2012 CFN Conference
Friday, July 27th – Sunday, July 29th
Friday, July 27th
2:00 – 6:00 PM Check-in
Haffner Hall
5:30 – 6:30 PM Meet & Greet
Haffner Hall Courtyard
6:30 – 7:30 PM Dinner
Wyndham Alumnae House
7:30 – 9:00 PM Introduction by Greg Lukianoff, FIRE President
Speaker – Professor Donald Downs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wyndham Alumnae House, Ely Room
9:00 – 11:00 PM Reception
Wyndham Terrace
Saturday, July 28th
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
Wyndham Alumnae House
8:45 – 8:50 AM Opening Remarks
8:50 – 9:20 AM Session #1 – Harvey Silverglate, FIRE Chairman and Co-Founder
"Message from the Chairman"
Dalton Hall, Room 300
9:20 – 10:00 AM Session #2 – Greg Lukianoff
"Unlearning Liberty"
10:00 – 10:15 AM BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 AM Session #3 – Will Creeley, FIRE Director of Legal and Public Advocacy
"First Amendment on Campus: Case Law"
Dalton Hall, Room 300
11:00 – 11:30 AM Session #4 – Robert Shibley, FIRE Vice President
"Due Process on Campus"
Dalton Hall, Room 300
11:30 – 12:20 PM Session #5 – Peter Bonilla, FIRE Associate Director, Individual Rights Defense Program
"Worst FIRE Cases"
12:30 – 1:20 PM Lunch
Wyndham Alumnae House
1:30 – 2:20 PM Session #6 – Samantha Harris, FIRE Director of Speech Code Research
"America’s Worst Speech Codes"
Dalton Hall, Room 300
2:25- 3:30 PM Breakout Session #1
· "How to Fight Your School’s Speech Codes" – Samantha Harris, Taylor B
· "Your FIRE Case: Knowing When You Have One, Documenting it, and Publicizing it" – Peter Bonilla, Taylor C
· "Protesting, Campaigning, and Political Activity on Campus" – Robert Shibley, Taylor D
· "Student Rights and Social Media" – Will Creeley, Taylor E
· "First Amendment and the Student Press" – Azhar Majeed, FIRE Associate Director of Legal & Public Advocacy, Taylor F
3:30 – 3:45 PM BREAK
3:45 – 4:50 PM Breakout Session #2
See above for sessions and room numbers
4:50 – 6:30 Free Time
6:30 – 7:30 PM Dinner
Wyndham Alumnae House
7:30 PM Group Photo
7:40 – 9:00 PM Introduction by Greg Lukianoff, FIRE President
Speaker – Christina Hoff-Sommers, American Enterprise Institute
Wyndham Alumnae House, Ely Room
9:00 – 11:00 PM Reception
Wyndham Terrace
Sunday, July 29th
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
Wyndham Alumnae House
8:45 – 9:30 AM Session #7 – Presentation by the 2012 FIRE Interns
Dalton Hall, Room 300
9:30 – 9:45 AM BREAK
9:45 – 11:10 AM Session #8 – Student Panel
Moderator – Jaclyn Hall, FIRE Associate Director, Campus Freedom Network
· Len Audaer, Syracuse University College of the Law
· Morgan Freeman, Sam Houston State University
· Eric Philips, Auburn University
· Kenny Tan, Vanderbilt University
· Matt Werenczak, Syracuse University School of Education
11:15 – 11:45 PM Lunch
Wyndham Alumnae House
11:45 – 1:00 PM Keynote Speaker – Robert Corn-Revere, First Amendment Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine
1:00 PM Closing Remarks – Greg Lukianoff
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