October 21

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Welcome and Introduction and After FREEDOM: A Dialogue on NSA in the Post-Snowden Era

Featuring Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Kevin Bankston, Director, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation; Assia Boundaoui, Documentary Filmmaker; Jennifer Daskal, Professor, American University Washington College of Law; Laura Donohue, Director, Center on National Security & the Law, Georgetown University; Faisal Gill, Attorney; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology; Ryan Hagemann, Civil Liberties Policy Analyst, Niskanen Center; David Medine, Chairman, Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board; John Mueller, Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University; Kurt Opsahl, Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Stephanie Pell, Cyber Ethics Fellow and Assistant Professor, West Point Military Academy; Rebecca Richards, Privacy & Civil Liberties Director, National Security Agency; Bruce Schneier, Berkman Center, Harvard University; Amie Stepanovich, U.S. Policy Manager, Access; and Judge Patricia Wald, Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

October 20

Perilous Partners: The Benefits and Pitfalls of America’s Alliances with Authoritarian Regimes

Perilous Partners: The Benefits and Pitfalls of America’s Alliances with Authoritarian Regimes

Featuring the authors Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Malou Innocent, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; with comments by Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of History and International Relations, Boston University; and Jacob Heilbrunn, Editor, The National Interest; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

October 15

Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation

Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation

Featuring the author William Fischel, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; with comments by Matt Yglesias, Executive Editor, Vox Media; and Robert Dietz, Vice President, Tax and Market Analysis, National Association of Home Builders; moderated by Mark Calabria, Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute.

October 12

Will the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Live Up to Its Promise?

Will the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Live Up to Its Promise? -- Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address

Featuring Susan Aaronson, George Washington University; Ted Alden, Council on Foreign Relations; Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris & NYU Law; Inu Barbee, Georgetown University; Laura Baughman, Trade Partnership; Axel Berger, The German Development Institute; Marjorie Chorlins, European Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Iana Dreyer, Borderlex; Michelle Egan, American University; Fredrik Erixon, ECIPE; Gabriel Felbermayr, Ifo Institute; Daniel J. Ikenson, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Jim Kolbe, German Marshall Fund; Simon Lester, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Phil Levy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Hanna Norberg, TradeEconomista.com; Daniel R. Pearson, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Peter Rashish, Transnational Strategy Group; Gregory Shaffer, University of California, Irvine School of Law; Gabriel Siles-Brügge, University of Manchester; Harsha V. Singh, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; Bill Watson, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

October 2

Fifty Years after Reform: The Successes, Failures, and Lessons from the Immigration Act of 1965

Fifty Years after Reform: The Successes, Failures, and Lessons from the Immigration Act of 1965 - Welcoming Remarks and Introductory Address

Featuring Bill Richardson, co-chair of the ACAlliance; formerly Governor of New Mexico, Secretary of Energy, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Jim Gilmore, 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate, and former Governor of Virginia; Ruben Navarrette, Jr., syndicated columnist and a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors; Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform; Matthew Kolken, Managing Partner of the immigration law firm of Kolken & Kolken, and the author of the Deportation and Removal Blog; Richard Boswell, Associate Dean for Global Programs, University of California Hastings College of Law; Erika Lee, Director of the Immigration History Research Center, and the Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History at the University of Minnesota; Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research, Pew Research Center; Philip E. Wolgin, Associate Director, Immigration, Center for American Progress; and Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.

September 29

More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosure

More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosure

Featuring the author Omri Ben-Shahar, Professor of Law and Director, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, University of Chicago; with comments by Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, and former SEC Commissioner; and Andrew Stivers, Deputy Director, Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; moderated by Thaya Brook Knight, Associate Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute.

September 29

Islam, Identity, and the Future of Liberty in Muslim Countries

Islam, Identity, and the Future of Liberty in Muslim Countries

Featuring Amir A. Nasr, Author, My Isl@m: How Fundamentalism Stole My Mind—and Doubt Freed My Soul (St. Martin’s Press, 2013); with comments by Suad Ad., Researcher, Arab Center for Scientific Research and Humane Studies, Morocco; moderated by Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.

September 24

Welcome to Washington: Policy Players and Creative Networking

Welcome to Washington: Policy Players and Creative Networking

Featuring Emily Ekins, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Laurel Buckley, Director, Development and Midwestern Relations, American Legislative Exchange Council; Stephanie Slade, Deputy Managing Editor, Reason; and Mattie Duppler, Coalitions Director, House Republican Conference; moderated by Roger Custer, Executive Director, America’s Future Foundation.