A CONFERENCE IN LONDON, UK

MAY 15 - 17, 2023

Schedule

15/5Monday

7:30 am	REGISTRATION
9:00 am	OPENING REMARKS Christopher DeMuth James Orr PLENARY I Chair: James Orr Miriam Cates MP, The Conditions of Growth Yoram Hazony, British Restoration
10:00 am	KEYNOTE ADDRESS I The Rt Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, National Versus International Governance
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, The Value of Conservatism
2:30 pm	PLENARY II Chair: Emma Webb Danny Kruger MP, Tories Must Trust the People 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, Love, Gratitude, and Aspiration
10:30pm	End of Day

16/5Tuesday

9:00am	PLENARY III Chair: Yoram Hazony James Orr, Faith, Family, Flag, Freedom Sir John Hayes MP, Reviving the Conservative Constitution 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 Defence of Particularistic Nationalism
12:30pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm	KEYNOTE ADDRESS V The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP, A Conservative Party for the Whole Nation Q&A with Madeline Grant
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 Chair: Rado Tylcote 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 Fr Daniel French 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 Chair: Imogen Sinclair Lee Anderson MP, Restoring the Realignment
6:05pm	CLOSING REMARKS
6:30pm	End of Conference