REDSTATE GATHERING

AUGUST 12-14, 2016   |  DENVER, COLORADO

RSG16

Where grassroots activism comes together

2016 SPONSORS

SPEAKERS

Each year, we're honored to have some of the brightest minds and strongest leaders on the Right join us for an informative and energizing weekend. Additional announcements on our speaker lineup will come soon.

AGENDA

ABOUT THE EVENT

We're excited to bring the 2016 RedState Gathering to Denver, Colorado! Join us, along with hundreds of other grassroots activists, as we rally 90 days before the most important election of our lifetime. History is ours for the making.

Join the conversation with #RSG16.

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LOCATION

All 2016 RedState Gathering events will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel - 1750 Welton Street in downtown Denver. 

8th Annual 

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MEDIA

For information on the RSG press credential application process, please email Amanda.Munoz@townhallmedia.com. Please note, that application does not guarantee approval. All approved members of the press will receive an email confirmation with further details. 

2016 SPONSORS

• Glenn Beck, Radio Show Host, KEYNOTE
• Greg Abbott, Governor, Texas, CONFIRMED
• Guy Benson, Political Editor, Townhall.com, CONFIRMED
• Peter Boyles, Radio Host, The Peter Boyles Show, CONFIRMED
• John Bolton, Ambassador, CONFIRMED
• George Brauchler, DA, Colorado, CONFIRMED
• Ken Buck, Congressman, Colorado, CONFIRMED
• Kimberly Corban, CONFIRMED
• Ken Cuccinelli, Former Attorney General, Virginia, CONFIRMED
• Steve Deace, Radio Show Host, CONFIRMED
• Erick Erickson, Founder, RedState Gathering, CONFIRMED
• Carly Fiorina, Businesswoman, CONFIRMED
• Cory Gardner, Senate, Colorado, CONFIRMED
• ​Darryl Glenn, CO Senate Candidate
• Nikki Haley*, Governor, South Carolina
• Hugh Hewitt, Radio Host, HughHewitt.com, CONFIRMED
• Brian Kemp, Secretary of State, Georgia, CONFIRMED
• Ed Morrissey, Senior Writer & Correspondent, HotAir.com, CONFIRMED
• Larry O'Conor, HotAir Contributor
• Amanda Owens, Founder, Future Female Leaders, CONFIRMED
• Katie Pavlich, Editor, Townhall.com, CONFIRMED
• Paul Ryan*, House Speaker, CONFIRMED
• Benjamin Sasse, Senator, Nebraska, CONFIRMED
• Matt Schlapp, Chairman of the American Conservative Union, CONFIRMED
• Joe Walsh, Former Congressman, CONFIRMED
• Leon Wolf, Managing Editor, RedState.com, CONFIRMED

LATEST NEWS

Friday, August 12th

9:00am - 5:00pm - Registration

 

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Opening Luncheon

 

12:30pm - 12:45pm - Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks

 

12:45pm - 1:30pm - National Security Keynote

· Ambassador John Bolton

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm - Congressman Ken Buck

 

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Ken Cuccinelli

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm - CO Senate Candidate Darryl Glenn

 

2:45pm - 3:00pm - Amanda Owens, Future Female Leaders

 

3:00pm - 3:30pm - Ice Cream Social

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm - Avenues of Activism One

How to be a Citizen Journalist - and How They're Changing the Media

· Kevin Glass, Franklin Center

 

4:00pm - 4:45pm - Conservative Alternatives to Obamacare: Free Market Solutions

· Ed Morrissey, HotAir

· Katie Pavlich, Townhall

· Dale Bellis, Liberty Healthshare

 

4:45pm - 5:30pm - Criminal Justice Reform - Taking State Level Success Nationwide

· Leon Wolf, RedState

· Marc Levin, Right on Crime

· Jason Pye, FreedomWorks

 

5:30pm - 6:15pm - Glenn Beck

 

6:15pm - 7:30pm - Justice Reception, presented by Right on Crime in partnership with the Charles Koch Institute

Saturday, August 13th

7:30am - 5:00pm - Registration

 

