12.00pm – 9.00pm

MPS Registration

Level 2, Hilton Hotel

7.00pm – 7.30pm

Pre-Dinner Drinks, Hilton Hotel

7.30pm – 11.00pm

General Meeting Opening Dinner

Hilton Hotel

MPS Presidential address

MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER

9.00am – 10.30am

PLENARY SESSION 1

Ideas of the Enlightenment:

Their Contemporary relevance

• Professor Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  
• Professor James Otteson, Yeshiva University, NY, USA
  
• Professor Suri Ratnapala, University of Queensland, Australia
  

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea

BREAKOUTS-SESSION 1

Each Discussant will critique

one of the Plenary papers

in separate breakout rooms.

• Professor Michael Zoeller, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  
• The Hon James Spigelman, Chief Justice Supreme Court NSW, Australia
• Professor John Gascoigne, University of NSW, Australia

12.00pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm – 3.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 2

Towards a New Enlightenment: Understanding Human Nature

• Professor Denis Dutton, University of Canterbury,NZ
• Dr Peter Whybrow, Director of Semle Institue of Neuroscience UCLA
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3.00pm – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

BREAKOUTS-SESSION 2

Each Discussant will critique

one of the Plenary papers

in separate breakout rooms

• Professor Paul Rubin, Emory University, USA

4.30pm – 5.00pm

Break

5.00pm – 6.30pm

PANEL SESSION

Reconciling the Traditional with the Modern in a Liberal Society

• Noel Pearson,The Cape York Institute, Australia
  
• Professor Chandran Kukathas, London School of Economics, UK
  
• Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, University of Canterbury, NZ
  

TUESDAY, 12 OCTOBER

9.00am – 10.30am

PLENARY SESSION 3

Externalities: Beyond Coase, Williamson and Ostrom

• Professor Jeff Bennett, Australian National University, Australia
  
• Dr Terry Anderson, PERC, USA
  
• Prof Harold Demsetz, University of California, USA

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am – 12.00pm

BREAKOUT-SESSION 3

Each Discussant will critique

one of the Plenary papers

in separate breakout rooms

• Dr Alex Robson, Australian National University, Australia
• Professor Julian Morris, International Policy Network, UK
• Dr William Coleman, Australian National University, Australia

12.00pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm – 3.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 4

GFC: What have we learnt from the 2008-09 event? A Stocktake

(No Breakout sessions)

• Professor Peter Boettke, George Mason University, USA
  
• Professor Deepak Lal, University College London, UK
• Professor Ray Ball, University of Chicago, USA

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30pm – 5.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 5

Australia – A Generation

of Economic Reform

(No Breakout sessions)

• Professor Emeritus Wolfgang Kasper, University of NSW, Australia
  
• Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large, The Australian, Australia
• Hon John Howard, Former Prime Minister of Australia
  

5.00pm – 6.00pm

Break

6.00pm – 8.00pm

Liberty Fund Reception

Opera Point Marquee

Sydney Opera House

8.00am – 2.30pm

Group 1 – Excursion to Tobruk Sheep Station

Maroota

11.15am – 6.00pm

Group 2 – Excursion to Tobruk Sheep Station

Maroota

THURSDAY, 14 OCTOBER

9.00am – 10.30am

PLENARY SESSION 6

New Threats to Liberty and the Private Sphere: Nannies and Busybodies, Tax Harmonisation and the Surveillance State

• Dr Eric Crampton, Canterbury University, NZ
  
• Professor Sinclair Davidson RMIT, Australia
• John Kampfner, Journalist, UK

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am – 12.00pm

BREAKOUT-SESSION 6

Each Discussant will critique

one of the Plenary papers

in separate rooms.

• Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute, USA
• Niclas Berggren, Ratio Institute,Sweden
  

2.00pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm – 3.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 7

New Developments in Economics: A Sceptical View

• Dr Jason Potts, University of Queensland, Australia
  
• Judge Douglas Ginsburg, US District Court of Appeal, USA
• Professor Geoff Brennan, Australian National University, Australian
  

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30pm – 4.30pm

BREAKOUT-SESSION 7

Each Discussant will critique

one of the Plenary papers

in separate rooms

• Andrew Norton, CIS and University of Melbourne, Australia
  
• Dr Stephen Kirchner, University of Technology and CIS, Australia
• Professor Ian Harper, Access Economics, Australia
  

4.30pm – 5.00pm

Break

5.00pm – 6.30pm

PLENARY SESSION 8

Science, Scepticism

and the Future

• Dr Terence Kealey, University of Buckingham, UK
• Professor Steven Schwartz, Macquarie University, Australia
• Professor Peter Rathjen,
  
• University of Melbourne, Australia
  

FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER

9.00am – 10.30am

PLENARY SESSION 9

Freedom vs authority:

What path to development?

The story of India and China

(No Breakout session)

• Dr John Lee, CIS, Australia
  
• Dr Xiannon Xu, China Europe International Business School, China
• Surjit Bhalla, Oxus Research, India

10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am – 1.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 10

History, culture and

the language of Liberty

(No Breakout session)

• Amity Shlaes, Council of Foreign Relations, USA
  
• Professor James Allan, University of Queensland, Australia
  
• Professor Emeritus Ken Minogue, London School of Economics, UK
  

1.00pm – 2.30pm

Lunch

2.30pm – 4.30pm

MPS Members’ Meeting

Hilton Hotel
Ballroom – Level 3

4.00pm – 6.30pm

Break

6.30pm – 11.00pm

Closing Dinner

The Art Gallery of New South Wales