--- title: Watch the CPAC Livestream Here description: The Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off on Thursday, with scheduled speeches by Vice President Mike Pence and other leaders canonical: https://time.com/5169644/cpac-livestream-watch/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-22T12:00:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:23:27.582Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the CPAC Livestream Here og:description: The Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off on Thursday og:url: https://time.com/5169644/cpac-livestream-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8088a9f74b3f3c7c/6989287786f68e76336e85f9/cpac-livestream-trump-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-CPAC-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the CPAC Livestream Here twitter:description: The Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off on Thursday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8088a9f74b3f3c7c/6989287786f68e76336e85f9/cpac-livestream-trump-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump, Pence and Other Conservative Leaders Are Set to Speak at the CPAC: Watch It Live Here  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 22, 2018 12:00 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, on February 24, 2017. US President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, on February 24, 2017.Mike Theiler—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 22, 2018 12:00 PM UTC The Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off on Thursday, with scheduled speeches by Vice President Mike Pence and [controversial French political figure](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/20/trump-was-too-controversial-for-cpac-in-2016-now-le-pen-will-address-the-conservative-conference/?utm%5Fterm=.12c7e7e0107d) Maréchal-Le Pen, the niece of far-right leader [Marine Le Pen](http://time.com/4703325/the-power-of-le-pen/). The conference — held just outside Washington, D.C. in National Harbor, Maryland — brings together [conservative leaders](http://cpac.conservative.org/speakers/) each year. Pence is scheduled to speak Thursday at 10:35 a.m., and President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the conference shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday. Members of his Cabinet will also make appearances during the four-day conference, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Wayne LaPierre, CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to speak at the conference, but his name has been kept off the published [agenda](http://cpac.conservative.org/agenda/). The NRA is a sponsor of the conference, but the organization has been facing heavy backlash in the wake of a [high school shooting](http://time.com/5158678/what-to-know-about-the-active-shooter-situation-at-florida-high-school/) last week that left 17 people dead. 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