2017


National Review Institute’s 2017 Ideas Summit

March 16 and 17 | Mandarin Oriental | Washington, D.C.

2017 Ideas Summit C-Span Coverage: March 17, 2017

Jim Geraghty interviews Kellyanne Conway on all things political.
Reihan Salam moderates a panel on immigration reform featuring Mark Krikorian, Heather MacDonald, and Kristie De Pena.
Kevin Williamson interviews EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on regulatory reform.
Kathryn Lopez engages Mollie Hemingway and Andrew Klavan in a terrific discussion of Hollywood and Popular Culture.
Rich Lowry and Speaker Paul Ryan discuss health-care reform and more.
Yuval Levin discussing health-care reform with HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price.
Kevin Williamson, J.D. Vance, and David French discuss conservatism and the class divide.
Rich Lowry has a conversation with Charles Krauthammer.

2017 Ideas Summit Agenda

THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH
12:30 pm Registration Opens
1:30 pm Rich LowryNational Review Welcome/Opening Address
The Way Ahead
Heather Higgins, Independent Women’s Voice
Ramesh PonnuruNational Review/National Review Institute
Henry Olsen, Ethics & Public Policy Center
Peter Wehner,  Ethics & Public Policy Center
Conversation with Gov. Doug Ducey and Jay NordlingerNational Review/National Review Institute
The Role of the U.S. in the World
Michael Auslin, AEI
Sebastian Gorka, The White House
Andrew C. McCarthyNational Review/National Review Institute
John O’SullivanNational Review/National Review Institute
Conversation with Sen. Tom Cotton
and Mona Charen, Ethics and Public Policy Center/National Review
Economics in an Age of Populism
Ed Conard, American Enterprise Institute
Larry Kudlow, CNBC
Michael Lind, New America
Veronique de Rugy, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Stephen Miller, The White House
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm The Inaugural Whittaker Chambers Award Dinner, honoring Daniel Hannan for his role in Brexit
Monsignor Charles Pope
Lindsay Young Craig
, National Review Institute
John O’SullivanNational Review/National Review Institute
9:00 pm Night Owl: Uncommon Knowledge taping
Carly Fiorina, Former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Michael Franc, Hoover Institution
FRIDAY, MARCH 17TH
6:30 am Sunrise Yoga
Jog to the Jefferson Memorial
7:30 am Breakfast/Registration
8:15 am Morning Welcome
8:20 am Conversation with Kellyanne Conway and Jim GeraghtyNational Review
Getting Right on Immigration
Kristie De Peña, Niskanen Center
Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies
Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute
Reihan SalamNational Review/National Review Institute
Conversation with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Kevin D. WilliamsonNational Review/National Review Institute
Hollywood and Popular Culture
Mollie HemingwayThe Federalist
Andrew Klavan
Kathryn Jean LopezNational Review/National Review Institute
11:10am Conversation with Speaker Paul Ryan and Rich LowryNational Review
12:15pm Luncheon Feature: Conversation with HHS Secretary Tom Price and Yuval LevinNational Affairs
Conservatism and the Class Divide
David FrenchNational Review/National Review Institute
J.D. Vance, Author, Hillbilly Elegy
Kevin D. WilliamsonNational Review/National Review Institute
Conversation with Dr. Charles Krauthammer and Rich LowryNational Review
Concludes at 3:00pm

Peter J. Travers
Special Gift


Karen Wright
Digital Infrastructure


John Catsimatidis
Whittaker Chambers Award Dinner


Friday Lunch


Robert F. Agostinelli Foundation
1955 Society Mt. Vernon Dinner


Wine and Bar


Cocktail Reception


Dale and Wendy Brott
1955 Society Breakfast


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Randy Kendrick


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