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The Westin, Indianapolis
11th – 15th  October 2026

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Discussion Leaders

Sarah Skwire

Senior Program Officer
Liberty Fund
Sarah Skwire

Richard Reinsch

Editor-in-Chief
Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin
Richard Reinsch

Michael Munger

Professor
Duke University
Michael Munger

Leonidas Montes

President
Centro de Estudios Públicos
Leonidas Montes

Allen Mendenhall

Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative; Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
The Heritage Foundation
Allen Mendenhall

Rachel Lomasky

Head of AI
Delphos Labs
Rachel Lomasky

Dominique Lazanski

Director
Last Press Label
Dominique Lazanski

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair
Pepperdine University
Jessica Hooten Wilson

Roberta Herzberg

Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Roberta Herzberg

Andrew Graham

Vice President for Philosophy & Education
Alliance Defending Freedom
Andrew Graham

Bruce Caldwell

Director Emeritus, Center for the History of Political Economy
Duke University
Bruce Caldwell

Jay Bruce

Senior Pastor
Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church
Jay Bruce

Leonidas Zelmanovitz

Senior Fellow
Liberty Fund, Inc.
Leonidas Zelmanovitz

Peter Mentzel

Senior Fellow
Liberty Fund
Peter Mentzel

Douglas Carswell

President & CEO
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Douglas Carswell

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Board Member
Mary Anastasia O'Grady

David Womersley

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
David Womersley

Edwin van de Haar

Edwin van de Haar

Ryan Streeter

Ryan Streeter

Leigh Stein

Leigh Stein

Hannah Spahn

Privatdozentin
Hannah Spahn

Craig Smith

Professor of History of Political Thought
Craig Smith

Stephanie Slade

Senior Editor
Stephanie Slade

Sarah Skwire

Senior Program Officer
Sarah Skwire

Adam Simon

President & CCO
Adam Simon

MODERATORS

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Board Member
Liberty Fund
Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Sarah Skwire

Senior Program Officer
Liberty Fund
Sarah Skwire

Parth Shah

Centre for Civil Society
Parth Shah

Roberto Salinas Leon

Director of International Affairs
Universidad de la Libertad
Roberto Salinas Leon

Richard Reinsch

Editor-in-Chief
Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin
Richard Reinsch

Benjamin Powell

Texas Tech University
Benjamin Powell

Michael Munger

Professor
Duke University
Michael Munger

Leonidas Montes

President
Centro de Estudios Públicos
Leonidas Montes

Allen Mendenhall

Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative; Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
The Heritage Foundation
Allen Mendenhall

Vladimir Maciel

Head
Mackenzie Center for Economic Freedom
Vladimir Maciel

Dominique Lazanski

Director
Last Press Label
Dominique Lazanski

Martin Krause

Universidad del CEMA
Martin Krause

Stephen R.C. Hicks

Professor
Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship
Stephen R.C. Hicks

Roberta Herzberg

Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Roberta Herzberg

Samuel Gregg

President
American Institute for Economic Research
Samuel Gregg

Andrew Graham

Vice President for Philosophy & Education
Alliance Defending Freedom
Andrew Graham

Debbi Gibbs

CEO
Gibbs Amphibians
Debbi Gibbs

Pierre Garello

Aix-Marseille Université
Pierre Garello

Marsha Familaro Enright

President
Reliance College Fund
Marsha Familaro Enright

Doug Den Uyl

Resident Scholar
Liberty Fund
Doug Den Uyl

Gabriel Calzada Alvarez

President
Universidad de las Hespérides
Gabriel Calzada Alvarez

Bruce Caldwell

Director Emeritus, Center for the History of Political Economy
Duke University
Bruce Caldwell

Jay Bruce

Senior Pastor
Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church
Jay Bruce

Spencer Klavan

Associate Editor, Claremont Review of Books
Claremont Institute
Spencer Klavan

Eric Crampton

The New Zealand Initiative
Eric Crampton

Mitch Daniels

Distinguished Scholar and Senior Advisor
Liberty Fund
Mitch Daniels

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Board Member
Mary Anastasia O'Grady

David Womersley

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
David Womersley

Edwin van de Haar

Edwin van de Haar

Ryan Streeter

Ryan Streeter

Leigh Stein

Leigh Stein

Hannah Spahn

Privatdozentin
Hannah Spahn

Craig Smith

Professor of History of Political Thought
Craig Smith

Stephanie Slade

Senior Editor
Stephanie Slade

Sarah Skwire

Senior Program Officer
Sarah Skwire

Adam Simon

President & CCO
Adam Simon

Panelists

David Womersley

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
University of Oxford
David Womersley

Edwin van de Haar

Independent Scholar
Edwin van de Haar

Ryan Streeter

Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin
Ryan Streeter

Leigh Stein

Novelist
Leigh Stein

Hannah Spahn

Privatdozentin
Freie Universität Berlin
Hannah Spahn

Craig Smith

Professor of History of Political Thought
University of Glasgow
Craig Smith

Stephanie Slade

Senior Editor
Reason
Stephanie Slade

Adam Simon

President & CCO
Flying Eye Pictures
Adam Simon

Barry Shain

Professor
Colgate University
Barry Shain

Tony Sewell

Peer
House of Lords
Tony Sewell

Steven Sarson

Professor of American Civilisation
Université Jean Moulin Lyon
Steven Sarson

Avik Roy

Co-Founder & Chairman
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Avik Roy

Kat Rosenfield

Writer
Kat Rosenfield

John Pinheiro

Director of Research and Publications
Acton Institute
John Pinheiro

Sandra Peart

Dean and Professor
University of Richmond
Sandra Peart

Catherine Pakaluk

Executive Director of The James Cardinal Gibbons Institute for Human Ecology
The Catholic University of America
Catherine Pakaluk

Maria Pia Paganelli

Professor
Trinity University
Maria Pia Paganelli

James Otteson

John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics
University of Notre Dame
James Otteson

Thomas Mulligan

Visiting Scholar
RAND Corporation
Thomas Mulligan

Leonidas Montes

President
Centro de Estudios Públicos
Leonidas Montes

Matthew Mohlman

President
Monument Ventures
Matthew Mohlman

Emilie Mitran

Associate Professor
University of Toulon
Emilie Mitran

Deirdre McCloskey

Senior Fellow and Isaiah Berlin Chair of Liberal Thought
Cato Institute
Deirdre McCloskey

Malia Marks

PhD Candidate
University of Cambridge
Malia Marks

Phillip Magness

Senior Fellow and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy
Independent Institute
Phillip Magness

Marco Magnani

Professor of International Economics
Luiss Guido Carli University and Università Cattolica
Marco Magnani

Adam MacLeod

Professor of Law and Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global Law
St. Mary's University
Adam MacLeod

Susan Love Brown

Professor Emerita
Florida Atlantic University
Susan Love Brown

Rachel Lomasky

Head of AI
Delphos Labs
Rachel Lomasky

Dominique Lazanski

Director
Last Press Label
Dominique Lazanski

Matthew Kroenig

Professor
Georgetown University
Matthew Kroenig

Randall Holcombe

Florida State University
Randall Holcombe

Felix Hosse

PushToLeave
Felix Hosse

Jeremy Horpedahl

Associate Professor of Economics
University of Central Arkansas
Jeremy Horpedahl

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair
Pepperdine University
Jessica Hooten Wilson

Daniel Hannan

President
Institute for Free Trade
Daniel Hannan

William Anthony Hay

Professor and Associate Director for Public Programs
School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
William Anthony Hay

Aaron Gwyn

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Aaron Gwyn

Daniel Gullotta

Assistant Professor
Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University
Daniel Gullotta

Samuel Gregg

President
American Institute for Economic Research
Samuel Gregg

Hannes Gissurarson

Professor Emeritus
University of Iceland
Hannes Gissurarson

Adam Dixon

Adam Smith Chair
Adam Smith's Panmure House
Adam Dixon

Christa Dierksheide

Professor
University of Virginia
Christa Dierksheide

Doug Den Uyl

Resident Scholar
Liberty Fund
Doug Den Uyl

Steve Davies

Senior Education Fellow
Institute of Economic Affairs
Steve Davies

Furman Daniel

Associate Professor
Concordia University
Furman Daniel

Helen Dale

Senior Writer, Law & Liberty
Liberty Fund
Helen Dale

Geoff Cubitt

StrmMusic
Geoff Cubitt

Timothy Congdon

Chair
Institute of International Monetary Research at University of Buckingham
Timothy Congdon

