FreedomFest 2026

FreedomFest 2026

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9:00am PDT

Bracket Reveal & Founder Check-In Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Michelle Bernier • Principled Business FEE Hackathon (Students Only) Franklin Salon Room 102-103Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Freedom360 Foundation Lounge Foundation Lounge Caucus BoardroomFreedom360 Foundation VIP Attendees and Pros Pass Attendees Lounge VIP Lounge Society Boardroom Registration Opens Registration Desk

9:30am PDT

The Competition Begins Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Eldar Souliaev • Lars Mapstead • Jim Woods • Principled Business

11:00am PDT

FEE Hackathon (Students Only) Franklin Salon Room 102-103 Attendee Lunch - On Your Own N/A Attendee PLUS Lunch Pre-Function Space VIP Attendee Lunch VIP Lounge Society Boardroom

11:30am PDT

How to Get the Most from Anthem and FreedomFest! Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Mark Skousen • Jo Ann Skousen Welcome Kick Off (Students Only) Bridge to Freedom Student Lounge Room 128

11:45am PDT

The Philosophy of Liberty; Ignacio Alaniz, dir. 5 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Ken Schoolland

11:55am PDT

What Sweden Got Right; Tomasz Agencki, dir. 35 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Tomasz Agencki • Rainer Zitelmann

12:00pm PDT

Biblical Economics Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Dave Arnott • Turning Point USA Prep Year Can the U.S. Fix Women’s Issues Abroad? The Reality of Intervention and Its Consequences Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Nena Whitfield • Martha Bueno • Izabela Patriota • Nafisa Pierce • Ladies of Liberty Alliance Two Toms Wrote the Declaration of Independence: How Tom Paine's Common Sense Set the Stage for Tom Jefferson's Declaration C-SPAN Coverage Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • David Fisher • Shane Krauser • Randy Barnett The Field Narrows — 16 Founders Fight to Advance Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Jay Goth • Jim Woods • Paul Wendee • Principled Business The Field Narrows — 16 Founders Fight to Advance Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Alexander McCobin • Bernt Ullman • Madeleine Futterman • Principled Business You Can't Cancel Funny: Comedy, Courage, and Common Sense with Rob Schneider Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Matt Kibbe • Dave Abercrombie • Rob Schneider • You Can Do It Foundation

12:30pm PDT

Panel: Austrian Economics and the Philosophy of Liberty Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Joanna Guerra • Tomasz Agencki • Ken Schoolland • Rainer Zitelmann • Dominic Frisby

1:00pm PDT

Free Syria: Syria's Economic Renewal; Adam Weinberg, dir. 16 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112 Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: The Declaration of Economic Independence (with first edition copy) C-SPAN Coverage Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • Rob Arnott Building the Right Team for a Startup Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Eldar Souliaev • Michelle Bernier • Madeleine Futterman • Principled Business • The CPA Dude It's Now an AI vs. AI World, Be Early in a Massive Cybersecurity Category Shift -- an Investor Perspective Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Zafar Khan • RPost: RAPTOR AI Teaching Kids About the Founding Fathers, the Original Civil Liberties Heroes Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Kelley Paul The Affordability Crisis: Causes and Cures Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Wolf von Laer • Ken Schoolland • Rainer Zitelmann • Gale Pooley The Battle Plan for Financial Freedom: Diversification, Control, and Flexibility Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Tim Smith • Battle Bank Punching Up "Truth in Comedy" Competition Round 1 Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Lou Perez • Boris Khaykin • Peter Stewart Political Roundtable (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Joshua Philipp • Chuck Muth • Brittany Sheehan • John Fund • Grover Norquist The Freedom to Innovate: How Socialized Medicine Threatens The Future of Health (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126Andrew Langer • Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Human Respect: Rethinking How We Solve Social Issues (Students Only) Bridge to Freedom Student Lounge Room 128Juan Carlos Maldonado • Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity

1:25pm PDT

Kebab: The Dish of the Poles; Marcin Chmielowski, Kamil Grzebyta, dirs. 17 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

1:50pm PDT

La Petit Mortimer; Nickolas Gilbert, dir. 6 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

2:00pm PDT

Reality Check for AI Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117George Gilder • Eagle Financial Publications Why Freedom Works Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Gary Alexander • Marcin Chmielowski • Nickolas Gilbert • Adam Weinberg Carbon Energy Holdings: A Family Reserve with Longevity for the Future Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Billy Kyle Smith • Carbon Energy Holdings Mad Science, Bio-Weapons, and the Deep State: The Coverup Exposed Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Matt Kibbe • Rand Paul • Free the People Punching Up "Truth in Comedy" Competition Round 2 Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Lou Perez • Boris Khaykin • Peter Stewart The Second Chance — Comeback Round Innovation Workshop Room 122-123Principled Business The Second Chance — Comeback Round Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Principled Business DMSO as Atomic Medicine: Catalyst of the Electric Body (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126Sean Allman • iHeal Collective Think Tank Roundtable: What are the Challenges and Opportunities Facing Liberty Organizations Today (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Katy Gambella • Jennifer Grossman • Mike Sertic • Robert Chatfield • Wolf von Laer Mentor Moment with Rob Schneider (Students Only) Bridge to Freedom Student Lounge Room 128Rob Schneider The Year of the Enlightenment: How Edward Gibbons and David Hume Influenced 1776 C-SPAN Coverage Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • Brian Thomassen • Steve Forbes

2:15pm PDT

Exhibit Hall Networking & Coffee Break Pre-Function Space

2:25pm PDT

Money Equals Freedom: How the Right Tactical Trades are the Key to More Liberty Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Jim Woods • Eagle Financial Publications

2:30pm PDT

Building Home; Matt Battaglia, Sam Martin, dirs. 39 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Matt Kibbe • Terry Kibbe • Matt Battaglia • Sam Martin • Free the People

3:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremonies Procession Pre-Function Space

3:15pm PDT

America the Beautiful Main Stage Room 130-135

3:20pm PDT

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:25pm PDT

What Is the American Way? Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:35pm PDT

Think Independent Main Stage Room 130-135Valerie Leigh

3:40pm PDT

Welcome to FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135Kennedy

3:45pm PDT

Where Liberty Meets Legacy: Turning Precious Metals into History in the Making of Fine Art Unveiling of the Eagle Statue Main Stage Room 130-135Michael Sheppard • Mark Russo • Steve Forbes • Treasure Investments Corporation dba Foundry Michelangelo

3:55pm PDT

Celebrating the Achievements of the American Experiment: What Have We Done Right? Main Stage Room 130-135Erick Erickson • Steve Forbes • Shane Krauser • David Fisher • Kelley Paul

4:20pm PDT

Your Freedom, Your Move: How to Take It Back Main Stage Room 130-135Casey Fleming

4:40pm PDT

FEE Hackathon Winners Main Stage Room 130-135Diogo Costa

4:50pm PDT

Freedom to Try Medical Innovations for a Better World Main Stage Room 130-135Dan Montano • Zhittya Genesis Medicine

5:00pm PDT

Liberty’s Secret Agents: Freedom Inside Government Main Stage Room 130-135Adam Knott • Adam Knott

5:15pm PDT

250 Years of America and Free Markets Main Stage Room 130-135Rep Kevin Brady

5:25pm PDT

Punching Up "Truth in Comedy" Competition Winner Announcement Main Stage Room 130-135Lou Perez • Valerie Leigh

5:30pm PDT

Hollywood's Blacklist 2.0: Creativity in an Age of Conformity Main Stage Room 130-135Kennedy • Dean Cain • Clifton Duncan • Rob Schneider

6:00pm PDT

Is There Any Hope for America for Another 250 Years? Main Stage Room 130-135Rand Paul • Mark Skousen

6:30pm PDT

End of Wednesday at FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135 FreedomFest Welcome Reception Red Carpet Event Exhibit Hall Room 136-139Triple AXL as the Quarter Millennials

7:00pm PDT

Mentor Moment with Clifton Duncan (Students Only) Bridge to Freedom Student Lounge Room 128Clifton Duncan VIP Meet and Greet with Kennedy (VIP attendees and by invitation) Foundation Lounge Caucus BoardroomKennedy • Freedom360 Foundation Book Signings Exhibit Hall Room 136-139Ken Schoolland • Casey Fleming • Kelley Paul • David Fisher

8:00pm PDT

Red Carpet Event Doors Open for Punching Up Comedy Show Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

9:00pm PDT

Punching Up Comedy Show Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Rob Schneider • Lou Perez • Bridget Phetasy • Andrew Heaton