When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at XBIZ LA
Where: Beachwood Ballroom at the Kimpton Everly Hotel, Los Angeles
This Year’s Sessions
12pm – Supreme Court Case Update
FSC’s Executive Director and Director of Public Policy will join to provide analysis of the prior day’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Free Speech Coalition v Paxton, FSC’s legal challenge to the Texas age-verification law.
Featuring:
Mike Stabile
Director of Public Policy
Alison Boden
Executive Director
1pm – The Credit Union Project: One Year In
FSC’s new Deputy Executive Director will present an update on our progress toward opening a credit union for the adult industry and what you can do to help solve the banking crisis in our industry.
Featuring:
Valentine
FSC Deputy Executive Director
2pm – Sex Work in Industry and Academe: Challenging Project 2025
Join a panel of adult entertainment industry academic researchers as they bring a wide range of expertise to understanding Project 2025's social, legal, economic, and political challenges. How can university educators and adult entertainment producers jointly confront the dangers of a new McCarthyism and a revival of Comstockery?
Featuring:
Siouxsie Q
Moderator
Heather Berg
UCLA
Constance Penley
UC Santa Barbara
Peter Alilunas
U of Oregon
Yessica Garcia Hernandez
UCLA
Lynn Comella
UNLV
Mireille Miller-Young
UC Santa Barbara
3pm – Supporting the Industry: Understanding Adult’s Nonprofit Sector
Join a dynamic panel of experts from industry nonprofit organizations Woodhull Foundation, Pineapple Support, FSC, and PASS as they delve into the fundamentals of what they are doing to build our industry’s nonprofit sector. Gain insights into the different strategic frameworks, partnerships, resources, and programs that each organization is employing to support our industry.
Featuring:
Ricci Levy
Executive Director
Woodhull Foundation
Ian O’Brien
Executive Director
PASS
Leya Tanit
Executive Director
Pineapple Support
Valentine
Deputy Executive Director
Free Speech Coalition
