Campaign Manager School

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Host: Leadership Institute. The Campaign Manager School teaches you how to win campaigns. This premier campaign training school provides campaign managers and staffers with the tools and information necessary to organize a winning campaign with a strong grassroots organization and an effective media strategy.

Do Liberals Know Best? Intellectual Self-Confidence and the Claim to a Monopoly on Knowledge

Start Time 17:30:00

Host: American Enterprise Institute.

The Election That Transformed America: Teddy Roosevelt, the 1912 Election, and the Progressive Party

Start Time 12:00:00

Host: The Heritage Foundation, Joseph Postell

The Shaping of the American Mind

Start Time 10:30:00

Hosts:Intercollegiate Studies Institute and The Heritage Foundation

Greece on the Skids: Can the Eurozone Survive?

Start Time 14:00:00

Host: American Enterprise Institute.

Breakfast Forum featuring Nicole Gelinas

Start Time 08:00:00

Host:City Journal and National Affairs. There is no charge. Please RSVP.

Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack

Start Time 12:00:00

Host: The Heritage Foundation, John Edward Hilboldt

Reason's Self-Slaughter: The Modern Misunderstanding of Myth and Logic

Start Time 19:00:00

Host: Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Film Premiere: 10 Rules for Dealing with Police

Start Time 12:00:00

Host: CATO Institute.

Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics?

Start Time 12:00:00

Featuring Nick Herbert, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative Party, United Kingdom; Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish Blog, The Atlantic; and Maggie Gallagher, President, National Organization for Marriage.

CPAC 2010

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Host: The Conservative Political Action Conference. CPAC is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives. This years speakers include John Bolton, Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain, Ann Coulter, Mitch Daniels, Newt Gingrich, Doug Hoffman, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, David Keene, Wayne LaPierre, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Bob McDonnell, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, and many more!

Acton Lecture Series: Mr. Michael Miller

Start Time 12:00:00

Canadian versus U.S. Housing Finance: Comparison and Implications

Start Time 14:00:00

Host: American Enterprise Institute.

Lincoln: A Life

Start Time 15:00:00

Host: Ashbrook Center. Our speaker for this event will be Dr. Michael Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Dr. Burlingame currently lives in Springfield, where he is working on several Lincoln-related projects.

Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee

Start Time 12:00:00

Host: American Enterprise Institute.

Would the Senate Health Care Bill Keep the Poor Poor?

Start Time 12:00:00

Featuring Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and C. Eugene Steuerle, Institute Fellow and Richard B. Fisher Chair, Urban Institute.

Nuclear Weapons Spending and the Future of the Arsenal

Start Time 12:30:00

Host: CATO Institute. Lunch Included.

Journalism in the Age of the Internet

Start Time 18:00:00

Host: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. A symposium on How the Rise of On-Line Reporting and Commentary is Transforming the Business of Journalism. Please RSVP.

As Government Grows...Who’s Getting Rich?

Start Time 17:30:00

Host: Illinois Policy Institute. Every time the government gets bigger, someone’s getting rich...but it certainly isn’t taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and consumers. Goldman Sachs, GE, Pfizer, the United Auto Workers—the same “special interests” Barack Obama lambasted on the campaign trail—are profiting handsomely from the big government policies now dominating Washington. Join us on Wednesday, February 24 for an evening with Tim Carney, Washington Examiner columnist and author of Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses.

The Birth and Death of the Fed

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Organizer: Ludwig von Mises Institute. The Federal Reserve has had long enough to demonstrate its use to the American economy. The latest economic crisis alone is enough to discredit its claims as the great stabilizer. There is the long history of devastating inflation, the government spending it funds, the wars and welfare that are made possible by its printing presses, and also the conflicts of interest and corruptions it introduces into public life. We can do without the central bank. We don’t need the Fed. Our money and our future would be more assured without it. In this conference, the Mises Institute returns to the founding home of the Fed, cobbled together in secret at the Jekyll Island Resort in Georgia, under the guise of a “duck hunting expedition.” This conference will honor the publication of Ron Paul’s outstanding book, End the Fed, as well as his role in bringing attention to the issue of the Fed in public life. We’ll explore the history and examine options and alternatives for the future. We’ll even enjoy a fantastic oyster roast on the Georgia coast!

Students for Life of America Spring Banquet

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Host: Students for Life of America. Join Students for Life of America and select student leaders for an uplifting evening celebrating the successes of the student pro-life movement.

