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Introduction
The Future of Freedom Conference is considered to be the first explicitly libertarian conference series ever held in the United States. Debuting in 1969, the conference’s keynote speaker was Austrian economist Prof. Ludwig von Mises.

The Ludwig von Mises Conference (1969)
More than 200 students attended The Ludwig von Mises Conference that was held at California State University, Long Beach in May 1969, in response to Young Americans for Freedom's (YAF) purges of libertarian leaders just before the infamous national YAF convention in August 1969. In early March of 1969, Dana Rohrabacher and William “Shawn” Steel, co-chairs of California's YAF, were among those removed from membership by the national YAF.i Many of those purged leaders, including county chairs, would eventually organize a new student organization called the California Libertarian Alliance (CLA)ii. One of their first endeavors was to hold a gathering of libertarian leaders, writers and economists. The idea of having that gathering evolved into a full-fledged plan for a conference at a college under the leadership of Dana Rohrabacher, who had been the main founder as well as chairman of the Libertarian Caucus of YAF from 1966 to 1969. Rohrabacher later became a journalist, a speechwriter for President Reagan, and a U.S. Congressman in Southern California. Other purged YAF members involved in the 1969 conference included the following: In 1981, Shawn Steel commented about the reasons for the first conference, writing that, “Freedom oriented people found themselves abandoned, either purged from the right or the left. Because of this political turmoil, we invited decentralists, individualists and voluntaryists in one forum to organize, discuss and study the philosophy we now call ‘libertarianism.’”iii Other speakers at 1969's Ludwig von Mises Conference included the following: The Ludwig von Mises Conference was sponsored by California State University Long Beach YAF, California State University San Fernando Valley YAF, and the Action Coalition for Freedom.
 * Gene Berkman, draft resister, later to become owner of Renaissance Books in Riverside, CA
 * Bill “Shawn” Steel, USC student and statewide chairman of Youth for Reagan, later to become an attorney, a founder of the California Libertarian Party, and chairman of the California Republican Party
 * Ron Kimberling, later Dr. Ron Kimberling, radio show commentator who became executive director of the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Assistant Secretary for Higher Education in the last years of the Reagan administration
 * Dennis Turner, writer for Reason magazine and computer programmer
 * John Schurman, psychology major and staff worker for Rampart College
 * R. C. Hoiles, longtime publisher of The Register in Santa Ana, CA
 * Robert LeFevre, Rampart College founder and author
 * Skye D’Aureous (Durk Pearson), MIT graduate with a triple major in physics, biology, and psychology
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor

The Left-Right Festival of Mind Liberation (1970)
On February 28 and March 1, 1970, the California Libertarian Alliance hosted The Left-Right Festival of Mind Liberation at the University of Southern California (USC), backed by Riqui and Seymour Leon of Robert LeFevre’s relocated Rampart Institute in Santa Ana, California.v This conference attempted to patch differences between left and right anti-statist and anti-authoritarian thinkers, but failed to generate “any potential Left-Right coalition in the gestation stage.”vi The keynote speaker was Carl Oglesby, the purged president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and author of Containment and Change. “Designed to lay the groundwork for a libertarian/New Left anti-war coalition, Oglesby made the case that ‘the Old Right and the New Left’ were ‘morally and politically’ united in their opposition to war, and should work together.”vii Other major speakers included the following: Other notable speakers included the following: According to an article in the Daily Trojan, “the California Libertarian Alliance, also cosponsor of the conference, states, ‘The purpose of the conference is to unite libertarians and anarchists who have been active in the right wing and the new left, to find a means by which they can work together, without misunderstanding or antagonism.’”x The main organizers for The Left-Right Festival of Mind Liberation were Dana Rohrabacher, Bill “Shawn” Steel, and Gene Berkman. Steel also emceed. Action Coalition for Freedom (Don Franzen) and the California Libertarian Alliance sponsored the event.
 * William Allen, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) economist
 * F.A. “Baldy” Harper, founder of the Institute of Humane Studies
 * Rod Manis, Stanford University research economist and writer for Rampart College
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Tibor Machan, an owner of Reason magazine and doctoral candidate at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)
 * Karl Hess, former speech writer for Senator Barry Goldwater and Newsweek editor
 * Dana Rohrabacher, purged California chairman of Young Americans for Freedom
 * Samuel Edward Konkin III (a.k.a. SEK3), chemistry graduate student and editor of New Libertarian Notes at New York University
 * Phillip Abbott Luce, a defector from the pro-red Chinese Progressive Labor Movement in 1964, author of Road to Revolution, and recently resigned college director of YAF
 * Harvey Hukari, former chair of Stanford University YAF, and a founder of the Free Campus Movement
 * Harry Pollard, president of the Henry George School in Los Angeles
 * Don Jackson and Marcus Overseth, gay-rights activists
 * Robert Sagehorn, author, editor of the Western World Review and an associate of Western World Press
 * Terry Catchpole, editor and writer for National Lampoon
 * Skye D’Aureous (Durk Pearson), co-publisher of The Libertarian Connection
 * Natalee Hall (Sandy Shaw), co-publisher of The Libertarian Connection
 * Willis E. Stone, founder and chairman of the Liberty Amendment Committee
 * W. H. Hutt, author and Austro-classical economist from South Africa
 * Harold Demsetz, University of Chicago economist
 * Leon Kaspersky, co-founder of the underground libertarian newspaper Protos
 * Filthy Pierre (Erwin S. Strauss), author, “filk” musician, and science fiction convention organizer
 * John Haag, co-founder of the California Peace and Freedom Party
 * Richard Grant, author of The Incredible Bread Machine
 * Stan Kohl, war resister advocate
 * Randy Ericson
 * Bill Colson
 * Don Meinshausen, organizer of the Essex County College Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter and “freelance government spy”

