Sphere Summit II: July 23–27, 2023

1:00–3:00 PM: ALUMNI RECEPTION

4:00–5:30 PM: REGISTRATION

5:30–6:15 PM: WELCOME RECEPTION

6:15–7:00 PM: DINNER AND WELCOMING REMARKS: Allan Carey, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives

7:00–8:00 PM: Dinner Program: A Conversation with Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings Institution

8:00–9:00 AM: BREAKFAST

9:00–10:00 AM: CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATIONS: Is Free Speech Being Chilled in the Classroom—and Beyond?

• Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
• Nadine Strossen, Former President, American Civil Liberties Union; and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School

10:00–10:30 AM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Debate‐​Centered Instruction

• Robert Litan, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Cofounder,The American Lyceum (Virtual)
• Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
• Nadine Strossen, Former President, American Civil Liberties Union; and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School

10:30–11:00 AM: BREAK

11:00 AM–12:00 PM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Challenges to Free Speech and Civil Discourse in Your School

• Elyse Alter, Content Development Manager, Sphere Education Initiatives
• Allan Carey, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
• John Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist, Sphere Education Initiatives

12:00–12:55 PM LUNCH

1:00–2:10 PM POLICY DISCUSSIONS: Criminal Justice Reform

• Annelies Goger, Fellow, Brookings Metro, Brookings Institution
• John Malcolm, Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government, and Director, Meese Center, Heritage Foundation
• Clark Neily, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute

2:15–3:30 PM POLICY DISCUSSIONS: Supreme Court Review

• Thomas Berry, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
• David Rivkin, Partner, BakerHostetler

3:30–4:00 PM: BREAK

4:00–5:00 PM: CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATIONS: Human​Progress​.Org

• Chelsea Follett, Policy Analyst and Managing Editor of Human​Progress​.org, Cato Institute
• Sean Kinnard, AP World History Teacher, Yorktown High School

5:05–5:35 PM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Bringing Civil Discourse to Your Classroom

• Elyse Alter, Content Development Manager, Sphere Education Initiatives
• Allan Carey, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
• John Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist, Sphere Education Initiatives

5:35–6:15 PM: BREAK

6:15–6:45 PM: TRAVEL TO NATIONAL ARCHIVES

6:45–7:15 PM: RECEPTION

7:15–8:30 PM: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• Nico Perrino, Executive Vice President, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

7:30–9:00 AM: CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATIONS: Breakfast and “Teaching the Success of Innovism”

• Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato Institute

9:00 AM–1:00 PM: FREE MORNING IN DC

• Résumé Workshop (9:15–10:15 AM)

1:00–1:55 PM: POLICY WORKSHOP

SESSION A: Foreign Policy: The War in Ukraine

• Sahar Khan, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
• Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for the National Defense, Heritage Foundation

SESSION B: Poverty and Family Policy

• Vanessa Calder, Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies, Cato Institute
• Kevin Corinth, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, American Enterprise Institute
• Molly Weston Williamson, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

2:00–3:00 PM: POLICY WORKSHOP

SESSION A: Tech Policy: AI, Social Media, and Big Tech

• Jennifer Huddleston, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
• Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, and Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution
• Adam Thierer, Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, R Street

SESSION B: New American Worker

• Charity‐​Joy Acchiardo, Director, Financial Responsibility and Economic Education, Civitas Institute and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin
• Scott Lincicome, Vice President, General Economics and Stiefel Trade Policy Center, Cato Institute
• David Madland, Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser, American Worker Project, Center for American Progress

3:05–4:00 PM: UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER: Moral Courage and a New Approach to Diversity

• Irshad Manji, Founder, Moral Courage

4:00–4:30 PM BREAK

4:30–5:30 PM APPLICATION WORKSHOP

• Bill of Rights Institute
• Foundation for Economic Education
• Street Law

5:30–6:00 PM BREAK

6:00–6:30 PM RECEPTION

6:30–7:30 PM DINNER

7:30–8:30 PM DINNER PROGRAM

• George Will, author and Pulitzer Prize‐​winning columnist, Washington Post

7:00–8:00 AM: BREAKFAST

8:00–9:00 AM: UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER: Members of Congress

9:00–10:00 AM THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY

• Yascha Mounk, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
• John Samples, Vice President, Cato Institute

10:00–10:30 AM: BREAK

10:30–11:30 AM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Foundation for Teaching Economics

• iCivics
• National Constitution Center
• Retro Report

11:30 AM–12:00 PM: LESSON PLAN WORKSHOPS

• Elyse Alter, Content Development Manager, Sphere Education Initiatives
• Allan Carey, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives
• John Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist, Sphere Education Initiatives

12:00–1:15 PM: LUNCH

1:15–2:15 PM: POLICY DISCUSSIONS

SESSION A: Immigration Policy

• Alex Nowrasteh, Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies, Cato Institute
• Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies
• Stan Veuger, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

SESSION B: Antiracism in Education

• Erec Smith, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College

2:20–3:15 PM: POLICY DISCUSSIONS: Debt and Spending

• Romina Boccia, Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy, Cato Institute
• Molly Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
• Veronique de Rugy, George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy, and Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

3:15–3:45 PM: BREAK

3:45–4:45 PM: POLICY DISCUSSIONS: Women and the Law

• Anastasia Boden, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
• Vanessa Brown Calder, Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies, Cato Institute
• Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law and Joseph C. Carter, Jr. Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
• Moderated by Elizabeth Slattery, Senior Legal Fellow, Pacific Legal Foundation

4:45–10:00 PM: FREE EVENING IN DC

9:00–10:00 AM: BRUNCH

10:00–10:45 AM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Sphere in the Classroom

• Elyse Alter, Content Development Manager, Sphere Education Initiatives
• Staci Garber
• Stephanie Hasty
• James Redelsheimer

10:45–11:15 AM: APPLICATION WORKSHOP: Sphere on the Road

• John Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist, Sphere Education Initiatives

11:15–11:30 AM: CLOSING REMARKS

• Allan Carey, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives

11:30–11:45 AM: STIPEND AND CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION