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BELGRADE, SERBIAKOLARAC CONCERT HALL

13 – 15 APRIL 2018

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Kolarac Concert HallStudentski trg 5, Beograd 11000, Serbia

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Welcome to the LibertyCon!LETTER FROM DIRECTORAfter Leuven, Berlin and Prague, the biggest event of the year for European Students For Liberty moves to Belgrade, Serbia!

In 2011 at the first ESFL Conference ever we have had the chance to hear about BitCoin, the cryptocurrency to explode in the years to come. The Darknet allowed for a more peaceful voluntary exchange. Freer and easier exchange is also the target of hundreds of companies founded during this period utilising the newly founded blockchain technology trying to ultimately solve the ‘trust problem’ allowing for a more effective cooperation without the need for central authority such as the State or Central bank. AR and VR are slowly entering our lives as well as Internet of Things and technology is more present in our lives than ever before, allowing for more prosperity and cooperation. On the other hand, there are legitimate reasons to be afraid for our privacy as governments have even more ways to track and infringe on privacy of citizens. Internet has allowed for a faster communication and bigger audience to any individual than ever in human history before and yet there are many reasons to believe that freedom of speech and expression is under attack in many places around the world and primarily in those institutions where it should be upheld the most - Universities. We have more tools for free trade and yet protectionist policies are somehow back in fashion.

The growth of the movement for liberty has been a constant during this time though. Despite the new rise of collectivist ideas, left and right alike followed by a symptomatic resurgence of strong, authoritarian leaders in many democracies around the world, throughout this last decade for how long Students For Liberty have been around, we have seen a steady increase of people from all walks of life accepting the ideas of classical liberalism and libertarianism. More than 2,000 Students For Liberty leaders around the world, from Venezuela to Serbia, from Georgia to Japan, organised events and activities and spread the message of liberty to more than 45,000 people who attended our trainings or events in the past year alone. SFL has helped generate numerous success stories, help start non-profits, empower and connect liberty-minded students around the world. This movement working in Spain, Belarus, Iceland, Brazil, US and Canada and many other places carries a positive message. An idea of free and voluntary cooperation opposed to coercion, persistence in creating alternatives to overgrow the government, openness to critical thinking and academic discussion and a message of Peace, Love and Liberty.

Sincerely & For Liberty,Aleksandar Kokotović,European Students For Liberty Programs Director

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AGENDA

FRIDAY13:00 Registration opens

15:00 STUDENT SESSIONSEdouard Hesse MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

Jernej Kosec, Admir Isanovic, Daniil Gorbatenko, Hebing Wang, Frédéric Jollien, Bill Wirtz, moderator Rob Duff FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

Mathilde Berger LUDWIG VON MISES STAGE

Maria Chaplia LUDWIG VON MISES STAGE

16:15 PANELSTerry Kibbe, Sam Martin, Matt Battaglia, Logan Albright MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

Tim Andrews, Cloey Westley, moderator Fred Roeder FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

17:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONSJames Lark FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

Ricardo Avelar MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

18:30 Dinner

19:30 CONFERENCE OPENING CONCERT HALL

Aleksandar Kokotovic

Wolf von Laer

19:45 KEYNOTE CONCERT HALL

Alexander McCobin

22:00 Friday Social ELEKTROPIONIR

SATURDAY10:00 BREAKFAST SESSIONS

Tanja Porčnik MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

Kate Andrews FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

FIRST SESSION CONCERT HALL

11:10 Yaron Brook

11:45 Patrick Schumacher

12:15 Q&A

12:30 Break

SECOND SESSION CONCERT HALL

12:45 Jamie Bartlett

13:20 Brian O'Shea

13:50 Q&A

14:05 Lunch

THIRD SESSION15:00 Deirdre McCloskey

15:35 David Friedman

16:05 Q&A Session

16:20 Break

FOURTH SESSION16:35 Marc Emery

17:05 Jan Hubik

17:40 Q&A Session

18:00 Dinner

FIFTH SESSION19:00 Matt Kibbe

20:05 Q&A Session

20:25 CLOSING CEREMONY 21:00 Liberty Dinner

22:00 Saturday Social FABRIKA

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EXTRASSUNDAY 11:00 – 18:00

FRIDAY 10:00 – 18:00

INSTITUTE OF CRYPTOANARCHY CONFERENCE

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FRIDAY STUDENT SESSIONS

15:00 - 16:00

FROM HUMAN CLONING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING: IS THERE ANYTHING TO FEAR ABOUT THE REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW? Edouard Hesse | MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

