Survival & Adventure: Brian will be speaking on a broad variety of topics including: Disaster Preparedness, Off the Grid Living, Political Survival, Military Weapons, the Survival Mindset, Self-Reliance and much more. Brian Brawdy: Survival expert; Brian Brawdy is a former New York police investigator and Military Weapons Specialist who spent the last 25 years studying [...]

Nuclear & Radiological Survival: Dr. Clayton; one of the founders of modern survivalism, has no patience for dabblers and pretenders. When the hard time comes, it won’t be the terrorists or the marauders who will kill you; it will be your own bad decisions about equipment and strategies. Drawing on forty years of experience in [...]

In this session, Chance will be teaching personal security and home defense strategies, including considerations of civil unrest. Topics will include: “The Arsenal,” “Skill Sets and Weapons that may save your Life,” “Threat Assessment,” “Becoming the Grey Man,” “Creating a Hard Target,” “Rapid Exfiltration,” and “Route Planning and Tactical Movement.” Chance Sanders: After eight years [...]

Survival Communications – An Overview: A synoptic overview of practical survival communications skills and equipment that emphasizes the three spheres of communications in both the geographic and social domains. The focus in this presentation is to present options and affordable solutions for information exchange as mandated by existing and future possible survival scenarios, particularly when [...]

Escape and Evasion: Learn tactics for escaping unlawful custody and evading pursuers in urban and rural environments. Topics presented will include, escaping from unlawful custody, basic disguise techniques, evading surveillance and foot pursuit in urban environments, erasing sign of your passage through a wild landscape, evading tracking dogs, camouflage, concealment, preparedness, go-bags (urban and rural [...]

Illegitimate Mortgages: Secrets of the Mortgage Industry: As the mortgage mess continues to unfold, the legitimacy of hundreds of thousand of mortgages is coming into serious question. Just in the past year, the issue has hit the major media news more than once. In this must-see session, Dave will delve into the mechanics of mortgages, [...]

Collapse Medicine: Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy will gear their lecture to those who expect to be their survival community’s medical officer. The seminar will discuss the ins and outs of “Collapse Medicine”, and the difference between “Collapse Medicine” and “Survival Medicine”. They will discuss the most common medical conditions that will exist in a [...]

Wilderness Survival Tracking & Trapping: How to use knowledge of wildlife track and sign to achieve success in survival trapping. Co-presented with Dave Scott, fellow Alderleaf Instructor. In this session, you will learn: How to properly identify the track & sign of wildlife for trapping and survival food, How to choose the appropriate primitive traps [...]

Pre/Post Collapse Business Survival: Freedom and Security comes from being prepared to continue on even if things fall apart around you. In a pre/post collapse society, what will you use to barter with after your gold/silver reserves run out? Will the tax preparer, stock broker or retail clerk go hungry if they are no longer [...]

Survival on a Budget: During this breakout session, we’ll be discussing a myriad of ways to stockpile food and supplies at little or no cost. Topics will include: How to recognize and take advantage of deals when you see them, Using the Internet to save money, Stuff that is (often) free for the asking, The [...]