7 am |
Delegate Registration Opens |
7 am-8 am |
Breakfast – Provided for those with Speaker and VIP badges (Ambassador with Dining and World Ambassador) |
9 am-11:30 am |
Opening Sessions and Plenary Addresses
- Official opening – Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D., Executive Director, WCF IX
- March of the National Flags – International Children’s Choir in native countries’ costumes
- Welcome – Janice Shaw Crouse
- Invocation – Rabbi Avremi Zippel
Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Utah
- Host Flag Transfer – Ceremonial Transfer of WCF Banner from 2013 Host, Australia/New Zealand, to 2015 Host, United States – Stan Swim (U.S.) and Bob McCoskie (N.Z.)
- Introduction of Dignitaries – Stan Swim, Interim President, Sutherland Institute, Host Institution
- Introduction of Elder Ballard – Steve Lund
NuSkin Enterprises
- Keynote Address: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Special Music – Jenny Oaks Baker
America’s Violinist with her children, “Love is Spoken Here” (Laura Baker, violin; Hannah Baker, piano; Sarah Baker, cello; Matthew Baker, guitar)
- Woman of the Year Award: Theresa Okafor (Nigeria)
Foundation for African Cultural Heritage
- Familia Et Veritas Awards:
- Luca Giuseppe Volonté (Italy)
CEO of Novae Terrae Foundation
- Andrea Williams (UK)
Christian Concern
- International Pro-Life Award:
- Father Maxim Obukhov (Russia), Director, Department of Family and Life, Russian Orthodox Church, Founder, Over 1,000 Pro-Life and Pro-Life Centers in Russia
- RETIREMENT CEREMONY HONORING DR. ALLAN CARLSON
Founder and former International Secretary, World Congress of Families, and former CEO and president of The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society
- Closing Music – Nathan Osmond
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11:45 am-1 pm |
Lunch – Provided for those with Speaker and VIP badges (Ambassador with Dining and World Ambassador) |
1 pm-2:15 pm |
Plenary Panel
- Chair: Peggy Hartshorn
Heartbeat International
- Speaker: John-Henry Westen (Canada)
LifeSiteNews – “Abortion: The Modern-Day Civil Rights Tragedy”
- Speaker: Dr. Charmaine Yoest
Americans United For Life – “The Pro-Life Movement’s Strategic Successes”
- Speaker: Lila Rose
Founder and President of Live Action – “Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Industry”
- Speaker: Dr. Alveda King, Priests for Life – “The Racial Undertones of Abortion”
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2:15 pm-2:45 pm |
Break
Refreshments, exhibit area open, networking room open |
2:45 pm-3:45 pm |
Extemporaneous Interviews with Pro-Family Opinion Leaders
- Chair: Rod Arquette
Radio talk show host, KNRS, Salt Lake City
- Speaker: Mark Regnerus
The Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture
- Speaker: Stephen Phelan
Director of Mission Communications for Human Life International
- Speaker: Ignacio Arsuaga (Spain)
HazteOir and CitizenGo
- Speaker: Theresa Okafor (Nigeria)
Foundation for African Cultural Heritage
- Speaker: Miriam Grossman, M.D.
Center for Medical Integrity in Intimacy Education
- Speaker: Dr. Jaroslaw Szymcsak (Poland)
Cardinal Stefan Wysznski University
- Speaker: Jenet Jacob Erickson
Affiliated scholar at the Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University
- Speaker: Dr. Suja Kosky (India)
Associate Professor & Head of Department of Human Development at S.V.T. College, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India
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4 pm-5:15 pm |
- Forum #1 – Nicholeen Peck
“Counter-Cultural Parenting”
- Forum #2 – John Chalberg
“The Best of G. K. Chesterton”
- Forum #3 – “The Beneficial and Harmful Influences of Feminism”
- Chair/Speaker: Gayle Ruzicka
Utah Eagle Forum
- Speaker: Babette Francis (Australia)
Endeavor Forum
- Speaker: Chelsen Vicari
Institute on Religion and Democracy
Concurrent Sessions
1. Topic: “International Pro-Life Initiatives”
- Speaker: Ewa Kowalewski (Poland), Polish Federation of Pro-Life Movements
- Speaker: Keith Mason
Personhood USA
- Speaker: Louise Kirk (England)
- Speaker: William Saunders
Americans United for Life – “The Life Project in Latin America”
2. Topic: “Choice and Consequences”
- Chair: Bev Adair-Beets (Australia)
- Speaker: Roland Warren
CareNet – “Dealing with Unplanned Pregnancies”
- Speaker: Paige Cunningham
Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity – “Brave New World: Bioethics, Cloning, and GMO Humans”
- Speaker: Dr. Monique Chireau
Duke University Medical School – “Impact of Surgical vs. Chemical Abortion”
- Speaker: Denise Mountenay (Canada)
Representative for Endeavour Forum & President of Canada Silent No More
3. Topic: “Beyond Abortion: How Pro-Life Values Affect All of Life”
- Chair: Susan Roylance
- Speaker: Mary Langlois
Wife, mother and grandmother; retired clinical microbiologist and retired research assistant who now advocates for the right to life from conception.
