Friday, February 21, 2014
Evening
The Visible Hand: Defending The Wealth of Nations
- Carl Schramm, University Professor, Syracuse University & Former President, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Introduction by Lawrence J. Mone, President, Manhattan Institute
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Morning
Welcome Address
- Marilyn G. Fedak, Vice Chair Emeritus, AllianceBernstein & Founder, The Marilyn G. Fedak Capitalism Project
Why Adam Smith Matters
- James R. Otteson, Executive Director, BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, Wake Forest University
Never, Never, Never Quit: Lessons from an Entrepreneur
- John F. Crowley, Chairman & CEO, Amicus Therapeutics
- Introduction by Vanessa Mendoza, Executive Vice President, Manhattan Institute
Student Pitch Competition
- Marcus Bellows, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Bradley Raber, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- Scott Rochelli, University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
Panel of Judges:
- Carly Fiorina, Chair, Good360 & Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
- Kenneth Garschina, Trustee, Manhattan Institute
- Howard Husock, Vice President for Policy Research, Manhattan Institute
- Brahm Pillai, Vice President, SkyBridge Capital
Afternoon
Luncheon Keynote
- Carly Fiorina, Chair, Good360 & Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
- Introduction by Steven B. Klinsky, President & CEO, New Mountain Capital
Breakout Sessions
- Corporate Governance: James Copland, Director of the Center for Legal Policy & Alexander Saint-Amand, President & CEO, Gerson Lehrman Group
- Energy: Robert Bryce, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Rusty Braziel, President, RBN Energy
- Healthcare: Paul Howard, Director of the Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute & Avik Roy, Opinion Editor, Forbes
- Technology: Mark Mills, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Alexander Veytsel, Chief Strategy Officer, RampRate
The Evolution of the Business Media
- Gene Epstein, Barron's Economic Editor
- Larry Kudlow, CNBC
- Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post Columnist & Pulitzer Prize Winner
- John Stossel, Fox Business Channel
- Moderated by: Howard Husock, Vice President for Policy Research, Manhattan Institute
Evening
Closing Cocktail Reception
- Hosted by Paul Singer, Founder & CEO, Elliott Management Corporation
Chapter of the Year, Best New Chapter, and Pitch Competition Winners Announced
Host Committee:
- Kenneth Garschina
- Rodney W. Nichols
- Donald Smith, Donald Smith Family Foundation
- Roberta Herzberg, John Templeton Foundation
- Marilyn G. Fedak, Marilyn G. Fedak Capitalism Project
- Emilio Pacheco, Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation
- Kevin Oram, Praesidium Investment Management Company LLC
- David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics