When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at XBIZ LA
Where: Beachwood Ballroom at the Kimpton Everly Hotel, Los Angeles
This Year’s Sessions
11am – Live from Washington DC: Supreme Court Case Update
FSC’s Executive Director and Director of Public Policy will join remotely from the nation’s capital to share how the prior day’s Supreme Court arguments went and what’s coming up in the fight against unconstitutional age-verification policy.
Featuring:
Mike Stabile
Director of Public Policy
Alison Boden
Executive Director
Host: Valentine
FSC Deputy ED
12pm – 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
1pm – 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
2pm – Adult Industry Scholarship: A Conversation with Constance Penley
Join renowned scholar and FSC Board Member Constance Penley for an engaging discussion on the intersections of academia and the adult industry. As a pioneering feminist media studies professor and co-editor of Camera Obscura, Penley will explore how academic research has shaped cultural understanding of adult entertainment and why scholarship matters in defending free speech and sexual expression.
Featuring:
Constance Penley
Professor Emerita
University of California Santa Barbara
