(Harrisburg, PA) – The 2026 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference to be held April 9-11, 2026 at the Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill (Harrisburg), Pennsylvania will feature an expanded menu of 15 workshop/breakout sessions in addition to the main stage presentations.
Christopher Ruddy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Newsmax, Inc., which includes the popular Newsmax cable channel, will be the featured dinner speaker. The State of the Conservative Movement panel returns with moderator Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring, USA along with panelists John Gizzi of Newsmax, American Spectator editor-in-chief Dr. Paul Kengor, and Jeff Lord a Newsmax and American Spectator
Additional speakers and panel topics will be announced over the coming weeks.
The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is the premiere gathering of public policy conservatives each year in the Keystone State. It is the largest and longest-running of the state-based conservative conferences regularly attracting a long list of conservative elected officials, scholars, journalists, and activists for three days of speeches, panel presentations.
Workshop/Breakout Sessions:
(Presenter names & bio information are available on our website.)
Americans for Prosperity
From Community to the Capitol: Recruiting the Right Leaders
Commonwealth Foundation
Stop Shapiro’s Tax Hikes
Pennsylvania Family Institute
Getting Stuff Right: Protecting Life, Families & Religious Liberty
Leadership Institute:
- Are You Ready to Run: Questions to Ask Yourself Before Running
- Show Me the Money: Putting the Fun in Fundraising
- Faith & Politics: Appealing to Conservatives of Faith
- Social Media: Battling the Keyboard Warriors
- Public Speaking: Overcoming the World’s # 1 Fear
- Capturing the Youth Vote: Engaging a New Generation
Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania
Citizens Alliance: Advancing State-Based Policies Grounded in Liberty
Louis J. Capozzi, Jr., Esq.
A History of the Republican Party
American Institute for Economic Research
Powering Pennsylvania: Energy Policy, Prices and Jobs
Heritage Action for America
Roadmap to an America First Immigration System: How the Trump Administration is Ending Border Chaos and How Congress Can Help
Republican National Lawyers Association
Election Integrity and Litigation: Inside and Outside the Commonwealth
Red Bridge
Pennsylvania’s Shifting Coalitions
Registration for the 2026 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is NOW OPEN at www.paleadershipconference.org. (Please note the Early Bird discount rate is built into the registration fee so there is no need to enter a discount code as it will be automatically applied. The PLC web site also includes a brief video tutorial to help you navigate the process.