Often held in the fall or the spring, these one or two day conferences usually focus on one or two themes and bring together diverse and exciting speakers from a variety of backgrounds.

Upcoming Conferences

• Virtues of Objectivism — London, November 19-20
  
  • Site: Royal Horseguard Hotel, Whitehall, London, UK. Map
    Speaker: William Thomas, TOC Director of Programs.
    Early registration deadline: October 24. Register online here.
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Recent Conferences

• Ayn Rand Centenary Conference, Feb 2, 2005
  Celebrate Ayn Rand's 100th birthday with a free conference and luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The celebration will be held on Wednesday Feb 2, 2005, from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building (Members of Congress Room). Speakers include Madeleine Cosman, Ed Hudgins, Michelle Kamhi, David Kelley, Robert Poole, Fred Smith, Congressmen Ed Royce (R-California) and Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), and Will Thomas.
  
  
• TOC Fall Conference: Success: What it Is and What it Takes — New York City, October 30, 2004
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• TOC/Cato Conference: Lessons from the Iraq War: Reconciling Liberty and Security — Washington, D.C., October 22, 2004
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• Distance-Learning Seminar in Objectivism — Fall 2004.
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• Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method — Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 31 - August 7, 2004.
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• What Are Western Values & Should We Return to Them?
  Policy Forum in DC on June 3, 2004.
  
  
• Spring Conference: The Values of Capitalism —Las Vegas, Nevada, April 17, 2004
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• Islam in America and American Values: Are They Compatible?
  Policy Forum in DC on November 13.
  
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• A Meeting of Minds — Fall Conference in New York City, November 1, 2003
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• Individualism: The Once and Future Reign of an Ideal - Fall Conference in New York City, on October 14 and 15, 2000.
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• What Should We Worship: Reclaiming Spirituality from Religion - October 23, 1999, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City
  • Post-Seminar report "Reclaiming Spirituality from Religion" from Navigator
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• "Atlas and the World" - a conference and banquet to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ayn Rand's great novel Atlas Shrugged, co-sponsored by the Cato Institute, Saturday, October 4, 1997.
  • Atlas Shrugged: The Fortieth Anniversary, a report on the event complete with color photos, reprinted from the November 1997 issue of Navigator.
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• Objectivism Today 1998: The Real Culture Wars
  • The Real Culture Wars - a report on Objectivism Today 1998, complete with full-color photos
  • Good News, Good News - media coverage of the Objectivism Today 1998 conference
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• Objectivism Today 1996: Welfare Rights, Cultural Optimism, and Market Liberalism
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• Objectivism Today 1995: Financial Markets, Mixed Economy and Ethics, Liberty and the Environment, and Responsibility and Happiness.
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• "A Meeting of Minds" - Saturday, November 11, 1995 in San Francisco, California.
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• Objectivism Today 1994: Virtue, Ayn Rand's Novels, Welfare State, and Raising Good Kids.
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