The Festival of Liberation (1970)
The Annual Festival of Liberation, as it was now being called, attracted over 700 attendees to the University of Southern California (USC) from November 14 to 15, 1970, “to promote alternatives to authoritarianism and statism.”xi xii Linda Bieber, city editor of USC's Daily Trojan, stated that the festival would “focus on the idea of knocking out oppressive and authoritarian cultures by libertarian social revolution and the idea that violent revolution will not eliminate the authoritarians, but instead will trade them in for newer models.”xiii The conference featured the following speakers: Moderator Lowell Ponte was a freelance writer and contributing editor to USC's Daily Trojan, and freelance writer and KPFK-FM radio talk show host.xiv Commenting about the conference, Ponte wrote in Daily Trojan “…Important as a basis for agreement was a mutual fear of the expanding power of government and the threat to individual liberty it represents. In some cases this fear envisions government, with its manipulative technologies now under development, as an incipient Brave New World.”xv Workshops were conducted by The Institute for the Study of Non-Violence (founded by singer Joan Baez), the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and the Portola Institute. Movie night included James Stewart’s Shenandoah. Rampart College, California Libertarian Alliance, and Action Coalition for Freedom sponsored 1970's Festival of Liberation.
 * Paul Goodman, social critic, pacifist, left anarchist and author of Growing Up Absurd
 * Murray Rothbard, anarcho-capitalist and professor of economics at Brooklyn Polytechnic
 * Thomas Szasz, professor of psychiatry from the State University of New York at Syracuse
 * Phillip Abbott Luce, a defector from the pro-red Chinese Progressive Labor Movement in 1964, author of Road to Revolution
 * Joel Fort, University of California Berkeley professor, physician and author
 * Robert LeFevre, radio personality and founder of Rampart College
 * Skye D’Aureous (Durk Pearson), cybernetics specialist
 * Leiflumen, education expert
 * Dana Rohrabacher, the student field representative for Rampart College
 * Robert Love, president of the Love Box company

Symposium on Political Implications of Modern Psychology (1972)
This conference was produced at USC's Town and Gown Foyer, Feb. 12-13, 1972. According to USC's Daily Trojan, the topics included “the similarities between the humanist and the libertarian, the authoritarian personality, the state and the individualist behavior, political authoritarianism, and the need for self-respect.”xvi The symposium featured the following speakers:
 * Dr. Nathaniel Branden, author and psychotherapist
 * Robert LeFevre, author, TV/radio broadcaster and founder of Rampart College
 * George Bach, a clinical psychologist
 * Carl Faber, UCLA psychology professor
 * David Harris, draft resister and author of Goliath
 * Don Lewis, psychology professor
 * Alan Ross, psychology professor
 * Everett Shostrom, psychologist and author of Man the Manipulator
 * Roy Childs, libertarian essayist and critic
 * Carl Rogers, author of Freedom to Learn: A View of What Education Might Become and one of the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology

Debate: Humanist vs. Behaviorist Theories
Psychology Professor Alan Ross debated Don Lewis, chairman of the Psychology Department at USC.

1972's Symposium on Political Implications of Modern Psychology was sponsored by the California Libertarian Alliance.

The Future of Victimless Crimes (1973)
The Future of Victimless Crimes was held at USC in February of 1973. Featured speakers included the following: Los Angeles Police Chief Tom Redden, who, despite his conservative persona, spoke in support of lessening pot penalties Sheriff of San Francisco Richard D. Hongisto “told the more than 500 people in attendance that police are ignoring enforcement and protection from violent crimes in order to go after easy drug bust arrests.”xvii == The Future of Freedom Conference (1977) The first event actually named The Future of Freedom Conference was held at USC in April of 1977.xviii It is best remembered for the turbulent debate between Prof. David Friedman, son of Milton Friedman, and SDS radical activist and later California state senator Tom Hayden.xix According to a 1980 Future of Freedom Conference brochure, “Tom Hayden was unaware of the libertarian philosophy. Mistaking Friedman for a conservative, Hayden attacked military spending and asked, ‘What about the Pentagon?’ Before Friedman could disagree, the audience roared ‘Abolish the Pentagon!’ Shocked, Hayden paused and quietly responded ‘Well, we must have a Pentagon.’”xx Hayden accused Friedman of unfair debate tactics. After a few hostile questions from the audience, Hayden walked off the stage, confused and shaken. “Amazingly, few persons when asked could agree on who won the debate. Hayden lost on substance, but Friedman’s ‘go for the throat’ debate tactics backfired.” Other speakers included the following: The California Libertarian Alliance sponsored 1977's The Future of Freedom Conference. The Oldest Libertarian Conference Series in the Nation flyer – pdf file
 * Dr. Thomas Szasz, psychiatrist and author of The Myth of Mental Illness
 * Dr. Nathaniel Branden, author and psychotherapist, known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Robert LeFevre, author, TV/radio broadcaster and founder of Rampart College
 * Pavel Litvinov, Soviet Union dissenter
 * Poul Anderson, science fiction author
 * Dr. Nathaniel Branden, author and psychotherapist
 * Jerome Tuccille, author and futurologist
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor and author of Libertarianism – A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow
 * Jack J. Matonis, tax-resistance attorney

