SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2026

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM   AI Roundtable

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM   Welcome Reception — The Kimpton Rooftop

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM   Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM   Welcome Remarks

9:15 AM – 9:50 AM   Fireside Chat: Wikipedia, Free Speech, and the Future of Knowledge

•      Jimmy Wales

•      Mike Masnick — Interviewer

9:55 AM – 10:35 AM   Using Voice to Free Political Prisoners

•      Leopoldo Lopez

•      Lilian Tintori

•      Mary Kate Cary — Moderator

10:35 AM – 10:50 AM   Break

10:50 AM – 11:05 AM   Lightning Talk: Digital Sovereignty

•      Jacob Mchangama

11:10 AM – 11:50 AM   Concurrent Breakouts

Breakout: Library Alliance — Book Bans

•     Keri Lambert (Rutherford County Library Alliance)

•      Nadine Strossen

Breakout: Open Source AI Content Moderation

•      Dave Wilner

11:50 AM – 12:40 PM   Lunch

12:40 PM – 1:20 PM   Concurrent Breakouts

Breakout Session: Organizing Pro-Democracy Movements

•      Nikola Ilic

Breakout: AI Report

•      Jordi Calvet-Bademunt

•      Isabelle Anzabi

Breakout: Tyranny Tracker — Human Rights Foundation

•      Javier El-Hage

1:25 PM – 2:05 PM   Antisemitism, Censorship, and Free Speech

•      Nadine Strossen

•      Mark Sandler

•      Alexandra Hudson — moderator

2:10 PM – 2:50 PM   Academic Freedom: Free Speech on Campus

•      Suzanne Nossel

•      Lord Nigel Biggar

•      Rikki Schlott — Moderator

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM   Break

3:00 PM – 3:40 PM   Age Gate Debate

•      Taylor Lorenz

•      Ashkhen Kazaryan (Future of Free Speech) — Moderator

•      Iain Corby

3:45 PM – 4:20 PM   Fireside Chat: Global Threats to Free Speech

•      Eugene Volokh — interviewer

•      Sarah Rogers (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy)

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM   Networking Reception

7:00 PM – 9:45 PM   Speakers' Dinner — The Chloe (last shuttle departs at 9:45 pm)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM   Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM   Welcome Back

9:10 AM – 9:25 AM   Lightning Talk: PEW Research Findings

•      Kat Matsa — Presenter

9:30 AM – 10:10 AM   State of Free Speech in America, 250 Years Later

•      Eugene Volokh

•      Mary Anne Franks

•      Francesca Procaccini — Moderator

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM   Break

10:25 AM – 11:05 AM   The Global Rise of Foreign Agent Laws

•      Félix Maradiaga

•      Eka Gigauri

•      Beth Kerley — Moderator

11:10 AM – 11:50 AM   Concurrent Breakouts

Breakout: Brazil

•      Noam Lupu

•      Jamil Assis

Breakout: The Future of Free Speech Book

•      Jacob Mchangama

•      Jeff Kosseff

11:50 AM – 12:40 PM   Lunch

12:40 PM – 1:20 PM   Concurrent Breakouts

Breakout: How to Create Free Speech Movement

•      Toby Young

•      Mark Oppenheimer (South African Institute of Race Relations)

Breakout: Toolbox for Counterspeech

•      Natalie Alkiviadou

•      Mina Dennert

1:25 PM – 2:05 PM   On the Front Lines of Press Freedom

•      András Pethő

•      Angele Latham (Freedom Forum - Gannett)

•      Kevin Goldberg (Free Forum)

2:10 PM – 2:45 PM   Fireside Chat: Free Expression in Europe

•      Assita Kanko

•      Nico Perrino (FIRE) — Interviewer

2:45 PM – 2:55 PM   Break

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM   Lightning Talk: How China Exports Censorship

•      Ge Chen

3:20 PM – 3:35 PM   Lightning Talk: Using Technology to Circumvent Censorship

•      Ahmad Ahmadian

3:40 PM – 4:15 PM   Keynote: Human Flourishing Requires Openness to New Ideas and Dissent

•      Johan Norberg — Keynote

•      Jacob Mchangama (Future of Free Speech) — Interviewer

4:15 PM – 5:45 PM   Closing Reception

7:00 PM – 9:45 PM   Closing Dinner — The Finch (last shuttle departs at 9:45 pm)