FreedomFest 2024

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FreedomFest 2024

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7:00am PDT

Morning Yoga The WheelhouseLauren WIlliams

8:00am PDT

Coffee and Continental Breakfast - Enjoy the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall

9:00am PDT

Welcome to Thursday at FreedomFest Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Kennedy THE GOTAWAYS: THE HIDDEN BORDER CRISIS Director: Charlotte Cuthbertson Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

9:05am PDT

The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Dr. Henrik Cronqvist • John Mackey

9:25am PDT

The Changing Landscape of Energy Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)RJ Burr • Michael Shellenberger • Panex LLC

9:35am PDT

Will the Coming Election Result in a Return Toward "Drill Baby Drill" or More "Green New Deal"...and How You Can Profit Either Way Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Michael Shellenberger • John Engel • RJ Burr • Mike Mauceli • Dan Sauer • REI Energy • Panex LLC • Vertical Petroleum • Gulf Coast Western

10:00am PDT

FreedomFest Book Signings Exhibit Hall Book StoreJoel Wade • Michael Cobb • John Mackey • Kerry McDonald • Matt Ridley • Michael Shermer Coffee Break Exhibit Hall

10:05am PDT

Immigration and the Border Crisis [PANEL] Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)John Lott • Helen Raleigh • Jo Ann Skousen

10:30am PDT

SHABBIFICATION Director: Jen Sidorova Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival) Global Economic Summit Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Roberto Salinas-Leon • Grover Norquist • Barbara Kolm • Rainer Zitelmann • Rainer Heufers • Preity Üpala

10:55am PDT

From the Magna Carta to the Bill of Rights – Understanding the Path to Digital Freedom Through the Lens of Complex Adaptive Systems Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Frank Holmes • Hive Digital Technologies

11:00am PDT

MY QUARTERLIFE CRISIS Director: Ryan Caldwell Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

11:10am PDT

What's Love Got to Do With It? A Realist Foreign Policy for a Free People Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Will Ruger • American Institute for Economic Research

11:15am PDT

HOMELESSNESS: CALIFORNIA vs TEXAS Director: Zach Weissmueller, Liz Wolfe Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

11:25am PDT

Trust, Autonomy, Success: Transforming Education Together Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Nick Gillespie • J. Andrew Clark • Mercedes Grant • yes. every kid. foundation

11:40am PDT

No More Ups and Downs: Protect Your Hard-Earned Wealth From Market Volatility Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)David Metcalfe • Phoenix Asset Group Inc. / Hard Asset Exchange

11:45am PDT

THE FORGOTTEN SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRUNCH Director: Rob Montz Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

11:50am PDT

Leonard E. Read Book Award Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Gale Pooley • Mark Skousen • Marian Tupy

11:55am PDT

The WORLD'S Freest Country Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Vit Jedlicka • Liberland Innovative Solutions to the Housing Crisis [PANEL] Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)Nick Gillespie • Christian Britschgi • Jen Sidorova • Ryan Caldwell • Sofia Hamilton

12:00pm PDT

Liberty in Our Lifetime: The Free State Movement Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Eric Brakey • Carla Gericke • Free State Project

12:15pm PDT

Attendee Lunch - On Your Own Brain Food with Steven Pinker, Michael Shermer and Matt Ridley Room 133Steven Pinker • Michael Shermer • Matt Ridley DonorsTrust: Clients and Friends Lunch (By Invitation Only) Room 130Donors Trust

12:30pm PDT

MISGENDERING A MURDERER Director: Free the People Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

12:35pm PDT

GENDER TRANSFORMATION: THE UNTOLD REALITIES Director: Tobias Elvhage, Liz Morberg Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

1:30pm PDT

Be a Part of History in the Making: Invest in an Alternative Asset Class, Fine Art & Precious Metals Combined Room 119/120Michael Sheppard • Treasure Investments Corporation dba Foundry Michelangelo Capitalism Unleashed: Dismantling DEI and ESG Constraints Room 124/125/126 (GLOBAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT)Matt Cole • Adam Coleman • STRIVE Education Reimagined: Building the Marketplace of Alternative Education Room 121/122/123Emily Jones • Suzanne Phillips • Sam Sorbo • Home Tribe Election Integrity: Mail In Voting, Ballot Harvesting, and the November Elections Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)John Fund • Andrew Olivastro • Chuck Muth • Grover Norquist • Christina Tobin • Free and Equal Elections Energizing Your Investments and Maximizing Your Tax Deductions with Oil and Gas Investments Room 105Mike Mauceli • REI Energy FreedomFest Pitch Tank Workshop: Perfect Your Pitch! Room 132 (PitchTank Lounge)Paul Wendee • Burke Franklin • Jay Goth • Jenn Huynh • Bernt Ullman Sin, Sex, and Censorship: Defending Freedom in Adult Entertainment Room 116/117Ricci Levy • Shirley Lara • Alice Little • Mike Stabile • Woodhull Freedom Foundation • New Moon Network Slaying Goliath: Leveraging Judicial Branch Advocacy to Safeguard Entrepreneurs and Promote Economic Liberty Room 106Dan Winslow • New England Legal Foundation The Collapse of US Law Enforcement: Examining the Impact of Media Misrepresentation on Crime and Gun Ownership Trends Room 128John Lott • Crime Prevention Research Center The Heterodox Challenge: Bridging the Divide in a Polarized World Room 113/114/115Monica Harris • Fair For All

2:05pm PDT

Under Pressure: A Discussion of Trans Rights, Children’s Rights, and Parental Rights Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)Jan Jekielek • Grant Brown • Haley Kennington • Lou Perez • Colin Wright

2:15pm PDT

Break - Hurry to Your Next Session!

