The Philadelphia Society’s 45^th National Meeting 
March 27-29, 2009, The Westin New Orleans Canal Place, New Orleans, LA

Back to Basics: Conservative Principles in the 21^st Century   

Friday

7:00 - 9:00    Dinner 
                         Steven F. Hayward, American Enterprise Institute, Chairman          
                        Keynote Speaker: George H. Nash, Historian and Author, PDF File of Text 
Saturday                                        

10:00 - 11:30   Where Now for Markets and Individualism?
                        Richard Rahn, Institute for Global Economic Growth, Chairman
                        Andrew Yuengert, Pepperdine University, PDF File of Text
                        Richard Stroup, North Carolina State University
                        John Blundell, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK                                   

Luncheon                                 

12:00 - 1:30    Is the Age of Heroic Conservatism Over?  
                       Steven F. Hayward, American Enterprise Institute, Chairman          
                       Charles R. Kesler, Claremont McKenna College, Streaming Audio 

2:00 - 3:30      The Literary and Religious Imagination
                       Annette Y. Kirk, Russell Kirk Center, Chairman, PDF File of Text
                       Timothy Fuller, Colorado College, PDF File of Text
                       Benjamin B. Alexander, Franciscan University of Steubenville
                               Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga                                                    

4:00 - 5:30      Conservative Principles in the 21^st Century
                       Distinguished Members of The Philadelphia Society
                       Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University, Chairman, PDF File of Text
                       Forrest McDonald, University of Alabama
                       John A. Howard, The Howard Center, PDF File of Text
                       Edwin Meese III, Former Attorney General of the United States
                       M. Stanton Evans, Author 

Sunday Breakfast

8:45 - 11:00    Roundtable Discussion – The Future of the Conservative Movement
                       Former Presidents of The Philadelphia Society
                       Lee Edwards, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Chairman, PDF File of Text, Streaming Audio
                       Daniel Oliver, White House Writers Group, Streaming Audio
                       Midge Decter, Author, Streaming Audio
                       William C. Dennis, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, PDF File of Text,  Streaming Audio
                       Claes Ryn, Catholic University of America. PDF File of Text, Streaming Audio
                       John Willson, Hillsdale College, PDF File of Text. Streaming Audio
                       T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., President, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, PDF File of Text, Streaming Audio
                       Leonard P. Liggio, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Streaming Audio