Henry C. Clark

Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Political Economy Project
Dartmouth College
Henry C. Clark

Jane Calvert

Founding Director and Chief Editor
John Dickinson Writings Project
Jane Calvert

Kevin Brookes

Director
Génération Libre
Kevin Brookes

Eamonn Butler

Director
The Adam Smith Institute
Eamonn Butler

Donald J. Boudreaux

Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Donald J. Boudreaux

Hernan Bonilla

President
Center for Development Studies
Hernan Bonilla

Bradley Birzer

Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies, Professor of History
Hillsdale College
Bradley Birzer

Matt Beech

Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull & IES Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley
University of Hull & University of California, Berkeley
Matt Beech

David Bahnsen

Founder, Managing Partner, CIO
The Bahnsen Group
David Bahnsen

James Allan

Garrick Professor of Law
University of Queensland
James Allan

Martin Gurri

Visiting Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Martin Gurri

Larry Arnn

President
Hillsdale College
Larry Arnn

Wilfred McClay

Professor
Hillsdale College
Wilfred McClay

Mark Skousen

Presidential Scholar
Chapman University
Mark Skousen

Aaron MacLean

CBS News National Security Analyst and Host of the School of War Podcast
CBS News/Free Press
Aaron MacLean

Rodrigo Vergara

Senior Economist
Centro de Estudios Públicos
Rodrigo Vergara

Chris Atkins

Chief Operating Officer
INvestEd
Chris Atkins

Julia Cartwright

Senior Research Fellow in Law and Economics
American Institute for Economic Research
Julia Cartwright

Veronique de Rugy

George Gibbs Chair of Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Veronique de Rugy

Javier Fernández-Lasquetty

Vicepresident of Institutional Relations
Fundación Internacional para la Libertad
Javier Fernández-Lasquetty

Bart Wilson

Professor of Economics and Law
Chapman University
Bart Wilson

Eric Cook

President, CEO
Society for Classical Learning
Eric Cook

Ernesto Silva

Provost
Universidad del Desarrollo
Ernesto Silva

George Will

Syndicated Columnist
Washington Post
George Will

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Board Member
Mary Anastasia O'Grady

David Womersley

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
David Womersley

Edwin van de Haar

Edwin van de Haar

Ryan Streeter

Ryan Streeter

Leigh Stein

Leigh Stein

Hannah Spahn

Privatdozentin
Hannah Spahn

Craig Smith

Professor of History of Political Thought
Craig Smith

Stephanie Slade

Senior Editor
Stephanie Slade

Sarah Skwire

Senior Program Officer
Sarah Skwire

Adam Simon

President & CCO
Adam Simon

Barry Shain

Professor
Barry Shain

Parth Shah

Parth Shah

Tony Sewell

Peer
Tony Sewell

Steven Sarson

Professor of American Civilisation
Steven Sarson

Roberto Salinas Leon

Director of International Affairs
Roberto Salinas Leon

Avik Roy

Co-Founder & Chairman
Avik Roy

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

Richard Reinsch

Editor-in-Chief
Richard Reinsch

Benjamin Powell

Benjamin Powell

John Pinheiro

Director of Research and Publications
John Pinheiro

Sandra Peart

Dean and Professor
Sandra Peart

Catherine Pakaluk

Executive Director of The James Cardinal Gibbons Institute for Human Ecology
Catherine Pakaluk

Maria Pia Paganelli

Professor
Maria Pia Paganelli

James Otteson

John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics
James Otteson

Michael Munger

Professor
Michael Munger

Thomas Mulligan

Visiting Scholar
Thomas Mulligan

Leonidas Montes

President
Leonidas Montes

Matthew Mohlman

President
Matthew Mohlman

Emilie Mitran

Associate Professor
Emilie Mitran

Allen Mendenhall

Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative; Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
Allen Mendenhall

Deirdre McCloskey

Senior Fellow and Isaiah Berlin Chair of Liberal Thought
Deirdre McCloskey

Malia Marks

PhD Candidate
Malia Marks

Phillip Magness

Senior Fellow and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy
Phillip Magness

