July 12-14, 2019

Arturo de Hoyos is Grand Archivist and Grand Historian of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J., and an executive officer at the Scottish Rite's headquarters, the "House of the Temple," in Washington, D.C. The author, editor, and translator of more than 25 books and many articles, he's considered America's foremost scholar on the history, rituals, and symbolism of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, and most other Masonic orders, rites, and systems.

A Los Angeles native, Charles James Fisher, 32ᵒ KCCH, was raised in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of that city. His Masonic career began in 1970, when he joined Highland Park Chapter, Order of DeMolay, becoming Master Councilor of that Chapter in 1974. He has received the honors of Representative DeMolay, Chevalier and the Cross of Honor. He and his father joined Highland Park Lodge No. 382, where he was raised in 1976. In 1983, he served in the East at Fellowship Lodge No. 290, after Highland Park Lodge consolidated with Eastgate Lodge No. 290 in 1982. Fellowship consolidated with South Pasadena Lodge No 367 in 1992, and he went on again to be Worshipful Master there in 2003. He is presently serving as Chaplain at South Pasadena, were he has also served as Officers Coach. He also currently the Chaplain in the Southern California Research Lodge No. 1005 and the Junior Deacon in Archimedes Lodge UD. He is currently serving as the 2019 Venerable Master of the Pasadena Lodge of Perfection.

Raised in Connecticut, R.W. Michael Jarzabek is a member of several Massachusetts lodges. He is a Past Master of Brigham Lodge in Ludlow. He is also a member of Ezekiel Bates Lodge in Attleboro, The Meadows Lodge in East Longmeadow, and The Massachusetts Lodge of Research. He is a Past Junior Grand Warden of The Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Lodges of Instruction for the same Grand Lodge. He is a Past Thrice Potent Master of Evening Star Lodge of Perfection in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

He has been published by several Masonic publications including; Living Stones Magazine, The Midnight Freemasons and the Trowel Magazine.

Philosophy is at the core of what Robert is after. Having grown up in Italy and being exposed to the culture and much of the renaissance art and literature, Freemasonry became a natural place for him to gravitate toward. He is an avid musician and writer. He’s written for several print magazines and blogs on subjects ranging from Firearms and Medical Ethics to Theology and Comparative Religions. Robert majored in philosophy and minored in mathematics. He also holds an honorary Doctorate Degree in Philosophy in Religion. Currently Robert works as an executive in the medical industry. He received his degrees from Waukegan Lodge No. 78, becoming Worshipful Master in 2014. He’s since served as both a District Education Officer and a District Deputy Grand Master. He is currently serves on the Grand Lodge of Illinois Education Committee.

Adam Kendall is the editor of The Plumbline, the quarterly bulletin of the Scottish Rite Research Society, a team editor for their annual transactions, Heredom, and a member of their board of directors. A past master of San Francisco’s Phoenix Lodge No. 144 and the Northern California Research Lodge, Adam is also a full member of the premier lodge of research, Quatuor Coronati, in London, England, serving on the lodge’s editorial committee for their annual journal, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, and also as the Regional Secretary for the Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle of North America. He is a past president of the Masonic Library & Museum Association; and the former collections manager and curator of exhibits for the Henry W. Coil Library and Museum at the Grand Lodge of F. & A.M. of California. Brother Kendall is a master’s degree candidate in history at Cal State Los Angeles, where he also works as a graduate writing consultant.

Angel Millar is an author of several books on Freemasonry, as well as the forthcoming Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality: Craftsman, Warrior, Magician (Inner Traditions, February 2020). His previous book, The Crescent and the Compass: Islam, Freemasonry, Esotericism and Revolution in the Modern Age, broke new ground, and was recommend by Freemason and author Jay Kinney, “as an example of scholarship and research in the interest of making clearer Freemasonry’s tangled relationship with little-understood trends and figures in the modern world.” Millar is also the New York Ambassador for the Association of Masonic Arts. And, as an artist, several of his Masonic paintings are in the permanent collection of the Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library, NYC, and were exhibited at the Henry W. Coil Library and Museum of Freemasonry, San Francisco, CA, in 2014.‍

Bryan Simmons, a U.S. Army Veteran and native of Massachusetts, is a Past Master of Ezekiel Bates Lodge in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Brother Simmons is the charter Chief Justice of Nava Grotto and has held many pillar offices in several appendant bodies and serves on the several committees for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts as well as several standing and Ad-Hoc committees for the city of Attleboro. Brother Simmons most notable accomplishment is the founding of Masonic Con in 2016 at Ezekiel Bates Lodge, which has provided fraternalism and education to countless Brothers across the country. Brother Simmons currently co-hosts two podcasts Worthy and Well Qualified and Arts, Parts, and Points, An Exchange of Masonic Education and Ideas.

Josef Wäges 32°, is a member of the Blue Friars, member of Plano Lodge #768, Fate Lodge #802, the Dallas Valley of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Fellow of the Grand College of Rites, Fellow of the Philalethés, full member of the Texas Lodge of Research, Michigan Lodge of Research and life member of the Missouri Lodge of Research. Editor of The Secret School of Wisdom, the Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati, L'École secrète de sagesse, Rituels et doctrines authentiques des Illuminati: Une école secrète de Sagesse, and On Materialism and Idealism.

Adrian Fulle is the executive producer of the Variety Content Studio the brand marketing unit of Variety magazine. The studio creates, produces and amplifies brand partners' stories to Variety's audience of 30 million+ entertainment industry professionals and enthusiasts online and in print.

A Chicago native, Adrian has a background as an independent filmmaker and producer. He mentored under the late Executive Producer / Writer / Director, John Hughes. Adrian was President and Executive Producer at Poya Pictures where, for 10 years he produced movies, TV shows, commercials, and music videos. He holds a B.A. in Film & TV from Columbia College, Chicago and is currently pursuing a Masters at Harvard.

Adrian is a Past Master of Santa Monica-Palisades Lodge #307 and currently serves on two Grand Lodge boards.

Philosophy is at the core of what Robert is after. Having grown up in Italy and being exposed to the culture and much of the renaissance art and literature, Freemasonry became a natural place for him to gravitate toward. He is an avid musician and writer. He’s written for several print magazines and blogs on subjects ranging from Firearms and Medical Ethics to Theology and Comparative Religions. Robert majored in philosophy and minored in mathematics. He also holds an honorary Doctorate Degree in Philosophy in Religion. Currently Robert works as an executive in the medical industry. He received his degrees from Waukegan Lodge No. 78, becoming Worshipful Master in 2014. He’s since served as both a District Education Officer and a District Deputy Grand Master. He is currently serves on the Grand Lodge of Illinois Education Committee.