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Venue:  Art Hotel, 20 Kielbasnicza Street, Wroclaw                      

September 30
18.00                WELCOME RECEPTION

October 1

09:00-09:15     CONFERENCE OPENING

09:15-11:15     SESSION 1: 

OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF THE WORLD REPORT: 2009
WITH A FOCUS ON FORMER COMMUNIST STATES.
Chair: Prof. Witold Kwaśnicki (University of Wroclaw) 
Speakers:
Michael Walker (Fraser Institute) 
- "Economic Freedom: A World View"  (DOWNLOAD IN .PPS)
Andrzej Kondratowicz (Adam Smith Research Centre) - "Economic
Freedom: The Case of Post-Communist States"

11:15-11:30      Coffee Break

11:30-12:15    SESSION 2: 

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT, Joshua Hall (Beloit  College)
(DOWNLOAD IN .PPS)

12:15-13:00      Lunch

13:00-14:20    SESSION 3:
THE WORLD FINANCIAL/ ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM.
An interactive session. This session will be a general discussion                                         of “economic freedom in a time of crisis”. It will be kicked off by an agent                           provocateur and managed by a chair  Mr. Jaroslaw Derylo (ASRC)   . Agent Provocateur: Andrei Illarionov (Cato Institute): Global Financial Crisis: Financial? Global? Crisis? (DOWNLOAD IN .PPS) - Russian version

14:30-15:30     GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR (At The Town Square)

15:45-17:00    SESSION 4:
ECONOMIC FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD: THE EUROPEAN UNION
Chair: (Mr. Marek Kaduczak, European Commission) 

Speakers: 
Dr. Detmar Doering (Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom) - "Germany after the Election. More Economic Freedom?" (DOWNLOAD IN .PPS)
Emmanuel Martin (Atlas Foundation): Economic Freedom in France in the                             context of Western Europe (DOWNLOAD IN .DOC)

19:00-21:30   Gala Dinner at the City Hall

October 2

9:00-10:30     SESSION 5:
ECONOMIC FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD: THE AMERICAS                                          Chair: Andrzej Kondratowicz (ASRC)
Speakers:
Fred McMahon (Fraser Institute): Economic Freedom of North America (DOWNLOAD IN .PPS)
Ian Vasquez (Cato Institute): Latin America: Toward Economic Freedom,                             New Socialism, or What?
                  
10:30-10:45    Coffee break

10:45-12:00   CLOSED TECHNICAL SESSION (6):
                      Wrap up discussion and plans for next year, Fred McMahon, Fraser Institute, 

12.30-13.30     Lunch

Afternoon: Sightseeing of Wrocław