Event

16th-19th September 2024

New Direction Academy

Dublin, Ireland

Dunboyne Castle Hotel
Castlefarm, Dunboyne
Co. Meath, A86 PW63
Ireland

New Direction is please to launch its latest New Direction Academy – introducing a new generation to fresh ways of thinking about culture, politics, economics, and fundamental rights.

Over the course of four days, students will have the chance to engage with high level speakers and experts, sharing their thoughts on the issues that they believe matter most. From the history of conservative thought in Europe, to the future of energy policy, to the fight for free speech, there are new topics for everyone to engage with.

Topics this year include:

Educational Freedom in Europe.
Europe’s Place in the World.
European Conservatism after the elections.
Conservatism and the countryside.

Join us in Dublin for this and much more.

Agenda

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12:00

Arrivals

13:30

Welcome and Introductions

Rob Roos, Vice President of New Direction

14:00

Fundamentals of European Conservatism

James Orr - Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge
Juan Angel Soto - Founder & CEO of Fortius
Ferenc Hörcher - Professor at the Ludovika University of Public Service
John O’Sullivan - President of the Danube Institute

15:30

Coffee

16:00

European Conservatism after the Elections

John O’Sullivan - President of the Danube Institute
Anne-Elisabeth Moutet - Colunist the Daily Telegraph
Ellen Fantini - Managing Editor the European Conservative
Robert Tyler - Senior Policy Advisor New Direction

Dinner

9:00

Burke, Ireland, Britain, and Conservatism

Michael Dwyer - Director Edmund Burke Institute
Hannes Gissurarson - Emeritus professor University of Iceland
Daniel Hannan - Conservative Member of the House of Lords

10:30

Coffee

11:00

Working Class Conservatism

Harrison Pitt - Senior Editor the European Conservative
Niamh Ui Bhriain - Campaigner
Dan Pitt, Research Follow at University of Buckingham

12:30

Lunch

14:00

The Free Speech Debate in Europe

Mario Fantini - Editor in Chief the European Conservative
Alastair Donald - Battle of Ideas
Rob Roos - Vice President of New Direction

15:30

Coffee

16:00

Visit

Visit of Maynooth Castle and its monastery

Gala Dinner

9:00

Educational Freedom in Europe

Ignasi Grau - Gen Sec of OIDEL
Patrick Coyne - YAF
Dan Pitt, Research Follow at University of Buckingham

10:30

Coffee

11:00

Demographic Change in Europe

Nicolas Monti - Co-Founder Observatoire de l’immigration et de la démographie
Omar Sayfo - Head of Research at the Migration Research Institute
Mario Fantini - Editor in Chief the European Conservative
Witold de Chevilly - Executive Director of New Direction

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Europes Place in the World - The Case for Stronger Defence

Adam Lovinger - Vice President for Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute
Declan Power - Ex Irish Army
Robert Tyler - Senior Policy Advisor New Direction

15:30

Coffee

16:00

Visit

Walking tour of Dublin

Dinner

9:00

Free Trade and Innovation

Maxwell Marlow - Director of Research Adam Smith Institute
Cormac Lucey - Economist
Alexander Hammond - Founder of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity - Free trade fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs
Lorenzo Montanari - VP of International Affairs at American for Tax Reform and Tholos Foundation

10:30

Coffee

11:00

The New Virtue Economics

Juan Angel Soto - Founder & CEO of Fortius
Maxwell Marlow - Director of Research Adam Smith Institute
Martin Gundinger - Hayek Institut/Austrian Economics Center

12:30

Lunch

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