The Future of Freedom II: The 1980’s: Freedom or Slavery? (1980)
The Future of Freedom II: The 1980’s: Freedom or Slavery was held at Cypress College April 19-20, 1980, with a banquet at the Buena Park Holiday Inn. Main speakers included the following: Kenneth Grubbs, Jr., editorial editor of The Register in Orange County, and Janice Allen, Libertarian Party activist, emceed the event. The Saturday banquet paid tribute to libertarian pacifist, author, TV/radio broadcaster, and founder of Rampart College, Robert LeFevre, who received the Future of Freedom Award. Another award, the Ludwig von Mises Merit of Honor Award was presented to Dana Rohrabacher, one of the early organizers of The Future of Freedom Conference series. A film festival included For a New Liberty, Libra, The Inflation File, and The Incredible Bread Machine. Debates pitted notable opposites, including the following: 1980's The Future of Freedom II: The 1980’s: Freedom or Slavery? conference was organized by Lawrence Samuels, founder of Society for Libertarian Life, president of Rampart Institute and owner of Athena Graphics, plus Jane Heider-Samuels, board member of Rampart Institute; and Howard Hinman, editor of Society for Libertarian Life newsletter, Libertas Review. The conference was sponsored by the Society for Libertarian Life, Cypress College Libertarian Club, California Libertarian Alliance, and Society for Individual Liberty. Athena Graphics in Santa Ana provided the graphics. PDF file of advertising flyer The FOF Conference
 * Karl Hess, speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater, market anarchist, and author of Dear America
 * Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus trilogy
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Prof. Arthur B. Laffer, economist and originator of the “Laffer Curve”
 * John Matonis, tax-resistance attorney
 * J. Neil Schulman, science fiction writer of Alongside Night
 * David Bergland, attorney and Vice Presidential candidate in 1976 on the Libertarian Party ticket
 * Anthony Hargis, author and business entrepreneur
 * John Pugsley, investment advisor and author of best-seller Common Sense Economics
 * Linda Abrams, constitutional attorney and member of the Rampart Institute board
 * Prof. Bob McGinley, alternative lifestyles psychologist
 * Sandy Shakocius (a.k.a. Sandy Shaw), life-extensionist and biochemist
 * Shawn Steel, a founder of The Future of Freedom Conference series
 * Carl Nicolai, electronics designer and inventor
 * Lowell Ponte, radio commentator and book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times, debated Jon Wiener, left-leaning history professor
 * George Smith, author, Objectivist and atheist debated Jeffrey Johnson, conservative Catholic
 * Samuel Konkin III. author, agorist and market anarchist debated Manny Klausner, attorney and Libertarian Party leader

The Future of Freedom: The Technology of Freedom (1981)
The Future of Freedom Conference: The Technology of Freedom, held at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB student union and Soroptimist House) May 8-10, 1981, drew an estimated crowd of 500. Main speakers included the following: Dr. Demento performed as a conference highlight. Demento is famous for his KMET-syndicated radio show from Hollywood, California, “The Dr. Demento Show.” A self-described libertarian, Dr. Demento specializes in broadcasting novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings. At the Friday night banquet, Lawrence Samuels, who co-managed The Future of Freedom committee, presented the Future of Freedom Award to USC Philosophy Professor and the first U.S. Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, John Hospers, for his achievements in promoting liberty. Co-founders of the Society for Individual Liberty, Don Ernsberger and Dave Walker, hosted a short color slide show of the early libertarian years dating back to the 1960s. Other speakers presented at the banquet, including the following: Workshop speakers included the following: On May 9 there was also a Society for Libertarian Life Reaffirming Liberty mini-convention in conjunction with The Future of Freedom Conference, with Robert LeFevre and Jack Matonis. 1981's The Future of Freedom Conference: The Technology of Freedom committee was co-managed by Lawrence Samuels and Kenneth Gregg; Terry Diamond was assistant manager, Jane Heider-Samuels was treasurer. Other staff included Kim Grubbs, Howard Hinman, Pam Maltzman, Samuel Edward Konkin III, David Stevens, Charles Curley, Don Cormier, Bruce Dovner and Tim Blaine. The conference was sponsored by Rampart Institute and the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Students for Rational Individualism, with co-sponsors Society for Libertarian Life, Society for Individual Liberty, Libertarian Supper Club of Orange County, First Libertarian Church of Los Angeles, and the Libertarian Law Council. Lawrence Samuels’ Athena Graphics in Santa Ana provided graphics. PDF file of programme booklet
 * Karl Hess, speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater and market anarchist
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Timothy Leary, psychologist, writer and advocate of psychedelic drugs
 * Robert LeFevre, author, TV/radio personality, founder of Rampart College and libertarian pacifist
 * Irwin A. Schiff, author and tax protester
 * Dennis Brown, California Assemblyman
 * Frank E. Fortkamp, professor of educational administration
 * Prof. David Friedman, anarcho-capitalist, physicist, and economist
 * Allan E. Harrison, author and educator
 * Samuel Edward Konkin III, writer, agorist, and market anarchist
 * John Joseph Matonis, tax-resistance attorney
 * Carl Nicolai, Electronic Engineer and inventor
 * Lowell Ponte, radio commentator and book reviewer for Los Angeles Times
 * Robert W. Poole, Jr., founder of the Reason Foundation
 * Fred Schnaubelt, San Diego city council member
 * Prof. Joyce Shulman, psychotherapist
 * Prof. Lee M. Shulman, clinical psychologist
 * George Smith, author, atheist, and Objectivist
 * Shawn Steel, attorney and a founder of The Future of Freedom Conference
 * Bill Susel
 * Robert Poole, Jr., editor-in-chief of Reason magazine
 * Shawn Steel, attorney
 * Manny Klausner, attorney and co-founder of the Reason Foundation
 * Leonard Liggio, president of the Institute for Humane Studies, classical liberal author and research professor
 * Justin Raimondo, journalist and anti-war activist
 * Caroline Roper-Deyo, Rampart Institute board member
 * Charles Curley, author and software engineer
 * Allan E. Harrison, author and educator
 * Jack Matonis, tax-resistance attorney
 * Linda T. Abrams, Constitutional attorney and member of the Rampart Institute board
 * Spencer H. MacCallum, social anthropologist, business consultant and author
 * Anthony Hargis, author and entrepreneur
 * David Bergland, attorney and Vice Presidential candidate in 1976 on the Libertarian Party ticket
 * Thomas Hazlett, University of California Davis economist
 * Janice Allen, Libertarian Party activist
 * Manny Klausner, attorney and co-founder of the Reason Foundation
 * Don Ernsberger, co-founder of Society for Individual Liberty
 * Armen Condo, tax resister
 * Sally Foster, writer and Libertarian Party activist
 * Alan Bock
 * James K. Lorenz, Orange County Register editorial writer writer
 * Harry Pollard, systems analyst and teacher
 * Larry Gale, president of the Henry George School in Los Angeles
 * Dr. James McGaha
 * Scott Alexander
 * Larry Goebel
 * Andrew Garret
 * Phil Osborn

