R Street’s Real Solutions Summit

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Overview

This October, the R Street Institute will host The Real Solutions Summit in Washington, D.C. At a time when the nation is increasingly polarized, R Street is focused on fostering connections, hosting deep conversations and collaborating for policy impact.

The Real Solutions Summit will feature in-depth discussions, networking opportunities, keynotes and panels that address critical public policy challenges – from the future of U.S. democracy and elections, to prioritizing public safety while fostering law enforcement-community relationships, to adapting to the rapidly-evolving world of artificial intelligence.

Please see the agenda below for the most up to date list of speakers and speaking times as we continue to add more to the Summit. (Please note times may shift a few minutes in either direction.)

Agenda

12pm – Check-in and Boxed Lunch

12:30pm – Welcome Remarks, “3 Keys for Restoring Political Trust”

• Erica Schoder, Executive Director, R Street Institute (Bio.)

12:45pm – 2:30pm ET: Panel 1 – One Ring to Rule Them All: How centralized power is corrupting our institutions, increasing polarization, and undermining elections

• Part 1: 12:45pm – 1:30pm ET
  • [Moderator] Ramesh Ponnuru, Editor, National Review (Bio.)
  • James Wallner, Senior Fellow, Governance, R Street Institute (Bio.)
  • Veronique de Rugy, George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center (Bio.)
  • Casey Mattox, Vice President for Legal and Judicial Strategy, Americans for Prosperity (Bio.)

• Keynote Remarks: 1:30pm – 1:45pm
  • Governor Doug Ducey (R-AZ)

• Part 2: 1:45pm – 2:30pm
  • [Moderator] Jeff Vanderslice, Director, Federal Government Affairs, R Street Institute (Bio.)
  • Matt Germer, Associate Director and Resident Elections Fellow, Governance Program, R Street Institute (Bio.)
  • Trey Grayson, Partner, Frost Brown Todd Attorneys and former Kentucky Secretary of State (R) and former Chair of the Republican Association of Secretaries of State (Bio.)
  • Scott Warren, Fellow, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University (Bio.)

2:30pm – 3:30pm: Panel 2 – Taking Reform Seriously: Policing, policy and preventing violent crime

• [Moderator] Diane Goldstein, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) (Bio.)
• Jillian Snider, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties Policy Director, R Street Institute (Bio.)
• Tracie Keesee, President and Chief Operating Officer, Center for Policing Equity (Bio.)
• Ja’Ron K. Smith, Former Deputy Assistant to the President for the White House Domestic Policy Council and the Office of American Innovation (2019-2020) (Bio.)

3:30pm: Break

3:40pm – 4:15pm – Fireside Chat – Future of Philanthropy

• Introduction:
  • Susanna Dokupil, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, R Street Institute (Bio.)
• Panel:
  • Eli Lehrer, President, R Street Institute (Bio.)
  • Brian Hooks, Chairman and CEO, Stand Together, Co-author, Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World (Bio.)

4:15pm – 5:15pm ET: Panel 3 – The Case for Optimism in the Age of AI

• [Moderator] Adam Thierer, Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, R Street Institute (Bio.)
• James Pethokoukis, Senior Fellow and DeWitt Wallace Chair, American Enterprise Institute, Author, The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised (Bio.)
• Virginia Postrel, Columnist and Author, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Bio.)
• Halie Craig, Policy Director, Tech, Senate Commerce Committee, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-TX)

5:15pm – 5:30pm ET – Closing Remarks

• Sabrina Schaeffer, Vice President of Public Affairs, R Street Institute (Bio.)

5:30pm – 7pm ET – Rooftop reception: Planet Word Museum