GLOBAL LIBERTY POLICY FORUMS
Upcoming Events
Ideological Takeover of Universities and Institutions (Details Coming Soon!)
Sarasota, Florida – June 1, 2024
Co-sponsored by New College of Florida
Defending Freedom (Details Coming Soon!)
Zurich, Switzerland – November 15, 2024
Event Agendas
Zürich: Lockdowns, Bailouts, and Liberty: Lessons from the Pandemic
Zürich, Switzerland – 29 March 2022
17:00
Arrival and Registration
17:30
Welcome: Why the Global Liberty Institute?
Joshua Rauh and Scott Atlas
Co-Founders, GLI
Opening Remarks by Joshua Rauh
Opening Remarks by Scott Atlas
17:40
Welcoming GLI to Switzerland
Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud
Switzerland Ambassador to the United States
“Why the Global Liberty Institute?”
17:45
Panel 1: Economic Policy During the Pandemic: How Can the Damage be Undone?
Economics panel intro by Joshua Rauh
Moderator:
Joshua Rauh, Ormond Family Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Panelists:
Veronique de Rugy
George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy; Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, USA
Written remarks by Veronique de Rugy found here
Panel remarks by Veronique de Rugy
Reiner Eichenberger
Professor for Economic and Financial Policy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Panel remarks by Reiner Eichenberger
Paul Frijters
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, UK; Professor, MBS College, Saudi Arabia
Panel remarks by Paul Frijters
Konrad Hummler
Managing Partner, M1 AG, St. Gallen; Entrepreneur; President, Swiss Civil Society Association, Switzerland
Panel remarks by Konrad Hummler
Thomas Mayer
Managing Director and Founder, Flossbach von Storch Research Institute; former Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank, Germany
Written remarks by Thomas Mayer found here
Panel remarks by Thomas Mayer
18:30
Q & A and Open Discussion
18:50
Panel 2: Health, Class, and Civil Liberties in Lockdowns: What Happened and What’s Next?
Health panel intro by Scott Atlas
Moderator:
Scott Atlas, Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Panelists:
Marilisa D’Amico
Professor of Constitutional Law, and Vice-Rector for Legality, Transparency and Equality of Rights at the University of Milan, Italy
Written remarks by Marilisa D’Amico found here
Panel remarks by Marilisa D’Amico
Lotta Stern
CEO, Ratio Institute, Stockholm; Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Panel remarks by Lotta Stern
Pietro Vernazza
Former Chief Physician, Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland.
Panel remarks by Pietro Vernazza
John Yoo
Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Written remarks by John Yoo found here
Panel remarks by John Yoo
19:35
Q & A and Open Discussion
19:55
Concluding Remarks
Joshua Rauh and Scott Atlas & Co-Founders, GLI
20:00
Reception
Washington, D.C.: Reversing the Ideological Capture of Universities
Washington, DC. – 21 October 2022
Co‐Sponsors:
Global Liberty Institute, Hillsdale College, Academy for Science & Freedom; Salem Center for Policy at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas;
Organizers:
Scott Atlas, Richard Lowery, Joshua Rauh
Venue:
Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center; 227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
3:00 – 3:05
Welcome by Scott Atlas
Highlighted Quote:
Scott Atlas, GLI and Hoover Institution: “The overwhelming majority of universities have betrayed the public trust and damaged trust in institutions and in expertise overall by denying fact, spouting politicized opinion as university-endorsed thought, and now emphasizing ideology-based social policies as a guiding light for curriculum.”
3:05 ‐ 3:10
Opening Remarks
Dr. Larry Arnn
President of Hillsdale College; Introduced by Scott Atlas.
3:10 ‐ 3:30
Keynote Speaker
James Hankins
Professor of History, Harvard University; Founder and General Editor, I Tatti Renaissance Library
3:30 ‐ 4:30
Panel 1: How We Lost Humanities to Ideology
Opening Speaker & Panel Moderator:
Brad C.S. Watson
Associate Professor of Government, Van Andel Graduate School of Government, Hillsdale College
Panel Speakers:
James Hankins (Harvard University); Dan Bonevac (UT Austin); Phil Magness (AIER)
Watch Introduction
Watch Brad C.S. Watson Remarks
Watch Panel Discussion
Highlighted Quote:
Brad Watson; Hillsdale: “Institutional capture … can only be solved if faculty members and administrators … exercise the virtue of courage, the critical virtue without which the other virtues are impossible, the virtue that is catastrophically in short supply.”
