Top Panels & Topics
Speaking Out on the Biggest Issues Facing the World Today
At FreedomFest, we value the power of voices coming together to bring greater insight and clarity to the most important topics facing us all today - digital privacy, foreign policy, economic development, political freedom, criminal justice reform, investing, healthcare and healthy living, and much more.
Our panels bring together top-notch experts in their fields to discuss what our attendees need to know.
We have plenty of stand-alone sessions with our experts too with topics that are sure to enlighten and elucidate.
Digital Security: What You Need to Know NOW to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Business
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Finding A Cure For Political Dysfunction
![Steven Nemerovski headshot](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Steven-Nemerovski-headshot.jpg 549w)
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Pope Francis and the Free Markets
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David Theroux
![McQuillanLawrenceSQ](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McQuillanLawrenceSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McQuillanLawrenceSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McQuillanLawrenceSQ-400x400.jpg 400w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McQuillanLawrenceSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McQuillanLawrenceSQ.jpg 400w)
Lawrence McQuillan
![Wake Forest economics professor Robert Whaples photographed in Carswell Hall on Tuesday, February 19, 2008.](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WhaplesRobertSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WhaplesRobertSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WhaplesRobertSQ-400x400.jpg 400w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WhaplesRobertSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WhaplesRobertSQ.jpg 400w)
Robert Whaples
Why Some Countries Can Never Get Out of Poverty
Why do some countries seem to stay in poverty? Is it geographic? Cultural? Political? Racial? Philosophical? Emotional? Psychological? All of the above? The panelists share expertise and experience with insights from around the world to provide a new look into the nature of global poverty.
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Rakesh Wadhwa
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Leon Leow
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Jayant Bhandari
![CaseyDougSQ](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-590x600.jpg 590w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-600x600.jpg 600w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-600x600.jpg 600w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-590x600.jpg 590w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-600x590.jpg 600w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaseyDougSQ.jpg 600w)
Doug Casey
Explaining Our Breakthrough Desalination & Water Recycling Technologies
Taking seawater to potable water at 1/9th the energy cost of current systems. Reliable was the only company that successfully cleaned a sampling of one of the most contaminated mining spills in US history, the Los Animas River. I will explain what we did, how we did it, and what the opportunity is for investors.
![Reliable Source Slider 2018](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Reliable-Source-Slider-2018.jpg 1860w)
Top Sessions with Our Experts
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![A law enforcement team consisting of two North Las Vegas Police Department police officers, one Airman from 99th Security Forces Squadron, one Nevada Highway Patrol officer and one Las Vegas Metro Police Department officer, move quickly as two simulated gunman fire upon students at Lomie Heard Elementary School, March 28, 2012 during a Multi Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The scenario prepared participants to respond to real-word active shooter events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William P.Coleman)](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Active_shooter-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Active_shooter-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Active_shooter-400x400.jpg 400w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Active_shooter-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Active_shooter.jpg 400w)
Active Shooter: What Really Happened in Las Vegas, and How to Protect Yourself
John Iannarelli, FBI Special Agent (Ret)
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A Libertarian Response to the #MeToo Movement
Kat Murti, libertarian, feminist, activist
![CordeiroJoseSQ](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CordeiroJoseSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CordeiroJoseSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CordeiroJoseSQ-400x400.jpg 400w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CordeiroJoseSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CordeiroJoseSQ.jpg 400w)
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The Death of Death: Antiaging and Rejuvenation
Jose Cordeiro, Singularity University
![PooleBobSQ](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PooleBobSQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PooleBobSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PooleBobSQ-400x400.jpg 400w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PooleBobSQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PooleBobSQ.jpg 400w)
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Look Mom! No Traffic Jams! Rethinking America’s Highway System
Bob Poole, co-Founder, Reason Foundation
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How Free Markets Will Allow African Entrepreneurs to Create Prosperity
Magatte Wade, founder and CEO of Tiossan
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Render Unto Caesar: Was Jesus a Socialist?
Larry Reed, Foundation for Economic Education
![John Mackey is co-CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods Market and co-founder of the nonprofit Conscious Capitalism, Inc.](https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-610x610.jpg 610w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://2018.freedomfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MackeyJohnSQ-1.jpg 1200w)
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Whole Foods Diet
John Mackey, CEO Whole Foods Market
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Jury Nullification: A Little Known Way to Negate Bad Laws
Capt. Jim Green, Utah Valley University
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Antonio Gramsci and the Cultural Revolution: How Marxists Took over Higher Education, and How to Take It Back
Daniele Struppa, Chapman University
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