Friday, September 14th
6:00 – 9:30pm
At the Corinthian Grand Ballroom | San Jose, California
6:00pm – VIP Reception 6:30pm – Main Reception 7:45pm – Introductions and a Conversation with Jeffrey Tucker and Edward Stringham
With Edward Stringham and Jeffrey Tucker
Edward Peter Stringham is President of the American Institute for Economic Research and a professor at Trinity College. He is editor of two books and author of more than seventy journal articles, book chapters, and policy studies.
Jeffrey Tucker is editorial director of the American Institute for Economic Research. In addition to 8 books, he has written 150 introductions to books and many thousands of articles appearing in the scholarly and popular press.
Saturday, September 15th
at San Jose State University
Conference: Student Union Theater Lunch: Engineering Building 8:30 – 9:00am Registration
*** 9:00 – 10:15am Academic Panel
David Clemens | Monterey Peninsula College Ninos Malek | San Jose State Edward Lopez | Western Carolina Panel Chair: Lydia Ortega | San Jose State University *** 10:30 – 11:45am Business Panel
Michael Strong | Academy of Thought and Industry High School Network Mary Peterson | Ruckus Networks Ed Ipser | Entrepreneur and founder of IpserLab Monika Gruter Cheney | Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research Panel Chair: Jack Estill | San Jose State University
*** 12:00 – 1:45pm Location: Engineering Hall #287 Lunch and Keynote Panel: Patrick Reasonover | Taliesin Nexus Rob Hustle | Musician *** 2:00 – 3:15pm Liberty and 21st-Century Thought Control
Richard K. Vedder | Independent Institute Williamson M. Evers | Hoover Institution Wen Fa | Pacific Legal Foundation Panel Chair: David Theroux | Independent Institute
*** 3:30 – 4:30pm “Politics & Culture – You have to show up to win!” Paul Guay | Screenpay Writer Ann Bridges | Novelist Panel Chair: Victoria Hill | Producer/Director
Panels, speakers, and schedule subject to change.
“The Power of Storytelling”
Conference Keynote and Lunch Panelists
Patrick Reasonover co-founded Taliesin Nexus and has served on the TN executive team guiding the organization’s growth since 2010. He began his career at the Institute for Humane Studies, directing their film and fiction program suite. He holds a B.A. from Emory University in Creative Writing and Philosophy. Patrick is also a producer and partner at Just Add Firewater, a video production and consulting company. Prior to Firewater, Patrick was a partner at Ozymandias Media where he produced over 200 videos with more than 5 million cumulative views. He recently produced the feature documentary, OF DOGS AND MEN, about the tragic practice of police officers shooting dogs.
Rob Capili (aka Rob Hustle) is a musician, filmmaker and stand up comic whose work has been featured by organizations such as Anonymous, The Pirate Bay, Info Wars and Reason and main stream media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN and Fox.
He is best known for Call the Cops, a music video discussing police practices that went viral and generated over 50 million views worldwide and his short film, “The Inconsiderate Houseguest”, recently won Best Comedy at the Anthem Film Festival. He has several music and film projects in various stages of production.