Featuring
Daniel Hannan
Member of the European Parliament
Master of Ceremonies
Lars Larson
Host, "The Lars Larson Show"
Please join the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) to celebrate our 24th anniversary
with a special evening featuring Daniel Hannan, Conservative Party member of the European Parliament.
Event Details
Friday, October 28, 2011
Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas
221 East Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas
General and VIP Reception: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 7:30 pm
Questions? Contact us at (972) 874-5139, or erin@ipi.org
IPI 24th Anniversary Dinner Host Committee
The Honorable Joe Barton
The Honorable Michael C. Burgess, MD
The Honorable Dan Flynn
The Honorable Louie Gohmert
The Honorable Jeb Hensarling
The Honorable Phil King
The Honorable Kenny Marchant
The Honorable Ken Paxton
The Honorable Pete Sessions
Daniel Hannan: While the nascent Tea Party phenomenon was erupting in the U.S., fiscal restraint found its European voice on March 29, 2009. On that date, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan became an overnight celebrity after he assailed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the floor of the European Parliament in opposition to Brown’s tax increases, exorbitant spending, and record borrowing in the current economic crisis. After theYouTube video went viral, the recording became the most viewed on the site for the next two days, and to date has over 2.8 million hits. (Watch the video here.)
Hannan has since appeared numerous times in conservative media warning the U.S. not to adopt failed European policies such as socialized medicine, outrageous stimulus spending efforts, and economically crushing cap and trade policies.
Hannan has been a member of the European Parliament since 1999, representing South East England for the Conservative Party and the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group. He is also a journalist and writes a regular blog for the Daily Telegraph. He has published several books, most recently The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of Warning to America in which he argues that Americans must not allow the Obama Administration to take them down the road to European Union–style socialism. He is a regular media commentator in both the U.S. and UK and has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, the BBC and other outlets. He blogs daily at www.hannan.co.uk. Click here to purchase tickets or tables.
Lars Larson: Emmy and Peabody award winner Lars Larson brings nearly four decades of experience as a radio and television journalist to the microphone for six hours of the best talk radio in America. Six hours of daily preparation (and a producer on each coast) keep “The Lars Larson Show” on top of the news and top-of-mind for listeners across the country.
The national “Lars Larson Show,” syndicated by Compass Media Networks, launched on September 1, 2003 with 105 stations and grew nearly 50% in the first four months. Today, the show is heard on 200 affiliates around the nation.
Lars has picked up more than 70 awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional journalists, the National Press Club, Emmy’s, and a Peabody for his reporting and documentaries. He has appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor”, “Larry King”, “Scarborough Country”, “Fox and Friends” and countless local radio shows around the United States and on The BBC and shows around the world. He is a regular contributor to “Talkers” magazine.
Tickets and Sponsorship Opportunities
Table sponsors will enjoy admission to the VIP reception, prime seating locations, and other benefits.
For more information, please contact Tom Giovanetti at (972) 874-5139 or tomg@ipi.org.
Pricing and Packages
Sponsor $20,000
Name sponsorship of VIP Reception, enhanced recognition in the program, in event signage, and recognition during the program, plus all other top-line benefits, including preferential dinner seating and VIP Reception for eight (8) guests, photo opportunity at VIP Reception, host keynote speaker and/or featured guests at your table
Benefactor (table for 8) $10,000
Preferential dinner seating and VIP Reception for eight (8) guests, photo opportunity at VIP Reception, recognition in event program, opportunity to host elected officials at your table
Sustainer (table for 8) $5,000
Dinner seating for 8 guests, VIP Reception for four (4) guests, photo opportunity at VIP Reception, recognition in event program
Supporter (table for 8) $2,500
Dinner seating for eight (8) guests, VIP Reception for two guests, photo opportunity at VIP reception, recognition in event program
Friend (for 2) $1,000
Friend ticket seats two (2) guests for dinner and entitles both to attend VIP reception
Individual $150
Dinner seating for one (1) guest, general reception
"Why is a European politician urging America to avoid Europeanization? As a Briton, I see the American republic as a repository of our traditional freedoms. The doctrines rooted in the common law, in the Magna Carta, and in the Bill of Rights found their fullest and most sublime expression in the old courthouse of Philadelphia. Britain, as a result of its unhappy membership in the European Union, has now surrendered a large part of its birthright. But our freedoms live on in America... So you can imagine how I feel when I see the U.S. making the same mistakes that Britain has made: expanding its government, regulating private commerce, centralizing its jurisdiction, breaking the link between taxation and representation, abandoning its sovereignty. You deserve better, cousins. And we expect better." A European’s Warning to America, Daniel Hannan, Wall Street Journal, March 2011