3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

REGISTRATION AND HOSPITALITY AREA OPEN                                                                                                                                  

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION: STARS, STRIPES, AND SIPS: A TOAST TO AMERICA AT 250                                                      

Evening at Leisure 

Guests are invited to enjoy dinner on their own at the resort or locally. Here is a list of suggested restaurants. 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

OPENING SESSION

• Genevieve Wood
  Vice President, Development, The Heritage Foundation

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

PRESIDENT'S WELCOME

• Kevin Roberts, PhD
  President, The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action

9:45 AM  - 10:45 AM

THE STATE OF PLAY: NATIONAL SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND AMERICA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE

• Victoria Coates, PhD
  Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security
  and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
   
• EJ Antoni, PhD
  Chief Economist, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Richard Aster Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Lora Ries
  Director, Border Security and Immigration Center, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Moderated by Genevieve Wood
  Vice President, Development, The Heritage Foundation

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

BREAK

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

FOUR CORNERSTONES FOR A NEW GOLDEN AGE

• National Security
  Victoria Coates, PhD
  Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security
  and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
   
• The Dignity of Work & Future of Free Enterprise
  Roger Severino
  Vice President, Economic and Domestic Policy, and Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
   
• The American Heritage & Citizenship
  Jay Richards, PhD
  Vice President, Social and Domestic Policy, and William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy, The Heritage Foundation
   
• The American Family
  Delano Squires
  Director, Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Moderated by Andy Olivastro
  Chief Advancement Officer, The Heritage Foundation

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

LUNCHEON AL FRESCO
Hosted by Heritage Legacy Society

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

THE GOLDEN AGE VS. THE GOLDEN STATE: TWO VISIONS FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE

• Opening Remarks: Rob Bluey
  President and Executive Editor, Daily Signal
   
• Drew Allen
  California Columnist, Daily Signal
   
• Angelina Delfin
  California Correspondent, Daily Signal
   
• Hailey Gomez
  California Investigative Reporter, Daily Signal
   
• Moderated by Bradley Devlin
  Politics Editor, Daily Signal

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

YOUR INVESTMENT AT WORK: THE NEXT WAVE OF HERITAGE VICTORIES

• Education
  Corey DeAngelis, PhD
  Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Free Enterprise Initiative
   Allen Mendenhall, PhD
  Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Senior Advisor, Free Enterprise Initiative, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Litigation Department
  Roger Severino
  Vice President, Economic and Domestic Policy, and the Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Moderated by Derrick Morgan
  Executive Vice President, The Heritage Foundation

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

BUILDING THE FUTURE: INNOVATION, RESPONSIBILTY, AND NATIONAL STRENGTH

• Palmer Lucky
  Founder, Anduril Industries
   
• Moderated by: Kevin Roberts, PhD
  President, The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action

4:15 PM - 6:00 PM

AFTERNOON BREAK

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

PRE-DINNER RECEPTION

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

DINNER AND PROGRAM: THE NEXT 250 YEARS: RENEWING THE AMERICAN PROMISE

• Student Programs Highlight 
  Chris Sullivan
  Senior Student Programs Manager, Phillip N. Truluck Center for Leadership Development, The Heritage Foundation
  
  Ty Keller
  Young Leaders Program Graduate
  
  Olivia Crane
  High School Fellowship Participant
   
• Heritage's 250 Highlights  
  Bridgett Wagner
  Executive Director, Edwin J. Feulner Institute, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Discussion
  Victor Davis Hanson
  Senior Contributor, The Daily Signal 
  
  Moderated by Rob Bluey
  President and Executive Editor, Daily Signal

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

NIGHT CAP WITH HERITAGE'S LEADERSHIP TEAM

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

 NETWORKING BREAKFAST                                                                                                                                                                                                           

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

FROM HERITAGE TO THE WEST WING:REFLECTIONS FROM THE FRONT LINES OF PUBLIC SERVICE

• Kara Frederick
  Senior Policy Advisor, National Security
  Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, The White House
   
• Moderated by Genevieve Wood
  Vice President, Development, The Heritage Foundation

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

RESTORING BALANCE: A DISCUSSION WITH STEVE HILTON
Hosted by Heritage Action

• Steve Hilton
  Fox News Contributor
   
• Moderated by: Kevin Roberts PhD
  President, Heritage Action

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

BREAK

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN: READINESS, LETHALITY, AND THE WARRIOR SPIRIT

• The Honorable Matthew Lohmeier
  Under Secretary of the Air Force
   
• Moderated by: Rob Greenway
  Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security
  The Heritage Foundation

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

FOCUS 2026: OUR PLAYBOOK

• Steve Chartan
  Executive Vice President, Heritage Action
   
• Andy Olivastro
  Chief Advancement Officer, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Bridget Weisenburger
  Vice President, Outreach, The Heritage Foundation
   
• Moderated by Genevieve Wood
  Vice President, Development, The Heritage Foundation

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

HERITAGE ACTION: MIDTERM OVERVIEW

• Steve Chartan
  Executive Vice President, Heritage Action
   
• Moderated by Andy Olivastro
  Chief Advancement Officer, The Heritage Foundation

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

LUNCHEON PROGRAM: THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AT AN INFLECTION POINT

• Mollie Hemingway 
  Editor-in-Chief, The Federalist 
   
• Yoram Hazony, PhD
  President of the Herzl Institute and Chairman, Edmund Burke Foundation
   
• Moderated by: Dan McCarthy
  Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, B. Kenneth Simon 
  Center for American Studies, The Heritage Foundation 

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Conversations with Heritage Experts

• The Daily Signal: Meet your California Reporters
• The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made  Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable | Meet the Author: Delano Squires
• Restoring American Wellness: Jay Richards
• Securing our Borders: Lora Ries
   

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Whale Watching*
 

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

PRE-DINNER RECEPTION

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

DINNER AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Keynote Address
The Honorable Mike Lee (R-UT)
The United States Senate

Discussion with Kevin Roberts, PhD
President, The Heritage Foundation and
Heritage Action

8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

CLOSING RECEPTION