Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner

Join us to celebrate the titan who stole fire from the gods to spur civil society by delivering knowledge, progress, and empathy to humanity.

September 19, 2024

Washington National Cathedral

3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20016

Cocktail or themed attire

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Reception

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Dinner

9:30 PM – 12:00 AM After Party

Please contact Heather Browning at heather.browning@cei.org to reserve your table.

If you have any questions, please email events@cei.org.

Kindly RSVP by Friday, August 30th.

Credit: Carla Taylor Photography

Magatte Wade advocates for African prosperity through free enterprise and affordable, abundant, and reliable energy. She is the co-founder of Prospera Africa and the founder of SkinIsSkin.com. Wade outlines her mission in a compelling new memoir, The Heart of a Cheetah: How We Have Been Lied to about African Poverty, and What That Means for Human Flourishing.

George Will writes a twice-weekly column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs. He began his column with The Post in 1974 and received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977. He is the author, most recently, of American Happiness and its Discontents and The Conservative Sensibility.

Jessica Melugin is director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at CEI and antitrust and competition policy fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation.

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Lyft/ Uber:

For reliable, front-door service, use Open City at National Cathedral for the location.

Parking:

The underground garage on Cathedral grounds will stay open till 1:00 am for guests.