Principles First, in partnership with Stand Up Republic, is excited to announce a one-day grassroots summit in Washington, DC on Saturday, February 29 focused on reviving principled conservatism in the United States. We look forward to bringing together conservative speakers, thought leaders, and grassroots activists for a day of panels, speeches, networking, and substantive discussion about what conservatism means today and where the conservative movement must go from here.

This promises to be an exciting first-of-its-kind event. The speakers lined up for this gathering will be some of the leading thinkers in the principled lane and many of our #PrinciplesFirst grassroots activists from around the country are planning to travel in for the day. It will be the first time in some time that much of the principled conservative movement has gathered in one place.

Other gatherings are hosted in fancy hotels and cost hundreds of dollars to attend. Ours will be different. We're charging each attendee a small nominal fee merely to ensure attendance and provide accurate headcount estimates. Principles First is a completely volunteer organization - no one makes a dollar off of our activism. This is about our ideas and we want everyone to attend who can.

UPDATE #1: Please note that due to capacity constraints we have MOVED the venue from 700 Penn to the NATIONAL PRESS CLUB on 14th Street near the White House. Detailed directions and additional information will be emailed to all registrants by Wednesday evening. We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

UPDATE # 2: We have now oversold capacity at even this larger venue and have SOLD OUT of tickets once again. For those who were waiting to purchase a ticket, we are truly sorry not to be able to accommodate you. Please add your name to the waitlist and we will release tickets over the coming days as registrants' plans change.

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Confirmed Speakers

Mona Charen

Bill Kristol

Peter Wehner

Rick Wilson

Ilya Somin

Shay Khatiri

Tom Nichols

Sarah Quinlan

Stuart Gerson

Tara Setmayer

David Frum

Carrie Cordero

Evan McMullin

Charlie Sykes

Ramesh Ponnuru

Sarah Longwell

Donald Ayer

Rina Shah

Tim Miller

Mindy Finn

Will Wilkinson

Amanda Carpenter

Heath Mayo

Patrick Chovanec

Shermichael Singleton

Benji Backer

Reed Howard

*Note: This list continues to grow daily. We will be announcing the names of additional speakers & guests as they are confirmed.

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Tentative Agenda

See full agenda here

9:00am Registration, networking breakfast, meet & greet

9:50am Welcome & opening remarks

10:00am What is principled conservatism? (panel)

11:00am Politics of conservatism: Should we stay or should we go? (panel)

Noon Lunch talk: How to Confront Nationalist Populism?

1:00pm Conservatism, the Constitution & the rule of law (panel)

2:00pm Conservatism & the world: Foreign policy & trade (panel)

3:00pm The future of conservatism: Looking ahead (panel)

4:00pm Closing remarks