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7:00am MDT

BREAKFAST Please Join us in the Exhibit Hall for a Complimentary Continental Breakfast Exhibit Hall Morning Yoga with Jill Burnett Santa Monica 2 The Studio: Special Event Breakfast: ($45 per person) Mark Skousen, “Is the Golden Age of Investing Over? Not for this Market-Beating Strategy.” The Studio

7:45am MDT

Reason Foundation: "How to Make the Libertarian Moment PERMANENT!" Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie Celebrity Ballroom

8:15am MDT

DEBATE "Monopoly Power! How Competition Been Oversold?" Peter Thiel & John Mackey; Gary Alexander, mod. Celebrity Ballroom

9:00am MDT

Vision: Healing the Blind in Ethiopia (15 min) Sin City Theater COFFEE BREAK – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: Helen Raleigh, Peter Thiel, Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Ames, Grover Norquist, Charles Murray Exhibit Hall

9:30am MDT

“Confessions of A Pair of Unshackled Politicians – Bob Barr and Gary Johnson” The Studio "Teaching Economics and Combatting the Bias of the Economics Profession" James Gwartney & Tawni Farrarini, Ken Elzinga (mod) Sunset 1 "What’s New in Education and School Choice?" Rebecca Freidrichs, Andrew Campanella, Matt Ladner, Lisa Snell; Bob Bowdon, mod."What’s New in Education and School Choice?" Rebecca Freidrichs, Adam GuilletMatt... Sunset 3/4 Bill Pascoe, Jenny Beth Martin "Antelopes, Chipmunks, and the American Dream" Celebrity 5 Charles Murray "By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission" Wilshire ESCAPE FROM AMERICA "Taxes, Money Laundering and Drugs" Hugo Van Reijen Sunset 2 Grom Social "Pre-IPO Opportunity, a Safe, Social Networking Site for the Youth" Zach Marks and Darren Marks Melrose 3 PANEL "Flat Tax, Fair Tax, No Tax: The Future of Tax Reform Around the World" Grover Norquist, Steve Forbes, Robert Beard, Dan Mitchell (mod) Celebrity Ballroom REASON DAY: Robert Poole "Fast Cars and Fast Highways: Transforming Our Highways for the 21st Century." Melrose 1/2 Yaron Brook "How to be Morally Selfish" Melrose 4 “The National Constitution Center and Freedom Day 2016: A Nationwide Celebration of Freedom” Sunset 5/6 “The Top Ten Films Every Libertarian Should Know” Gary Alexander, Doug Casey, Stephen Cox, Marc Eliot, Jo Ann Skousen (mod) Sin City Theater

10:30am MDT

Farming in Fear (28 min) Sin City Theater Anthem Blanchard "The Hayek: A Comparison on Cryptocurrency and Crypto Receipts Technology in Transactions" Melrose 4 Ari Cohn "Free Speech 101: Protecting Free Expression and the First Amendment at our Nation’s Colleges and Universities" Celebrity 5 David Batchelder and Jack Reed "Surprise Nuclear Attack is Coming: Myths Debunked, Realities Explored" Sunset 1 DEBATE "California Dreamin’: Love It or Leave It?" Floyd Brown, Jim Lacy; Brian Calle, mod. Sunset 5/6 DEBATE "Spirituality vs Materialism" John Mackey & Marc Gafni vs Michael Shermer and Ronald Bailey Celebrity Ballroom EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT PANEL - Jayant Bhandari, MaryAnne Aden, Pamela Aden, Lou Petrossi; Adrian Day, mod. Melrose 1/2 Keli’i Akina "Remember Pearl Harbor? Why Hawaii Matters to America’s Future" Sunset 2 PANEL Think Tanks Make a Difference! Peter Goettler (Cato), David Nott (Reason), Chris Long (ISI), Lawson Bader (CEI) ; Elizabeth Ames (mod) Melrose 3 PANEL “How the War on Terror Impacts Liberty” Janek Ambros, David Boaz, Doug Casey, Charles C. W. Cooke; Alexander McCobin, mod. Sunset 3/4 PRIVACY PANEL Jeff Kalibjian, Terry Easton "Re-claim Your Privacy, Beat Them at Their Own Game!!" Wilshire Vít Jedlička "The Free Republic of Liberland: The New Libertarian Utopia" The Studio

11:10am MDT

For Love of Gov (10 min) Sin City Theater

11:30am MDT

Keynote: Senator Mike Lee “The Lost Constitution” Celebrity Ballroom

11:50am MDT

Donald Trump "What the American Dream Means to Me, and How We Can Make America Great Again" Celebrity Ballroom

12:30pm MDT

Lunch On Your Own Celebrity 5: Hosted Luncheon: Atlas Network with Tom Palmer, “State Control vs Self Control” (visit booth 105 in the Exhibit Hall for reservations) Celebrity 5 London Club: Hosted Luncheon: Chestnut Exploration (visit booth 408 in the Exhibit Hall for reservations) London Club Santa Monica 4: Hosted Luncheon: FIRE “Student Free Speech: Stocking Your Arsenal to Combat Campus Censorship” (Students Only - Visit booth 227 for reservations) Santa Monica 4 Santa Monica 2: Special Event Luncheon: ($75) Yeonmi Park “Escaping Oppression: Lessons from North Korea for America” Santa Monica 2 The Studio: Special Event Luncheon: ($75) Peter Thiel “Enter My Own Shark Tank: Secrets to A Successful Start-Up” (Introduced by Michael Shermer) The Studio

