CFN: The FIRE's Campus Freedom Network

“Free Speech vs. Speech Codes: Reclaiming Your Rights on Campus”

Location: Doubletree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA (Map)

• June 26, 2008, 6:00pm–June 28, 2008, 1:00pm

2008 Summer Conference AgendaThursday, June 26^th – Saturday, June 28^th 

Thursday, June 26^th

5:00 – 6:00 PM           Check-in

                                   Concerto Room 3rd Floor

6:00 – 7:00 PM           Reception

                                   Orchestra Room 2nd Floor 7:00 – 9:00 PM                       

                                    Dinner 

                                    Orchestra Room 2nd Floor

                                    Keynote Speaker – John Leo

                                                Introduction by Greg Lukianoff – President, FIRE

Friday, June 27^th

8:00 – 9:00 AM           Breakfast

                                    Concerto Atrium – 3rd Floor 

9:00 – 10:20 AM         Session #1 – Harvey Silverglate – Co-Founder, FIRE

“If FIRE Didn’t Exist, Why We Would Have to Invent It”

Concerto Room – 3rd Floor 

10:40 – 12:00 PM        Session #2 – Panel Discussion

“The Philosophical and Practical Underpinnings of Academic Liberty”

Concerto Room – 3rd Floor      

                                    Panelists:

·        Harvey Silverglate (Moderator)

·        Derek Shaffer – Professor, Stanford Law School

·        KC Johnson – Author, Until Proven Innocent

·        Steve Aden – Senior Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund

12:00 – 1:00 PM         Lunch

                                   Academy Café – 2nd Floor          

1:00 – 2:30 PM           Session #3 – Greg Lukianoff

“Know Your Rights”

Concerto Room – 3rd Floor 

3:00 – 4:30 PM            Session #4 – Robert Shibley – Vice President, FIRE

                                                         Samantha Harris – Director of Spotlight, FIRE

                                    “Speech Codes”

Concerto Room – 3rd Floor

6:00 – 7:00 PM            Reception

                                    Orchestra Room 2nd Floor 

7:00 – 9:00 PM           Dinner

                                    Orchestra Room 2nd Floor 

                                    Keynote Speaker – KC Johnson

                                                Introduction by Greg Lukianoff

 Saturday, June 28^th 

8:00 – 9:00 AM           Breakfast

                                    Concerto Atrium – 3rd Floor 9:00 – 10:20 AM        

                                    Session #5 – Panel Discussion“Using New Media in the Fight                                      for Liberty on Campus”                                   

                                    Concerto Room – 3rd Floor Panelists:

·        Emily Guidry – Media Director, FIRE (Moderator)

·        Andrew Marcus – Independent Filmmaker

·        Evan Coyne Maloney – On The Fence Films, Indoctrinate U

10:40 – 12:00 PM        Session #6 – Panel Discussion – “Fighting Back”

                                    Concerto Room – 3rd Floor                                    

                                    Panelists:

·        Luke Sheahan

Associate Director of the Campus Freedom Network (Moderator)

·        Alexander McCobin

University of Pennsylvania and founder of Students for Liberty

·        Allison Jaynes

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

·        Trent Downes

San Francisco State University

·        Hayden Barnes

Kennesaw State University/Valdosta State University 

12:00 – 1:00 PM         

Lunch                                   

Academy Café – 2nd Floor

Registration

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