SUNDAY JUNE 23
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM REGISTRATION 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EVENING SESSIONS Festival 1 Registration VIEWPOINTS (Re)Building the Good Society Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion Walter Isaacson, Daniel Porterfield Paepcke Auditorium 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM FESTIVAL PREVIEW SESSIONS AMERICAN RENEWAL Finding My Voice Valerie Jarrett HOPE MADE VISIBLE The Bauhaus-Aspen Connection Interviewer: Jonathan Capehart Bernard Jazzar Belly Up Aspen Koch Building, Lauder Room VIEWPOINTS Good by Design: How Social Entrepreneurs Accelerate Possibility 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSION Julie Cordua, Nancy Lublin, Gregory Rockson, ECONOMIC PROGRESS In Conversation with Paul Ryan Bright Simons Interviewer: Judy Woodruff Moderator: Don Gips Underwritten by Southern Company Koch Tent Hotel Jerome Ballroom ECONOMIC PROGRESS What Will It Take to Make Drugs Affordable? Kenneth L. Davis, Craig Garthwaite, Stacy Dusetzina 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM SPECIAL EVENT Moderator: Corby Kummer The Atlantic After Hours: Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room From the State of Our Country to the State of Our Inner Lives 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPENING SESSION James Fallows, Jeffrey Goldberg, Lori Gottlieb, Adrienne LaFrance Aspen Ideas Festival Opening Limelight Hotel Francisco Arguelles, Richard Blanco, David Brooks, Jeffrey Goldberg, Laurence Fink, Agnes McKeen, George Smith, LaToya Thomas, Darren Walker Moderators: John Micklethwait, Daniel Porterfield Greenwald Pavilion
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM OPENING RECEPTION Aspen Ideas Festival Opening Reception Doerr-Hosier Center
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session MONDAY JUNE 24
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSIONS 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS Yoga VIEWPOINTS Churchill: Walking with Destiny Anderson Park Andrew Roberts Nature Valley Presents Paepcke Auditorium Bird Watching in Aspen ECONOMIC PROGRESS Today's Investments for Tomorrow’s General Mills Market, Mayer Courtyard Global Workforce Rob Falzon , Peggy Johnson 7:50 AM - 8:40 AM BREAKFAST SESSION IN TOWN Moderator: John Micklethwait Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room NEXT WORLD ORDER Brexit, or Bust? VIEWPOINTS Allstate Presents: Restoring Trust, Control, John Micklethwait, Zanny Minton Beddoes and Fairness in the Digital World Moderator: Elliot Gerson Stephen Messer, Tom Wilson Hotel Jerome Ballroom Moderator: Blake Morgan Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS ON CAMPUS ART OF THE STORY 'Family Secrets' and the Art of the Podcast VIEWPOINTS Thinking Machines and the Future of Humanity Dani Shapiro Amy Webb Interviewer: Erika Mallin Interviewer: Alexis Madrigal Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room EMOTION Harnessing the Power of Emotions ASPEN IN ACTION WTF (Where They’re From) Lori Gottlieb, Jessica Tracy, Guy Winch Metsehate Ayenekulu, Mohamed Bailor Barrie, Moderator: Ross Andersen Peggy Clark, Shadia Elshiwy Koch Building, Lauder Room Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room VIEWPOINTS Mount Sinai Presents: Immune Power — ASPEN IN ACTION America’s Cities Redefining New Directions in Cancer Treatment Economic Progress Steven Burakoff , Kenneth L. Davis , Rip Rapson Fred Hirsch , Miriam Merad Interviewer: Jennifer Bradley Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Koch Building, Lauder Room HOPE MADE VISIBLE Restorative Design: Mending Humanity’s Relationship with Nature 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS Matilda McQuaid, Rebeca Méndez Moderator: Paola Antonelli EMOTION My Life Is Awesome, So Why Can't I Enjoy It? Koch Tent Laurie Santos Greenwald Pavilion 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM SHUTTLES TO LUNCHES IN TOWN ECONOMIC PROGRESS The Value of Everything Mariana Mazzucato Transportation starts from Doerr-Hosier Center and Comcast NBCUniversal Pavilion Paepcke Auditorium • In-Town Venue to lunches in town. Underwriter Presenter AMERICAN RENEWAL Race, Reckoning, and Leadership in Tough Times • Morning Session Rosalind Brewer • Afternoon Session Interviewer: Jonathan Capehart • Evening Session Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room MONDAY JUNE 24