15:00 - 16:00 EUROPEAN UNION DEBATE Jernej Kosec, Admir Isanovic, Daniil Gorbatenko, Hebing Wang, Frédéric Jollien, Bill Wirtz, moderator Rob Duffy | FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

15:00 - 15:25 END THE GENDER WAR Mathilde Berger | LUDWIG VON MISES STAGE

15:30 - 16:00 FREEDOM AS AN ACT OF REBELLION Maria Chaplia | LUDWIG VON MISES STAGE

PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

16:15 - 17:15 AUTHENTICITY > THE ALGORITHM: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH COMPELLING CONTENT Terry Kibbe, Sam Martin, Matt Battaglia, Logan Albright | MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

16:15 - 17:15 FREE DRINKS, FREE EXPRESSIONS, FREE MARKETS Tim Andrews, Cloey Westley, moderator Fred Roeder | FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

17:30 - 18:30 THE LIBERTARIAN MOVEMENT: WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING James Lark | FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

17:30 - 18:30 DWIGHT SCHRUTE POLICIES: A LESSER KNOWN CASUALTY IN THE WAR ON DRUGS Ricardo Avelar | MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

KEYNOTE SESSIONS:

19:45 - 20:15 CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM: ELEVATE HUMANITY THROUGH BUSINESS Alexander McCobin | CONCERT HALL

20:15 - 20:30 Q&A SESSION Alexander McCobin - moderator David Clement

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SATURDAYBREAKFAST SESSIONS: 10:00 - 11:00 HUMAN RIGHTS INDEX PRESENTATIONTanja Porčnik | MURRAY ROTHBARD STAGE

10:00 - 11:00 FAKE NEWS Kate Andrews | FRIEDRICH HAYEK STAGE

KEYNOTE SESSIONS: 11:10 - 11:40 FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS Yaron Brook | CONCERT HALL

11:45 - 12:15 A CAPITALIST REVOLUTION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT Patrik Schumacher | CONCERT HALL

12:15 - 12:30 Q&A SESSION Yaron Brook, Patrik Schumacher - moderator David Clement

12:45 - 13:15 THE RADICALS: OUTSIDERS CHANGING THE WORLD Jamie Bartlett | CONCERT HALL

13:20 - 13:50 UNMASKING ESPIONAGE: HOW TO DETECT AND PROTECT AGAINST SPIES, LIES AND MANIPULATION Brian O’Shea | CONCERT HALL

13:50 -14:05 Q&A SESSION Jamie Bartlett, Brian O’Shea - moderator David Clement

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15:00 - 15:30 HOW PEOPLE AND NATIONS GET RICH: LIBERTY Deirdre McCloskey | CONCERT HALL

15:35 - 16:05 FEUD LAW: REAL WORLD LEGAL SYSTEMS THAT WERE PRIVATE AND DECENTRALIZED David Friedman | CONCERT HALL

16:05 - 16:20 Q&A SESSION Deirdre McCloskey, David Friedman - moderator David Clement

16:35 - 17:05 LEGALIZATION IS THE NEW PROHIBITION. WHY THE AXIOM “TAX & REGULATE IT” AS THE MANTRA FOR LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IS FATALLY FLAWED Marc Emery | CONCERT HALL

17:10 - 17:40 INSTITUTE OF CRYPTOANARCHY Jan Hubik | CONCERT HALL

17:40 - 17:55 Q&A SESSION Marc Emery, Jan Hubik - moderator David Clement

19:00 - 19:30 THE RIGHT TO TRY Matt Kibbe | CONCERT HALL

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DAVID FRIEDMANDavid Friedman is an academic economist with a doctorate in physics who has spent the past twenty-two years teaching in a law school. His first book, The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism, was published in 1973 and includes a description of how a society with property rights and without government might function. Much of his published work, including journal articles, essays, drafts of forthcoming work and the full text of several books, can be read on his web page: www.daviddfriedman.com. He comments on a wide range of issues on his blog, Ideas, at http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/.

