Culture, Religion, and Technology Miami

October 29, 2024 - 2:30 PM to 9 PM ET

Save the day! This fall in October, Vator, IronGate VC, Freedom Foundation, and The Economic Club of Miami, are pleased to announce the next: Culture, Religion, and Technology 2024.

We are living in surreal times with ideological warfare dividing the country. Technology has much to do with how information is pulling people vehemently apart. Cultural norms are being thrown out the window as traditionalists fight against a movement toward an egalitarian utopia.

Join us as we discuss culture, religion, technology, education, national security and free speech.

Our keynote speaker will be Peter Thiel, author of Zero to One; investor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

SPEAKERS

Peter Thiel

Aaron Withe

Hamlet Yousef

Bambi Francisco Roizen

Francisco Gonzalez

Paul Martino

James Lindsay

Ryan Walters

Manny Diaz

Ben Carson Jr.

Erik Bethel

Madeline Pumariega

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AGENDA

2:30 pm - Registration opens

3:00 pm –Welcome and Opening remarks - Francisco Gonzalez, Executive Director, Economic Club of Miami and Madeline Pumariega (President, Miami Dade College)

3:15 – 4:15 pm | The future of national security
Description: Religious freedom and national security are very intertwined. Without the freedom to exercise free will, nations can become vulnerable to corruption. Monolithic forces lead to censorship and a one-size-fits-all world that limits creativity and abundance. Society thrives when our free will is liberated. How do we invest in national security that protects this freedom? Moderator: Hamlet Yousef; Panelists: Ben Carson Jr. (Co-Founder and Partner at FVLCRUM Funds), Erik Bethel (General Partner, Mare Liberum)

4:15 - 5:15pm | The future of education
Description: Why are our students entitled and arrogant, and yet underperforming academically? What’s happened to our public school systems and what can we do to bring the marketplace of ideas to education? Moderator: Aaron Withe, Freedom Foundation; Panelists: Manny Diaz (Miami Education Commissioner); Ryan Walters (Oklahoma Superintendent); James Lindsay (Author and podcaster)

5:15-6:00 pm | (Heavy hors d’ oeuvres and cocktails)

6:00-6:15pm | Welcome and introduction to Fireside I Paul Martino

6:15 – 7:30 pm | Culture, Religion and Technology | Fireside Chat - Peter Thiel and Bambi Francisco Roizen

7:30 – 8:00 pm | Q+A

8:00 – 9:00 pm | Reception

PARTNERS