WORLD CONGRESS OF FAMILIES IX SCHEDULE OCTOBER 27-30, 2015

• 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

• 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”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Chair: William Duncan, Esq.
  Sutherland Institute, Center for Family and Society
• Speaker: Pastor Greg Johnson
  Standing Together
• Speaker: Cathy Ruse, Esq.
  Senior Counsel, Family Research Council
• Speaker: Brian Brown
  National Organization for Marriage

• Chair:  Pastor Derek Filley
  Sandy Ridge Community Church
• Speaker: Mark Regnerus
  The Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture – “New Research on Family Well-Being”
• Speaker: Dr. Allan Carlson
  former WCF International Secretary – “The Historical Importance of the Family”
• Speaker: Wendy Ulrich
  Author, Psychologist and Former President of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychologists (AMCAP), “Preparing for a Marriage That Does More Than Last”
• Speaker:  The Reverend Rafael Cruz
  Director, Grace for America, “Empowering the Faithful to Restore the Family”

• Co-Chair: Stan Swim, Interim President of Sutherland Institute
• Co-Chair:  Dan Schneider
  Executive Director American Conservative Union
• Speaker: Bob Woodson
  Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
• Speaker:  Dr. David Black
  Forensic Toxicologist and Founder of Aegis
• Speaker: The Honorable Sam Brownback – Governor of Kansas

Forum #1 – Movie Producers and Celebrities, “Hollywood Entertainment Industry’s Secrets to Telling Your Story to Reach Millions.”

• Chair: Ted Baehr
  Chairman of Christian Film and Television Commission and Publisher of MovieGuide
• Speaker: Gerald Molen
  Producer, Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park
• Speaker: David White
  Actor, Founder of Pureflix Entertainment and Producer of God’s Not Dead
• Speaker: Michael Scott
  CEO and Founder of Pureflix Entertainment and Producer of God’s Not Dead

Forum #2 – Sharon Slater, Documentary: “The Porn Pandemic: The Devastating Effects on Children, Families, and Society.”

• Respondent:  Jill Manning, Ph.D.
  LMFT at Colorado Sexual Recovery Center – “The Effects of Internet Pornography on Adolescents”
• Respondent:  Dawn Hawkins
  National Center on Sexual Exploitation

Forum #3 – The Role of Moral and Ethical Values in Education

• Chair:  Michael Erickson
• Speaker: Christine de Marcellus Vollmer
  (Venezuela) President of ALAFA – “International Curriculum for Teaching Ethics in Schools.”
• Speaker: Dr. Lynn Wardle
  Brigham Young University
• Speaker: Dr. Tim Rarick
  Brigham Young University – Idaho

Concurrent Panels with Q&A

1. Topic: “Millennials: Hearing From Some Who Know Them Best”

• Speaker: Justin Murff
  Millennials for Marriage
• Speaker: Dr. Candi Finch
  Southwestern Baptist Seminary
• Speaker: Diane Nelson Ury
  Young Adult Pastor, Evangelical Methodist Church
• Speaker: Dr. Glenn Stanton
  Focus on the Family

2. Topic: “Faith and Family”

• Chair: Alison Marsh (Australia)
• Speaker: Silvio Dalla Valle (Italy)
  Association for the Defense of Christian Values, “The Key Role of the Family and Civil Society in the Transmission of Faith”
• Speaker: David Dollahite
  Brigham Young University – “Religion and Family Life”
• Speaker: Laura Bunker
  President of United Families International – “Fractured Fairy Tales: Helping Young People Reach Their Aspirations for Marriage and Family”

3. Topic: “Family and Society”

• Chair:  Dom Duarte Pio
  Duke of Braganza (Titular King of Portugal)
• Speaker: C. Preston Noell III
  Director of the Office of Public Liaison for The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP)
• Speaker: Andrea Williams (England)
• Speaker: Kawika Allen
  BYU, “Religious and Psychological Benefits of Racial and Ethnic Families”

4. Topic: “Encouraging and Promoting Pro-Family Scholarship and Research”

• Chair: William Saunders
  American United for Life
• Speaker: Joe Price
  Brigham Young University
• Speaker: James Kushiner
  Editor for Touchstone and Salvo – “An Intellectual Strategy for Reaching College Students”
• Speaker: Errol Naidoo
  Family Policy Institute (South Africa)