1:30pm MDT

A.J. Delgado, Jon Utley, Dan McCarthy (mod) "How Cutting Defense Spending Can Make Us Stronger" Sunset 5/6 DEBATE "Anarchy vs Limited Government: Can a Voluntary Society Survive?" Michael Huemer and Mark Skousen; Gary Alexander, mod. Wilshire Joel Wade "The Virtue of Happiness: Courage, Grit and Resilience for a Life Well Lived." Sunset 2 Leon Louw "Lies, Myths and Realities about Income Inequality-Perspective of a Former Marxist" Sunset 3/4 REASON DAY: "Sex and Speech on Campus: From Freedom to Fuggeddaboutit" Melrose 4 Steven Watts "America’s Wet Dream: Playboy and the Sexual Revolution in America" Melrose 3 STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY Alexander McCobin “The Silver Bullet” Sunset 1 Wayne Gorsek "Are Vitamins and Supplements Necessary?" Melrose 1/2 Imminent Threat (74 min) Sin City Theater

2:30pm MDT

"The Road to Marijuana Legalization" Rob Kampia, Aaron Justis, Michael Blunk Sunset 1 Brian Wise "The CFPB- America's Most Dangerous Threat" Melrose 3 Free State Project “Bringing Freedom Lovers Together: How We Change the World” Carla Gericke, Aaron Day, Matt Phillips, Jason Sorens, Jody Underwood Celebrity 5 FREEDOM AND RACE PANEL Derrick Wilburn, Rachel Campos Duffy, Sonnie Johnson, Allen West Sunset 3/4 FreedomWorks "It's Time for Real Justice Reform!" Matt Kibbe, Sen. Mike Lee, Alison Holcomb (ACLU) The Studio Greg Writer "Saving America One Crowd at a Time" Melrose 1/2 Joseph Farah “Free Press Unbound: 200 Years of America’s Love Affair with Muckraking” Sunset 5/6 Kevin Freeman "What If Scenarios? CyberAttack…." Wilshire Marie Stroughter ""The Freedom to Educate: Choosing School Choice" Melrose 4 SOCIAL MEDIA "It's Only Rational to Use Emotion" Adam Guillette, Keith Ochwat, Naomi Brockwell, Cyrus Saidi Sunset 2

3:00pm MDT

Where We Go from Here (14 min) Sin City Theater

3:30pm MDT

COFFEE BREAK – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: Matt Kibbe, Sen Mike Lee, Kevin Freeman, Steven Kates, Steven Watts Exhibit Hall When We Meet Again (14 min) Sin City Theater

4:00pm MDT

Wigs (24 min) Sin City Theater "Beyond Ayn Rand" Marty Cummins, Yaron Brook, John Allison, John Chisholm Celebrity 5 "Incarceration Nation" Vanessa Spinazola, Derek Cohen, Patrice Lee (mod) Sunset 2 Art Benjamin "Mental Math for Fun and Profit: Secrets of the World’s #1 Mathemagician" Melrose 3 INTERNET FREEDOM PANEL Ladar Levison, Ethan Eilon, Kevin Freeman, Randy Barnett, Berin Szoka (mod) The Studio Marc Gafni "The Erotic and the Ethical: Next Steps in Libertarian Awakening" Melrose 1/2 Mark Weber, Daniel Mitchell "Free Market Solutions to Global Poverty" Sunset 1 PANEL "Compact for America: How to Deploy the States' Ultimate Power to Check and Balance Washington" Nick Dranias, Jeff Utsch, Paulette Rakestraw Sunset 5/6 REASON DAY: "The End of Doom: How Human Ingenuity Will Save the World" Melrose 4 Will Howard "Failure to Disclose: What your Attorney and Accountant Won’t Tell You About Cutting Your Taxes and Protecting Your Wealth" Sunset 3/4

4:25pm MDT

PANEL “Film and the Power of Storytelling” Teddy Cecil, Matt Edwards, R. J. Daniel Hanna, Jimmy Lui, Matthew Szewczyk; Adam Guillette, mod. Sin City Theater

5:00pm MDT

CLOSING PANEL Senator Mike Lee, Steve Forbes, Jenny Beth Martin, Allen West, Grover Norquist; Mark Skousen (mod) The Studio Senator Mike Lee Reception Wilshire

6:00pm MDT

Cocktail Reception Celebrity Ballroom

7:00pm MDT

Gala Saturday Night Farewell Banquet & Entertainment featuring Keynote Steve Forbes, impressionist Rich Little, Film Festival Awards, and dancing with the Pink Flamingos. Tickets for the entire event, including... Celebrity Ballroom

10:30pm MDT

ANTHEM FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Prize Director - Encore! See the Grand Prize Winner Melrose 3