2020-2021 Season Announcement
The Wisconsin Forum is pleased to announce its speaker lineup for the 2020-21 season. Download a copy of the full brochure. The Wisconsin Forum is pleased to announce that we are moving forward with...
Rick Esenberg – Thursday, October 15, 2020
Rick Esenberg In Defense of the Conservative Consensus: Reaganism for the 21st Century Under Rick Esenberg’s leadership, Wisconsin Institute for Liberty and Law has grown into one of the more active state-based think tanks...
Ryan Owens – Thursday, November 12, 2020
Ryan Owens Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education Ryan J. Owens is the Director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership and is the George C. and Carmella P. Edwards Professor of American...
Alex Newman – Thursday, January 14, 2021
Alex Newman Has COVID-19 Given Parents Greater Control Over Johnnie & Jane’s Schooling? Alex Newman is an international journalist, educator, author, and consultant. In addition to serving as president of the small media and...
Samuel Gregg – Thursday, February 11, 2021
Samuel Gregg The Case Against Economic Nationalism Samuel Gregg is research director at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance, and natural...
Jennifer Grossman – Thursday, March 11, 2021
Jennifer Grossman To Get Objectivism Taken Seriously, Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously Jennifer Grossman is the CEO of the Atlas Society. Grossman has spent decades helping people to live freer, healthier lives. She launched...
Mark Skousen – Thursday, September 17, 2019
Mark Skousen Has the POTUS Become a PONTIFF? Power, Political Economy and the Constitution Mark Skousen was recently named one of the top 20 living economists in the world. Since 1980, Skousen has been...
Daniel Kelly – Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Daniel Kelly The Appropriate Role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Daniel Kelly is an American lawyer who has served as a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice since 2016. He was appointed by Wisconsin Governor Scott...
Michael Tanner – Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Michael Tanner Why socialized healthcare is more expensive, decreases in value and reduces services over time Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael Tanner heads research into a variety of domestic policies, with an emphasis on...
James Taylor – Wednesday, February 19, 2020
James Taylor Global Warming Is Not a Crisis, but Government “Solutions” Are James Taylor is a senior fellow for environment and energy policy at The Heartland Institute. He is the former managing editor (2001-2014)...
Jay Richards – Thursday, March 19, 2020
Jay Richards The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines Jay Richards, Ph.D., O.P., is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The...
Full Video – Matthew Kibbe – September 13, 2018
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2018-2019 Speaker Lineup is Announced!
We are pleased to announce the 2018-2019 speaker lineup for the Wisconsin Forum. Please find this year’s forms below: 2018-2019 Speaker Announcement Letter 2018-2019 Membership Form
Matthew Kibbe – Thursday, September 13, 2018
Matthew Kibbe Socialism Kills. So why do so many young people think Socialism is cool? Matt Kibbe is Co-founder and President at Free the People, an educational foundation which uses cutting edge technology, video...
Richard Thieme – Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Richard Thieme UFO’s: Cover and Deception – Uncovering Government Secrecy Practices Richard Thieme is an author and professional speaker who addresses challenges posed by new technologies, how to redesign ourselves to meet these challenges,...
John McAdams – Wednesday, January 16, 2019
John McAdams How Academia Became Corrupt John McAdams was an undergraduate at the University of Alabama during the heyday of Bear Bryant, and then went off to get an M.A. degree from Columbia and...
Dale Kooyenga – Monday, March 4, 2019
Dale Kooyenga An Overview of Wisconsin’s Fiscal Health and Anti-Free Market Laws State Representative Dale Kooyenga represent the 14th Assembly District which encompasses parts of Brookfield, Wauwatosa and Milwaukee. He has a CPA and...
Jacob Hornberger – Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Jacob Hornberger Knocking Down The Walls of Tyranny: The Case For Open Borders Jacob G. Hornberger is Founder and President of The Future of Freedom Foundation, whose mission is to provide an uncompromising case...
Full Video – Dr. Chris Preble – May 1, 2018
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Full Video – Jay Lehr Event – March 6, 2018
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