7:30am - 9:00am - Breakfast

 

8:00am - 8:45am - Not So Entitled: Government Spending and Millennials' Future

· Al Downs, Generation Opportunity, Moderator

· Kelly Maher, Compass Colorado

· Dr. Barry Poulson, UC Boulder

 

9:00am - 9:30am - GA Sec of State Brian Kemp

 

9:30am - 10:00am - To Reform or Not To Reform: Should the Primary Process be Changed

· Larry O'Connor, Moderator

· Steve Deace, Radio Host

· Jay Caruso, RedState

 

10:00am - 10:15am - The Great Debate: Thoughts on Conservative Media in the GOP Primary Debates

· Hugh Hewitt, Salem Radio Host

 

10:15am - 11:00am - Engage the Public Square: The Expectation for Companies to Advocate for Issues

· Steve Lombardo, Koch Industries

· Fred Humphries, Microsoft

· Tracey Schmitt, Emergent BioSolutions

· Morgan Crinklaw, Chevron

 

11:00am - 11:30am - Senator Cory Gardner

 

11:30am - 12:00pm - Governor Greg Abbott

 

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Corporate Welfare Luncheon: Getting Government out of the Business of Picking Winners and Losers

· Alison Fraser, Charles Koch Institute, Moderator

· Akash Chougule, Americans for Prosperity

· Jay Cost, Weekly Standard

· Matthew Mitchell, Mercatus Center

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm - Ms. Carly Fiorina

 

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Avenues of Activism Two: How to Leverage Your Power

· Ben Howe, RedState, Moderator

· Nick Troiano, Change Politics

· Joe Tegerdine, Patriot Mobile

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm - Matt Schlapp, ACU

· Lessons learned from 2016 and conservative vision for the future

 

2:45pm - 3:30pm - Emerging Conservative Issues: Superfund Fraud, High Speed Rail, Domestic Energy

· George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom

· John Fund, National Review

· Charlie Drevna, Fueling U.S. Forward

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm - Trojan Horse: How the Left is Using 'Common Sense' to Take Away Your Rights and Make Us Less Safe

· Brandon Morse, RedState, Moderator

· Kimberly Corban, Bearing Arms

· Antonia Okafor

 

4:00pm - 4:15pm - Former Congressman Joe Walsh

 

4:15pm - 4:45pm - Beyond White Guys: Reaching Out to Women and Young People

· Krista Kafer, KNUS

· Sara Gonzales, RedState

 

4:45pm - 5:30pm: Panel

 

5:30pm - 6:00pm - Closing Keynote

· Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf in conversation

 

6:00pm - 7:00pm - Sponsors Reception

 

6:30pm - 8:00pm - Sunset Reception

· Meet RedState's Founders, Editors, and current Contributors

 

8:00pm - Senator Ben Sasse

Sunday, August 14th

7:30am - 9:00am - Breakfast

8:15am - 9:00am - Tribute to Nancy Reagan

· Peggy Grande

 

9:00am - 9:30am  - "You Will Be Made to Care"

· Erick Erickson, The Resurgent

 

9:30am - 10:30am - The Next Chapter: Rising Conservative Stars & Who You Should be Reading and Watching in 2017 and Beyond

· Erick Erickson, Moderator

· Katie Pavlich, Townhall

· Guy Benson, Townhall

· Leon Wolf, RedState

 

10:30am - Adjourn

Friday, August 12th

9:00am - 5:00pm - Registration

 

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Opening Luncheon

 

12:30pm - 12:45pm - Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks

 

12:45pm - 1:30pm - National Security Keynote

· Ambassador John Bolton

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm - Congressman Ken Buck

 

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Ken Cuccinelli

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm - CO Senate Candidate Darryl Glenn

 

2:45pm - 3:00pm - Amanda Owens, Future Female Leaders

 

3:00pm - 3:30pm - Ice Cream Social

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm - Avenues of Activism One

How to be a Citizen Journalist - and How They're Changing the Media

· Kevin Glass, Franklin Center

 