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS IN TOWN 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ROUNDTABLE LUNCHES AMERICAN RENEWAL The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Is Trump's Foreign Policy Strategy Working? Making of an American Dynasty Kori Schake Susan Page Paepcke Library Interviewer: Eric Motley Did ISIS Win or Lose? Underwritten by Nestlé Waters North America Graeme Wood Hotel Jerome Ballroom Paepcke Gallery VIEWPOINTS Why Women Now What Really Works When It Comes to Lola Adedokun, Myla Calhoun, Alicia Garza, Sports Recovery? Cecile Richards Christie Aschwanden Moderators: Peggy Clark, Anne Mosle Koch Building, Stranahan Room St. Regis Hotel Ballroom What Key Technologies Will Help the US in Its Quest for Gold in Tokyo 2020? 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH ON CAMPUS Phil Cheetham PayPal Marble Garden Tent Paepcke Tent Doerr-Hosier Center Why Does Design Matter? Paepcke Tent Brian Collins Aspen Institute Tent 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS ON CAMPUS Are Difficult Women the Future of Television? Sophie Gilbert, Hannah Giorgis CONSERVATISM Conservatism under Threat George Will The Atlantic Tent Interviewer: Judy Woodruff Greenwald Pavilion 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM SPECIAL EVENT HOPE MADE VISIBLE Hyperloop One: The Intersection of Puppy Play Date Hosted by General Mills Engineering and Design General Mills Market, Mayer Courtyard Josh Giegel, Jakob Lange Moderator: Alexis Madrigal Koch Tent NEXT WORLD ORDER China's Next Chapter Zak Dychtwald, Leta Hong Fincher, Yang Lan Moderator: James Fallows Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room NEXT WORLD ORDER Makers, Doers, Dreamers: How Entrepreneurs Move the World, and How the Rest of Us Can Help Victor Hwang Interviewer: Jennifer Bradley Koch Building, Lauder Room • In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session MONDAY JUNE 24
1:20 PM - 2:50 PM DEEP DIVES 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS VIEWPOINTS Breaking Barriers: Women Defining Leadership AMERICAN RENEWAL A Conversation with Tree of Life Synagogue Alicia Garza, Kim Greene , Peggy Johnson , Rabbi Jeffrey Myers Cecile Richards, Katie Sowers, Jen Welter, Hazzan Jeffrey Myers Yang Lan, Lauren Leader, Lareina Yee Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Moderators: Peggy Clark, Jemele Hill, Paepcke Auditorium Pamela Reeves Greenwald Pavilion PERFORMANCE AI and the Quest for Olympic Gold Phil Cheetham, Lindsay Thornton, EMOTION Emotions and Tech: What Happens Bridget Williams When We Code Our Inner Lives? Moderator: Jemele Hill Elizabeth Dunn, Rana el Kaliouby, Nicholas Epley, Neil Leibowitz, Nancy Lublin Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Moderator: Adrienne LaFrance PERFORMANCE Fads Versus Facts: Busting Myths about Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Nutrition and Exercise Christie Aschwanden, Eric Topol Weave Your Community: A Workshop AMERICAN RENEWAL Moderator: Corby Kummer Francisco Arguelles, Agnes McKeen, George Smith, LaToya Thomas Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Moderator: David Brooks EMOTION Emotions: Separating Fact from Fiction Koch Tent Lisa Barrett Interviewer: Ross Andersen 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM FILM SCREENING Koch Building, Lauder Room NEXT WORLD ORDER The Promise of Parallel Polis PERFORMANCE (Film Screening) Free Solo Masha Gessen St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Interviewer: Adam Gopnik Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM BOOK SIGNINGS HOPE MADE VISIBLE Africa’s Creative Renaissance Meet the Author: Book Signings and Selly Raby Kane, Ravi Naidoo, Conversation Sellanga "Blinky Bill" Ochieng Zak Dychtwald, Leta Hong Fincher, John Judis, Moderator: Alice Rawsthorn Michael Reichert, Kori Schake Koch Tent Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion HOPE MADE VISIBLE Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CAMPUS ART TOUR Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the Eric Klinenberg Aspen Institute Campus Buckminster Fuller Dome Paepcke Lobby • In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session MONDAY JUNE 24
