A CONFERENCE IN LONDON, UK
MAY 15 - 17, 2023

Confirmed Speakers


Session Chairs

Benediction

Conference Schedule

15/5Monday
7:30 am REGISTRATION
9:00 am OPENING REMARKS
Christopher DeMuth
James Orr

PLENARY I
Miriam Cates MP, The Conditions of Growth
Yoram Hazony, British Restoration
10:00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS I
The Rt Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am PANEL I

BRITAIN AND THE WEST IN A BIOPOLITICAL AGE
Chair: Andrew Olivastro
Mary Harrington, Disunited Posthuman Kingdom
Alex Kaschuta, Accepting Difference
Ed West, Why We Can Have Nice Things
Louise Perry, The Case For Having Kids
12:30 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS II
The Rt Hon. Suella Braverman KC MP
2:30 pm PLENARY II
Danny Kruger MP
Theodore Dalrymple, Historiography and the State of the Western Mind
Katharine Birbalsingh, It’s Detention for You!
3:30pm Coffee Break
4:00pm

PANEL II

NATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Chair: Anna Wellisz
Nina Power, After the Individual
David Goodhart, Is a Post-Nationalist Nation-Statism Possible?
Frank Furedi, The War Against National Belonging
Imogen Sinclair, Conserving a National Covenant
5:30pm
SPECIAL SESSION with US Senator JD Vance
Live Feed Q&A with Christopher DeMuth
6:30pm Break
 

7:00pm

8:00pm

 OPENING DINNER, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Cocktail Reception

Dinner

Grace: Fr Marcus Walker

KEYNOTE ADDRESS III
Douglas Murray, Conservatism at the Crossroads
10:30pm End of Day
16/5Tuesday
9:00am PLENARY III
James Orr, Faith, Family, Flag, Freedom
Sir John Hayes MP, The Beauty of Boundaries
The Rt Hon. Lord Hannan of Kingsclere, What Would Edmund Do?
10:00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS IV
Kevin Roberts, The Sun Has Set On Global Europe
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am PANEL III

NATIONAL CONSERVATISM IN BRITAIN
Chair: Christopher Montgomery
Matthew Goodwin, The Failures of British Conservatism
Henry George, National Conservatism and Restoring our Common Life
Tim Stanley, What is British Conservatism Anyway?
Eric Kaufmann, In Defense of Particularistic Nationalism
12:30pm Lunch Break
2:00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS V
The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP
2:30 pm PANEL IV

NATIONAL REALISM AND FOREIGN POLICY
Chair: Sumantra Maitra
Michael Anton, Britain’s Grand Strategy for the 21st Century
Gwythian Prins, Cultural Disarmament and Foreign Policy
Sir Richard Dearlove, Active Measures: A Second Coming
4:00pm Coffee Break
4:30pm PANEL V

THE ECONOMICS OF NATIONAL BELONGING
Chair: John O’Sullivan
Philip Pilkington, The Cultural Impact of Liberal Capitalism
Sherelle Jacobs, Unleashing Mass Creativity to End Stagnation
Juliet Samuel, Three Times the State Made Growth Happen
Fred de Fossard, Why Free Markets and Nationhood Go Hand in Hand
6:00pm Break
6:30pm DRINKS PARTY (hosted by The Critic Magazine)
10:00pm End of Day
17/5Wednesday
9:00am PANEL VI

HISTORY AND HERITAGE
Chair: Zewditu Gebreyohanes
David Starkey, A Just Commonweal?
Nigel Biggar, Why History Matters
Ofir Haivry, Burkean Principles for Constitutional Reform
Emma Webb, Against Year Zero
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am PLENARY IV
The Rt Hon. Lord Frost of Allenton PC CMG, What Does Post-Brexit Conservatism Stand For?
Melanie Phillips, Reflections on the Revolution in the West
Christopher DeMuth, Representation and the Common Good
12:30pm Lunch Break
2:00pm PANEL VII

GOD AND COUNTRY
Chair: Peter Whittle
Rod Dreher, Build the UK Underground Church
Sebastian Milbank, The Matter of Britain
Fr Benedict Kiely, A House Built on Sand
Sebastian Morello, The Human Person is Endangered
3:30pm Coffee Break
4:00pm PANEL VIII

THE RESTLESS RIGHT
Chair: Laura Dodsworth
Radomir Tylecote, Light in Dark Places
Darren Grimes, From the Red Wall to Conservatism
Amandeep Bhogal, From Punjab to Kent: A Conservative Journey
Lois McLatchie, On Fighting Lost Causes
Toby Young, A Dispatch from the Woke Wars
5:45pm PLENARY V

Lee Anderson MP, Restoring the Realignment
6:05pm CLOSING REMARKS
6:30pm End of Conference

 

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