Liberty 2009
THE ANNUAL LONDON CONFERENCE
OF THE LIBERTARIAN ALLIANCE
AND THE LIBERTARIAN INTERNATIONAL
Saturday 24 October—Sunday 25 October 2009
Saturday—Conference: 9.15am-5.30pm
Saturday—Dinner: 7.30pm-10.30pm
Sunday—Conference: 10.00am-3.45pm
Sunday—Drinks Reception: 3:45-5.00pm
The National Liberal Club
One Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HE
England
Saturday 24
October 2009
09.00am - 10.00am Registration and Refreshments
10.00am – 10.05am Introduction
Dr. Sean Gabb (Director,
Libertarian Alliance)
10.05am – 10.45am Session 1: The UK Libertarian Party: A Showcase Presentation
• Speaker: Chris Mounsey
(Communications Director, UK Libertarian Party;
Blogger, The Devils Kitchen)
• Moderator: Dr. Tim Evans (President, Libertarian Alliance)
10.45am – 11.15am Coffee Break
11.15am – 12.15pm Session 2: Thoughts on Objectivism and the Philosophy of Ayn
Rand
• Speaker: Professor
Tibor Machan (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Auburn University; Research
Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Adjunct Scholar at the CATO
Institute)
• Moderator: Dr. Sean Gabb (Director, Libertarian Alliance)
12.15pm – 2.00pm Free time for Lunch in the local area
2.00pm – 2.45pm Session 3 The State the Treasury is Now In: The Urgent Need for
a Rediscovery of the Private Supply of Public Goods
• Speaker: Dr.
Richard Wellings (Deputy Editorial Director,
Institute of Economic Affairs)
• Moderator: David Farrer
(Financial Director, Libertarian Alliance)
2.45pm – 3.30pm Session 4 A Libertarian Critique of the European Union
• Speaker: Josie Appleton
(Convenor, Manifesto Club)
• Moderator: Christian Michel (European Director, Libertarian Alliance;
President, Libertarian International)
3.30pm – 4.00pm Coffee Break
4.00pm – 5.00pm Session 5 A Libertarian Critique of Karl Popper
• Speakers: Dr. Jan Lester (Libertarian
Alliance)
• Moderator: Perry DeHavilland (Samizdata.net)
5.00pm – 7.30pm Free Time and Cash Bar
7.30pm – 10.30pm 2009 LA Annual Dinner and Awards
• Award 1 LA Liberty In Action Award 2009
• Award 2 LA Liberty in Theory Award 2009
• After Dinner Speech
Sunday 25 October 2009
09.30am - 10.00am Refreshments
10.00am – 10.45am Session 6 Sex Censorship Versus Freedom
• Speaker: Myles Jackman (Legal Affairs Adviser,
Backlash)
• Moderator: David Carr (Legal Affairs Spokesman, Libertarian Alliance)
10.45am – 11.30am Session 7 Thoughts of a Libertarian Muslim
• Speakers: Babek Farrahi (London Correspondent,
Diplomatic Courier Magazine)
• Moderator: David McDonagh (Libertarian Alliance)
11.30am – 12.00pm Coffee Break
12.00pm - 12.45pm Session 8 A Personal Story: A Libertarian Perspective on Being
Home Educated
• Speakers: Sophie Robbins (Home Educated Student; blogger, ValleyForge)
• Moderator: Nigel Meek (Editorial and Subscription Director,
Libertarian Alliance)
12.45pm-2.15pm Free-Time for Lunch in the Local Area
2.15pm – 3.00pm Session 9 Tories and the Liberal Democrats: Prospects for a
Classical Liberal Agenda
• Speakers: Shane Frith (Director,
Progressive Vision)
Jock Coats (Geo-Mutualist);
Mark Littlewood (Campaign Director, Progressive Vision; Blogger, Liberal
Vision)
• Moderator: David Davis (LA Blogmaster, Libertarian Alliance)
3.00pm – 3.45pm Session 10 Banking, Honest Money and the Free Market
• Speaker: Dr. Anthony J. Evans (Assistant Professor of Economics and Course
Director, MEB London, ESCP Europe Business School; Academic Director, The Cobden
Centre)
• Moderator: Christian Michel (European Director, Libertarian Alliance;
President, Libertarian International)
3.45pm - 5.00pm Drinks Reception