City Seminar 

# Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2025 

Date and Time 

February 20, 2025 9:15 AM - 2 PM EST 

Location 

Ritz Carlton Beach Resort - Naples, 280 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 

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### Schedule

9:15 - 9:45 AM 

**Registration and Reception**

9:45 - 9:55 AM 

**Welcoming Remarks**

[**Harrison Moar**](https://www.cato.org/people/harrison-moar), Vice President for Development, Cato Institute

9:55 - 10:15 AM 

***Cato’s Vision for Liberty***

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[**Peter Goettler**](https://cato.org/people/peter-goettler), President and CEO, Cato Institute

10:15 - 10:45 AM 

**Keynote Address: Pat Toomey, former US Pennsylvania Senator**

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10:45 - 11:30 AM 

**COGE (Cato’s Office of Government Elimination): Road Map for Reform**

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[**Romina Boccia**](https://cato.org/people/romina-boccia), Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy, Cato Institute 
[**Chris Edwards**](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards), Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, Cato Institute 
[**Ryan Bourne**](https://www.cato.org/people/ryan-bourne), R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

***Restoring Viewpoint Diversity in the Classroom and Civil Society***

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**Allan Carey**, Director, Sphere Education Initiatives

12:00 - 12:30 PM 

**Reception**

12:30 - 2:00 PM 

**Luncheon Conversation featuring Dan Henninger, Opinion Columnist,** ***The Wall Street Journal*** **and Peter Goettler**

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