| Monday | Pre-Summit events | |||
| Monday 9:00am | Kick-Off Breakfast by Belmont-Abbey College (201 AB Capitol Hill Visitor Center) | |||
| Monday 10:00am-4:00pm | Day of Advocacy (individually-schedule meetings on the Hill) | |||
| Monday 10:00am-11:30am | IRF Roundtable (RSVP required – Room 216 Hart Senate Office Building) | |||
| Monday 11:30am-3:00pm | Expected panel events on Nigeria and Armenia to track legislative agenda (201 AB Capitol Hill Visitor Center) | |||
| Monday 4:00pm-5:15pm | “In Solidarity with the Persecuted” Event (Rayburn Gold Room) | |||
| Monday 5:00pm | Early registration opens | |||
| Monday 6:00pm | Opening Reception (invite-only) | |||
| Tuesday | Summit Begins | |||
| Tuesday 8:00am | Registration open (all day) | |||
| Lounge and art galleries open (all day) | ||||
| Meta Activation (all day) | ||||
| Tuesday 8:30am | Workshop: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Enforcement and Corporate Responsibility | |||
| Tuesday 9:00am | Exhibit area opens | |||
| Tuesday 9:45am | Plenary Session 1:
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| Tuesday 10:30am | Networking / Refreshments | |||
| Tuesday 11:00am | Breakout Session 1
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| Tuesday 12:00pm | Transition | |||
| Bookstore open (12-4pm) | ||||
| Tuesday 12:15pm | Tuesday Sponsored Lunch (International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU) | |||
| Tuesday 1:15pm | Transition | |||
| Tuesday 1:30pm | Plenary Session 2:
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| Tuesday 3:15pm | Networking | |||
| Bookstore signing event with artist Hannah Rose Thomas | ||||
| Tuesday 3:30pm | Breakout Session 2
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| Tuesday 5:00pm | VIP Reception (invitation only – IRF Secretariat) | |||
| Networking / Refreshments | ||||
| Tuesday 5:30pm | Private Screening of October 7 Footage (RSVP Required – Philos Project) | |||
| Tuesday 6:00pm | Tuesday Sponsored Dinner (Alliance of Virtue) | |||
| Tuesday 7:00pm | After-hours reception (Meta) (space limited – register here) | |||
| Special film showing of The Hong Konger with moderated discussion | ||||
| Wednesday 8:00am | Wednesday Sponsored Breakfast (Radiant Foundation) | |||
| Exhibit area opens (8am-2pm) | ||||
| Lounge and art galleries open | ||||
| Wednesday 9:00am | Networking / Refreshments | |||
| Bookstore opens (9am-1pm) | ||||
| Wednesday 9:30am | Plenary Session 3:
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| Wednesday 11:00am | Networking / Refreshments | |||
| Bookstore signing event | ||||
| Wednesday 11:45am | Wednesday Sponsored Lunch (Universal Peace Federation/Washington Times Foundation) | |||
| Wednesday 11:45am | Grab-and-go networking lunch | |||
| Wednesday 12:45pm | Transition | |||
| Wednesday 1:00pm | Breakout Session 3
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| Wednesday 2:00pm | What You Do Matters training session (space limited – register here) | |||
| Wednesday 2:00pm | Engaging International Bodies with Evidence of Human Rights Violations training (space limited – register here) | |||
| Wednesday 5:00pm | Closing reception hosted at USIP (What You Do Matters) | |||
| *Participants may not bring signs or banners to any event. All bags, packages, etc. subject to search at all events. | ||||
Breakout Track Themes
In addition to the plenary stage program, attendees of IRF Summit 2024 also get to take part in a number of exciting breakout sessions, each with their own theme. The four breakout tracks–Vulnerable, Violations, Voices, and Victories–will run concurrently and are interspersed between other Summit functions, allowing participants to dive deep on their chosen area of interest.
Vulnerable
The Vulnerable track seeks to highlight the stories and perspectives of survivors of religious persecution. We are providing a forum to learn more about how IRF violations have personally impacted these individuals and communities and how their resilience has inspired others to hope, endure, and advocate for greater freedom of religion and belief everywhere.
Violations
The Violations track will offer a geography-based exploration of global areas of concern for religious freedom restrictions and abuses. We will platform all regions of the world, provide unique perspectives on regional challenges, and seek to highlight both well-documented and underreported violations in order to provide a comprehensive perspective of IRF challenges
Voices
The Voices track will serve as a practical track, providing a venue for those who work on the ground and report on religious freedom issues to share their best practices with the larger IRF community. Through sharing stories, experiences, successes, challenges, and lessons learned, the featured “Voices” will aim to teach and inspire action across the globe.
Victories
Victories will celebrate the successes that the IRF movement has had to date and will examine opportunities for forward momentum. Though the fight to protect and expand religious freedom continues, this track provides an opportunity to celebrate and learn from the victories that we have had in public awareness, legislative action, and on-the-ground progress.
