McCain Conference
The McCain Conference of federal service academies annually brings key representatives from the nation’s federal military academies to Annapolis to discuss emerging issues in ethics and character development. The conference has been held in the late spring, and has been expanded to include the broader notion of military leadership, and to include participants from Command, Staff, and senior war colleges as well as undergraduate institutions.

2024 Ethics Awards Dinner
The annual Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Award dinner celebrated the Naval Academy’s commitment

McCain 2024 opening with GEN Allen
The 2024 McCain Conference opens by welcoming attendees, including cadets, midshipmen, and faculty from various

Economics Panel
The 2024 McCain Conference features a panel on economic challenges, highlighting federal debt and public

Technology Panel
This panel discussion addressed how AI and technology affect liberal democracy. Key concerns included AI’s

Religion Panel
The 2024 McCain Conference at the Stockdale Center focused on technology, liberalism, and religion in

Civic Virtues
The discussion at the Stockdale Center addressed civic virtue, its decline, and ways to cultivate

Liberalism’s Future
Francis Fukuyama delivered a defense of classical liberalism, defining it as the belief in universal

Disinformation and Lawfare (McCain 2021 – Day 8)
McCain Conference 2021 – Day 8 This session focuses on the ethics surrounding disinformation and

Ethics, Cyber, Election Manipulation, George Lucas, Jens David Ohlin (McCain 2021 – Day 7)
McCain Conference 2021 – Day 7 This session focuses on the ethical implications of cyber

Hostage Taking and Media Warfare, Tami Meisels, Dr. Michael Gross (McCain 2021 – Day 6)
McCain Conference 2021 – Day 6 Tami Meisels and Dr. Michael Gross examined the ethical