Marco Magnani

Professor of International Economics
Marco Magnani

Adam MacLeod

Professor of Law and Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global Law
Adam MacLeod

Vladimir Maciel

Head
Vladimir Maciel

Susan Love Brown

Professor Emerita
Susan Love Brown

Rachel Lomasky

Head of AI
Rachel Lomasky

Dominique Lazanski

Director
Dominique Lazanski

Matthew Kroenig

Professor
Matthew Kroenig

Martin Krause

Martin Krause

Randall Holcombe

Randall Holcombe

Felix Hosse

Felix Hosse

Jeremy Horpedahl

Associate Professor of Economics
Jeremy Horpedahl

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair
Jessica Hooten Wilson

Stephen R.C. Hicks

Professor
Stephen R.C. Hicks

Roberta Herzberg

Roberta Herzberg

Daniel Hannan

President
Daniel Hannan

William Anthony Hay

Professor and Associate Director for Public Programs
William Anthony Hay

Aaron Gwyn

Aaron Gwyn

Daniel Gullotta

Assistant Professor
Daniel Gullotta

Samuel Gregg

President
Samuel Gregg

Andrew Graham

Vice President for Philosophy & Education
Andrew Graham

Hannes Gissurarson

Professor Emeritus
Hannes Gissurarson

Debbi Gibbs

CEO
Debbi Gibbs

Pierre Garello

Pierre Garello

Marsha Familaro Enright

President
Marsha Familaro Enright

Adam Dixon

Adam Smith Chair
Adam Dixon

Christa Dierksheide

Professor
Christa Dierksheide

Doug Den Uyl

Resident Scholar
Doug Den Uyl

Steve Davies

Senior Education Fellow
Steve Davies

Furman Daniel

Associate Professor
Furman Daniel

Helen Dale

Senior Writer, Law & Liberty
Helen Dale

Geoff Cubitt

Geoff Cubitt

Timothy Congdon

Chair
Timothy Congdon

Henry C. Clark

Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Political Economy Project
Henry C. Clark

Gabriel Calzada Alvarez

President
Gabriel Calzada Alvarez

Jane Calvert

Founding Director and Chief Editor
Jane Calvert

Bruce Caldwell

Director Emeritus, Center for the History of Political Economy
Bruce Caldwell

Jay Bruce

Senior Pastor
Jay Bruce

Kevin Brookes

Director
Kevin Brookes

Eamonn Butler

Director
Eamonn Butler

Donald J. Boudreaux

Professor of Economics
Donald J. Boudreaux

Hernan Bonilla

President
Hernan Bonilla

Bradley Birzer

Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies, Professor of History
Bradley Birzer

Matt Beech

Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull & IES Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley
Matt Beech

David Bahnsen

Founder, Managing Partner, CIO
David Bahnsen

James Allan

Garrick Professor of Law
James Allan

Martin Gurri

Visiting Fellow
Martin Gurri

Larry Arnn

President
Larry Arnn

Wilfred McClay

Professor
Wilfred McClay

Mark Skousen

Presidential Scholar
Mark Skousen

Spencer Klavan

Associate Editor, Claremont Review of Books
Spencer Klavan

Aaron MacLean

CBS News National Security Analyst and Host of the School of War Podcast
Aaron MacLean

Leonidas Zelmanovitz

Senior Fellow
Leonidas Zelmanovitz

Rodrigo Vergara

Senior Economist
Rodrigo Vergara

Chris Atkins

Chief Operating Officer
Chris Atkins

Julia Cartwright

Senior Research Fellow in Law and Economics
Julia Cartwright

Eric Crampton

Eric Crampton

Veronique de Rugy

George Gibbs Chair of Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow
Veronique de Rugy

Javier Fernández-Lasquetty

Vicepresident of Institutional Relations
Javier Fernández-Lasquetty

Bart Wilson

Professor of Economics and Law
Bart Wilson

Peter Mentzel

Senior Fellow
Peter Mentzel

Douglas Carswell

President & CEO
Douglas Carswell

Eric Cook

President, CEO
Eric Cook

Ernesto Silva

Provost
Ernesto Silva

Mitch Daniels

Distinguished Scholar and Senior Advisor
Mitch Daniels

George Will

Syndicated Columnist
George Will