Record of Proceedings:
THE ANNUAL LONDON CONFERENCE
OF THE LIBERTARIAN ALLIANCE
AND THE LIBERTARIAN INTERNATIONAL

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th November 2006

The National Liberal Club
Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HE
England 

SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS:

Saturday 25th November 2006

09.15am - 10.00am Arrival and Registration

10.00am - 11.00am Memorial for Dr. Chris R. Tame
Speakers: Dr. Sean Gabb (Director, Libertarian Alliance), Dr. Tim Evans (President, Libertarian Alliance), Professor David Myddleton (Chairman of Trustees, Institute of Economic Affairs),  Dr. Syed Kamall MEP (Member of the European  Parliament, Conservative Party)
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11.00am -11.30am Coffee Break

11.30am -12.45pm Session 1 The Nation State, the European Union and Globalisation: Libertarian Perspectives
Speaker: Dr. Boudwijn Boukert (Director, Nova Civitas, Belgium)                        
Panellists: Dr. Syed Kamall (Member of the European Parliament, Conservative Party), Wolfgang Muller (Director, IUF, Germany),
Moderator: Dr. Sean Gabb (Director, Libertarian Alliance)

12.45pm -2.30pm Free time for lunch in the local area

2.30pm -3.45pm Session 2  Tax Simplification, Tax Reduction
Speaker: Dr Eamonn Butler (Adam Smith Institute)
Moderator:  Dr. Tim Evans (President, Libertarian Alliance; Director  of Development, Stockholm Network; Senior Fellow, Centre for the New Europe)
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3.45pm -5.00pm Session 3 Space Entrepreneurship: New  Frontiers for Markets and Liberty
Speaker:  Dale Amon (National Space Society)
Moderator: Brian Micklethwait (Blogger: Centre for the New Europe, Samizdata.net, Libertarian Alliance, Globalisation Institute) 
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5.00pm -7.30pm Free time

7.30pm -11.00pm Annual LA Dinner and Awards 

Sunday 26th November 2006

10.00am -11.15am  Session 4 Culture War: Radical Islam,  Ideological Struggle and Lessons  from the Cold War
Speaker: Claire Fox (Director, Institute of Ideas)
Panellists: Christian Michel (President, Libertarian International), Perry de Havilland (Samizdata.net)
Moderator: David Farrer (Financial Director, Libertarian Alliance) 
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11.15am - 11.35am Coffee Break

11.35am - 12.50pm Session 5 The Free Market Movement in  Europe and New Technology: The Web, Blogs and Podcasting
Speaker:  Helen Disney (Director, Stockholm Network)
Panellists:  Jackie Danicki (Founder and Director, Engagement  Alliance), Antoine Clarke (Blogger: Centre for the New Europe, Samizdata.net)
Moderator:  Dr. Tim Evans (President, Libertarian Alliance; Director  of Development, Stockholm Network; Senior Fellow, Centre for the New Europe)
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12.50pm-2.30pm Free Time for Lunch in the Local Area

2.30pm -3.45pm Session 6 Sex, Freedom and Pleasure in an Open Society
Speaker: John Pendal (Spanner Trust)
Panellist: Dr. Sean Gabb (Director, Libertarian Alliance)
Moderator: Dr. Tim Evans (President, Libertarian Alliance; Director  of Development, Stockholm Network; Senior Fellow, Centre for the New Europe)
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3.45pm -5.00pm Session 7 Where now for Free Speech in an  Age of Political Correctness
Speaker: Brian Micklethwait (Blogger: Centre for the New Europe, Samizdata.net, Libertarian Alliance, Globalisation Institute)
Moderator: Christian Michel (President, Libertarian International) 
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5.00pm Conference Close

Note: The above audio files are given in downsampled mp3 format. If you want videos of the speeches, they are available in DVD format from Sean Gabb - all, that is, except the Boudwijn Boukert speech, for which only audio is available.
 

These are low-quality video files. First class recordings are available on request from the Libertarian Alliance at £20 plus 60p postage for a complete set (divX format - playable in modern DVD machines and on PC) . Use the button below to buy your set, or contact Sean Gabb.