FreedomFest: Full Schedule

4:00pm MDT

COFFEE BREAK - REGISTRATION - PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL

Wednesday July 8, 2015 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

6:30pm MDT

Welcome Cocktail Reception & Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall - Book Signings by Allen West, Ken Elzinga, Mark Skousen

Visit the Exhibit Hall on the Mezzanine. Book Signings by Allen West, Ken Elzinga, Mark Skousen

Speakers

Ken Elzinga

Professor, University of Virginia

Kenneth G. Elzinga is the Robert C. Taylor Chair in Economics at the University of Virginia. He was the first recipient of the Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the University, a recipient of the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award, the Commonwealth... Read More →

Mark Skousen

Presidential Fellow, Chapman University

Dr. Mark Skousen is a professional economist, financial advisor, university professor and author of more than 25 books on economics, personal finance, and investing. His works include Economic Logic, A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street, The Making of Modern Economics, and The Compleated... Read More →

Allen West

President & CEO, National Center for Policy Analysis

Allen West is President & CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. He believes that policy, not politics, will secure a sound economic future for Americans – with growth, opportunity and returning the promise of the American dream for coming generations. West is the third... Read More →

Entertainment

Peter Studebaker

Peter Studebaker is the CEO of Peter Studebaker Productions -a Las Vegas-based, live performance firm, which uses magic to buildtrade show crowds for corporations, and makes special events into affairs that guests will long remember.

Exhibitors

NCPA

The National Center for Policy Analysis -- “America’s Think Tank” -- is a Dallas-based research organization that generates private-sector, free-market solutions to public policy problems. We bring together the best and brightest minds to tackle the country's most difficult... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 6:30pm - 8:00pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Cocktail Reception

7:00am MDT

Please Join us in the Exhibit Hall for a Complimentary Continental & Hot Breakfast

Thursday July 9, 2015 7:00am - 7:50am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast Break

9:30am MDT

COFFEE BREAK - PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: John Mackey, Elizabeth Ames, Doug Casey, Richard Crepeau, Jeffrey Tucker

Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store with John Mackey, Elizabeth Ames, Doug Casey, Richard Crepeau

Speakers

Elizabeth Ames

Founder, Free Market Central.com and Think Tank Central.com

Elizabeth Ames is an entrepreneur and author. Her latest book is MONEY: How The Destruction of the Dollar Threatens The Global Economy—And What We Can Do About It, co-authored with Steve Forbes (McGraw Hill, 2014). She also co-authored two previous books with Mr. Forbes: Freedom... Read More →

Doug Casey

Casey Research

Author of the best sellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing and Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, Doug has lived in seven countries and visited over 100 more. He has appeared on scores of major radio and TV shows and remains an active speculator in the stock, bond... Read More →

Richard Crepeau

Professor, University of Central Florida

Richard C. Crepeau is a professor of history at the University of Central Florida and former president of the North American Society for Sports History. He is the author of Baseball: America’s Diamond Mind, 1919-1941. In his new book, NFL Football: A History of America’s New National... Read More →

John Mackey

Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market

John Mackey is an American businessman. He is the co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he co-founded in 1980. Named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Mackey is a strong supporter of free market economics. He is one of the most influential advocates in the movement for organic... Read More →

Jeffrey Tucker

Director, Foundation for Economic Education

Jeffrey Tucker is Director of Digital Development for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the CLO of Liberty.me. He is a prolific author whose latest book is entitled Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 9:30am - 10:00am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

11:45am MDT

Book Signing in Foyer Immediately Following with Stephen Moore and Paul Krugman

Moderators

Mark Skousen

Presidential Fellow, Chapman University

Speakers

Paul Krugman

Professor, Princeton University

Paul Krugman is professor of economics at Princeton University. He is a leading liberal voice in American policy debate and has been labelled one of the most influential academic thinkers in America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 2008 in recognition of his work on... Read More →

Stephen Moore

Chief Economist, Heritage Foundation

Stephen Moore is an American economic writer and policy analyst, who founded and served as president of the Club for Growth (a non-profit organization advocating cutting taxes) from 1999 to 2004. He is a former member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. In 2014, the Heritage... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 11:45am - 12:00pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

General Session

3:15pm MDT

COFFEE BREAK - PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: Alexander Green, Peter Schiff, Katie Kieffer, T. Colin Campbell, Marc Eliot, Ken Elzinga, Tom Palmer

