Schedule of Events

Friday, August 7, 2026
1:00 PM
Registration, Welcome, & Coffee
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Mainstage Session: Christian Vision of the Person and Society -
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Mainstage Session - Natural Law and the Common Good -
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cocktail & Networking
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dinner - Master of Ceremonies: Marcel Van Hattem
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Plenary Address Featuring Paulo Guedes - Followed by a converstion with Fr. Robert Sirico
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Cocktail & Networking
Saturday, August 8, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Religious Services - Catholic and Protestant
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Mainstage Session 1: The Economic Way of Thinking
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Mainstage Session 2: Business Panel
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:25 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 3: Concurrent Breakout Sessions (attendee-selected; topics announced soon)
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 3A: Loving our Neighbor: Moral approches to Poverty -
Session 3B: Defending Religious Liberty In Brazil -
Session 3C: Brazilian History and The Case For Liberty -
Session 3D: Ideology and Religion -
Session 3E: Title TBD -
Session 3F: Title TBD -
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Coffee Break
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 4: Concurrent Breakout Sessions (attendee-selected; topics announced soon)
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 4A: A Historical Critique of Brazilian Traditionalism -
Session 4B: Title TBD -
Session 4C: Economics of the Parables -
Session 4D: The Importance of Fatherhood to a Stable and Free Society -
Session 4E: Faith, Family, and Work -
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Break
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cocktail & Networking
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dinner & Plenary Address Featuring Antonio Cabrera
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Cocktail & Networking

Speakers

Tallis Gomes
Tallis Gomes
Easy Taxi, Singu, and G4 Educação
Founder
Mainstage Session 2: Business Panel


Noah Gould
Noah C. Gould
Acton Institute
Alumni and Student Programs Manager
Session 3E: Title TBD -


Paulo Guedes
Paulo Guedes
Economist, Entrepreneur and Former Minister of Economy/Economista, empresário e ex-ministro da Economia
Plenary Address Featuring Paulo Guedes - Followed by a converstion with Fr. Robert Sirico


Yago Martins
Yago Martins
Pastor, Theologian, and Writer / Pastor, Teólogo e Escritor
Session 3A: Loving our Neighbor: Moral approches to Poverty -


Kris Mauren
Kris Alan Mauren
Acton Institute
President

Vitor Melo
Vitor Melo
Archbridge Institute
Regulatory Policy Fellow
Session 3F: Title TBD -


Michael Matheson Miller
Michael Matheson Miller
Acton Institute
Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Senior Research Fellow, and Director of the Center for Social Flourishing
Mainstage Session: Christian Vision of the Person and Society -
Session 3A: Loving our Neighbor: Moral approches to Poverty -