Liberty 2008
THE ANNUAL LONDON CONFERENCE
OF THE LIBERTARIAN ALLIANCE
AND THE LIBERTARIAN INTERNATIONAL
Saturday 25 October—Sunday 26 October 2008
Saturday—Conference: 9.15am-5.30pm
Saturday—Dinner: 7.30pm-10.30pm
Sunday—Conference: 10.00am-5.00pm
Sunday—Drinks Reception: 5.00pm-6.00pm
The National Liberal
Club
One
Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HE
England
Saturday 25
October 2008
09.15am—10.00am Registration and Coffee
10.00am – 10.05am Introduction
Dr. Sean Gabb (Director, Libertarian Alliance)
10.05am—11.00am Session 1 The Defeat of
Aging: Our Ultimate Freedom?
Speaker:
Dr. Aubrey De Grey (Methuselah
Institute)
Moderator: Dr. Tim Evans (President,
Libertarian Alliance)
11.00am—11.30am Coffee Break
11.30am—12.45pm Session 2 Future Shock: Three
Perspectives on Freedom in the Twenty First Century
Speakers: James Panton (Oxford
University),
Dr. Sean Gabb (Director,
Libertarian Alliance), Martin Summers
(Libertarian Activist)
Moderator: David Farrer (Financial
Director, Libertarian Alliance)
12.45pm—2.30pm Free time for Lunch in the local area
2.30pm—3.45pm Session 3 The Global Rise of
Private Education for the Poor: A Libertarian Perspective
Speaker: James Stansfield (E. G. West
Centre, Newcastle University)
Moderator: David McDonagh (Libertarian
Alliance)
3.45pm—4.15pm Coffee Break
4.15pm—5.30pm Session 4 Future Imperfect: Tech
Revolutions That Might Happen and Their Consequences
Speaker:
David Friedman
(Professor of Law at
Santa Clara University; author,
The Machinery of Freedom)
Moderator: Dr. Sean Gabb
(Director, Libertarian Alliance)
5.30pm—6.15 Optional Session
The Great British Road
Pricing Debate:Free Market Incrementalism or Just More State Control?
LA Film Launch: Britain at the Cross Roads: An Introduction to Road
Pricing and the Privatisation of Public Space
Speaker: Dr. Richard Wellings (Deputy
Editorial Director, Institute of Economic Affairs)
Moderator: Patrick Crozier (Transport
Spokesman, Libertarian Alliance)]
5.30pm—7.30pm Free Time and Cash Bar
7.30pm—10.30pm 2008 LA Annual Dinner and Awards
The Announcement of the winner of the 2008 Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize
Competition.
Award 1 LA Liberty In Action Award
Award 2 LA Liberty in Theory Award
After Dinner Speech: Reasons to be Optimistic: Why
we are winning the battle for lower taxes, Matthew Elliott (Chief
Executive, Tax Payers’ Alliance)
Sunday 26 October 2008
09.30am - 10.00am Refreshments
10.00am—11.15am Session 5
Ban the Ban: The Human Cost of Prohibitions
Speakers: Dr. John Meadowcroft (Lecturer
in Public Policy, Kings College London)
Moderator: David Carr (Legal Affairs
Spokesman, Libertarian Alliance)
11.15am—11.45am Coffee Break
11.45am—1:00pm Session 6 The Idea of a Private
Law Society
Speaker:
Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe
(University of Nevada)
Moderator: Christian Michel (European
Director, Libertarian Alliance; President, Libertarian International)
1.00pm-2.30pm Free Time for Lunch in the Local Area
2.30pm—3.45pm Session 7 The Modern Panopticon
State Versus Freedom: Why State ID Cards are Bad?
Speakers: Guy Herbert (General
Secretary, No to ID Cards)
Moderator:
Dr. Sean Gabb (Director,
Libertarian Alliance)
3.45pm—5.00pm Session 8 Post-Modernity and Liberty
Speakers:
Marc-Henri Glendenning (Libertarian Activist and Writer);
Dr. Sean Gabb
(Director, Libertarian Alliance)
Moderator:
Christian Michel
(Director of European Affairs, Libertarian Alliance; President, Libertarian
International)
5:00-6:00pm Drinks Reception
Friday, 24th October 2008
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