Coffee Break - Please Enjoy the Exhibit Hall - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store with Alexander Green, Peter Schiff, Katie Kieffer

Speakers

T. Colin Campbell

Cornell University

T. Colin Campbell (born, January 1, 1934) is an American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a... Read More →

Marc Eliot

Hollywood Biographer

Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written numerous... Read More →

Ken Elzinga

Professor, University of Virginia

Alexander Green

Chief Investment Strategist, Oxford Club

Alexander Green is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Oxford Club and Investment U and Editor of The Momentum Alert, The Insider Alert and The True Value Alert. The independent Hulbert Financial Digest has ranked his Oxford Communiqué on its Honor Roll of top-performing... Read More →

Katie Kieffer

Entrepreneur, Author & Commentator, Let Me Be Clear

Katie graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas. Katie has a background in commercial real estate. Katie chaired a National NAIOP Young Professionals Forum of rising stars in commercial real estate and won multiple awards at the state and national levels for... Read More →

Tom Palmer

Executive Vice President for International Programs, Atlas Network

Tom G. Palmer is the executive vice president for international programs at the Atlas Network, and is responsible for establishing operating programs in 14 languages and managing programs for a worldwide network of think tanks. He is also a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and... Read More →

Peter Schiff

CEO, Euro Pacific Capital

Peter Schiff is Chairman of SchiffGold, CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc, and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters who acc... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 3:15pm - 3:45pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

5:40pm MDT

COCKTAIL RECEPTION Time to mix and mingle with new friends in the Exhibit Hall. - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store John Mackey, Colin Campbell, Marc Eliot, Richard Crepeau, Wayne Allyn Root, Lee Edwards

COCKTAIL RECEPTION - Time to mix and mingle with new friends in the Exhibit Hall. - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store John Mackey, Colin Campbell, Marc Eliot, Richard Crepeau, Wayne Allyn Root, Lee Edwards

Speakers

T. Colin Campbell

Cornell University

Richard Crepeau

Professor, University of Central Florida

Lee Edwards

Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation

As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater... Read More →

Marc Eliot

Hollywood Biographer

John Mackey

Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market

Wayne Allyn Root

Author and Entrepreneur, Cool Hand Root

Wayne Allyn Root is a former Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential nominee of the United States. He is a CEO, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, national media personality and host of the most popular conservative talk radio show in Las Vegas "WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 5:40pm - 6:30pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Cocktail Reception

7:00am MDT

BREAKFAST Please Join us in the Exhibit Hall for a Complimentary Continental Breakfast

Friday July 10, 2015 7:00am - 7:50am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast Break

10:00am MDT

COFFEE BREAK- PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL - Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: David Boaz, John Goodman, Peter Ferrara, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Robert Murphy, Lewis Uhler

COFFEE BREAK – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store- David Boaz, John C. Goodman, Peter Ferrara, Lawrence Quillan

Speakers

David Boaz

Executive Vice President, Cato Institute

David Boaz is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute and has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is the author of The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom and the editor of The Libertarian Reader.

Peter Ferrara

Senior Fellow, Heartland Institute

Peter Ferrara is senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute, a senior fellow at the Social Security Institute, and the general counsel of the American Civil Rights Union. He served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President... Read More →

John C Goodman

Senior Fellow, The Independent Institute

John C. Goodman is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, President of the Goodman Institute, and author of the acclaimed, new Independent book, A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America, the award-winning Independent book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, and... Read More →

Robert P. Murphy

Senior Fellow, Mises Institute

Robert P. Murphy is an Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute and sits on the board of the Nelson Nash Institute. He is the author of many books including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015). He is the host of The Bob Murphy Show.

Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, The Independent Institute

Lawrence J. McQuillan is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of the new Independent book, California Dreaming: How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has served as Chief Economist at the Illinois Policy Institute, Director of Business and Economic Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Founding Publisher and Contribu... Read More →

Lewis Uhler

Founder/President, National Tax Limitation Committee

Lew Uhler is founder and president of the National Tax Limitation Committee, one of the Nation’s leading grass roots taxpayer lobbies. With offices in the Sacramento Area (Roseville) and Washington, DC, NTLC works with the White House, members of Congress, legislators in states... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

4:20pm MDT

COFFEE BREAK WITH LIGHT REFRESHMENTS – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store: Michael Shermer, Kevin Williamson, Dinesh D’Souza, Greg Writer, Deneen Borelli, Bob Sears

