Speakers

Pierre Bentata is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Law of Aix Marseille University. Previously, he was director of Rinzen and professor at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Troyes - SCBS.  His books include: Des jeunes sans histoire (Youth without issues, Libréchange 2016), Les désillusions de la liberté (Desillusions of Freedom, Ed. Observatoire 2018), L'aube des idoles (The Dawn of Idols, Ed. Observatoire 2019), De l'esprit de servitude au XXI siècle ( The Spirit of Servitude in the XXIst century, Ed. Observatoire 2021) and Tous notés (All rated, Ed. Observatoire 2023).

Associate Professor Murat C. Mungan is a prolific law and economics scholar, and is widely recognized as one of the top young law and economics theorists in the country. His primary substantive field of research is the economics of law enforcement and criminal law. His recent work also analyzes issues pertaining to a wide array of legal subjects, including, antitrust; intellectual property; and contracts. Mungan's research has been published in top law reviews and the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals focusing on law and economics, including the Journal of Law and Economics, the Journal of Legal Studies, and the American Law and Economics Review.

Henri Lepage is a French economist, member of the group of "new economists", co-founder of the Université d'été. He is best known for his books Tomorrow capitalism, Tomorrow liberalism, Why property, La nouvelle économie industrielle (The new industrial economics), which introduced the Public Choice school and Austrian economics to France. He founded Institut Turgot in the 2000's. Henri was a MEP.

Daniela Piana is a professor of political science since 2014 at the University of Bologna, Italy. She was Jean Monnet Fellow (EUI), Fulbright Fellow (UC Berkeley), and is associate at the Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice in Paris and at the Institute of social sciences of politics, ENS Paris Saclay. She coordinates "Just Europe", ICEDD Luiss, and collaborates with the School of Magistrates, the National Lawyers Association and the European Network for Judicial Training.

Nikolai G. Wenzel is Professor of Economics at the online startup Universidad de las Hespérides and on the Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research.

Carlo Lottieri is currently Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Siena and Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences at Facoltà di Teologia in Lugano (Switzerland). Fellow of many institutions, he is the Director of Political Theory department of the Istituto Bruno Leoni. His writings develop a radical libertarianism combining a strong emphasis on the inviolability of other people and a realistic approach to the modern State. His interests cover Federalism, Libertarianism, Political Theology, Military Ethics, Elitism, Evolutionary Theory of Law, Commons and Private Property.

Gia Jandieri is vice-president and founder of the New Economic School – Georgia (NESG). In the past he has served as member of the board of the Georgian National Institute of Statistics, has worked for the Open Society Foundation, the Office of Anticorruption Working Group. He has served as Head of the Financial Office of the Parliament of Georgia, Member and Financial Officer at Central Election Commission of Georgia, Adviser at the National Audit Office of Georgia, and as Economist at the Ministry of Wholesale of Georgia.

Paata Sheshelidze is co-founder and president of the New Economic School - Georgia, a Tbilisi based free market think-tank and educational center. He is editor in chief of Library of Liberty publications and co-founder and director of the Institute of Economic Freedom and Library of Liberty. He teaches various economic disciplines at University of Georgia and Black Sea International University in Tbilisi.

Jean-Philippe Feldman is a former associate professor of law, lecturer at Sciences Po and lawyer at the Paris Court. His latest book is "Exception française. Histoire d'une société bloquée de l'Ancien Régime à Emmanuel Macron" (The French exception - The History of an Inflexible Society from Ancient Regime to Emmanuel Macron) published by Editions Odile Jacob.