Friday, 22nd August 2025
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm: “Is India the Next China? Or is America the Next India?” by Albert Lu
Venue:
Al Porto Ristorante
321 Water Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 1B8
(For a set menu, the restaurant will charge $70 per person, plus service charge and tax, and any drinks consumed. “Sold out” will appear here when we can no longer accommodate more people.)
Saturday, 23rd August 2025
7:30 to 7:55 am: Registration and coffee
7:55 to 8 am: Introduction by Jayant Bhandari
8 to 8:35 am: “The Problem with Intellectual Property” by Stephan Kinsella
8:35 to 9:15 am: “A Monetary Reset is Coming, and Canada isn’t Prepared” by Maxime Bernier
9:15 to 9:35 pm: “The Obstacle is the Way” by Brian Leni
9:35 to 9:55 am: “On a Trajectory Towards Dependency” by Peyman Askari
9:55 to 10:20 am: Coffee
10:20 to 11 am: “Leftism and the Rest of Us” by Clayton Reeder
11 to 11:40 am: “The War on Truth” by Leighton Grey
11:40 to 12:05 pm: “The End of Ideology” by Jeff Deist
12:05 to 1:05 pm: Lunch
1:05 to 1:50 pm: “Arithmetic of America” by Rick Rule
1:50 to 2:25 pm: “Who Threatens Free Expression within the American University and Democracy?” by Amy Wax
2:25 to 3 pm: “DEI in Science and Medicine: Missing Metrics and Measures” by Dr Roger Cohen
3 to 3:20 pm: Coffee
3:20 to 3:50 pm: Fireside chat between Stephan Kinsella and Albert Lu
3:50 to 4:30 pm: Maxime Bernier, Leighton Grey, and Peyman Askari, with Jeff Deist
4:30 to 5 pm: “Demystifying China” by Jayant Bhandari
5 to 5:30 Break
5:30 to close: Amy Wax, Jeff Deist, Rick Rule, Clayton Reeder, Dr Roger Cohen with Brian Leni
Venue:
Strategy Room 320
Morris J Wosk Conference Centre
580 West Hastings Street (entrance via breezeway off Seymore Street)
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3
(This is an independent event, not affiliated with the School.)
Host:
Jayant Bhandari
Price:
Click on the following to go to the registration page:
Other Events: Dinners will be organized on 22nd August (details above) & 23rd August 2025. Also, we will meet for a picnic starting at 9:30 am on 24th August 2025 (linked is the approximate location at the Coal Harbour Seaside Park). Please take care of your tab at the dinners. Also, bring something to eat and share for the picnic.
Refund Policy: You can request a full refund until 30th July. After that, a 25% deduction applies. No refund will be made for cancellations after 15th August. We are happy to change the participant’s name if you want someone else to take your place. The ticket price increases significantly closer to the event’s date.
Linked here are video recordings of earlier years’ seminars.
