McCain Conference Information
23nd Annual McCain Conference
18-19 April 2024
"Liberal Democracy – Challenges, Critics, Solutions"
Jack C. Taylor Conference Center (JCTCC), United States Naval Institute
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
Thursday, 18 April
0730-0830 Breakfast – Grand Atrium, JCTCC (Registrants only)
The Lockheed Martin Auditorium (Note: no food drink in auditorium)
0830-0835 Introduction of US Naval Academy Commandant
Dr. Joseph Thomas – Director, Stockdale Center, US Naval Academy
0835-0840 Welcoming remarks
VADM Yvette M. Davids – 64th Superintendent, US Naval Academy
0840-0845 Introduction of keynote speaker
LtGen John Wissler, USMC (Ret.) – Distinguished Chair of Leadership, Stockdale Center, US Naval Academy
0845-0945 Keynote
John Allen - Strategic Advisor, Microsoft; Four-Star General (Ret.), United States Marine Corps; Former Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US Forces in Afghanistan; Former Special Presidential Envoy, Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State
0945-1010 Break
1101-1100 Panel – Economics
- Maya MacGuineas – President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- Anne Case – Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University; author of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
1100-1120 Break
1120-1220 Panel – Populism
- Bill Galston – Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institute; author of Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
- Sheri Berman – Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University; author of Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
1220-1320 Lunch – Rooftop Terrace, JCTCC, 2nd floor (Registrants only)
The Lockheed Martin Auditorium (Note: no food drink in auditorium)
1320-1420 Panel – Identity
- Kimberlé Crenshaw – Professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School; author of On Intersectionality: Essential Writings [INVITED]
- Yascha Mounk – Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University; author of The Identity Trap
1420-1445 Break
1445-1545 Panel – Technology
- Cass Sunstein – Professor at Harvard Law; author of #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
- Jovana Davidovic – Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
1545-1600 Group photo – Outside, in front of the JCTCC
1600-1800 Reception – Beach Hall Terrace, JCTCC, 2nd floor (Registrants only)
Friday, 31 March
0800-0855 Breakfast – Grand Atrium, JCTCC (Registrants only)
The Lockheed Martin Auditorium (Note: no food drink in auditorium)
0855-0900 Welcoming remarks
Dr. Joseph Thomas – Director, Stockdale Center, US Naval Academy
0900-1000 Panel – Religion
- Chris Eberle, Professor of Philosophy, U.S. Naval Academy; author of Religious Conviction in Liberal Politics
- Kevin Vallier, Director of the Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, Bowling Green University; author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation
1000-1020 Break
1020-1110 Panel – virtue
- Peter Berkowitz, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; author of Virtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism
- Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; author of A Time to Build: How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
1110 - 1130 Break
1130-1230 Keynote – Post-Liberalism
Patrick Deneen – Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame; author of Why Liberalism Failed
1230-1330 Lunch – Rooftop Terrace, 2nd floor, JCTCC (Registrants only)
The Lockheed Martin Auditorium (Note: no food drink in auditorium)
1330-1420 Keynote – Liberalism’s Future
Francis Fukuyama – Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; author of
Liberalism and Its Discontents
1420-1440 Break
1440-1540 Panel – Ramifications for the Military
- LtCol Eric Scherrer, USMC, Stockdale Center Fellow, US Naval Academy
- CDR (Chaplain) Loren Crone, USN, Associate Director, Stockdale Center, US Naval Academy
Confirmed Speakers for 2023 (Full Biographical Information coming soon, click HERE)
Logistics
Registration is complimentary. You will be our guest for breakfast and lunch Thursday and Friday (You can dine on your own in town on Thursday and Friday evenings. Thursday afternoon, there will be a reception with hors d'oeuvre). Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations. Some options are linked directly below (blue text):
Lodging on Academy grounds
Call: 410-293-3906 or 410-293-4655.
Adjacent to the Annapolis Naval Station, a short drive from the Academy
30 rooms available.
Call: 410-757-7900.
126 West Street
Call: 410-263-7777
174 West Street, Annapolis
Call: 410-263-7700
Fax: 410-990-9529
info@ocallaghanhotels-us.com
2600 Housely, Annapolis, a short drive from the Academy
Call: 888-201-1746, 410-571-6700
Fax: 410-571-6777
58 State Circle
Call: 410-263-2641