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FreedomFest 2026

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Rick Horan

9:00am PDT

Bracket Reveal & Founder Check-In Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Michelle Bernier • Principled Business 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

Attendee PLUS Lunch Outside of room 118

11:30am PDT

How to Get the Most from Anthem and FreedomFest! Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Mark Skousen • Jo Ann Skousen

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

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 • Principled Business You Can't Cancel Funny: Comedy, Courage, and Common Sense with Rob Schneider Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Matt Kibbe • 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 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 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 • John Fund • Grover Norquist The Freedom to Innovate: CPAC and CASM on the Threat of Socialized Medicine (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126Andrew Langer • Coalition Against Socialized Medicine

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

Free Market Solutions to Immigration Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Gary Alexander • Marcin Chmielowski • Adam Weinberg • Carlos Urbizo 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 Reality Check for AI Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Eagle Financial Publication • Roger Michalski • Jim Woods • George Gilder 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 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 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 • Hannah Henriksen • Robert Chatfield • Wolf von Laer

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 115-117Roger Michalski • Jim Woods • Eagle Financial Publication

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 130-135Lydia Abbott Drury

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 130-135Lisa Kennedy

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 • FEE

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 130-135David Ibsen

5:25pm PDT

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

5:30pm PDT

Hollywood's Blacklist 2.0: Creativity in an Age of Conformity Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy • 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

8:00am PDT

Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall Room 136-139 Coffee and Continental Breakfast - Enjoy the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall Room 136-139

8:30am PDT

Beyond Labels; Free to Choose, prod. 18 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Robert Chatfield • Rainer Zitelmann Carmelita Gardens, Belize: Independent Together (Refreshments provided) Franklin Salon Room 102-103Phil Hahn • Carmelita Gardens Freedom Uncensored: Your Survival Guide for Winning Through the Chaos (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Casey Fleming The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon's Case for the Existence of the Soul (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126Mark Skousen • Dr. Michael Egnor

9:00am PDT

Freedom360 Foundation Lounge Foundation Lounge Caucus BoardroomFreedom360 Foundation

9:20am PDT

Cuba's Eternal Night; Jordan Allott, dir. 69 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

9:30am PDT

Think Independent Main Stage Room 130-135Valerie Leigh

9:32am PDT

Welcome to Thursday Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy

9:35am PDT

Global Economic Summit Main Stage Room 130-135Rob Arnott • Li Schoolland • Barbara Kolm • John Fund • Diogo Costa • FEE

10:00am PDT

Generational Wealth Planning – On YOUR Terms Main Stage Room 130-135Mark Skousen • Rick Durfee • David T. Phillips The Economics of Anarchic Order (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126Dr. Daron Djerdjian • Matthew James Geiger • Ethan Akimoto • Carl Menger Institute for Market Economics Where Is the GOP Headed? (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Grover Norquist

10:15am PDT

The Freedom Dividend: How Kenyan Microfinance Is Delivering a Fixed 24% Return to American Investors Main Stage Room 130-135Rudolfo Beltran • Innova Global Fund

10:25am PDT

Own the Well: How Everyday Investors Get a Real Piece of American Energy Main Stage Room 130-135Adam Butcher • Tim Davis • Basin Ventures

10:40am PDT

Protect Your Hard-Earned Wealth from Market Volatility Main Stage Room 130-135Daniel Metcalfe • The Hard Asset Exchange

10:50am PDT

The Entrepreneurial Quest: How to Spot a Unicorn Investment; Learn from a Founder's Journey Main Stage Room 130-135Kevin Bidner • HCN, The Hotel Communication Network

11:00am PDT

Operation Arnon; Hannah Puder, dir. 16 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Thomas Pack Macro Forces, New Opportunities: Where Smart Investors Break from the Crowd Main Stage Room 130-135Frank Holmes • HIVE Digital Technologies

11:10am PDT

True Wealth Beyond Dollars: The New Currency of Legacy Main Stage Room 130-135Sharon Lechter

11:25am PDT

My Greatest Entrepreneurial Success: Disrupting the Deep State Main Stage Room 130-135Patrick Byrne

11:30am PDT

American Dream; Houra Kian, dir. 13 min. (Iran) Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

11:45am PDT

Fulfilling the Promise: Teachers, Students, and the Declaration of Independence; Lena Popilieva, dir. 50 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Corey DeAngelis End of Thursday Morning at FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135 Attendee Lunch - On Your Own N/A

11:45am PDT

Attendee Lunch - On Your Own N/A