The Future of Freedom Conference (1982)
1982's The Future of Freedom Conference was held at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), and Long Beach Holiday Inn on October 1-3, 1982. Main speakers included the following: Roy Begley emceed.
 * Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse and author of The Myth of Mental Illness
 * Doug Casey, best-selling author and economist
 * Robert LeFevre, author, TV/radio broadcaster and founder of Rampart College
 * Gary Hudson, aerospace engineer and designer of the Percheron 055, the first private space launcher in the U.S.
 * Jack Matonis, tax-resistance attorney
 * Wendy McElroy, author and individualist feminist
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Barbara Branden, author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
 * Jeff Riggenbach, journalist, author, and broadcaster
 * John Pugsley, author of Common Sense Economics
 * Dr. Nathaniel Branden, psychologist, author and psychotherapist
 * E. Devers Branden, researcher at the Biocentric Institute
 * Thomas Hazlett, economist and writer

Debate: Should Public Education Be Abolished?
Author, atheist, and Objectivist George Smith debated Thomas Bartman, president of the Los Angeles City Board of Education

Debate: Should American Have a Military Force For Defense?
Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas Jeffrey Rogers Hummel debated Prof. David Friedman, author of The Machinery of Freedom

The Friday Night Banquet paid “Tribute to Dr. Nathaniel Branden.” Presenters included David Bergland, attorney and Libertarian Party activist; Roger Callahan, psychologist; and Manny Klausner, attorney and co-founder of the Reason Foundation. Workshop speakers included the following: The Free Press Association (founded in 1981) presented the H.L. Mencken Awards, emceed by journalist, author, and broadcaster, Jeff Riggenbach. Presenters of the awards included the following: Author and psychotherapist Dr. Nathaniel Branden accepted the Roy Child’s Mencken Award for Best Editorial, presented by Robert LeFevre.xxi 1982's The Future of Freedom Conference committee was co-managed by Lawrence Samuels and Terry Diamond, with Treasurer Jane Heider-Samuels, and Advertising Director Melinda M. Hanson. Other committee members included Don Cormier, Bruce Dovner, Howard Hinman, Tom Jones and Pam Maltzman. The conference was sponsored by CSULB Students for Rational Individualism and Rampart Institute, with co-sponsors Society for Libertarian Life, Society for Individual Liberty, Libertarian Supper Club of Orange County and the Libertarian Law Council. Graphics were provided by Lawrence Samuels’ Athena Graphics in Santa Ana. PDF file of programme booklet
 * Anthony Hargis, author and business entrepreneur
 * Kenneth R. Gregg, libertarian historian
 * Jane McLaughlin, biologist and business owner (Morningrise Printing)
 * Carl Watner, publisher and editor of The Voluntaryist newsletter
 * Sarah Foster, Libertarian Party activist and writer
 * Fred A. Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines newsletter
 * J. Neil Schulman, science fiction writer (Alongside Night)
 * Tim Kuklinsky, writer
 * Kevin Kordes, Vice Chair of Society for Libertarian Life
 * Roger Callahan, psychologist using “Thought Field Therapy” treatment
 * Thomas Hazlett, UC Davis economist
 * Robert Bakhaus, teacher, consultant and originator of “contractual democracy” theory
 * Amy Del Nagro, Realtor
 * Bill Webster, President of the Nonviolent Society
 * Bill Forster, editor of The New Libertarian (newsletter for the Libertarian Movement of Australia)
 * Linda Rader, Libertarian Party activist in Los Angeles
 * D. G. Lesvic, author
 * Henry A. Jimenez, Roger Andes, and Marilyn Merrill, leaders of Libertarian Toastmasters
 * Dyanne Peterson, associated with the Center of Libertarian Studies
 * Alan Bock, editorial writer of The Register
 * Wendy McElroy, contributing editor of the New Libertarian and libertarian feminist
 * Robert LeFevre, TV/radio broadcaster and founder of Rampart College
 * Christine Dorffi, free-lance journalist

