Please join us for the 39th Camden Conference, entitled Today’s Middle East: Power, Politics and Players. We are delighted to serve as a livestream host for the second time for what promises to be an important and timely discussion.
When: Friday through Sunday, February 20-22, 2026.
Where: OceanView’s Lunt Auditorium (74 Lunt Road, Falmouth, ME 04105).
About the conference:
The Camden Conference will be produced live and in-person at the Camden Opera House in Camden, Maine. OceanView’s Lunt Auditorium is a livestream venue alongside the Strand Theatre in Rockland with more participants expected to livestream all around the world.
The Middle East remains one of the world’s most intractable trouble spots. It is a volatile area where regional powers, global interests, and local aspirations intersect in ever-evolving and often violent ways.
The 2026 Camden Conference will explore how traditional and emerging powers are reshaping relationships and testing alliances across this globally vital region. Join distinguished speakers as they analyze the forces driving these regional dynamics.
Vali Nasr will serve as keynote speaker. Nasr has advised senior American policy makers, world leaders, and businesses as professor of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University where he co-directs the Rethinking Iran Initiative. He has written many books, including The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future.
Meghna Chakrabarti is this year’s moderator. Chakrabarti is the host and editor of NPR’s On Point podcast. Based in Boston, she is heard Monday through Friday on Maine Public Radio. As former host of Radio Boston, WBUR’s acclaimed weekday show with a focus on in-depth interviews with extraordinary people, she analyzed broad issues that impact New England and beyond.
The Camden Conference was founded in 1987 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization whose mission is to foster informed discourse on world issues through an annual conference and other student-based educational programs.
How to Attend:
OceanView at Falmouth is not managing registrations for this ticketed event.
To purchase tickets, please visit camdenconference.org.
Seating is limited. Secure your ticket today!