COFFEE BREAK WITH LIGHT REFRESHMENTS – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store Michael Shermer, Kevin Williamson, Dinesh D’Souza, Greg Writer

Speakers

Deneen Borelli

Chief Political Correspondent, Conservative Review

Deneen Borelli is the author of Blacklash: How Obama and the Left are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation. Deneen is the Chief Political Correspondent with Conservative Review, a website that provides the most comprehensive conservative voter scorecard, in-depth member... Read More →

Dinesh D'Souza

Author, Filmmaker

Dinesh D’Souza has had a 25-year career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution... Read More →

Dr. Bob Sears

Pediatrician/Author

Dr. Bob Sears is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He is a full-time practicing pediatrician in Dana Point, CA. He is the author of The Vaccine Book: Making and Educated Decision for Your... Read More →

Michael Shermer

Founding Publisher, Skeptic Magazine/ Columnist, Scientific American

Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. His new book is The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice... Read More →

Kevin Williamson

Correspondent, National Review

Kevin D. Williamson is National Review’s roving correspondent. His Exchequer blog covers debt, deficits, and the intersection of finance and politics. Williamson began his journalism career at the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and spent 15 years in the newspaper business... Read More →

Greg Writer

Founder, CEO, Angel Investors Network

Mr. Writer is an executive with over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation, executive level management, mergers, acquisitions, software development and sales/marketing. At the age of 21, he was the youngest owner and operator of a full service investment banking... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 4:20pm - 4:45pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

7:00am MDT

BREAKFAST Please Join us in the Exhibit Hall for a Complimentary Continental Breakfast

BREAKFAST
Please Join us in the Exhibit Hall for a Complimentary Continental Breakfast

Saturday July 11, 2015 7:00am - 7:50am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast Break

9:00am MDT

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

COFFEE BREAK – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store Helen Raleigh, Peter Thiel, Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, Grover Norquist, Charles Murray

Speakers

Elizabeth Ames

Founder, Free Market Central.com and Think Tank Central.com

Steve Forbes

Publishing Executive, Forbes Magazine

Steve Forbes is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States. He is the editor-in-chief of the business magazine Forbes. He is co-ambassador for FreedomFest and a member of the popular... Read More →

Charles Murray

Political Scientist, Author, American Enterprise Institute

Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, The... Read More →

Grover Norquist

President, Americans for Tax Reform

Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform... Read More →

Helen Raleigh

Red Meadow Advisors

Helen Raleigh is an author, professional speaker, policy fellow and business owner. She is the author of Confucius Never Said, an autobiographical account of four generations of her own family’s journey from repression and poverty in China to freedom and prosperity in the U.S. It... Read More →

Peter Thiel

President, Thiel Capital

As a venture capitalist and entrepreneur, Peter Thiel has been involved with some of the most dynamic companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in the past decade. His first start-up was PayPal, which was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. Peter then founded Clarium Capital Management... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 9:00am - 9:30am MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break

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

COFFEE BREAK – PLEASE ENJOY THE EXHIBIT HALL Book Signings at the FreedomFest Book Store

Speakers

Kevin Freeman

Founder, National Security Investment Consultant Institute

Kevin D. Freeman, CFA, is founder of the National Security Investment Consultant (NSIC) Institute and CEO of Freeman Global Holdings, LLC, which offers economic warfare consulting and investment management services to High Net Worth and Institutional clients. Prior to establishing... Read More →

Steven Kates

Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Dr Steven Kates currently teaches economics at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, but has spent most of his working career as the Chief Economist for Australia’s national employer association, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. If he has a mission in life... Read More →

Matt Kibbe

President & CEO, FreedomWorks

Matt Kibbe is President and Founder of FreedomWorks, a national community-building and grassroots advocacy organization. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected public policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow... Read More →

Mike Lee

United States Senator

Mike Lee is an American politician and lawyer and the junior United States Senator from Utah. Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before serving as a clerk for future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. He then entered private... Read More →

Steven Watts

Playboy and the Sexual Revolution in America, Professor, University of Missouri

Steven Watts specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of the United States. He has published articles and essays in the American Quarterly, Journal of American History, Journal of the Early Republic, and American Studies. The Republic Reborn won the annual book prize from... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Exhibit Hall

Coffee Break