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9:30am EST
10:00am EST
The Future of Freedom in the Two Major Parties
Monday November 18, 2024 10:00am - 10:45am EST
Moderators
Speakers 
Founding Partner, Echelon Insights
Over the last 15 years, Patrick Ruffini has advanced the digital and data-driven transformation of politics in numerous roles, most recently as the co-founder of Echelon Insights, a next-generation polling, analytics, and intelligence firm.Ruffini began his career as one of the country’s...
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Editor at Large of The Spectator & Fox News Contributor
Ben Domenech is editor at large of The Spectator and a Fox News Contributor. His newsletter, The Transom, is one of the top political Substacks. He cofounded The Federalist and Redstate and was a speechwriter at HHS and for Senator John Cornyn. He was also sued over a joke tweet by...
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12:10pm EST
Frederick Douglass Award Lunch & Fireside Chat with Secretary Alex Azar
Monday November 18, 2024 12:10pm - 12:50pm EST
Moderators
Speakers 
24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Seraphim Strategies, LLC
Secretary Alex Azar is an advisor to Foresite Capital, sits on several corporate, non-profit, and advisory boards, and is a part-time Adjunct Professor of Business and Senior Executive-in-Residence at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Azar served as the 24th U.S. Secretary...
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1:00pm EST
The Coming Battle over the Expiring 2017 Tax Cuts
Monday November 18, 2024 1:00pm - 1:40pm EST
Moderators
Speakers 
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels and supports tax reform...
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President, Center for a Free Economy
Ryan Ellis is a longtime conservative policy activist and a recognized expert on tax and healthcare issues. Ellis is an IRS Enrolled Agent, and has run his own seasonal tax preparation business for over 20 years. He writes occasionally for National Review Online.
President and CEO, Tax Foundation
Daniel Bunn is President and CEO of the Tax Foundation. Daniel has been with the organization since 2018 and, prior to becoming President, successfully built its Center for Global Tax Policy, expanding the Tax Foundation’s reach and impact around the world.Prior to joining the Tax...
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1:40pm EST
IRS Modernization: A Fireside Chat with Aparna Mathur
Monday November 18, 2024 1:40pm - 1:55pm EST
Moderators
Speakers 
Visiting Fellow, Labor Economics, FREOPP
Aparna Mathur is a visiting scholar at FREOPP where she researches social safety net issues. She is a senior manager in economics at Amazon and a former Senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
4:15pm EST
Why Bureaucracies Fail—And How to Fix Them
Monday November 18, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
Moderators 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, FREOPP
Chair & Founder, Common Good
Beginning with his book
The Death of Common Sense in 1995, Philip has written about the central role of human responsibility in a functioning government—the freedom to make timely choices and to be accountable for them. In 2002, he formed
Common Good, a nonpartisan coalition...
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Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center
8:00am EST
Breakfast
Tuesday November 19, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EST
8:45am EST
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Tuesday November 19, 2024 8:45am - 8:50am EST
Moderators
Chairman of the Board of Directors, FREOPP
11:00am EST
The Politics of Freedom & Progress in 2028
Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EST
Moderators
Speakers 
President & CEO, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Kent Lassman has served as president and CEO at the Competitive Enterprise Institute since 2016, overseeing strategy and operations for the free-market organization. As president, Lassman brings to CEI more than 30 years of public policy, research, and executive management experience...
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Editor, National Review
Ramesh Ponnuru is an American conservative thinker, political pundit, and journalist. He is the editor of National Review magazine, a contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and a contributing editor to the domestic policy journal National Affairs.
David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution
Lanhee conducts research and provides commentary on contemporary American public policy issues, focusing on health care policy, economic policy, and US-China relations. He works closely with federal and state policymakers and regulators to provide policy counsel and recommendations...
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