4:30 – 5:30
Panel 2: The Woke Destruction of Data‐ Driven Inquiry
Opening Speaker & Panel Moderator:
John E.R. Staddon
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Panel Speakers:
Dorian Abbot (UChicago); Peter Arcidiacono (Duke University); Kevin Corinth (US Congress Joint Economic Committee); Joshua Rauh (Stanford Graduate Sch of Business, Global Liberty Institute, and Hoover Institution)
Highlighted Quote:
Kevin Corinth: “If we cannot get real scientific evidence that’s divorced from the value judgments of the scientists who create it … that’s a very big threat to policymaking”
Highlighted Quote:
Josh Rauh: GLI and Hoover Institution: “We allowed ourselves to be silenced, thinking things couldn’t ever get so bad, that the woke destruction of data driven inquiry … could never get to the point that it has now. And yet it has.”
5:30 – 6:30
Panel 3: The Shutdown of Dissent in Science and Public Health
Opening Speaker & Panel Moderator:
Scott W. Atlas
Robert Wesson Senior Fellow | Health Policy, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Hillsdale AS&F; and Global Liberty Institute
Panel Speakers:
Jay Bhattacharya, MD PhD (Stanford U Sch of Medicine); Pat M. Fidopiastis, PhD (Cal Poly); Tracy Beth Høeg, MD PhD (Florida Dept of Public Health); Aaron Kheriaty, MD (Zephyr Institute); Matt Memoli, MD (NIH)
Highlighted Quote:
Matt Memoli; NIH: “We have a big problem in medicine and science … it’s no longer about science, it’s about replacing biology with ideology, and the way that happens is because it’s all controlled by the funding.”
6:30 – 7:30
Dinner Break
7:30 – 8:30
Panel 4: Student Journalism and the Battle for On‐Campus Liberty
Opening Speaker & Panel Moderator:
Mollie Hemingway
Panel Speakers:
Julie Hartman (ex‐Harvard); Maggie Hroncich (Hillsdale); Max Meyer (ex‐Stanford); Chris Phillips (UChicago); Mimi St Johns (Stanford); Daniel Schmidt (Uchicago); Neelay Trivedi (Stanford)
Highlighted Quote:
Mimi St. Johns; Stanford Review: “These are two specific examples of many at Stanford, but they exemplify Stanford’s gradual stagnation from an academic standpoint. While humanities courses are often obscure and focus on identity politics, the engineering and sciences course, the ones that are supposed to be concrete and objective, often are not. These D-E-I initiatives do little except destroy rational intellectual engagement”
8:30 – 9:30
Panel 5: Policy Ideas to Fix America’s Universities
Opening Speaker & Panel Moderator:
Todd J. Zywicki
George Mason University Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School
Panel Speakers:
Richard Corcoran (former Florida Education Commissioner); Robert Eitel (Defense of Freedom Institute); Richard Lowery (UT McCombs – Salem Center); Reed Rubinstein (America First Legal Foundation)
Watch Panel Discussion
Watch Richard Lowery Remarks
Watch Todd J. Zywicki Remarks
Zug: Alternative Money, Supply Chains, and Energy Security in the New Economy
Zug, Switzerland – 24 October 2022
Organizers:
Scott Atlas and Joshua Rauh, Global Liberty Institute
Location:
Theater Casino Zug, Artherstrasse 4, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
16:00 – 16:15
Welcome: Why the Global Liberty Institute?
