PROPERTY RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Presents

Private Property Rights
For the Future of Freedom and Prosperity

The Eighth Annual National Conference on
Private Property Rights

Saturday, October 23, 2004
Holiday Inn Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany, N. Y.

The only national conference on private property rights with a proven record over many years of nationally acclaimed events-offering exciting speakers who are widely recognized experts and prominent leaders.

Please join us to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Property Rights Foundation of America with a unique experience of learning and inspiration at our Eighth Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights. Enjoy the infectious excitement of participants at our gathering. Youll appreciate the cutting edge information on private property rights and the inspiring realization of being gathered with people from all walks of life who are devoted to freedom. Most of all, youll enlarge your perspective and go away with a practical sense of where and how you can make a greater difference to enhance private property rights.

Conference Program

8:00 am Registration (includes light buffet)
Complementary Literature Displays
Time to meet friends and renew acquaintances
8:45 am Welcome -
Carol W. LaGrasse

President, Property Rights Foundation of America
Challenges to Our Vision
Biography of Carol W. LaGrasse
9:00 am Opening Address -
Richard Miniter

Founder and President, Brussels Institute, Brussels, Belgium
International Property Rights and How to Win in This Country
Biography of Richard Miniter
9:50 am

Panel I - Private Landownership — Key to Freedom
Chaired by: Ms. LaGrasse

Robert J. Smith
President, Center for Private Conservation & Senior Adjunct Scholar, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
Landownership in America
Biography of Robert J. Smith

Scott Jones
Executive Vice President, Forest Landowners Association
Atlanta, Georgia
“A Voice for Forest Landowners in Washington—Protecting Productive Private Property”
Biography of Scott Jones

10:50 Short Break - Coffee Served
11:00

Panel II - “Preserving Private Property Rights — A Better Future”
Chaired by: Ms. LaGrasse

Michael Shaw
Freedom 21 Radio Talk Show host, Proprietor of Liberty Garden
Aptos, California
“Abundance Ecology—The Liberty Garden”
Biography of Michael Shaw

Dick Patten
Executive Director, American Family Business Institute, Washington, D.C.
“Repealing the Death Tax—Preserving Small Businesses”
Biography of Dick Patten

John Gray
Intelligence Analyst, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter Terrorism Division
Eco-Terrorism and Animal Rights Extremism

12:15

Luncheon

Announcements

Awards Presentation

The Honorable Robert G. Prentiss, New York State Assemblyman, Presenter
Biography of Robert G. Prentiss

Keynote Address -
Becky Norton Dunlop

Vice President, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Restoring Constitutionality and Rationality to Environmental Protection
Biography of Becky Norton Dunlop

2:00

Panel III - Restoring Property Rights and Communities in Urban America
Chaired by: James E. Morgan, Partner, Galvin & Morgan, Delmar, N. Y.

Jim Malatras is the Legislative Director to The Honorable Richard L. Brodsky (D-Westchester)
Chairman, Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
New York State Assembly
“Eminent Domain Reform”

Biography of Jim Malatras

Dr. Mindy Fullilove
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health at Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
Root Shock—How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It
Biography of Mindy Thompson Fullilove

Mark Alpert
Attorney, Hart, King & Coldren, Santa Ana, California
Hope for People Fighting Rent Control
Biography of Mark Alpert

3:20 Short Break
3:30

Panel IV - Reclaiming the Landscape for Rural People and Property Owners
Chaired by: Ms. LaGrasse

Mark Nix
Executive Director
South Carolina Landowners Association
Landowners United to Defend Private Property Rights
Biography of Mark Nix

Craig M. Call
Utah Property Rights Ombudsman
“Utah Property Rights Ombudsman — A National Model”

4:30

Closing Address
Introduced by: Mr. Morgan

Henry St. John FitzGerald
Attorney at Law, Arlington, Virginia
Inverse Condemnation—The Rationale for Compensation for Regulatory Takings
Biography of Henry St.John Fitzgerald

For further information: Property Rights Foundation of America
P. O. Box 75, Stony Creek, NY 12878 (518) 696-5748, www.prfamerica.org

Public Welcome - Admission includes Light Breakfast Buffet, Luncheon, and Gratuities, Conference Packet, and Proceedings — to be published later: $60.00 payable (check or money order) by October 10 to the Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc., or $70.00 at the door.

Location - Holiday Inn Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany - (518) 458-7250
By Car: Located a short distances from I-87 (Adirondack Northway) Exit 4.
By Air: Located one mile from Albany County Airport; cab or Turf overnight guests complimentary shuttle service.

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