Agenda

22 – 23 April, 2023  I  Lisbon, Portugal

Friday, April 21
Welcoming Social Party

20:00 – 00:00
Venue: Quero-te nas docas
Address: Doca de Santo Amaro

Saturday, April 22
Conference

Convento do Beato
Address: Alameda do Beato 40

TIME

MAINSTAGE

09:00 - 10:30

Registration

10:30 - 10:40

Opening Speech - Dr. Wolf von Laer (Cloister)


10:40 - 10:45

Online Keynote Address by Mikhail Khodorkovsky

10:45 - 11:15

Keynote Session 1
Libertarians in Politics
Gloria Alvarez and Tiago Mayan | Moderator: Bill Wirtz (Cloister)

11:15 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:15

Breakout Sessions 1
- Will the EU’s Tax and Regulatory Regime Hurt Competition With China? - Eline Chivot, Andreas Hellmann, Matthias Bauer | Moderator: Lorenzo Montanari (Adam Smith Room)


- The Future of Europe - Paulo Portas and Daniel Hannan | Moderator: Martin Panek (Elinor Ostrom Room)


- The Economics of Education - Carlos Guimarães Pinto, Carlos Novais and Tim Vieira | Moderator: Ricardo Lima (Português) (Cloister Room)

12:15 - 12:30

Break

12:30 - 13:30

  Keynote Session 2 (Cloister Room)
New Strategies for Free Market Climate Policy and Innovation Acceleration
Opening Address by Rod Richardson
Daniel Hannan, Pieter Cleppe, Lorenzo Montanari, Rod Richardson | Moderator: Martin Gundinger

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:15

  Keynote Session 3 (Cloister Room)
Russian Influence in Europe - Alexander Sikorski, Hanna Liubakova, Maryan Zablotskiy | Moderator: Dr. Tom G. Palmer 

15:15 - 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:30

  Breakout Sessions 2
- One Tweet Away From Becoming President - Bernardo Blanco and Daniel Ruiz | Moderator: Viktorya Muradyan (Adam Smith Room)
- Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics - Mark Littlewood (Elinor Ostrom Room)
- The Web3 Contribution to Freedom - Fred Antunes (Cloister Room)

16:30 - 16:45

Break

16:45 - 17:30

Breakout Sessions 3
- Why Socialism Is Still a Thing? - Dr. Nikos Sotirakopoulos (Adam Smith Room)
- How to Unleash Innovation - Federico N. Fernández (Elinor Ostrom Room)
How SFL Is Shaping the Future of Liberty in Brazil, and How You Can Too - Raphael Lima (Português) (Cloister Room)

17:30 - 17:45

Break

17:45 - 18:15

Keynote Session 4
The Future of Money: Free-Banking or Bitcoin?
Stephan Livera, George Selgin | Moderator: Dr. Wolf von Laer (Cloister Room)

18:15 - 18:30

Break

18:30 - 19:00

Keynote Session 5
Making the 8 Billion Safe and Rich
Dr. David D. Friedman, Dr. Tom G. Palmer |  Moderator: Jan Mošovský

VIP Dinner 20:00 – 22:00

Saturday Social Party
22:00 – 02:00

NAV – Núcleo Alexandria Viva

Address: Campo Pequeno 79

Sunday, April 23

Suspenso Lisboa
Address:
R. de Santiago 19

Special Event (Sign Up here)


Time: 10:00 – 13:00


LibertyCon Policy Innovation Workshop:
Designing a Climate & Freedom Accord
Sponsored by Grace Richardson Fund


Facilitators: Daniel Hannan, Rod Richardson, Pieter Cleppe, Martin Gundinger

Festival

TIME

MAINSTAGE

STUDENT STAGE

13:30 - 14:00

 Doors Open

14:00 - 14:30

How to Make the Moral Case for Liberty - Craig Biddle

14:30 - 15:00

The Problem With Externality Arguments: Population, Climate, COVID - David D. Friedman

- A Clash of Titans: The USA and China's Battle for AI Leadership - Benaya Cherlow
- Become Ungovernable: Finding Liberty in Your Lifetime - Danilo Silva

15:00 - 15:30

  Champions of Liberty - Prof. Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson -
Interviewed by Robert Tyler

  Global Liberals Are Needed More Than Ever: A Lesson From Syria - Amjad Aun
Austrian Economics as the Key to a Better Life: Luis Graca

15:30 - 16:00

  From Orwell’s Ministry of Love to Liberals’ Ministry of Solitude
Felicita Medved, Milosz Hodun

Rebuilding Ukraine - Oleksandra Romantsova and Anna Tymoshenko | Moderator: Stefan Acimovic

16:00 - 16:30

  Why Freedom Matters and Two Ways You Can Make the World a Freer Place - Pericles Niarchos

  Why You Should Never Stop Learning - Angel and Thomas Walker-Werth

16:30 - 17:00

Presentations:
Lamassu Indudstries
Free Cities
Young Voices

A Ukrainian In, a Ukrainian Out: Perspectives on the War - Tetiana Rak and Ketevan Kartsydze | Moderator: Elizabeth Tsereteli

17:00 - 17:30

  Facing Populism in Latin America: Lessons and Challenges - Antonella Marty

Student Activism -  Vera Kichanova and Raphaël Lima | Moderator: Aleksandar Kokotovic

17:30 - 18:00

  Be the Living - Matt and Terry Kibbe

SFL Alumni Advancing Liberty Through Politics - Irune Ariño and Jorge Miguel Teixeira | Moderator: Jorge Jraissati

18:00 - 18:30

  How to Be an Artist Before World War 3 - Badiucao

Web3 and Defi - Paving the Future - José Paulo Miler

18:30 - 19:00

  Making a Case for Comedy - Remy

The Phantom of Liberty - The Revolution after Five Decades - Pedro Schuller, Gonçalo Sousa, | Moderator: Octávio Rebelo da Costa (Português)

19:00 - 19:30

Film Screening

Board Games

  19:30 - 21:00

  Bitcoin FilmFest Mini

Board Games

After Party in Garden Room (Suspenso Lisboa)
19:00 – 22:00