2:30pm PDT

12 Truths that Expose Dangerous Health Care Myths . . . and Covid Update Room 116/117Twila Brase • Citizens' Council For Health Freedom Attend This if You're a Development Professional...and Other Ways of Attracting Your Prospective Audience Room 119/120Tim Bertram • Jessie Markell • Optimize Consulting Changing Our Minds: Prohibition, Psychedelics, and a Better Path Forward with Drugs Room 121/122/123Christina Dent • Lynnette Averill • Juliana Mercer • End It for Good Enlightenment or Enslavement? Two AIs Debate the Impact of Colonialism in an Intellectual BattleBot Royale Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Richard Pocklington • Google's Gemini • Anthropic's Claude FreedomFest Pitch Tank Workshop: Perfect Your Pitch! Room 132 (PitchTank Lounge)Paul Wendee • Burke Franklin • Jay Goth • Jenn Huynh • Bernt Ullman Help Make America Energy Independent While Putting Your Tax Dollars to Work! Room 106Tim Taylor • John Engel • Gulf Coast Western HIVE Digital Technologies’ Pioneering Role in Crypto Mining and the AI Revolution Room 124/125/126 (GLOBAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT)Frank Holmes • Hive Digital Technologies Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! How the Fed, ESG, & Big Government are Keeping Us from Oz Room 128Will Ruger • Peter C. Earle • David Hebert • Paul Mueller • American Institute for Economic Research The Art of Political Coexistence Room 113/114/115Baron Baptiste • Spike Cohen • Adam Coleman • Alexandra Hudson • Michael Shellenberger • Baptiste Institute The Billionaire's Secret, From Forests to Fortunes: Investing in High-Value Tropical Timber Room 105Alex Wilson • Las Azucenas DonorsTrust: Giving or Not Giving to Your Alma Mater (By Invitation Only)Donors Trust How Financial Freedom Empowers Fundamental Rights Room 127 (Bitcoin Lounge)Sam Callahan • Daylight Computer • Hive Digital Technologies

2:40pm PDT

72 HOURS Director: Grant Brown, Nicole Yeatman Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

3:00pm PDT

What To Do When Child Protective Services Knocks on Your Door Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)TBD • Nicole Yeatman • Grant Brown

3:15pm PDT

FreedomFest Book Signings Exhibit Hall Book StoreSteven Pinker • Michael Shellenberger • Robert Kiyosaki • Adam Coleman • Twila Brase • Alexandra Hudson Coffee Break

3:30pm PDT

Make Me a Video, HAL: AI & Storytelling (Anthem Filmmakers Lounge Workshop) Room 109 (Anthem Lounge)Daniel T. Richards • Patrick Reasonover

3:45pm PDT

A Fireside Chat with Michael Shermer and Colin Wright on Sex, Gender, Trans, and Rights Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Michael Shermer • Colin Wright

4:05pm PDT

Rationality and Intellectual Freedom Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Steven Pinker

4:30pm PDT

A Rising Tide: The Power of Free Enterprise to Lift People Out of Poverty Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Austin Berg • Marcus Bullock • American Culture Project

4:50pm PDT

Creating Wealth in a High Inflation World Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Robert Kiyosaki • REI Energy

5:05pm PDT

The Freedom Hedge: Modern Strategies for a Classic Currency...Gold Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Gary Alexander • Jeremy Cordon • Mike Fuljenz • Goldback • Universal Coin and Bullion

5:20pm PDT

The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Alexandra Hudson • Young Voices

5:35pm PDT

Taking Back the Senate Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Justin Amash

5:50pm PDT

Just Watch What You Say!...Followed by A Fireside Chat with IceT Room 134/135/136 (MAIN STAGE)Ice-T • Kennedy

6:30pm PDT

Unfiltered Conversation with Ice-T Reception Room 130Heather Wagenhals • Ice-T Treasure Investments Private Dinner Room 133Michael Sheppard • Treasure Investments Corporation dba Foundry Michelangelo

7:00pm PDT

Filmmakers Reception and Master Class (Anthem Filmmakers Lounge) Room 109 (Anthem Lounge)Jo Ann Skousen • Will Wallace

8:00pm PDT

CLIMATE, THE MOVIE (THE COLD TRUTH) Director: Martin Durkin Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

9:00pm PDT

FreedomFest Jam Session The WheelhouseTriple Axl

9:20pm PDT

The Truth About Climate Change Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)Gary Alexander • Michael Shellenberger • Michael Shermer • Ethan Brown • Thomas Nelson