The Future of Freedom Conference (1983)
1983's The Future of Freedom Conference was held at Long Beach City College and the Long Beach Holiday Inn on October 21-23, 1983. Main speakers included the following: The conference was emceed by Tom Cobb and Mike Moon.
 * Barbara Branden, author of the forthcoming biography The Passion of Ayn Rand
 * Karl Hess, speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater and market anarchist
 * Irwin Schiff, tax resister and author of The Biggest Con: How the Government is Fleecing You
 * Butler D. Shaffer, Southwestern University law professor in Los Angeles
 * Henry Mark Holzer, Constitutional lawyer and teacher at the Brooklyn Law School
 * Robert Poole, Jr., editor-in-chief of Reason magazine
 * Ben Sasway, the first draft resister jailed since the Vietnam War
 * George Smith, author, atheist, and Objectivist
 * Lee and Joyce Shulman, psychologists
 * Lowell Ponte, radio commentator and book reviewer for Los Angeles Times
 * Wendy McElroy, author of Freedom, Feminism and the State

Panel: The Nature of Justice
One of the best-attended events was the panel on “The Nature of Justice” by three heavyweights of the libertarian movement:
 * Murray Rothbard, anarcho-capitalist and Professor of Economics at Brooklyn Polytechnic
 * Robert LeFevre, libertarian pacifist and founder of Rampart College
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor and first candidate to run for President on the Libertarian Party ticket

Friday night's Freedom Film Festival, emceed by Tom Cobb, showed Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, plus the Oscar-winning short film Karl Hess: Toward Liberty. The Saturday Night Banquet paid “A Tribute to Murray Rothbard.” Rothbard, Professor of Economics at Brooklyn Polytechnic in New York and libertarian political theorist, was presented with the “Future of Freedom Award.” The banquet was emceed by Wendy McElroy and included the following presenters: Jeff Riggenbach emceed the H.L. Mencken Awards. Presenters of individual awards included the following: Workshop speakers included the following: 1983's The Future of Freedom Conference committee were Lawrence Samuels, Jane Heider-Samuels, Melinda Hanson, and Terry Diamond. Dave Stevens was Floor manager. Staff included Rose Bittick, Peggy Nytes, Rod Boyer, Dean Steenson, Irene Shannon, Michael Kember, Tim Kuklinsky, Carol Moore, L.K. O’Neal, Dan Twedt, Sandy Sisson, David Anderson, John Robertson, Karen Dominguez, and Dave Klaus. Lawrence Samuels’ Athena Graphics in Santa Ana provided graphics. PDF file of programme booklet
 * George Smith, author, atheist, and Objectivist
 * Jeffery Rogers Hummel, contributing editor of Free Texas and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas
 * Dr. Jack High
 * Robert Poole, Jr., a founder of the Reason Foundation
 * Susan Love Brown, free-lance writer and staff member of the World Research Institute (later a professor of anthropology at Florida Atlantic University)
 * Ken Grubbs, Jr., editorial editor of The Register in Orange County
 * Kenneth Grubbs, Jr., Editorial editor of The Register in Orange County
 * Fred Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines
 * George Smith, author, atheist, and Objectivist
 * Wendy McElroy, author and individualist feminist
 * D. G. Lesvie, author
 * Erika Holzer, author of Double Crossing
 * John Yench, Journalist for the Freedom Newspaper, Inc. and editor of Signs of the Times
 * Sally Foster, writer and Libertarian Party activist
 * Harry Pollard, president of the Henry George School in Los Angeles
 * Pam Maltzman, typesetter and writer
 * Mike Moone, leader in the Libertarian Toastmasters of Orange County
 * Brad Rodriguez, computer programmer and a leader in Society for Libertarian Life
 * Gina Liudzius Cobb, a leader of the Orange County Libertarian Toastmasters
 * Jeffery Roger Hummel, Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas
 * Richard N. Deyo, attorney and member of the Rampart Institute board
 * Linda Rader, Libertarian Party Activist in Los Angeles
 * Andy Thornton, writer for the New Libertarian and a member of AnarchoVillage (Long Beach, California)
 * Dr. Mikael Roberts
 * Boyd Crabtree, author of Run the Bank and owner of Crabtree Mint Paradise of California

