Market Urbanism Track at FEEcon 2017

MARKET URBANISTS CAN USE CODE MU40off FOR A 40% DISCOUNT TO THIS HISTORIC EVENT

Atlanta / June 15-17th

Market Urbanism is partnering with the Foundation for Economic Education to present an entire track of six sessions focused on Urbanism, Development, & Your Neighborhood at the inaugural FEEcon2017.

Wherever you live, your city uses regulations to restrict what can be built and for what purposes buildings can be used. FEEcon’s Urbanism, Development, & Your Neighborhood track is a joint effort by Market Urbanism and FEE to shed light on the vast spectrum of land use and transportation regulations that often diminish neighborhood communities, cause traffic congestion, and constrain housing supply to create affordable housing crises across the world. This track provides you with the intellectual tools you’ll need to make a case for liberty in your own backyard.

FEEcon is 2017’s premier gathering of freedom lovers from all walks of life, with professional networking opportunities, inspiring panel discussions, and educational fun for everyone – all sponsored by the Foundation for Economic Education and held in vibrant and beautiful Atlanta, Georgia.

With your Student/Young Professional ticket, you will choose from 70+ sessions and 10 distinct learning tracks, designed to provide real skills for professional success, combined with a solid grounding in economic, ethical, and legal principles that you won’t get anywhere else. Learn how to live and think more creatively and effectively, with the goal of improving your life and the lives of those around you. FEEcon will offer vast networking opportunities and allow you to engage with other successful entrepreneurs and student leaders.

With your General Admission ticket, you will have the best of both worlds – FEE’s Annual Retreat plus FEEcon. This will be the conference of the year for supporters of liberty. You will enjoy a VIP experience with philanthropists and partner organizations from across the freedom-loving community. You may also attend your pick of any FEEcon sessions, where you can expand your own education while witnessing first-hand the returns that FEE is generating on your investment in educational outreach.

FEEcon will inspire and empower you to change your life and the world!

FEEcon will run from Thursday evening, June 15th, through Saturday evening, June 17th, 2017. The VIP Annual Retreat events begin on Friday evening, June 16th. All events are at the gorgeous Omni Hotel at Atlanta’s CNN Center.

MARKET URBANISM SPEAKERS

Jeff Andrade-Fong

Jeff Andrade-Fong has been at the intersection of tech and urban logistics for the last several years. He was an early stage employee at Lyft and now works at on-demand delivery startup Postmates. Jeff also co-founded Tech for Housing, a policy advocacy organization dedicated to rallying Bay Area tech workers around urban reform.

Nolan Gray

Nolan Gray is a writer at Market Urbanism, and hosts the Market Urbanism Podcast.  Nolan is a graduate student in city and regional planning at Rutgers University. His research interests include land-use regulation, economic development, and urban planning theory. Nolan previously held roles at the Mercatus Center and Marijuana Policy Project.

Emily Hamilton

Emily Hamilton is the policy research manager for the State and Local Policy Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her writing has appeared in USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, Economic Affairs, and contributes to Market Urbanism.

Adam Hengels

Adam Hengels is founder of Market Urbanism. Once a lonely free-market voice among urbanist intelligentsia, many free-market ideas introduced by Market Urbanism writers have been embraced by urban thinkers across the political spectrum.  Adam is a Chicago-based real estate developer and co-founder of a software start-up that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize building designs.

Sandy Ikeda

Sanford Ikeda is a professor of economics at Purchase College of the State University of New York, visiting scholar and research associate at New York University, and past-president of the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics.
He has written for Forbes, National Review Online, and The Freeman, while his scholarly publications have appeared in The Southern Economic Journal, The Review of Austrian Economics, Environmental Politics, Advances in Austrian Economics, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, The Independent Review, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, and Cosmos + Taxis. Sandy has published a book, Dynamics of the Mixed Economy, and has contributed entries for The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (on Robert Moses), The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (on Jane Jacobs), and The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics.
Dr. Ikeda’s current work focuses on the nature and significance of trust, cities, and social networks for entrepreneurship and economic development.

Charles Marohn

Charles Marohn is a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Minnesota and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Chuck is the founder and president of Strong Towns, whose mission is to support a model of development that allows America’s cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

The weekend is packed with other great speakers such as Jimmy Wales (wikipedia), Patrick Byrne (Overstock.com), Kevin Harrington (Shark Tank), Brad DeVos, Michael Strong and Jeffrey Tucker.

The full lineup of FEEcon speakers can be found here.

AGENDA

More information can be found at the FEEcon website.

PRICING

MARKET URBANISTS CAN USE CODE “MU40off” FOR A 40% DISCOUNT TO THIS HISTORIC EVENT

For students and young professionals, registration is $149, and you’ll have access to the FEEcon Kickoff event on June 15th, all Friday sessions, and all Saturday sessions. Limited travel, hotel and tuition reimbursement scholarships are available.

For all other attendees, $329 opens your access to all FEEcon sessions, plus FEE’s Annual Retreat, which includes these VIP events: Friday evening reception, Saturday breakfast, Saturday lunch, Saturday evening reception, Saturday evening banquet dinner, and Sunday brunch. After the early-bird special ends on March 31st, the price will increase to $379.