Event Report:Freedom Dinner & Templeton Freedom Award Conference 2009

Thank you to all who joined us at this year’s Freedom Dinner and Templeton Freedom Award Conference. Below, you will find presentations from many of our speakers-audio and video of the talks will be available over the course of the week as well, be sure to check this page often. Freedom Dinner 2009 photos. ( Audio of Alan Charels Kors’ Keynote Speech)(Transcript of Alan Charles Kors’ Keynote Speech)

Monday, November 9th, 2009
9:00-10:15
Engaging the Next Generation in the Project of Advancing Liberty
-Moderator: Roger Ream, The Fund for American Studies, USA

• Greg Lukianoff, FIRE, USA (2009 TFA winner) (Audio) (Video)
• Camilla Andersson and Anders Hjemdahl, Institute for Information on Crimes of Communism, Sweden (2009 TFA winner) (Audio) (Video)
• Martin Chren, F.A. Hayek Foundation, Slovakia (ppt) (Audio) (Video)
• Short Video from Centre for Civil Society, India (2009 TFA winner)

10:30-11:45

Alleviating Poverty or Creating Prosperity? (audio)

• Moderator: Alex Chafuen, Atlas, USA
• Leon Louw, Free Market Foundation, South Africa (2009 TFA winner)  (ppt) (Audio) (Video)
• Gabriel Daly, Instituto Libertad y Democracia, Peru (ppt) (Audio)  (Video)
• Alex Onsager, Samasource, USA (2009 TFA winner) (ppt) (Audio)  (Video)

12-2:00pm Templeton Freedom Awards Luncheon

• Presentation of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards by Dr. John M. Templeton, Templeton Foundation, and Alex Chafuen, Atlas
• Luncheon Speaker: Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute, USA (Audio)

2:00-3:00 We Were There–Reflections on the Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Moderator: Tom Palmer, Atlas, USA

• Krassen Stanchev, IME, Bulgaria (Audio) (Video)
• Jiri Schwarz, Liberalni Inst., Czech Republic (Audio) (Video) (ppt)
  
• Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute, USA (Audio) (Video)
• Sascha Tamm, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany (Audio) (Video)

3:15-4:15 The Battles Ahead–Tearing Down New Walls (audio)
-Moderator: Brad Lips, Atlas, USA

• Maria Corina Machado, Sumate, Venezuela (ppt) (Audio) (Video)
• Chung-Ho Kim, Center for Free Enterprise, South Korea (ppt) (Audio)(Video)
• June Arunga, Kenya

Tuesday November 10, 2009

9:00-10:15 Up and Coming Think Tank Leaders (audio)
-Moderator: Cindy Cerquitella, Atlas, USA

• Nonoy Oplas, Minimal Government, Philippines (ppt) (Audio)(Video)
• Paulo Uebel, Millenium Institute, Brazil  (2009 TFA winner) (Audio) (Video)
• Natasha Srdoc, Adriatic Institute, Croatia (ppt) (Audio) (Video)
• Mamadou Koulibaly, Cote d’Ivoire (ppt) (Audio) (Video)
• Amr Bargisi, Egyptian Union for Liberal Youth, Egypt (2009 TFA winner) (Audio)(Video)

10:30-12:00 The Financial Crisis: Reaction from Think Tanks Around the World (audio)
-Moderator: Matt Bufton, Institute for Liberal Studies, Canada (Audio) (Video)

• Lelo Nxumalo, Zimbabwe (Audio) (Video)
• Arpita Nepal, Samriddhi, Nepal (ppt) (Audio) (Video)

Freedom Dinner 2009 Gallery (Photos)

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