Event
Skokloster Castle
DIRECTIONS BROCHUREThe New Direction – Young Leaders Academy brings together aspiring youth volunteers and activists from across the centre-right to better educate them about conservatism and European values. This year it will be held in Sweden with the support of think tank Oikos, and the conservative student organization Konservativa Förbundet, joined by young leaders from across Europe.
Over the course of the weekend, our young leaders will hear from politicians, journalists, and academics about the future of the conservative movement in Europe and Sweden, looking at important topics such as cancel culture, geopolitics, and the need for greater centre-right cooperation.
Agenda
16:00
Buses leave Stockholm City Centralstation
17:30
Buses arrive at the conference venue. Check-In at Skokloster Wärdshus.
18:00
Guided tour
Skokloster Castle
19:30
Opening Dinner with introductory remarks by Mattias Karlsson of Oikos and Witold de Chevilly of New Direction, followed by a speech by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, member of the Norwegian Storting and former President of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Musical entertainment by folk musician Göran Loo Kunstbergs.
10:00
Ivar Arpi, journalist, writer and public intellectual, on how Woke culture threatens academic freedom.
10:45
Panel discussion between Julian Kroon, chairman of Konservativa Förbundet (The Conservative Student Association), André Popovski, chairman of conservative student society Heimdal, and Chase Alexander Jordal of Norwegian conservative student association FAKS (Foreningen for alle konservative studenter), regarding conditions and opportunities to protect academic freedom and to create a conservative counterculture on campus.
11:30
Rebecca Weidmo Uvell, writer, columnist and candidate for the Riksdag for Moderaterna, lectures on Cancel Culture and the threat against freedom of speech.
12:15
Young Leaders Luncheon
13:15
Lars-Anders Johansson, writer, musician and journalist, talks about the aesthetics of leftism.
14:00
Presentation of Oikos opinion poll from Sifo regarding the public view on urban environment and architecture, followed by a discussion regarding the poll results and the future of architecture between Eric Norin from Arkitekturupproret (Architectural Uprising) and Jerker Söderlind, doctor of technology in regional planning. Moderator: Arvid Hallén, Oikos.
14:45
Thomas Gür, writer, journalist and businessman, reflects on civic duty and national identity, as seen from the perspective of the thoughts and poems of Verner von Heidenstam.
15:30
Swedish fika break (coffee break).
16:00
National Report Denmark: Mikkel Björn Sörensen, founder and former Chairman of the youth league of Nye Borgerlige, discusses conditions and opportunities for conservatism in Denmark.
16:30
Eva Vlaardingerbroek and Mattias Karlsson interview Douglas Murray regarding his book “The Madness of Crowds” and the state of Western culture (online).
17:15
Malcom Kyeyune interviews Gladden Pappin regarding “The Realignment” and the state of American conservatism.
19:00
Main Dinner
10:30
Are the Moderates, the Sweden Democrats, and the Christian Democrats ideologically similar enough to cooperate successfully? Lecture by Jakob Söderbaum, author of ”Modern konservatism” (2020).
11:00
Talk by Markus Uvell, author and former CEO of United Minds, Demoskop and Timbro, about his book “Radikalt etablissemang – konservativa väljare.” (“Radical Establishment – Conservative Voters.”).
11:30
Tony Gustafsson, PhD and lecturer at Uppsala University, presents his report “En konservativ kriminalpolitik?” (“A Conservative Criminal Justice Policy?”), which was published by Oikos earlier this year.
12:00
Lunch
The state of conservatism in Europe.
13:00
Germany: Norman Gutschow, former director of the Library of Conservatism in Berlin, political advisor for the CDU in the Bundestag.
13:30
United Kingdom: Robert Tyler, senior policy advisor at New Direction.
14:00
The Netherlands: Eva Vlaardingerbroek, journalist and former political advisor at the European Parliament.
14:30
Official book release: Dan Korn interviews Yoram Hazony about his book “The Virtue of Nationalism”, winner of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2019 Conservative Book of the Year Award, published for the first time in Swedish by Oikos as “Nationalismens dygd”.
15:15
Closing remarks by Radosław Fogiel, Executive Vice President of European Conservatives and Reformists Party on the importance of international conservative cooperation and dialogue.
15:30
End of conference.
16:30
Buses depart from Skokloster for Stockholm City Central station.
18:00
Buses arrive at Stockholm City Centralstation