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM PLENARY SESSIONS 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PLENARY SESSIONS
VIEWPOINTS Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of ART OF THE STORY A Thousand Small Sanities the American Century Adam Gopnik George Packer Hotel Jerome Ballroom Interviewer: Walter Isaacson EMOTION It’s Not Just the Hormones: Paepcke Auditorium Unpacking Teen Emotions A Path Forward on Economic Policy Lisa Damour, Michael Reichert, ECONOMIC PROGRESS Leah Somerville Melissa Kearney, Robert Rubin Moderator: Lori Gottlieb Moderator: David Leonhardt St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room PERFORMANCE Tackling Glass Ceilings: PERFORMANCE Big Data, Biomechanics, and the New Science Football’s Female Phenoms Behind Personalized Training Katie Sowers, Jen Welter Marcus Elliott, Kyle Korver Moderator: Cari Champion Moderator: Cari Champion Underwritten by Allstate Koch Tent Wheeler Opera House Bar
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EVENING SESSION AMERICAN RENEWAL Covering 2020: What Lessons Should the Press and the Pollsters Take from 2016? Yamiche Alcindor , Robert Costa , Lauren Leader, Margie Omero, Susan Page Moderator: John Dickerson Belly Up Aspen
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSIONS CONSERVATISM The Republican Party in the Age of Trump Chris Christie Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Hotel Jerome Ballroom PERFORMANCE Alex Honnold: A Soul Freed Interviewer: Bret Stephens St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session TUESDAY JUNE 25
6:45 AM - 9:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS Maroon Bells Exploration: Guided Walk AMERICAN RENEWAL When Should a Company Take a Stand? through Aspen's Wilderness Gateway Edward W. Stack, Tom Wilson (Bus loads at the Limelight Hotel at 6:45 AM) Moderator: Jonathan Capehart Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Greenwald Pavilion ECONOMIC PROGRESS Geography of Opportunity 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSIONS Raj Chetty Guided 5K Trail Run Interviewer: Gillian White Walter Isaacson Center Paepcke Auditorium Yoga HOPE MADE VISIBLE Designing Tomorrow, Better Anderson Park Brian Collins, Julia Marsh Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room 7:50 AM - 8:40 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS IN TOWN 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS NEXT WORLD ORDER Where the West Lost Its Way John Judis, Douglas Lute, Kori Schake ART OF THE STORY The Artistry of Edmund de Waal Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes Interviewer: Adam Gopnik Hotel Jerome Ballroom Paepcke Auditorium EMOTION Can We Spend Our Way to Happiness? PERFORMANCE The Odds of Injury: Genetic Testing and Sports Elizabeth Dunn, Robert Frank Stuart Kim, Megan Roche Moderator: Adrienne LaFrance Moderator: Tom Farrey St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room VIEWPOINTS Fostering Educational Excellence 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS ON CAMPUS on a Global Scale Jackie Bezos, Wendy Kopp ASPEN IN ACTION America’s Next Golden Age: Building the Middle Class of the Future Interviewer: Daniel Porterfield Courtney Eccles, Joanna Smith-Ramani, Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Phil Waldeck AMERICAN RENEWAL How Do We Stop the Crisis of Interviewer: Ida Rademacher Child Sexual Abuse? Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Marci Hamilton, Peter Isely, Kathryn Robb ASPEN IN ACTION Why Leadership Matters Moderator: Gillian White Kwame Anku, Anne Mosle, Raphael Warnock Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Koch Building, Lauder Room EMOTION Overly Lonely: How Misunderstanding Others Creates Barriers to Connection Nicholas Epley Koch Building, Lauder Room • In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session TUESDAY JUNE 25
