This year marks our 20th Annual Meeting, and it will be a celebration of the powerful state freedom network and the lives we have helped transform by working together. Please join us on beautiful Amelia Island this November. Talented speakers and workshop leaders will expand our capacity to transform our culture. As always, new friendships will be made and others deepened as we link with fellow freedom fighters from around the nation.

Mark your calendar for November 13-16, 2012, and book your room at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island! Hotel options on the island are limited, so rooms will fill up fast.

The week will be filled with sessions to help us connect with coalition partners, build a great organization, reach our target audiences, create high-value policy solutions, and attract and retain investors. You can customize your agenda with the specialized content tracks.

The 20th Annual Meeting will also have some fun new additions. We will have a new track with programming to enhance your outreach strategies. Additionally, we will have an “Arts and Culture” theme throughout the conference. Stay tuned!

Our Florida host organizations, The James Madison Institute and Foundation for Government Accountability, have a great reception and dinner event planned with plenty of local flavor. Of course, you can also look forward to the 20th Anniversary Roe Dinner, special music, and fun beach activities—like a sandcastle competition.

We’ll all need a break, some sun, and some inspiration by November. Please plan to be there. It won’t be the same without you.

We are SOLD OUT!

Registration for SPN's 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting is closed!

Amelia Island

Voted among the top 10 North American Islands by Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards for four consecutive years, Amelia Island is truly a magical place. The Island is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway, just two miles wide and 13 miles long.

Arts and Culture

Throughout the SPN 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting we will provide a culture-of-freedom experience through art, music, and other special exhibits/events.

Breakout Sessions

This year we will have something for everybody with six breakout sessions tracks: Communications, Leadership, Operations, Development, Policy and Outreach.

Testimonials

Come experience the beauty of Amelia Island- the “Real Florida”- as we celebrate two decades of SPN’s dedication to protecting the ideals of our nation. Attending the SPN Annual Meeting will leave you inspired, encouraged and better prepared to continue to engage in the battle of ideas and to fight for the future of our country.”
Dr. Robert McClure, President & CEO of The James Madison Institute
The State Policy Network gatherings provide encouragement and inspiration to those fighting and funding the policy battles in Washington and the state capitals across the country. This year's 20th Anniversary Meeting will be a special time to celebrate the successes of this movement and plan for the important work to come.
Bridgett Wagner, Director, Coalition Relations, Heritage Foundation
This is the must-attend, premier free-market adventure of the year – learn from the movement leaders, understand the latest in winning strategies and mingle with generous donors making it all possible.
Tarren Bragdon, CEO, Foundation for Government Accountability
The SPN Annual Meeting is the only conference I attend every year. Nowhere else can you find tomorrow's grassroots policy changes being discussed in such substance today.
John Kramer, Vice President for Communications Institute for Justice