The pleasure of your company is requested on Thursday evening, September 18th for the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner. Please join us in honoring Simon’s vision of mankind as the ultimate resource.

Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner 2025

Keynote Speaker

Hernando de Soto

Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto is the unparalleled advocate of free trade in the Americas. He is the president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima, Peru, which he founded in 1981. His accolades include the 2018 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award, Adam Smith Award, Hayek Medal, Freedom Prize, and being named one of fifteen innovators “who will reinvent your future” and the world’s most important living economist.

Dust off your ruby slippers—we’re gathering to celebrate the power of people and ideas.

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Organization of American States, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006

Cocktail or Themed Attire