Liberty and Markets: Property Rights, Economic Growth, and the Environment

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Hosts: Acton Institute and Liberty Fund, Inc. The Liberty and Markets program offers a deeper look into the core issues at the intersection of truth, liberty, and economics for alumni of Acton’s Towards a Free and Virtuous Society and Acton University programs. Utilizing a format of three lectures and six Socratic discussion sessions, each conference provides an environment of intense dialogue and exploration. To insure active engagement with both the ideas and faculty, participation is capped at 18 attendees per event. The program is intellectually demanding; participants are required to do advanced reading (approximately 250 pages) and must be prepared to offer comments and defend their views throughout the weekend.

Acton Lecture Series: Mr. Rudy Carrasco

Start Time 12:00:00

Think Tank MBA

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Host: Atlas. The twelve-day program, held in Fairfax, Virginia, includes individual and group work, lectures and strategy sessions, think tank visits, and networking events to teach the essentials of business planning, marketing/communications, program planning and evaluation, fundraising, management and finance/accounting.

Acton Lecture Series: Rev. Robert A. Sirico

Start Time 12:00:00

2010 Resource Bank Meeting

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Host: The Heritage Foundation. Our annual Resource Bank Meeting gathers more than 600 think tank executives, public interest lawyers, policy experts, and elected officials from around the world to discuss issues, strategies, and methods for advancing free market, limited government public policies. Our partner organizations’ programs enhance the breadth of topics covered and expand networking opportunities! For more information, email resourcebank@heritage.org.

The Atlas Experience

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Spring Task Force Summit

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Host: American Legislative Exchange Council Registration is now open.

Freedom and Utopia

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. This conference will examine the constant tension between human freedom and the fallibility and limitations of human nature.

Live Free

Start Time 08:00:00

Host: Commonwealth Foundation. A celebration of the freedoms we enjoy but are under attack by Harrisburg and Washington.

The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

Start Time 19:00:00

Host: Cato Institute. The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. Previous winners of the prize are the late British economist Peter Bauer in 2002, the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto in 2004, the former prime minister of Estonia Mart Laar in 2006, and Yon Goicoechea, leader of the pro-democracy student movement in Venezuela, in 2008. The prize, a cash award of $500,000, will be presented to the winner on May 13, 2010, at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty’s Biennial Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. The prize will go to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advancing human freedom. Nominees may be from any and all walks of life. Scholars, activists, and political leaders have been among the hundreds of nominations submitted for the first three prizes. The International Selection Committee vote by ballot for the winner.

The Fourth International Conference on Climate Change

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Host: Heartland Institute. This conference calls attention to new scientific research on the causes and consequences of climate change and to economic analysis of the cost and effectiveness of proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New scientific discoveries are casting doubt on how much of the warming of the twentieth century was natural and how much was man-made, and governments around the world are beginning to confront the astronomical cost of reducing emissions. Economists, meanwhile, are calculating that the cost of slowing or stopping global warming exceeds the social benefits.

Liberty and Current Issues

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. Learn new approaches and alternative solutions to social and economic policy problems using classical liberal principles. For students and young professionals interested in policy and political science.

Liberty and Society

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies An intense, interdisciplinary exploration of classical liberal and libertarian thought for undergraduates, recent graduates, and early graduate students familiar with the libertarian perspective.

Journalism & the Free Society

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. Get career advice from experienced journalists, learn political and economic tools of analysis, and explore how libertarian principles apply to journalism. For students of any major interested in a journalism career.

Scholarship & a Free Society

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. Application Deadline: March 31. Apply by March 15 to receive a free book.

Exploring Liberty

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. A rich exploration of the historical, economic, and philosophical foundations of a free society and the application of those ideas to contemporary issues. Ideal for undergraduates interested in an introduction to politics and classical liberal ideas.

Morality, Capitalism, and Freedom

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. For students and recent graduates interested in exploring the past, present, and future of the free market system.

Liberty & Leviathan: Policy from the Libertarian Perspective

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies Learn how the libertarian tradition can be applied to particular policy issues and receive career advice from successful policy scholars and professionals. For undergraduates and recent graduates pursuing careers in public policy.

Acton Lecture Series: Dr. Stephen Grabill

Start Time 12:00:00

The Tradition of Liberty: Advanced Studies

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. Think critically and intensely about the challenges and tensions in the classical liberal perspective. For students and recent graduates with a deep understanding of classical liberal thought.

Liberty in Education

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. Learn how the ideas of liberty can influence K-12 education. A seminar for students and recent graduates of all majors interested in education.

Poverty and Prosperity

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Host: Institute for Humane Studies. For undergraduates interested in discussing globalization and the challenges of sustainable development from the libertarian perspective.

ALEC 37th Annual Meeting

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Host: American Legislative Exchange Council.

2010 SPN 18th Annual Meeting

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Host: State Policy Network. Join us for the 2010 State Policy Network’s 18th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. More details to come.

States & Nation Policy Summit

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Host: American Legislative Exchange Council