“Akademi Merdeka (Freedom Academy),” Selangor, Malaysia, August 22-24, 2008

“Akademi Merdeka (Freedom Academy),” Selangor, Malaysia, August 22-24, 2008


Akademi Merdeka (Freedom Academy)

Selangor, Malaysia August 22nd – 24th 2008

Schedule:

Friday, 22 August 2008

4:00pm
 Registration, Check-in & networking
5:00pm
 Program Briefing, Ice Breaking & Grouping
8:15-10:00pm
 Discourse 1 and Group Discussion
Malaysia after 8 March 2008: Towards a Politic of Ideas
10:00pm
 Briefing

Saturday, 23 August 2008

8:30-9:00am
 Discussion (Moderator: Wan Saiful Wan Jan)
What is liberalism to you?  

  • General discussion with participants
9:00-10:30
 Discourse 2 (Dr Tom Palmer)  

  • Foundations of Modern Political Economy (45 minutes)
  • Group work - Formulation of questions (20 minutes)
  • Whole class discussion (25 minutes)
10:45 – 12:15pm
 Discourse 3 (Dr Tom Palmer)  

  • Overview of Political ideologies and What is Libertarianism (45 minutes)
  • Group work - Formulation of questions (20 minutes)
  • Whole class discussion (25 minutes)
12:30 – 1:30pm
 Discourse 4 (Dr Tom Palmer & Wan Saiful Wan Jan)  

  • Challenges facing libertarians – global and local perspectives (45 minutes)
  • Whole group discussion (15 minutes)
2:45 – 4:15pm
 Discourse 5 (Dr Tom Palmer)  

  • How the markets work? Can the markets produce social justice? (45 minutes)
  • Group work - Formulation of questions (20 minutes)
  • Whole class discussion (25 minutes)
4:45 – 6:15pm
 Discourse 6 (Dr Tom Palmer)  

  • A critique on the ‘welfare state’ (45 minutes)
  • Group work - Formulation of questions (20 minutes)
  • Whole class discussion (25 minutes)
6:15 – 8:15pm
 Break for Asar, Dinner and Maghrib
8:15 – 9:05pm
 Video  

  • Globalisation is Good (50 minutes)
9:05 – 10:00pm
 Whole group discussion on topics presented during the day

Sunday, 24 August 2008

8:30 – 10:00am
 Discourse 7 and Conclusion (Dr Tom Palmer)  

  • Limited government and the future of liberty (45 minutes)
  • Group work - Formulation of questions (20 minutes)
  • Whole class discussion (25 minutes)
10:15 – 11:30am
 Group Discussion (Moderator: Wan Saiful Wan Jan)
Formation of Kelab Wau Bebas (purpose, format, activities)
11:30am – 12:00pm
 Reflections and evaluations (Moderator: Amin Ahmad)
2:30 – 4:30pm
 PADI Seminar on Rule of Law
YM Raja Aziz Adrusse, Former President, Malaysian Bar Council
Professor Shad Saleem Faruqi, Professor of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Professor Abdul Aziz Bari, Professor of Law, IIUM
Chair: ‘Abidin Muhriz, Malaysia Think Tank London