- Speaker: Lech Kowalewski (Poland)
Polish Federation of Pro-Life Movements
- Speaker: Dr. Jacqueline C. Harvey
U.S. Policy Analyst for Euthanasia Prevention Coalition International
4. Topic: “The Economic and Social Costs of Family Breakdown”
- Chair: Stephen Phelan
- Speaker: John D. Mueller
Lehrman Institute Fellow in Economics at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Speaker: Steve Smoot
Family First Foundation
- Speaker: Christopher Carmouche
GrasstopsUSA
- Speaker: Eric Teetsel
Manhattan Declaration
5. Topic: “Importance of Civil Engagement on the Cultural Issues”
- Chair: Marcia Barlow
- Speaker: Michael Erickson
Attorney and columnist for Deseret News – “From Civility to Charity: Four Principles for Changing Hearts and Minds”
- Speaker: Alison Marsh (Australia)
co-founder, Fatherhood Foundation
- Speaker: Jeanneane Dixon Maxon
vice president external affairs and corporate counsel, Americans United for Life
6. Topic: “The Distinctive Roles of Mothers and Fathers in Families”
- Chair: Dr. Candi Finch
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Speaker: Jenet Jacob Erickson
Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University – “Dads Don’t Mother, and Moms Don’t Father: The Distinctive Influence of Mothers and Fathers on Children’s Development”
- Speaker: J. Ruel Haymond
Teacher, American Heritage School
- Speaker: Warick Marsh (Australia)
co-founder, Fatherhood Foundation
- Speaker: Miriam Grossman M.D.
Unprotected, “New Research on Mother-Baby Bonding”
7. Topic: “The Family in Europe – Past, Present, Future”
- Chair: Justin Murff
- Speaker: Maria Hildingsson
Secretary General of European Federation of Catholic Family Associations
- Speaker: Laszlo Marki (Hungary)
Renyi Institute
- Speaker: Dr. Jaroslaw Szymcsak (Poland)
Cardinal Stefan Wysznski University
8. Topic: “Successful Pro-Life Programs”
- Speaker: Vladimir A. Mischenko (Russia)
“Changes in the Russian Culture Through Sanctity of Motherhood”
- Speaker: Vicki Thorn
executive director for National Office Post-Aportion Reconciliation & Healing
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5:30 pm-6:30 pm |
Keynote Session
- Chair: Stan Swim
- Welcome: The Honorable Gary Herbert and Mrs. Jeanette Herbert
Governor and First Lady of Utah
- Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Leah Crouse (12 years old)
Kevin Crouse, and Heidi Crouse (parents)
- Keynote Address: Nick Vujicic (Australia) – “The Value of All Human Life”
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6:30 pm-8 pm |
Dinner on your own except for invitation-only events |
8 pm-10 pm |
Special Program: Millennial Panel
- Co-Chair: Dr. Tim Rarick
BYU Idaho, United Families International
- Co-Chair: Bob McCoskrie (New Zealand)
Family First New Zealand
Panelists:
- Rob Baehr
MovieGuide
- Eric Teetsel
Manhattan Declaration, co-author, Marriage Is: How Marriage Transforms Society
- Nathan Porter
University of Utah
- Josh Craddock
Personhood, USA, CitizenGo, Harvard Law School
- Kyle Manwaring
Brigham Young University
- Tamara Rodriquez (Mexico)
John Paul II Institute, Anahuac University
- Thalia Rangel (Mexico)
John Paul II Institute, Anahuac University
- Yanin Montalvo (Mexico)
Maddox Academy, Pontificio Instituto Giovanni Paolo II
- Alissa Golob (Canada)
Campaign, Life Coalition
- Anne Morse
Pennsylvania State University
- Emily Bleazard
Sutherland Institute
- Candice Merrill
Brigham Young University-Idaho
- Jenny Jamison
Brigham Young University-Idaho
- Chelsen Vicari
Author, Distorted, and Institute on Religion & Democracy
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