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Register today for MPS INDY 2026
The Westin, Indianapolis
11th – 15th October 2026
MEET OUR PRESTIGIOUS
Speakers
We are honored to invite our members and guests to engage with a distinguished group of internationally recognized speakers whose insight, expertise, and original thinking will deepen the spirit of conversation and reflection.
David Womersley
Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
University of Oxford
Kristen Waggoner
CEO, President & Chief Counsel
Alliance Defending Freedom
Edwin van de Haar
Independent Scholar
Leigh Stein
Novelist
Craig Smith
Professor of History of Political Thought
University of Glasgow
Stephanie Slade
Senior Editor
Reason
Sarah Skwire
Senior Program Officer
Liberty Fund
Adam Simon
President & CCO
Flying Eye Pictures
Barry Shain
Professor
Colgate University
Parth Shah
Centre for Civil Society
Tony Sewell
Peer
House of Lords
Steven Sarson
Professor of American Civilisation
Université Jean Moulin Lyon
Avik Roy
Co-Founder & Chairman
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Kat Rosenfield
Writer
Richard Reinsch
Editor-in-Chief
Civitas Institute at The University of Texas at Austin
Benjamin Powell
Texas Tech University
John Pinheiro
Director of Research and Publications
Acton Institute
Catherine Pakaluk
Executive Director of The James Cardinal Gibbons Institute for Human Ecology
The Catholic University of America
Maria Pia Paganelli
Professor
Trinity University
James Otteson
John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics
University of Notre Dame
Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Board Member
Liberty Fund
Jesse Norman
Member of Parliament and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
UK Parliament, Oxford University
Michael Munger
Professor
Duke University
Thomas Mulligan
Visiting Scholar
RAND Corporation
Leonidas Montes
President
Centro de Estudios Públicos
Matthew Mohlman
President
Monument Ventures
Emilie Mitran
Associate Professor
University of Toulon
Allen Mendenhall
Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative; Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
The Heritage Foundation
Malia Marks
PhD Candidate
University of Cambridge
Phillip Magness
Senior Fellow and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy
Independent Institute
Marco Magnani
Professor of International Economics
Luiss University, Rome and Università Cattolica, Milan
Adam MacLeod
Professor of Law and Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global Law
St. Mary's University
Vladimir Maciel
Head
Mackenzie Center for Economic Freedom
Susan Love Brown
Professor Emerita
Florida Atlantic University
Rachel Lomasky
Head of AI
Delphos Labs
Dominique Lazanski
Director
Last Press Label
Matthew Kroenig
Professor
Georgetown University
Martin Krause
Universidad del CEMA
Randall Holcombe
Florida State University
Jeremy Horpedahl
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Central Arkansas
Jessica Hooten Wilson
Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair
Pepperdine University
Roberta Herzberg
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
William Anthony Hay
Professor and Associate Director for Public Programs
School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Daniel Gullotta
Assistant Professor
Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University
Samuel Gregg
Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History
American Institute for Economic Research
Andrew Graham
Vice President for Philosophy & Education
Alliance Defending Freedom
Hannes Gissurarson
Professor Emeritus
University of Iceland
Pierre Garello
Aix-Marseille Université
Marsha Familaro Enright
President
Reliance College Fund
Adam Dixon
Adam Smith Chair
Adam Smith's Panmure House
Christa Dierksheide
Professor
University of Virginia
Doug Den Uyl
Resident Scholar
Liberty Fund
Furman Daniel
Associate Professor
Concordia University
Helen Dale
Senior Writer, Law & Liberty
Liberty Fund
Henry C. Clark
Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Political Economy Project
Dartmouth College
Gabriel Calzada Alvarez
President
Universidad de las Hespérides
Jane Calvert
Founding Director and Chief Editor
John Dickinson Writings Project
Jay Bruce
Senior Pastor
Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church
Hernan Bonilla
President
CED
Matt Beech
Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull & IES Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley
University of Hull & University of California, Berkeley
David Bahnsen
Founder, Managing Partner, CIO
The Bahnsen Group
Martin Gurri
Visiting Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Larry Arnn
President
Hillsdale College
Wilfred McClay
Hillsdale College
Professor
Mark Skousen
Chapman University
Presidential Scholar
David Womersley
Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
Kristen Waggoner
CEO, President & Chief Counsel
Edwin van de Haar
Leigh Stein
Craig Smith
Professor of History of Political Thought
Stephanie Slade
Senior Editor
Sarah Skwire
Senior Program Officer
Adam Simon
President & CCO
Barry Shain
Professor
Parth Shah
Tony Sewell
Peer
Steven Sarson
Professor of American Civilisation
Avik Roy
Co-Founder & Chairman
Kat Rosenfield
Richard Reinsch
Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin Powell
John Pinheiro
Director of Research and Publications
Catherine Pakaluk
Executive Director of The James Cardinal Gibbons Institute for Human Ecology
Maria Pia Paganelli
Professor
James Otteson
John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics
Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Board Member
Jesse Norman
Member of Parliament and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Michael Munger
Professor
Thomas Mulligan
Visiting Scholar
Leonidas Montes
President
Matthew Mohlman
President
Emilie Mitran
Associate Professor
Allen Mendenhall
Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative; Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies
Malia Marks
PhD Candidate
Phillip Magness
Senior Fellow and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy
Marco Magnani
Professor of International Economics
Adam MacLeod
Professor of Law and Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global Law
Vladimir Maciel
Head
Susan Love Brown
Professor Emerita
Rachel Lomasky
Head of AI
Dominique Lazanski
Director
Matthew Kroenig
Professor
Martin Krause
Randall Holcombe
Jeremy Horpedahl
Associate Professor of Economics
Jessica Hooten Wilson
Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair
Roberta Herzberg
William Anthony Hay
Professor and Associate Director for Public Programs
Daniel Gullotta
Assistant Professor
Samuel Gregg
Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History
Andrew Graham
Vice President for Philosophy & Education
Hannes Gissurarson
Professor Emeritus
Pierre Garello
Marsha Familaro Enright
President
Adam Dixon
Adam Smith Chair
Christa Dierksheide
Professor
Doug Den Uyl
Resident Scholar
Furman Daniel
Associate Professor
Helen Dale
Senior Writer, Law & Liberty
Henry C. Clark
Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Political Economy Project
Gabriel Calzada Alvarez
President
Jane Calvert
Founding Director and Chief Editor
Jay Bruce
Senior Pastor
Hernan Bonilla
President
Matt Beech
Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull & IES Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley
David Bahnsen
Founder, Managing Partner, CIO
Martin Gurri
Visiting Fellow
Larry Arnn
President
Wilfred McClay
Hillsdale College
Mark Skousen
Chapman University