Seminar
Details
22 August 2008, Friday
16:00 Registration, check-in
17:00 Briefing, ice-breaking and grouping
18:30 Dinner
20:15 Discourse 1 & group discussion:
Topic: Malaysia after 8 March - Towards a politic of ideas
22:00 Briefing
23 August 2008, Saturday
07:00 Breakfast
08:30 Discussion, moderated by Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Topic: What is liberalism to you?
09:00 Discourse 2 with Dr. Tom Palmer
Topic: Foundations of modern political economy
10:30 Break
10:45 Discourse 3 with Dr. Tom Palmer
Topic: Overview of political idealogies and what is libertarianism
12:15 Break
12:30 Discourse 4 with Dr. Tom Palmer and Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Topic: Challenges facing libertarians - global and local perspectives
13:30 Lunch
14:45 Discourse 5 with Dr. Tom Palmer
Topic: How the markets work. Can the markets produce social justice?
16:15 Group photo and break
16:45 Discourse 6 with Dr. Tom Palmer
Topic: A critique of the welfare state
18:15 Break for prayers and dinner
20:15 Video: Commanding Heights
21:05 Group discussions
24 August 2008, Sunday
07:00 Breakfast
08:30 Discourse 7 and conclusions with Dr. Tom Palmer
Topic: Limited government and the future of liberty
10:00 Break
10:15 Group discussion, moderated by Wan Saiful Wan Jan
11:30 Reflections and evaluation, moderated by Amin Ahmad
12:00 Lunch and check-out
14:30 PADI seminar on rule of law
Panelists: YM Raja Aziz Adrusse, Former President of the Bar Council; Professor Shad Saleem Faruqi, Professor of Law at the Universiti Teknologi MARA; Professor Abdul Aziz Bari, Professor of Law, International Islamic University Malaysia
Chairman: 'Abidin Muhriz, Malaysia Think Tank
16:30 Closure