5. Topic: “Understanding the Sexual and Cultural Revolution”

• Chair: Katie McCoy
  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Speaker: Dr. Nanci Coppola
  Chief Executive Officer at the Program Reach, Inc.
• Speaker: Dr. Pat Fagan
  MARRI Institute, “Contraception”
• Speaker: Dr. Regina Akosa (Nigeria)
  Happy Home Foundation

6. Topic: “How the Culture Undermines Life and Family”

• Chair:  Evan Lenow
  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Speaker: Peter Sprigg
  Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council
• Speaker: Robert Knight
  Author, Senior Fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and Washington Times Contributor
• Speaker: Steve Mosher
  Population Research Institute, “More Shocking Planned Parenthood Activity”
• Speaker: Dr. Margaret Hartshorn
  Heartbeat International

7. Topic: “Family Relationships”

• Chair:  Jenet Erickson
• Speaker: Dr. Suja Koshy (India)
  Associate Professor and Head of Department of Human Development at S.V.T. College, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India
• Speaker: Stephen Phelan
  Director of Mission Communications for Human Life International
• Speaker: Dr. Jaroslaw Szymcsak (Poland)
  Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University
• Speaker: Kathleen Slaugh Bahr
  Associate Professor in the School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, retired

8. Topic: “Demography”

• Chair:  Keith Mason
  Personhood USA
• Speaker: Don Feder
  Director of Coalitions and Coordinator of Regional Conferences, WCF
• Speaker: Steve W. Mosher
  President of the Population Research Institute
• Speaker: Vladimir A. Mishchenko (Russia)
  “Transformation of the Russian Family over the Past 100 Years”

9. Topic: “Influencing Culture Through Your Everyday Life: What Can You Do?”

• Chair: Erika Decaster
• Speaker:  Kelli Houghton
  United Families International, “Advocacy Through Your Profession”
• Speaker: Wendy Sheffield
  Brigham Young University, “Creating Your Own Advocacy Program”
• Speaker: Chantal Carr
  Hope Arising, “Helping Communities Solve Their Own Problems”

• Chair: Rebekah Ali-Gouveia, Esq.
  (Trinidad), Elpis Center
• Speaker: The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield
  St. Valdimir Seminary, Advisory Board, First Things – “Applications of Orthodox Theology for Family Today”
• Speaker: Richard and Linda Eyre
  Authors and speakers – “The Turning: How the world has Turned Away from the Family and How to Help it Turn Back.”
• Speaker: Glenn T. Stanton
  Author and Director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family – “New Findings in Gender Differences”
• Speaker: Dr. Dorothy Patterson
  Homemaker and Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary – “The Eternal Importance of Mothers”

Movie Premiere: God’s Not Dead II; with movie producers

• MovieGuide
• Speaker: Gerald Molen
  Producer, Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park
• Speaker: David White – Actor
  Founder of Pureflix Entertainment and Producer of God’s Not Dead
• Speaker: Michael Scott
  CEO and Founder of Pureflix Entertainment and Producer of God’s Not Dead

• Chair: Lech Kowalewski (Poland)
  Polish Federation of Pro-Life Movements
• Speaker: Father Josiah Trenham
  Pastor at St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church
• Speaker: Bill Norton
  “The Government’s Role in Protecting the Integrity of the Family”
• Speaker: Francisco Tatad (Philippines)
  Former Majority Leader in the Philippine Senate
• Speaker: Mark Tooley
  Institute on Religion and Democracy

• Chair: Steve Smoot
  President, Family First Foundation
• Speaker: Samuel Rodriguez, Jr. (Puerto Rico)
  President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
• Speaker: Dr. Paige Patterson
  President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Speaker: Jennifer Roback Morse
  President of the The Ruth Institute

• Chair: Dr. John D. Mueller
  Lehrman Institute Fellow in Economics at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Speaker: W. Bradford Wilcox
  Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Viginia and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia – “The Connections Between Marriage and Economic Well-Being”
• Speaker: Dr. Pat Fagan
  Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI) – “Marriage and Religious Faithfulness”
• Speaker: Dr. Jason Carroll
  Professor for the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University; Fellow of The Wheatley Institution – “For Love or Money? The Economic Consequences of Delaying Marriage”

• Forum #1 – Pastor Chad Jacobsen
  “Leaving a Legacy of Faith”
• Forum #2 – Ted Baehr
  “The Media-Wise Family”
• Speaker: Dr. Rich Melheim
  Founder, Faith Inkubators & RICH Learning Foundation
• Speaker: Dawn Hawkins
  Vice President and Executive Director, National Center of Sexual Exploitation
• Speaker: Pat Fagan
  Director of Marriage and Religion Research Institute and Editor of MARRIpedia
• Speaker: Ted Baehr
  Chairman of Christian Film and Television Commission and Publisher of MovieGuide

