The 2023 Gathering Agenda

Forward: Which Way

We’ve got a sold-out conference in seventeen days in Atlanta. I’ll be bringing together my radio listeners from across the nation with my readers here to hear from conservative voices both running for President and in leadership around the country.

I’m delighted to unveil the agenda for you all now.

Please note that after doing these as the RedState Gathering and then as the Resurgent Gathering, I’m just owning up to it now — it’s my gathering for my radio audience and online audience. The Erick Erickson Show will circulate the audio of the speakers in my podcast and on my radio show and make portions available exclusively to subscribers here.

The model I have always used is to get good sponsors who can help keep costs as low as possible for the attendees. It has been a struggle this year to lock in sponsors, but we pulled it off and can’t wait to tell you all about this.

This is the tenth of these I have done, and I have to thank Charlie, my producer, for doing so much of the heavy lifting while I have concentrated on doing my show.

The format for each individually named speaker is a conversation on stage with me asking them questions from the attendees. The attendees will shortly receive a survey link where they can submit questions for me to incorporate into the conversations.

The theme of the conference this year is Forward: Which Way.

We have attendees from forty-seven states coming to Atlanta. The conference will be August 17-19, 2023.

Thursday, August 17, 2023

4:00-6:00 pm - Early attendee registration

6:00-8:00 pm - Welcome Reception: Buckhead Pizza Co. (next door)

Friday, August 18, 2023

6:30 - Media registration

7:00 - General Registration

7:00-8:30 - Breakfast

8:30-8:45 - Welcome

8:45-9:30 - Senator Tim Scott

9:30-10:00 - Governor Brian Kemp

10:00-10:45 - Vice President Mike Pence

10:45-11:00 - Break

11:00-11:45 - Governor Ron DeSantis

11:45-1:00 - Lunch

12:00-1:00 pm - Ruthless Podcast - Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook

1:00-1:30 pm - Dr. Kevin Roberts

1:30-2:00 - Mr. Scott Parkinson

2:00-2:30 - Senator Kelly Loeffler

2:30-3:00 - Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli 

3:00-3:15 - Break

3:15-3:45 Mr. Cole Muzio

3:45-4:30 Ambassador Nikki Haley

4:30-4:45 Closing

Saturday, August 19, 2023

7:00-8:30 - Breakfast

8:30-8:45 - Welcome

8:45-9:30 - Governor Chris Christie

9:30-10:00 - Congressman Mark Walker

10:00-10:15 - Break

10:15-11:00 - Mr. Will Hild 

11:00-11:45 - Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy

11:45-1:00 pm - Lunch

12:00-1:00 - Americans for Prosperity Panel - Congressman Chip Roy and Mr. Akash Chougule

1:00-1:30 - Mr. Grover Norquist

1:30-2:00 - Congressman Rich McCormick

2:00-2:30 - Mr. Brent Buchanan

2:30-3:15 - Parental Rights Panel - Mehek Cooke, Alleigh Marre and Michele Exner

3:15-3:30 - Break

3:30-4:00 Senator Tom Cotton

4:00-4:30 Senator Joni Ernst

4:30-5:00 Governor Glenn Youngkin

5:00-5:15 Closing