4:00pm - 4:45pm - Conservative Alternatives to Obamacare: Free Market Solutions

· Ed Morrissey, HotAir

· Katie Pavlich, Townhall

· Dale Bellis, Liberty Healthshare

 

4:45pm - 5:30pm - Criminal Justice Reform - Taking State Level Success Nationwide

· Leon Wolf, RedState

· Marc Levin, Right on Crime

· Jason Pye, FreedomWorks

 

5:30pm - 6:15pm - Glenn Beck

 

6:15pm - 7:30pm - Justice Reception, presented by Right on Crime in partnership with the Charles Koch Institute

Saturday, August 13th

7:30am - 5:00pm - Registration

 

7:30am - 9:00am - Breakfast

 

8:00am - 8:45am - Not So Entitled: Government Spending and Millennials' Future

· Al Downs, Generation Opportunity, Moderator

· Kelly Maher, Compass Colorado

· Dr. Barry Poulson, UC Boulder

 

9:00am - 9:30am - GA Sec of State Brian Kemp

 

9:30am - 10:00am - To Reform or Not To Reform: Should the Primary Process be Changed

· Larry O'Connor, Moderator

· Steve Deace, Radio Host

· Jay Caruso, RedState

 

10:00am - 10:15am - The Great Debate: Thoughts on Conservative Media in the GOP Primary Debates

· Hugh Hewitt, Salem Radio Host

 

10:15am - 11:00am - Engage the Public Square: The Expectation for Companies to Advocate for Issues

· Steve Lombardo, Koch Industries

· Fred Humphries, Microsoft

· Tracey Schmitt, Emergent BioSolutions

· Morgan Crinklaw, Chevron

 

11:00am - 11:30am - Senator Cory Gardner

 

11:30am - 12:00pm - Governor Greg Abbott

 

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Corporate Welfare Luncheon: Getting Government out of the Business of Picking Winners and Losers

· Alison Fraser, Charles Koch Institute, Moderator

· Akash Chougule, Americans for Prosperity

· Jay Cost, Weekly Standard

· Matthew Mitchell, Mercatus Center

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm - Ms. Carly Fiorina

 

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Avenues of Activism Two: How to Leverage Your Power

· Ben Howe, RedState, Moderator

· Nick Troiano, Change Politics

· Joe Tegerdine, Patriot Mobile

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm - Matt Schlapp, ACU

· Lessons learned from 2016 and conservative vision for the future

 

2:45pm - 3:30pm - Emerging Conservative Issues: Superfund Fraud, High Speed Rail, Domestic Energy

· George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom

· John Fund, National Review

· Charlie Drevna, Fueling U.S. Forward

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm - Trojan Horse: How the Left is Using 'Common Sense' to Take Away Your Rights and Make Us Less Safe

· Brandon Morse, RedState, Moderator

· Kimberly Corban, Bearing Arms

· Antonia Okafor

 

4:00pm - 4:15pm - Former Congressman Joe Walsh

 

4:15pm - 4:45pm - Beyond White Guys: Reaching Out to Women and Young People

· Krista Kafer, KNUS

· Sara Gonzales, RedState

 

4:45pm - 5:30pm: Panel

 

5:30pm - 6:00pm - Closing Keynote

· Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf in conversation

6:00pm - 7:00pm - Sponsors Reception

 

6:30pm - 8:00pm - Sunset Reception

· Meet RedState's Founders, Editors, and current Contributors

 

8:00pm - Senator Ben Sasse

 

Sunday, August 14th

7:30am - 9:00am - Breakfast

8:15am - 9:00am - Tribute to Nancy Reagan

· Peggy Grande

 

9:00am - 9:30am  - "You Will Be Made to Care"

· Erick Erickson, The Resurgent

 

9:30am - 10:30am - The Next Chapter: Rising Conservative Stars & Who You Should be Reading and Watching in 2017 and Beyond

· Erick Erickson, Moderator

· Katie Pavlich, Townhall

· Guy Benson, Townhall

· Leon Wolf, RedState

 

10:30am - Adjourn

*Program subject to change.*

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