5th Annual Conference & Gala
Friday, Oct 31, 2025 - Saturday, Nov 1, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah
The old paradigm is dead. A new one is taking its place. We are living in the transition. It’s all tremendously exciting to see history in the making. Such times represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one easily squandered if it is not managed well.
The transition from one paradigm to another, however, is not a smooth one. The issues concern the loss of credibility of all the old institutions: media, government, academia, medicine, tech, religion, science, education, and so much more.
The Covid era revealed the commanding heights to be complicit and deeply corrupt. At the same time, a new generation of intellectual leadership – centered on Brownstone Institute – has arisen as the alternative.
Brownstone Institute’s fifth annual conference and gala deals with all these themes and more. It takes place in beautiful Salt Lake City, October 30-November 2, 2025. It offers supporters a chance to learn from and exchange ideas with the best minds on the subjects of medicine, food, economics, education, technology, civil liberties, and spirituality – all the topics that are driving the transition the US and the world over.
Join with these powerful thinkers and thought leaders to share knowledge and expertise, discover hidden histories, learn about the many government industrial complexes that have gained so much power, and find ways around and through this time of change.
We have to reclaim some control over our lives, and must have the freedom to do so. This concerns the whole of everything: the financial world, what we eat, and the medicalization of society. Ultimately, we need a spiritual recapturing of things, reorienting our sense of who we are and our purpose in this world.
Politics plays a role in this but it is not the whole of it or even the driving force. Change is necessitated by the mass loss of trust in all legacy institutions. Where possible, people are rejecting the old (media, medicine, agency control) and exploring the new and the forgotten.
Brownstone was founded as a sanctuary for community in terrible times, right in the lockdown morass. Coming out of that period, a new generation has arisen. We gather at this event with many of the best writers, scientists, journalists, and truth-tellers of our times.
Please join us in reclaiming your freedom. Let’s embrace the great transition and together build a better world.
The Fifth annual gathering of Brownstone Institute scholars, writers, researchers, fellows, and supporters in historic downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
Date and Time
Friday, October 31, 2025
9 am – 5 pm (MST)
Saturday, November 1, 2025
9 am – 11 pm (MST)
Location
Little America Hotel
500 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
+1-801-596-5700
Refund Policy
There is a $75 non-refundable registration fee.
Contact us at operations@brownstone.org to request a refund. We are happy to give full refunds until we have to give final headcounts to the hotel (No later than October 26, 2025). After that point, we will only refund partial amounts.
About This Event
The event begins with an optional informal meet and greet on Thursday evening in the Arizona Room from 6 pm to 10 pm for early arrivals. Then we begin on Friday morning with panel discussions and end with a gala white/black-tie dinner on Saturday night.
We expect panel discussions to begin at about 9:00 am on Friday, with a break for lunch and continuing through the afternoon. The Saturday schedule will be similar, but will culminate with cocktails and a gala banquet in the evening.
Panelists & Speakers
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 30, 2025
6:00-9:00 PM Cocktail Reception with Snacks (Arizona Room)
Friday, October 31, 2025
8:30 AM Registration: (Foyer outside Ballroom AB)
Ballroom AB
9:00 – 9:40 Keynote
Jeffrey A. Tucker
9:40 – 10:20 Where Do We Stand
Debra Sheldon, Leslie Manookian, Meryl Nass
10:20 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:40 Public Health
Maryanne Demasi, Scott Jensen
11:40 – Noon
Walter Kirn
Noon – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 – 2:40 Science
Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying, Jessica Rose
2:40 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 3:50 Mental Health / Pharma
Cooper Davis, Kim Witczak, Laura Delano, Josef Witt-Doerring
3:50 – 4:10 Break
4:10 – 4:40 Academia & Education
Thomas Harrington, Jill Malone, Aaron Kheriaty
4:40 – 5:00
Interview with Robert Malone
6:00 Cocktails VIP, Harpist
7:00 Dinner VIP (Arizona Room) Walter Kirn, speaker
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Ballroom AB
9:00 – 9:40 AM Economics
Edward Dowd, Aaron Day, Bret Swanson
9:40 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:40 Law and Legal Issues
Bobbie Anne Cox, Warner Mendenhall
10:40 – 11:20 Break
11:20 – Noon Alternative Medicine
Joe Varon, Sarah Thompson, Ryan Cole
Noon – 2:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 REPPARE IHRP presentation
David Bell, Garrett Brown
2:00 – 2:40 Injured America
Toby Rogers, Laura Delano, Fr. John Naugle
2:40 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 4:00 Food Freedom
Tracy Thurman, Mollie Engelhart
6:00 Cocktails String Quartet Ballroom AB
7:00 Dinner and Presentation
The past four events (see images from the past three years) have been life-changing for people, solidifying robust friendships and inspiring new strategies and pathways toward surviving and rebuilding our families and communities in the midst of crisis. This event is sure to be the best yet, so don’t miss it.
Dress: Conference is business casual, while dinner is black and white tie optional.
Little America Hotel
Here is your link for a special rate on rooms at the Little America Hotel.
See you in Salt Lake City!
Located in the heart of the downtown business district, Little America is conveniently located.
Features:
- Complimentary Wifi in guestrooms
- Indoor Pool (2nd floor), 7 AM – 11 PM
- Fitness Center (2nd floor), 4 AM 11 PM
- Concierge (801-596-5799)
- Newsstand (Sun-Thu 8 AM – 9 PM; Fri-Sat 8 AM – 10 PM)
- Fine Gifts & Fashion Boutique (Tue-Thu 10 AM – 6 PM; Fri-Sat 9 AM – 9 PM; Sun 9 AM – 5 PM)
- Dining
- The Coffee Shop
- In-room dining
- Lucky H Buffet
- Lucky H Bar (21+)
- Complimentary Guestroom Wi-Fi
Guest check in is 3:00 PM; check-out time is 11:00 AM. To receive the specially-negotiated conference rate, reservations must be made by Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
To register for lodging at the specially-negotiated conference rate, please mention Brownstone Institute when you make your reservation by telephone at: 801-596-5700 or use the link below to make your reservations online.
Parking:
The parking charges for Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, are as follows:
- Overnight Self-Parking: $18 per night
- Overnight Valet Parking: $18 per night
- Day Rates:
- 0–30 minutes: Complimentary
- 30 minutes–1 hour: $6
- 1–2 hours: $10
- 2–3 hours: $14
- Each additional hour: $1
- Daily maximum: $30
- Lost ticket: $50
- Valet day rate: $9
Additionally, validated parking in the covered lot is free for up to four hours for visitors to the hotel’s restaurants or conference centers.