The Future of Freedom Conference (1984)
Held at the California State University, Long Beach on October 19-21, 1984, the keynote speaker was attorney and senior editor to Reason magazine Manny Klausner.xxii Other speakers included the following: Friday night's "Tribute to Ayn Rand" banquet featured two speakers honoring the famed novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter: Barbara Branden, writer and Ayn Rand confidante, and Ruth Hill, journalist and author of Hanta Yo. Objectivist and FOF Conference Co-manager Terry Diamond emceed. The H. L. Mencken Awards were presented by the Free Press Association, emceed by journalist, author, and broadcaster Jeff Riggenbach. The following people presented the awards: There was a Saturday night film festival starting with Monty Python's Life of Brian, hosted by author and singer-composer Craig Franklin, and Mike Hall, Hollywood film-maker and national Libertarian Party leader. Workshop speakers included the following: 1984's The Future of Freedom Conference steering committee was co-managed by Lawrence Samuels and Terry Diamond, with Treasurer Jane Heider-Samuels, Charles Curley, Melinda Hanson, and Howard Hinman. Staffers included Dean Steenson, Bruce Dovner, Michael Kember, Dan Twedt, Sandy Sisson, Carol Moore, Dave Stevens, Tim Kuklinsky, Janis Hunter, Marje Spencer, and Caroline Roper-Deyo. Rampart Institute, Society for Libertarian Life, and Cal State University, Long Beach Philosophy Association co-sponsored 1984's The Future of Freedom Conference. Lawrence Samuels’ Athena Graphics in Santa Ana provided graphics. PDF file of programme booklet
 * Sandy Shaw, life-extensionist and biochemist
 * Jay Snelson, founder of the Free Market Society, lecturer and educator
 * Tibor Machan, professor of philosophy
 * Barry Reid, founder of Eden Press
 * Leonard Liggio, research professor of law
 * Edith Efron, New York Times magazine journalist
 * George Smith, author of Atheism: The Case Against God
 * Tom Hazlett, professor of economics at the University of California Davis
 * Robert LeFevre, author, radio/TV personality and libertarian pacifist
 * Bernard Siegan, distinguished professor of law
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor
 * Jack Wheeler, freelance adventurer and philosophy professor
 * Michael Grossberg, arts reporter and theater critic
 * Alan Bock, Orange County Register editorial writer
 * John Dentinger, contributor to Playboy and Reason magazines
 * Christine Dorffi, Reason magazine contributor
 * Carl Watner, Publisher and editor of The Voluntaryist newsletter
 * Wendy McElroy, author and individualist feminist
 * George Smith, author and objectivist
 * Jeff Riggenbach, journalist, author, and broadcaster
 * Alan Bock, Orange County Register editorial writer
 * John Dentinger, contributor to Playboy and Reason magazines
 * Michael Grossberg, founder of the Free Press Association and the Libertarian Futurist Society
 * Jeffery Rogers Hummel, contributing editor of Free Texas and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas
 * Lorne Strider, writer and Realtor
 * Linda Rader
 * Fred Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines newsletter
 * Samuel Edward Konkin III, author of New Libertarian Manifesto, agorist, and market anarchist
 * James G. Bryan, financial tax expert
 * Brad Linaweaver, science fiction writer and screenwriter and winner of a Prometheus Award
 * Victor Koman, science fiction novelist (The Jehovah Contract)
 * Spencer H. MacCallum, social anthropologist, business consultant and author
 * John Yench, journalist for Freedom Newspaper, Inc.
 * Andy Thornton, writer for the New Libertarian and a member of AnarchoVillage (Long Beach, California)
 * Michael Greene, organizer of various libertarian supper clubs in Los Angeles (Albert J. Nock and H. L. Mencken Fora)
 * Christopher Farmer
 * Rex Dante

The Future of Freedom Conference (1985)
With Ray Bradbury, science fiction author of Fahrenheit 451, highlighting the event, the 1985 FOF Conference was held at the Griswold Inn in Fullerton, California on Oct. 25, 26, 27 with “300 or so faithful libertarians.”xxiii xxiv Main speakers included the following:
 * Karl Hess, speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater and market anarchist
 * Jeff Riggenbach, journalist, author, and broadcaster
 * Scott McKeown, West Coast director of the Guardian Angels, a civilian crime-fighting group
 * Robert Poole, Jr., one of the founders and editor-in-chief of Reason magazine
 * Jeffery Roger Hummel
 * Linda Abrams, Constitutional attorney and member of the Rampart Institute board
 * David Ramsay Steele, former member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain and co-founder of the Libertarian Alliance in England
 * Wendy McElroy, author and individualist feminist
 * Robert LeFevre, founder of Rampart college and author of The Nature of Man and His Government
 * Barry Reid, founder of Eden Press
 * Dr. Robert Simon, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of California at Los Angelesxxv xxvi

Debate: Natural Rights: Do They Exist?
One of the most talked about events was the debate between a former member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain and co-founder of the Libertarian Alliance in England, David Ramsay Steele, and author, objectivist, and atheist George Smith, moderated by the editorial-page editor of the Orange County Register, Alan Bock.

