The Philadelphia Society’s 43rd National Meeting
April 27-29, 2007
Loews Hotel – Philadelphia

Challenges to Conservatism  

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Friday: 6:00-7:00 Reception
             7:00-9:00 Keynote Dinner
                            Chairman, George H. Nash, (5 minutes), President of The Philadelphia Society 
   
                         Invocation: Annette Y. Kirk, President, The Russell Kirk Center
                           
Adrian Wooldridge, (30 minutes), Author and Washington Bureau Chief of The Economist
   

10:00 - 11:30  Science and the Future of Conservatism
                            
Chairman, Robert Heineman,
(5 minutes), Alfred University
                            
Larry Arnhart,
(22 minutes), Northern Illinois University
, Presentation
                            
John G. West,
(19 minutes), Discovery Institute
                            
James Peterson,
(16 minutes), McMaster Divinity College,
Presentation   
                   
     Q&A  
(26 minutes)                     

Luncheon                                                                                                                               

12:00 - 1:30   The Role of Conservative Ideas in Practical Politics
                           
Chairman, Steve Hayward, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
   
                       Invocation: Gleaves Whitney, Director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies
                           
M. Stanton Evans, Education and Research Institute

   2:00 - 3:30  Religion and the Future of Conservatism
                          
Chairman
, William Murchison, (7 minutes), Baylor University 

                          
Darryl Hart, (22 minutes), ISI, author of A Secular Faith, Presentation
                          
Robert George,
(20 minutes), Princeton University
                          
Robert Royal,
(27 minutes), Faith and Reason Institute, Presentation
   
                        Q&A  (16 minutes) 
                 

   4:00 - 5:30      The Challenges of Globalisation
                           
Chairman, Nicholas Capaldi,
(2 minutes), Loyola University
                            
Roger Kimball,
(20 minutes), The New Criterion, Presentation

                            John Fonte, (21 minutes), The Hudson Institute, Presentation
                            Nicholas Capaldi, (10 minutes), Loyola University

                            Q&A (33 minutes)

Sunday Breakfast                                                                                                                   

8:30 - 11:00   Roundtable Discussion - The Challenges to the Younger Generation
                      
Chairman, Lee Edwards, Introduction of Panelists (2 minutes), The Heritage Foundation
                      
Lee Edwards on Fusionism, (15 minutes)
                       Christopher Coyne, (7 minutes), Hampden-Sydney College
                           Amanda Carpenter, (10 minutes) Human Events 
                           
Ryan Sager, (9 minutes), Author

                     
Gerald Russello, (11 minutes) The University Bookman
                           
Q&A
(38 minutes)