Schedule of Events
Friday, September 19, 2025 | |
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Registration | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
Opening Cocktail | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Plenary Dinner | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Cocktail & Networking | 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | |
Religious Services - Catholic and Protestant | 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM |
Welcome & Coffee | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Mainstage Session 1: Anthropology and Natural Law | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Mainstage Session 2: Poverty | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Lunch | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Mainstage Session 3: Threats To Liberty In Brazil | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Coffee Break | 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Session 4C: Who really is John Galt? - Robert A. Sirico | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Session 4D: Capitalism and Favelas - Rafael Satiê | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Session 4B: Brazilian History and The Case For Liberty - Rafael Nogueira | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Session 4A: Economics Before Adam Smith - Marcus Rycembel Boeira | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Session 4E: Ideology and Religion - Marize Schons | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Session 4F: Technology, Abundance, and the Common Good - Dan Churchwell | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Break | 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
Session 5A: Pope Leo and Catholic Social Teaching - Victor Sales Pinheiro | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM |
Session 5D: Defending Religious Liberty In Brazil - Jean Regina and Thiago Vieira | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM |
Session 5E: The History of Freedom - John Pinheiro | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM |
Session 5C: Faith, Family, and Work - Otto Vontobel | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM |
Session 5B: Libertarianism and Christianity - Paulo Ghedini | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM |
Cocktail | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Closing Dinner | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Cocktail & Networking | 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
Speakers

Michael Matheson Miller
Acton Institute
Director of the Center for Social Flourishing/ Diretor do Center for Social Flourishing
Mainstage Session 1: Anthropology and Natural Law

Rafael Nogueira
Historian, Teacher, and Philosopher / Historiador, Professor e Filósofo
Session 4B: Brazilian History and The Case For Liberty - Rafael Nogueira

John Pinheiro
Acton Institute
Director Of Research / Diretor de Pesquisa
Session 5E: The History of Freedom - John Pinheiro

Jean Marques Regina
Vice President of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion / Vice Presidente Instituto Brasileiro de Direito e Religião
Session 5D: Defending Religious Liberty In Brazil - Jean Regina and Thiago Vieira

Victor Sales Pinheiro
Professor, Speaker, and Author / Professor, Palestrante e Escritor
Session 5A: Pope Leo and Catholic Social Teaching - Victor Sales Pinheiro

Rafael Satiê
City Council Member for the City Of Rio De Janeiro / Vereador da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Session 4D: Capitalism and Favelas - Rafael Satiê

Marize Schons
Professor and Researcher / Professora e Pesquisadora
Session 4E: Ideology and Religion - Marize Schons

Robert A. Sirico
Acton Institute
President Emeritus / Presidente Emérito
Session 4C: Who really is John Galt? - Robert A. Sirico
Closing Dinner

Marcel Van Hattem
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil / Membro da Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil
Plenary Dinner

Thiago Vieira
President of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion / Presidente do Instituto Brasileiro de Direito e Religião
Session 5D: Defending Religious Liberty In Brazil - Jean Regina and Thiago Vieira