |
| Gold Room | Doug Casey, Rick Rule, John Schaub and Ted Nicholas | The Millionaires Panel: The Best Ways to Make It, Spend It, and Give It Away. | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 2:00pm - 2:25pm | Frank Holmes, US Global Investors | ||
| 2:25pm - 2:50pm | Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital | ||
| Bronze 1 | Clive Wynne, Associate Professor in Psychology | "Do Animals Think? The Chasm Between Human and Other Minds” | |
| Bronze 2 | Van Simmons, David Hall Rare Coins | "The Best Coins to Buy Right Now" | |
| Bronze 3 | Jonathan Williams, Staff Economist at the Tax Foundation | "Fighting Nanny State Mentality in the Tax Code." | |
| Bronze 4 | Don McAlvany, International Collectors Associates | "Global Financial Upheaval: As The Bull Market In Precious Metals Accelerates." | |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Platinum Room | Sheldon Jacobs and Jose Pinera | Debate: "Should Libertarians Support Social Security Privatization?" |
| Gold Room | Frank Suess, Peter Zipper, Jon
Golding, Ronald Holland & Jeff Verdon. Moderated by Frank Trotter |
Panel Discussion: "Protecting Your Offshore Wealth from Onshore Risk" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics: | ||
| 3:00pm - 3:25pm | Horacio Marquez, Editor, Money Map Advantage | ||
| 3:25pm - 3:50pm | Martin Truax, Managing Director of Morgan Keegan, Inc | ||
| Bronze 1 | Matt Ladner, Goldwater Institute | TBA | |
| Bronze 2 | William Westmiller, Chairman, Republican Liberty Caucus | "What's Going Right & What's Going Wrong in the Freedom Movement." | |
| Bronze 3 | Jo Ann Skousen, Maurice O'Sullivan, Thor Halvorssen | "FreedomFest Goes to the Movies" | |
| Bronze 4 | Frank Holmes, US Global Investors | "My Formula for Finding Superior Mutual Fund Managers" | |
| 4:00pm - 4:50pm | Platinum Room |
Byron King, Editor, Outstanding Investments |
"Mountains of our Fears, Personal Freedoms in a Post-Peak Oil World". |
| Gold Room | Michael Strong & John Mackey | "A Libertarians Guide to FLOW" | |
| Silver Room | Center for Applied Finance & Economics | ||
| 4:00pm - 4:50pm | Greg Galloway, Van Simmons,
Michael Checkan, and Charley Wright. Moderated by Ron Holland |
Panel Discussion: "Dealing with Brokers and Managed Accounts: The Pros and Cons" | |
| Bronze 1 | John Schaub, Real Estate Investor and Author | "Building Wealth One House at a Time" | |
| Bronze 2 | Greg Lukianoff, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education | "The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses: How to Fight It and Win." | |
| Bronze 3 | Andy Olree, Associate Professor of Law | "The New Testament and Freedom." | |
| Bronze 4 | Frank Trotter, EverBank | "Freedom to Invest and Profit Globally" | |
| 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Gold - General Session | Nassim Taleb, Author of Fooled by Randomness | "Black Swan: Why We Can't Predict What Really Matters." |
| 8:00pm - 9:50pm | Silver Room | Ted Nicholas, Legendary Direct Marketer & Best-Selling Author | "17 Life-Changing Success Secrets" **2-hour session |
| 9:00pm - 9:50pm | Bronze 1 | Thor Halvorssen, Moving Picture Institute | Documentary Film: "Mine Your Own Business" |
| Indicates C-SPAN Book TV Coverage | |||