Forum #3- Documentary: “The Power of Mothers”

• Shelly Locke
• Betty Aukerman
• Melanie Ballard

• Training Sessions for Delegates
  • 1. Genevieve Wood
    Senior Communications Fellow at The Heritage Foundation – “Media Training”
  • 2. Jeffrey S. Trimbath
    The Heritage Foundation – “Fundraising and Donor Development”
  • 3. Alexey Komov (Russia)
    WCF Representative in Russia and CIS – “Networking and Coalition Building”
  • 4. Bev Adair-Beets (New Zealand)
    Family First – “Using Social Media for Maximum Impact”
  • 5. Susan Yoshihara
    Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) – “Innovation and Strategic Planning”
  • 6. Brian Brown
    National Organization for Marriage – “Entrepreneurial Leadership”
  • 7. Jack Yoest
    Catholic University – “Managing Your Staff for Maximum Effectiveness”
  • 8. Ignacio Arsuaga (Spain)
    HazteOir and Citizen Go – “Establishing a New Organization”
  • 9. Lech Kowalewski (Poland)
    Polish Federation of Pro-Life Movements – “Hosting a WCF Conference”
  • 10. William Nixon
    Policy Impact Communications – “Developing a PR Plan for Your Nonprofit”
  • 11. Ron Nehring
    Leadership Institute – “Leadership”
  • 12. Frank Schubert
    Mission Public Affairs – “Messaging”
  • 13. David Hunsaker
    Youth Educator – “Neighborhood Reading Groups: A Powerful Tool for Educating Friends and Family”

• Chair: Austin Ruse
  President of Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam)
• Speaker: Sharon Slater
  Family Watch International
• Speaker: Lynn Walsh
  Director of Marriage and Family Peace Initiative, and Co-Chair UN NGO Committee on the Family
• Speaker: Theresa Okafor
  Foundation for African Cultural Heritage, Nigeria
• Speaker: Susan Yoshihara
  Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam)

• Meet and Greet with Stephanie Neilson

• Chair: William Saunders
  Americans United for Life
• Speaker: Evan Lenow
  Eklund Chair of Stewardship, Director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement, and Assistant Professor of Ethics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Speaker: Marlene Peterson
  “The Tradition of Storytelling and Its Impact on the Family”
• Speaker: C. Gwen Landolt (Canada)
  National Vice President of REAL Women of Canada

• Plenary: Stephanie Nielson

• Chair:  Don Feder
  Director of Coalitions and Coordinator of Regional Conferences, WCF
• Speaker: Warren Cole Smith
  Vice President, Mission Advancement for the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and Vice President, World News Group, WORLD Magazine
• Speaker: Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr.
  First Baptist Church of Glenarden, MD
• Speaker: Luca Giuseppe Volonté (Italy)
  CEO of Novae Terrae Foundation

• Co-Chair: Stan Swim, Interim President of Sutherland Institute
• Co-Chair: Mrs. Kelli Houghton
  Recognition of Emerging Leaders
• Speaker: Doug Clark, Scott Loveless, Susan Roylance
  “Video Tribute to Richard Wilkins”
• Speaker: Dr. Allan Carlson
  Former International Secretary for World Congress of Families – “WCF-IX Declaration”
• Speaker: Janice Shaw Crouse – Acceptance of Declaration
• Speaker: Stan Swim – Presentation of WCF X Site
• Music: Mrs. Betty Crouse Shearer – Contralto/Mezo-Soprano, “Amazing Grace”
• Speaker: Everett Piper
  President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Forum #1 – “Proven Techniques for Raising Responsible Kids and Avoiding the Entitlement Trap”

• Speakers: Richard and Linda Eyre

Forum #2 – “Sexual Exploitation”

• Chair:  Dawn Hawkins
  Vice President and Executive Director, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
• Speaker: The Honorable Sean Reyes
  Attorney General, Utah
• Speaker: Tim Ballard
  Founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R)
• Speaker:  Clay Olsen
  Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Fight the New Drug

Forum #3 – National Center for Constitutional Studies, “The Power of Stories and How They Shape Society”

• Chair: Bill Norton
  Presenter for National Center for Constitutional Studies
• Speaker: Tonya Nelson, Mother/Homemaker
• Speaker: Kimberly Fletcher, Founder and President of Homemakers for America
• Speaker: Marlene Peterson
  Founder and President of Libraries of Hope
• Speker: Daniel Sheridan, Founder of Mr. Dan’s American and Sheridan History, Co-Founder of My Freedom Frontier
• Speaker: Jeremy Nelsen, Team Leader of Freedom Stories

Concurrent Panels with Q&A

1. Topic: “The Social Costs of Pornography”

• Chair:  Dr. Nanci Coppola
• Speaker: Don L. Hilton Jr., M.D.
  Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio – “Internet Pornography: A Medium of Addiction and Exploitation”
• Speaker: Pat Trueman
  National Center on Sexual Exploitation
• Speaker: Brian Willoughby
  Brigham Young University – “Marriage and Sexuality Beliefs Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults”

2. Topic: “Promoting Family Policy at the UN”

• Chair: E. Douglas Clark
  Director of UN Affairs for the Howard Center, Iterim President of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society – “Introducing the World Family Declaration”
• Speaker: Susan Roylance
  International Policy and Social Development Coordinator at the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, Co-Founder of United Families International – “Creating the UN Negotiating Guide: Family, Human Life, Parents, Religious Values and Sovereignty”
• Speaker: Marcia Barlow
  Director of UN Affairs for United Families International  – “Lobbying for Pro-Family Policies at the UN: Presenting Side-Events and Meeting with UN Ambassadors and Delegates”
• Speaker: Errol Naidoo
  Family Policy Institute (South Africa)
• Speaker: Christine de Marcellus Vollmer
  (Venezuela) President of ALAFA
• Speaker: David van Gend

3. Topic: “Impact and Issues: The Homeschooling Movement”

• Speaker: Irina Shamolina (Russia)
  Advisor on Home Education Development at the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchal Commission on Family, Maternity and Childhood Protection
• Speaker: Michael Donnelly
  Counsel and Director of Global Outreach for Homeschool Legal Defense Association
• Speaker: Brian D. Ray
  National Home Education Research Institute
• Speaker: Leland Anderson
  American Heritage School

4. Topic: “Renewal of Faith/Renewal of Family and Nations”

• Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Yorgeson
  School of Family Life at Brigham Young University
• Speaker: Dr. Rick Scarborough
  Vision America
• Speaker:  Vivian Adams – Outreach Chair, Joseph F. Smith Family Association, “The Intimate Circle: Family Home Evening”
• Speaker: Rodrigo Ivan Cortes (Mexico)
  Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Political Network for Values, Con-Founder of Parliamentary Network for Political Ethics, and Professor of Family and Society at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and the Family

5. Topic: “Divorce”

• Chair:  Steve Mosher
• Speaker: Beverly Willett, Esq.
  Columnist and Co-Founder for the Coalition for Divorce Reform
• Speaker: Tamara Fackrell
  Attorney at Law and Master Mediator
• Speaker:  Diane Nelson Ury
  Young Adult Pastor, Evangelical Methodist Church
• Speaker: Michael McManus
  Marriage Savers

6. Topic: “An African Perspective on Family Breakdown and Religious Freedom”

• Speaker: Most Reverend Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (Nigeria)
  Bishop at the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Nigeria and Chairman of CEPACS at The Communications Commission of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
• Speaker: Theresa Okafor (Nigeria)
  Foundation for African Cultural Heritage
• Speaker: Ann Mbugua (Kenya)
  Kenya Christian Professionals Forum

7. Topic: “Possible Future Sites for WCF Events”

• Chair:  Kathleen Slaugh Bahr
• Speaker: Don Feder
  Director of Coalitions and Coordinator of Regional Conferences, WCF
• Speaker: Levan Vasadze (The Republic of Georgia)
  Chairman, Prometheus Capital
• Speaker: Rebekah Ali-Gouveia, Esq. (Trinidad)
  The Elpis Center
• Speaker: Erroll Naidoo (South Africa)
  Family Policy Institute

8. Topic: “The Family: Consistent Across Faith Perspectives”

• Chair:  Jana Scott
  Member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Speaker:  Rabbi Avremi Zippel
  Co-Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Utah
• Speaker: Lynn Walsh
  Chair, United Nations, NGO Committee on the Family
• Speaker:  Dr. Soumia Benkhaldoun
  Activist for Women and Family Rights

• Speaker: Jennifer Roback Morse
  President of the The Ruth Institute