Schedule of Events

Friday, September 19, 2025
Registration4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Opening Cocktail6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Plenary Dinner7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Cocktail & Networking9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Religious Services - Catholic and Protestant 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
Welcome & Coffee8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Mainstage Session 1: Anthropology and Natural Law9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Mainstage Session 2: Poverty10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mainstage Session 3: Threats To Liberty In Brazil1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Coffee Break2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 4C: Who really is John Galt? - Robert A. Sirico3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4D: Capitalism and Favelas - Rafael Satiê3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4B: Brazilian History and The Case For Liberty - Rafael Nogueira3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4A: Economics Before Adam Smith - Marcus Rycembel Boeira3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4E: Ideology and Religion - Marize Schons3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4F: Technology, Abundance, and the Common Good - Dan Churchwell3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Break4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Session 5A: Pope Leo and Catholic Social Teaching - Victor Sales Pinheiro4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Session 5D: Defending Religious Liberty In Brazil - Jean Regina and Thiago Vieira4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Session 5E: The History of Freedom - John Pinheiro4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Session 5C: Faith, Family, and Work - Otto Vontobel4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Session 5B: Libertarianism and Christianity - Paulo Ghedini4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Cocktail6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Closing Dinner7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Cocktail & Networking9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Speakers

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


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


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


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


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


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


Thiago Vieira
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