Reason Events

2008 Preserving the American Dream Conference

May 16-18, 2008
Houston, TX

Many American cities are stripping away people's property rights and reducing mobility in a misguided effort to increase something they call "livability." As America's largest city without zoning, Houston protects livability through personal freedom and local control. Houston also emphasizes mobility with an amazing highway network that has 66 percent more freeway lane miles per capita than the average U.S. urban area. If you have ever been curious about whether freedom and mobility can make a city more livable, come to the Preserving the American Dream conference to find out. Attend workshops on such varied subjects as:
  • Rebuilding New Orleans
  • Global warming & peak oil
  • Highway funding reform
  • Replacing zoning with covenants
  • Rail transit vs. highways

The Preserving the American Dream Conference is co-sponsored by Reason Foundation, Cato Institute, Heritage Foundation, and many other organizations. Speakers include Reason's Adrian Moore, Sam Staley, and Leonard Gilroy. For more information and registration details, visit americandreamcoalition.org/

Reason Goes Hollywood

November 14-15, 2008
Hollywood, California

Please join us for Reason Goes Hollywood, a two-day conference that will be held November 14-15, 2008 at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.  The conference will examine how Hollywood and the media address issues of individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law. We’ll also mark the 40th anniversary of Reason magazine with a gala dinner on the evening of Friday, November 14.

Reason's events feature celebrities, academics, and speakers from a variety of backgrounds. Past conferences have included Drew Carey; Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park, Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller; Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith; Judge Andrew Napolitano of Fox News, and MTV’s Kurt Loder.

Registration for Reason Goes Hollywood will begin in summer 2008, and the event is open to all.  Sponsorship opportunities are available. If you would like to receive an email when more information about Reason Goes Hollywood is available, please email mtoledo@reason.org.              

Reason Weekend 2009

April 16 – 19, 2009
Orlando, Florida

Reason Weekend 2009 will be held at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida.  Reason Weekend is an annual event open to members of Reason Foundation’s Torchbearer Society.