"SFL - ILAFL NYC Regional Conference 2009"

October 10th, 2009 at Alfred Lerner Hall

Columbia University, 115th & Broadway

On Saturday, October 10, 2010 the Columbia University Libertarians will host the 2nd ever ILAFL Conference.
REQUIRED REGISTRATION HERE:

Following up on last year’s inaugural conference in which representatives from the Ivy League schools came together to write a founding Constitution and prepare coordinated campus events, this year’s conference will include students from all groups interested in the ideas of liberty.

Featuring speakers from the national liberty movement, including Students For Liberty, the conference will serve as a forum for learning from experts in fields ranging from economics to history, meeting libertarian leaders, discussing current issues, and sharing advice on best practices for advancing the cause of liberty on campus.

Along with a fantastic speaker line up, the ILAFL Conference will also feature three free meals and an evening social event at a local bar/restaurant for everyone registered.

- Conference Speakers -

*Fred L. Smith, Jr. – Fred L. Smith, Jr. is President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market public policy group established in 1984. Mr. Smith combines intellectual and strategic analysis of complex policy issues ranging from the environment to corporate governance with an informative and entertaining presentation style. Well-known in academic and professional circles, Mr. Smith is a popular speaker at universities and conferences around the world.



*Damon W. Root – Associate Editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com, Damon Root regularly writes on legal affairs and constitutional history. A graduate of Columbia University, his writing has appeared in the New York Post, The Washington Times,New York Press, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Tallahassee Democrat, and other publications.

*Professor Mario Rizzo - Mario Rizzo received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is an associate professor of Economics at New York University. His areas of interest include Austrian Economics, Law and Economics, Microeconomics, Ethics and Economics, and the Philosophy of Science. He has authored Economics of Time and Ignorance: 1996 Intro Survey and Time, Uncertainty and Disequilibrium: Exploration of Austrian Themes. He has contributed to Real Time and Relative Indeterminacy in Economic Theory and been published in many news outlets, including Forbes Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, IHS and the Foundation for Economic Education.

*Christopher Maloney - Vice President of Municipal Fixed Income Management at Neuberger Berman and contributor at Mises Daily.

Professor Salerno and Peter Schiff are unconfirmed speakers as well.

It's going to be great because I'm helping organize. Open to all students. Free booze at Campo after 9 o' clock if you've attended the conference. Come drink with us until our views start making sense.