Saturday night's banquet featured the Future of Freedom Award: “Tribute to Karl Hess.” A former editor of Newsweek and speechwriter for Senator Barry Goldwater and Vice President Nixon, Hess authored the 1969 award-winning Playboy article, “The Death of Politics.” Presenters were Robert LeFevre, author of The Fundamentals of Liberty and Rampart College founder; John Pugsley, author of Common Sense Economics; and Alan Bock, editorial editor of the Orange County Register. The H. L. Mencken Awards – once referred to by Robert LeFevre as the “Libertarian Academy Award Show” or the “Menckies,” – were presented by Free Press Association, co-hosted by arts reporter, theater critic and founder of the Free Press Association Michael Grossberg, and by journalist, author, and broadcaster, Jeff Riggenbach.xxvii The winners were as follows: The film festival included the following: Workshop speakers included the following: Paul Jacob from Arkansas was scheduled to speak at the last-minute but had to cancel his speech. “Instead, he was convicted last July in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas for failure to register with the Selective Service…” and “…was sentenced to six months in prison…”xxix With a battered cassette player held high up to the microphone, conference manager Lawrence Samuels played the voice of draft resister Paul Jacob.xxx The L.A. Times wrote that with the “shackled, outstretched hand-breaking the chain that had restrained it” (The Future of Freedom Conference logo) in the background, the “conference couldn’t have asked for a more evocative image.”xxxi The L.A. Times article also quoted Karl Hess' definition of libertarianism as an ideology that simply states: “Thou shalt not aggress.” 1985's The Future of Freedom Conference steering committee was Lawrence Samuels, manager; Michael Grossberg, banquet and workshop coordinator, Ken Royal, Terry Diamond, Jane Heider-Samuels, Charles Curley, Melinda Hanson, and Howard Hinman. Danny Tvedt and Dave Meleny video and audio taped the proceedings. Staffers included Michael Kimberly, Chris Hofland, Dagney Sharon, Marc Walozk, Linda Samuels, John Robertson, Sandra Lee, Sarah Foster, Tom Thomas and Henry and Rosemary Samuels. Rampart Institute and Society for Libertarian Life co-sponsored the conference, and Lawrence Samuels’ Athena Graphics in Santa Ana provided graphics. PDF file of programme booklet
 * David R. Henderson, Professor of Economics, Best News Story or Investigative Report for “The Myth of MITI”
 * Asa Barber, Best Feature Story or Essay for “Killing Us Softly With Their Song”, published by Playboy magazine in 1984
 * Seymour Hersh, Best Book for The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House, published by Summit Books
 * Sudha Shenoy, Best Editorial or Op-Ed Column for “Saving Wild Animals,” distributed by the Institute for Human Studies.xxviii
 * The Atomic Café
 * Ayn Rand’s Last TV Interviews (“Phil Donahue Show”, 1979, and “Tom Synder’s Tomorrow,” 1980)
 * Spartacus
 * Harry’s War
 * Fahrenheit 451
 * The Scarecrow of Romney
 * Moscow on the Hudson
 * Rock N’ Roll High School
 * Sleeper
 * Duck Soup
 * The Fountainhead
 * a documentary with short TV interviews of Robert Ringer, Tibor Machan, Murray Rothbard and Ed Clark
 * six episodes of the TV series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
 * Robert LeFevre (A Way to Be Free, the Autobiography of Robert LeFevre'; Volume 1: The Making of a Modern American Revolutionary),
 * Loy LeFevre
 * Jack Matonis, tax-resistance attorney
 * Marshall Fritz, founder of Advocates for Self-Government and Alliance for the Separation of School and State
 * Mark Brady, assistant professor of economics at Claremont College
 * John Dentinger, contributor to Playboy and Reason magazines
 * Michael Grossberg, arts reporter, theater critic, and founder of the Free Press Association
 * Howard Hinman, Society for Libertarian Life leader
 * Jeffery Roger Hummel
 * Gene Berkman, a founder of the California Libertarian Alliance and later owner of Renaissance Books in Riverside, CA
 * John Yench, journalist for Freedom Newspaper, Inc.
 * Spencer H. MacCallum, social anthropologist, business consultant, and author
 * Victor Koman, science fiction novelist
 * Samuel Edward Konkin III, author of New Libertarian Manifesto, agorist, and market anarchist
 * Norma Jean Almodovar, former policewoman turned prostitute
 * George Smith
 * Wendy McElroy, author and individualist feminist
 * Barbara Lawson, home schooling practitioner
 * Walt Patrick, head councilor for Glory Road (libertarian cooperative in Las Vegas, Nevada)
 * Marc Denny, Steve Grody, Gary Sujinno, and Glen Isobe, Progressive Fighters Systems self-defense demonstration

The Future of Freedom Conference (1986)
1986's The Future of Freedom Conference was held at Pacific Hotel and Conference Center in Culver City, California, on November 7-9, 1986.

Room 1 Speakers

 * Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, authors of Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach
 * Carol Moore, anti-war and war tax resistance activist
 * John Pugsley, author of best-seller Common Sense Economics
 * Richard J. Maybury, author and economist
 * Vince Miller, founder of Libertarian International, later to become known as the International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL)
 * Fred Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines newsletter
 * Richard B. Boddie, lawyer, adjunct professor in political science, and writer
 * Marshall Fritz, founder of Advocates for Self-Government and Alliance for the Separation of School and State
 * Alicia Clark, former national chairman of the Libertarian Party
 * Jay Snelson, founder of the Free Market Society, lecturer and educator
 * Barbara Branden, a close confidant and author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
 * Prof. Joyce Shulman, psychotherapist
 * Prof. Lee M. Shulman, clinical psychologist
 * Kevin Cullinane, instructor for the Freedom Country seminars in South Carolina
 * Linda Abrams, Constitutional attorney and member of the Rampart Institute board
 * Dr. Camille Castorina, associate professor of economics at Florida Institute of Technology
 * Charlotte Gerson

Sex and Freedom Panel Discussion

 * Norma Jean Almodovar, former policewoman turned prostitute
 * Richard B. Boddie, lawyer, adjunct professor in political science and writer
 * Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, contributing editor of Free Texas and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas
 * Fred Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines

Debate and Panel Discussion: Defense and Foreign Affairs
Friday night's banquet debate pitted President Reagan’s senior speech writer Dana Rohrabacher against David Bergland, the 1984 Libertarian Party presidential candidate. The ensuing panel discussion on defense and foreign affairs included the following:
 * Kevin Cullinane, the instructor for the Freedom Country seminars in South Carolina
 * John Hospers, USC professor of philosophy
 * Robert Poole, Jr., one of the founders and editor-in-chief of Reason magazine
 * Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, contributing editor of Free Texas and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas

Room 2 Speakers

 * Jack Matonis, tax-resistance attorney and former law professor
 * Ron Holland, financial expert, Austrian economist and author of The Threat to the Private Retirement System
 * Samuel E. Konkin III, agorist and market anarchist
 * Tonie Nathan, journalist, market consultant, and the first woman and first Jewish person to receive an electoral vote in a United States presidential election (1972)
 * Tom Hazlett, professor of economics at UC Davis
 * John Hospers, USC philosophy professor and author of Libertarianism
 * Fred Stitt, architect and editor of Guidelines
 * Gary Hudson, aerospace engineer
 * Walter Block, director of the Centre for the Study of Economics and Religion at the Fraser Institute in Canada and anarcho-libertarian theorist
 * Spencer H. MacCallum, social anthropologist, business consultant and author
 * Dennis Kamensky, Oakland Tribune columnist and author of Winning on Your Income Taxes
 * Mark A. Humphrey

Room 2 Panels
Are Religion and Libertarianism Compatible?
 * Alan Bock, Orange County Register editorial writer
 * John Yench, journalist for Freedom Newspaper, Inc.
 * Marshall Fritz, founder of Advocates for Self-Government and Alliance for the Separation of School and State
 * Butler Shaffer, editor-in-chief of Reason magazine and author of Cutting Back City Hall
 * Robert Poole, Jr., Southwestern University law professor in Los Angeles

Doctors, Lawyers, Victims, and the Justice System

 * Ed Clark, lawyer and Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. president in 1980
 * Charlotte Gerson
 * an anesthesiologist on the staff at St. Luke’s Hospital in San Gabriel, CA
 * Don Eric Franzen, a partner in a Los Angeles law firm specializing in Constitutional law
 * Lewis Coleman

Jury Nullification and Pro Se: Freedom or Folly
Attorney and Rampart Institute board member Dick Radford debated Bob Hallstrom, co-founder of the Barrister’s Inn and sovereign citizen advocate

Room 3 Panels

 * Computers and Small Business Enterprises
 * Karl Hess, coordinator
 * Regina Liudzius, business litigation attorney
 * Jeff Riggenbach, journalist, author, and broadcaster
 * Alan Bock, Orange County Register editorial writer
 * John Dentinger, contributor to Playboy and Reason magazines
 * Jeffery Rogers Hummel, contributing editor of Free Texas and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas
 * Don Ernsberger and David Walter, co-founders of Society for Individual Liberty
 * Shawn Steel, attorney
 * Bob Hallstrom, sovereign citizen advocate

Freeing the Terran Five Billion
1986's The Future of Freedom Conference committee manager was Dagny Sharon, with assistance from Lawrence Samuels. PDF file of programme booklet
 * Mark Eric Ely-Chaitelaine, a recent graduate from the University of Science and Philosophy in Virginia
 * Dagny Sharon, paralegal mediator
 * John Yench, journalist for Freedom Newspaper, Inc.
 * Chuck Hammill, MENSA member and author of From Crossbows to Cryptography: Thwarting the State Via Technology
 * Wayne Stimson

The Summit87 and Future of Freedom Conference (1987)
Called the Summit87 & FOFCON, the conference was held at the Pacific Hotel in Culver City, California November 13-15, 1987. Main speakers included the following: 1987's Summit87 & FOF CON committee was managed by Marshall Fritz and sponsored by Advocates for Self-Government.
 * Marshal Fritz, founder/president of Advocates for Self-Government
 * David Bergland, law professor, attorney and author of Libertarianism in One Lesson
 * Barbara Branden, a close Rand confidante and author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
 * Peter Breggin, psychiatrist, novelist, and author of scientific books
 * L. Neil Smith, author of 13 science fiction novels
 * Phillip Mitchel, author and clinical psychologist

The Future of Freedom and ISIL’s 5th World Libertarian Conference (1990)
Sponsored by the International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL), the conference was held in San Francisco August 10-14, 1990. The keynote speaker was the 1976 Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman, who delivered a speech on libertarianism and humility titled "Say ‘No’ to Intolerance," arguing that, “I have no right to coerce someone else, because I cannot be sure that I’m right and he is wrong.”xxxii Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul was another keynote speaker. Other speakers included the following: 1990's The Future of Freedom and ISIL’s 5th World Libertarian Conference was organized by the following people: ISIL was formed in 1989 by the merger of the Society for Individual Liberty, founded in 1969 by Jarret Wollstein, Dave Walter and Don Ernsberger, and Libertarian International, co-founded by Vince Miller in 1980.
 * Barbara Branden, a close Rand confidante and author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
 * Leon Louw, author and twice a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his work to end apartheid and defuse racial conflict in South Africa
 * Frances Kendall, co-author of two best-selling South African books
 * Richard L. Stroup, free-market environmentalist, professor of economics and director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the Department of Interior during the Reagan administration
 * Jane Shaw, journalist, environmentalist, and senior fellow of Property and Environment Research Center (PERC)
 * Walter Block, director of the Centre for the Study of Economics and Religion at the Fraser Institute in Canada and anarcho-libertarian theorist
 * John Baden, co-author of Managing the Common and founder of Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE)
 * Enrique Ghersi, Peruvian lawyer, professor, free market intellectual and a member of the Peruvian Parliament
 * Carl I. Hagen, Norwegian member of parliament and Progress Party leader
 * Petr Beckmann, scientist
 * Marshall Fritz, founder of Advocates for Self-Government
 * George H. Smith, historian and author of Atheism: The Case Against God
 * Dr. Peter Breggin, psychiatrist
 * Dr. Martin Krause, Argentine economist
 * Leonard Liggio, president of the Institute for Humane Studies
 * Robert Poole, privatization pioneer and founder of Reason Foundation
 * Jonathan Marshall, journalist with the San Francisco Chronicle
 * Robert Smith, environmental policy expert with Cato Institute
 * Bruce Evoy, founder of the Libertarian Party of Canada
 * Frank van Dun, law professor in the Netherlands
 * Jason Alexander, author
 * Vince Miller, president and co-founder of ISIL
 * Jim Elwood, vice president of ISIL
 * James Peron, co-author of Liberty Reclaimed: A New Look at American Politics