Scott Atlas and Joshua Rauh
Senior Fellows, Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
Opening Remarks by Joshua Rauh
Opening Remarks by Scott Atlas
16:15 – 17:45
Session 1: Energy Policy and Energy Security
16:15 – 16:45: Keynote Lecture:
Bjørn Lomborg
President, Copenhagen Consensus, Denmark
Remarks by Bjørn Lomborg
16:45 – 17:45: Panel Discussion and Q&A with Panelists:
Irene Aegerter
Stiftung für eine sichere Stromversorgung, Switzerland
Remarks by Irene Aegerter
Reiner Eichenberger
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Remarks by Reiner Eichenberger
Bjørn Lomborg
Copenhagen Consensus, Denmark
Andy Mayer
(IEA), United Kingdom
Remarks by Andy Mayer
17:45 – 19:15
Session 2: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Alternative Money
17:45 – 18:15: Keynote Lecture:
Saifedean Ammous
Author, The Bitcoin Standard
18:15 – 19:15: Panel discussion and Q&A with Panelists:
Saifedean Ammous
Author, The Bitcoin Standard
Thomas Mayer
Flossbach von Storch Research, Germany
Luzius Meisser
Bitcoin Suisse, Switzerland
Heinz Tännler
Canton Zug Dept of Finance Swiss Blockchain Federation
H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
GIS Geopolitical Information Services, Liechtenstein
Q & A and Open Discussion
19:15 – 20:00
Wine Reception
Milan: Global Liberty Institute: The Italian Chapter
Milan, Italy – 14 November 2022
Organizers:
Scott Atlas and Joshua Rauh, Global Liberty Institute
Location:
Palazzo Reale – Piazza del Duomo 14, 3th Floor, Milan
Welcome and Introductory remarks
Vito Velluzzi
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Milan
Chiara Amalfitano
Head of Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, University of Milan
Why Global Liberty Institute in Italy
Marilisa D’Amico
University of Milan
Edoardo C. Raffiotta
University of Milano-Bicocca
Introduction of the Global Liberty Institute
Scott Atlas
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Joshua Rauh
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Lectio Magistralis
Nicolò Zanon
Vice President of the Italian Constitutional Court
Individual Liberties, Conformity, Social Control, and Compression of the Free Market Place of Ideas
Individual presentations
Science, Academia, and Public Health: Restoring Trust in Leadership After COVID
Scott Atlas
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Economic Implications of the US Elections for Global Policy
Joshua Rauh
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
US Elections
John Yoo
University of California, Berkeley
Other presentations
Q&A
Concluding remarks
Palm Beach: Restoring the Free Exchange of Ideas; & Rising Leader Summit
Palm Beach, FL – 18 February 2023
8:00am – 8:20am
Breakfast/Check-in
8:20am – 8:30am
Welcome & Introduction to GLI; Scott Atlas and Josh Rauh
8:30am – 9:30am
Session 1 with Gad Saad
9:30am – 9:40am
Break
9:40am – 10:40am
Session 2 with Glenn Loury
10:40am – 10:50am
Break
10:50am – 11:50am
Session 3 with Jennifer Sey
11:50am – 12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Session 4 with Jason Riley
1:30pm – 1:40pm
Break
1:40pm – 2:40pm
Session 5 with Josh Rauh
2:40pm – 2:50pm
Break
2:50pm – 3:50pm
Session 6 with Scott Atlas
3:50pm – 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Governor Ron DeSantis, Special Keynote Speaker and Fireside Chat
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Drinks and Hors D’oeuvres
Dallas: Speaking Truth to Power; & Rising Leaders Summit
Dallas, TX – 23 September 2023
8:15am – 9:00am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00am – 9:15am
Welcome & Introduction to GLI; Scott Atlas and Josh Rauh
9:15am – 10:15am
Session 1 with Heather Mac Donald
10:15am – 10:30am
Break
10:30am – 11:30am
Session 2 with Josh Rauh
11:30am – 12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Session 3 with Riley Gaines
1:30pm – 1:45pm
Break
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Session 4 with Scott Atlas
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Session 5 with John Yoo
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Wrap-Up & Next Steps; Scott Atlas and Josh Rauh
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Reception
6:00pm – 8:30pm
Food and Drinks!
Zürich: Defending Freedom; & Rising Leaders Summit
Zürich, Switzerland – 9 October 2023
16:00 – 16:10
Check-in
16:10 – 16:30
Welcome to GLI; Scott Atlas & Josh Rauh
16:30 – 17:30:
Niall Ferguson – “Freedom and Unfreedom: Lessons of the 20th Century”
17:30 – 18:10
Josh Rauh – “Capitalism: What’s Next”
18:10 – 18:20
Break
18:20 – 19:20
HR McMaster – “Threats to Global Freedom”
19:20 – 20:00
Scott Atlas – “Restoring Trust in Institutions”
19:55
Concluding Remarks
Joshua Rauh and Scott Atlas & Co-Founders, GLI
20:00 – 21:00
Reception
Palm Beach: Objectivity, Data, and Public Policy; & Rising Leaders Summit