Indeed, things may be looking pretty from that perspective, and you’ll need no hiking boots. Join fellow conservatives this March 16-17 at National Review Institute’s 2017 Ideas Summit, to be held in Washington, D.C., at the Mandarin Hotel. This biennial gathering builds upon NRI’s rich tradition of in-person intellectual engagement, bringing together today’s most influential thinkers and strengthening the conservative movement William F. Buckley Jr. played a central role in establishing. This will be a productive, uplifting, and forward-thinking gathering that will discuss and articulate the ways and means by which conservative beliefs — from foreign affairs to domestic policy to the culture and the academy — can prove more consequential, impactful, beneficial, and lasting.

Topics to be discussed will be Conservatism and the Class Divide, Hollywood and Popular Culture, Getting It Right on Immigration, Conservative Economics in the Age of Populism, What Is Conservative Foreign Policy, and The Way Ahead. There will be numerous one-on-one discussions with leading conservatives, and on Thursday night there will be a special event: the first Whittaker Chambers Award dinner.

The list keeps growing, but so far confirmed Summit participant-roster includes Ed Conard, Charles C.W. Cooke, Veronique de Rugy, Kristie de Peña, David French, Mollie Hemingway, Mark Krikorian, Andrew Klavan, Larry Kudlow, Charles Krauthammer, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Rich Lowry, Heather Mac Donald, Andrew C. McCarthy, Jay Nordlinger, John O’Sullivan, Ramesh Ponnuru, Reihan Salam, J.D. Vance, and Kevin D. Williamson. We’ll keep you updated as more speakers confirm.

Get complete information, here. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th.