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# Public Policy Day and “Liberating the Future” Celebration 

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Date and Time 

May 5, 2012 9 AM - 12:45 PM EDT 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **David Boaz**, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute; **Roger Pilon**, Vice President, Legal Affairs, Cato Institute; **Christopher A. Preble**, Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute; **Daniel J. Ikenson**, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; **Sallie James**, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; **Chris Edwards**, Director, Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; **Dan Mitchell**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; **Michael D. Tanner**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; **Pat Michaels**, Senior Fellow, Environmental Studies, Cato Institute; **Jerry Taylor**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute. 

| 9:30 a.m. | **David Boaz — Welcoming Remarks** Executive Vice President, Cato Institute |
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| 9:35 a.m. | **Roger Pilon — Constitutional Restoration: Cato’s Contribution** Vice President, Legal Affairs, Cato Institute |
| 9:50 a.m. | **Christopher A. Preble — Challenging the Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus** Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 10:05 a.m. | **Daniel J. Ikenson — Outsourcing and Other Blessings of Globalization** Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 10:20 a.m. | **Sallie James — Who Needs an Ex-Im Bank?** Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 10:35 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | **Chris Edwards — Federal Tax and Budget Outlook** Director, Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 11:00 a.m. | **Dan Mitchell — Restraining Government Spending: Is There Any Hope?** Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 11:15 a.m. | **Michael D. Tanner — Deficits, Debt, and Entitlements: Is the U.S. becoming Greece?** Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 11:30 a.m. | **Pat Michaels — Global Climate Regulation: A View of the Long Game** Senior Fellow, Environmental Studies, Cato Institute |
| 11:45 a.m. | **Jerry Taylor — Who’s to Blame for High Gasoline Prices?** Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 12:00 p.m. | **David Boaz — The Politics of Freedom** Executive Vice President, Cato Institute |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch — George M. Yeager Conference Center |

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