A student organization is hosting a public conference on the state of conservative politics.

"The Conservative Movement: Past, Present, and Future" will be at Fresno Pacific University Saturday, May 2. Events begin at 8:30 a.m. in the campus Special Events Center, 1715 Winery Ave., sponsored by the Sunbird Conservatives.

Speakers will be led by Victor Davis Hanson, whose talk is titled "Conservatives in the Era of Obama." Hanson is a classicist, military historian, author and fellow at the Hoover Institute.

Other presenters and their titles are: Bruce Thornton, "Is the European Way America’s Way?"; Jonathan Krohn, "Jonathon Krohn Defines Conservativism"; Marshall Johnston, "Classical Education Lost"; and Steve Varvis, "Streams of Conservative Thought."

Thornton is an author and professor of classics at California State University, Fresno. Krohn is a teenage author and performer. Johnston is a history/classics professor at FPU. Varvis is vice president of enrollment management and history professor at FPU.

Hanson will also take part in a panel discussion titled "The State of the Conservative Movement." Joining him will be Congressmen Devin Nunes (R-Cal.) and George Radanovich (R-Cal.) and FPU Economics Professor Peng Wen.

A second panel, "California Conservatism," will feature talk radio personality Inga Barks, Jon Fleischman of FlashReport, Thornton, Pastor Chad Vegas, Assemblyman Danny Gilmore (R-30th) and Jim Patterson, former Fresno mayor. There will also be video presentations.

General admission is $35 and those who register in advance will get a continental breakfast and lunch. Reserved seating, which also includes the continental breakfast and lunch, is $65.

Register on the Web at SunbirdConservatives.com or by email at Leadership@SunbirdConservatives.com.