ALEXANDER MCCOBINAlexander is CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., a US-based organization dedicated to elevating humanity by improving the practice and perception of business. Alexander became CEO of Conscious Capitalism in July, 2017, after serving 15 months as co-CEO alongside Doug Rauch. Alexander joined Conscious Capitalism with experience in the nonprofit, for-profit, and academic fields. Most recently before joining Conscious Capitalism, Alexander served as co-founder and president of Students For Liberty, a nonprofit organization that teaches the principles of a free society to young people and empowers them to make a difference in their communities.

BRIAN O’SHEABrian W. O’Shea is the CEO and Senior Investigator at Striker

Pierce. Brian’s specialties include M&A/Exit Strategies and Information Protection for Investment Clients located in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Additionally, Brian assists companies in protecting their information, especially during deals, from competitive intelligence collection as well as information loss through nefarious means.

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DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEYDeirdre McCloskey from 2000 to 2015 taught economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, being a “distinguished” professor in economics and history.

Author of seventeen books and editor of eight others, and over four hundred scholarly articles,

she is well known internationally in economics, economic history, rhetorical theory, philosophy of science, gender studies, and various other fields. She describes herself now as a "postmodern free-market quantitative Episcopalian feminist Aristotelian."

JAMIE BARTLETTJamie Bartlett is a writer and, journalist, and the Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos. He writes about technology, society, politics, research methods and internet culture. He is the author of the best selling book The Dark Net which was nominated for the Debut Political Book of the Year, the Transmission Prize and the Orwell Prize.

MARC EMERYMarc Emery is a Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur, and politician. Often described as 'the Prince of Pot', Emery has been one of the most notable advocates of international cannabis policy reform. As a political libertarian, Emery has also protested against Sunday shopping laws, obscenity

laws, political endorsement of sporting events, Canadian censorship, and several taxes.

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YARON BROOKYaron Brook is the host of the nationally syndicated Yaron Brook Show and renowned best-selling author. Brook was the Executive Director of The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) for 17 years (2000-2017). He remains Chairman of the Board of ARI and its primary spokesperson. Brook, an internationally sought speaker, travels extensively promoting Ayn Rand and her philosophy-Objectivism, Capitalism, Political & Economic Freedom.

PATRIK SCHUMACHERPatrik Schumacher is principal of Zaha Hadid Architects and is leading the firm since Zaha Hadid’s passing in

March 2016. He joined Zaha Hadid in 1988 and was seminal in developing Zaha Hadid Architects to become a 400 strong global architecture and design brand. Patrik Schumacher is widely recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders within the fields of architecture, urbanism and design.

MATT KIBBEMatt Kibbe is President and Chief Community Organizer at Free the People, an educational organization turning the next generation on to the values of liberty.Kibbe is also an Executive Producer at CRTV, where he produces “The Deadly Isms,” a documentary series about the dangers of all flavors of authoritarianism. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna. In 2004 Kibbe founded FreedomWorks, where he served as President for 11 years. Steve Forbes said, “Kibbe has been to FreedomWorks what Steve Jobs was to Apple.”

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FEATURING

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PROGRAM

10:00 - 11:00 JAN HUBÍK - INTRODUCTION TO PARALLEL POLIS AND CRYPTOANARCHYBreak11:05 - 12:05 LIORA SABOT-CAT - ANARCHO-ACADEMISM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CRYPTOANARCHISTIC CONCEPTBreak12:10 - 13:05 JAN HUBÍK - INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAINBreak13:10 - 14:10 MILAN PŮLKRÁBEK - BASICS OF DIGITAL SECURITY Break14:15 - 15:10 DUŠAN DUSKY MATUŠKA - INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTO TRADINGBreak15:15 - 16:15 PAVOL LUPTÁK - ACHIEVING FINANCIAL FREEDOM USING CRYPTOCURRENCIES16:15 - 16:30 MILAN PŮLKRÁBEK - LIGHTNING TALK: DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL NETWORKS Break16:35 - 17:30 MARTIN HABOVŠTIAK - YOU DON’T NEED FUCKIN BLOCKCHAIN!

During Libertycon 2018 you can enjoy a parallel one-day conference by Parallel Polis. Representatives of the Parallel Polis in Prague, Bratislava and Sarajevo will talk about the concept of the Parallel Polis, cryptoanarchy, encrypted communication, digital privacy and cryptotechnology.

Institute of Cryptoanarchy Conference

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