ECONOMIC PROGRESS Rural Renewal: How Small Towns in the 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS ON CAMPUS Heartland Are Making a Comeback Richard Anderson, Darrell Esch , ECONOMIC PROGRESS Restoring Virtue to Finance Ines Polonius Mihir Desai Moderator: Olivia Walton Interviewer: John Dickerson Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Paepcke Auditorium HOPE MADE VISIBLE Audi Presents: Does the Future of HOPE MADE VISIBLE The Art of Hope: Transforming Lives Electric Vehicles Depend on through Creative Collaboration Collaborative Design? Nikolai Haas, Simon Haas, Ana Patrisia Lomeli, Jonathan Levy, Cody Thacker , Chris Womack Lynda Resnick, Dulce Sanchez Moderator: Chelsea Sexton Moderator: Daniel Porterfield Koch Tent Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room ASPEN IN ACTION How Sports Solve All the World’s Problems 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM SHUTTLES TO LUNCHES IN TOWN Cari Champion, Kevin Love, Edward W. Stack Moderator: Tom Farrey Transportation starts from Doerr-Hosier Center and Comcast NBCUniversal Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Pavilion to lunches in town. ASPEN IN ACTION The Secret Salsa of US Business Jose Corona, Woody Hunt, Liliana Gil Valleta, Abigail Golden-Vazquez 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS IN TOWN Koch Building, Lauder Room AMERICAN RENEWAL Educated: A Conversation with Tara Westover Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Underwritten by General Mills Hotel Jerome Ballroom NEXT WORLD ORDER The Shared Roots of Extremism JJ MacNab, Farah Pandith, Graeme Wood Moderator: Nicole Carroll St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH ON CAMPUS
PayPal Marble Garden Tent Doerr-Hosier Center Paepcke Tent
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session TUESDAY JUNE 25
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ROUNDTABLE LUNCHES 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM BOOK SIGNINGS Are Electric Vehicles a Fleeting Trend or Meet the Author: Book Signings and Here to Stay? Conversation Cody Thacker Lisa Damour, Elizabeth Dunn, Robert Frank, Paepcke Library Ibram X. Kendi, Farah Pandith, Ramesh Srinivasan, Jen Welter What Is the Future of Health Care? Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion Kenneth L. Davis Paepcke Gallery 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CAMPUS ART TOUR The Lost Art of Complaining Effectively Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the Guy Winch Aspen Institute Campus Koch Building, Stranahan Room Paepcke Lobby Avoiding Injury: The Pros and Cons of Genetic Testing for Athletes 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM RECEPTION Stuart Kim Doerr-Hosier Center, Catto Room SO Smart Home Reception Hosted by Southern Company Are We in a Cyber War? Marble Garden Lawn John Carlin Aspen Institute Tent 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS When Did We All Get Too Much Stuff? Amanda Mull PERFORMANCE Everyone Is Going through Something The Atlantic Tent DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Love Moderator: Michael Gervais 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM DEEP DIVES Paepcke Auditorium HOPE MADE VISIBLE Exploring Design Trajectories for a Better Future NEXT WORLD ORDER The Internet Era: How Connectivity Is Reshaping the World Brian Collins, Teman Evans Karan Bhatia , David L. Cohen , Kevin Martin , Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Ramesh Srinivasan, Tara Westover and others VIEWPOINTS Prudential Presents: The Future of Work — Moderator and Emcee: Jake Ward Opportunity Youth at the Center Greenwald Pavilion Melody Barnes, Israel "I$RAEL" Juarez, HOPE MADE VISIBLE Designing in New Dimensions Monique Miles, Anthony Pegues, Kim Pham, Lata Reddy Jessica Brillhart, Aaron Koblin, Jon Wiley Moderator: Steve Patrick Moderator: Rob Giampietro Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Paepcke Auditorium PERFORMANCE The Science of Endurance and Superhuman Feats Michael Gervais, Hilaree Nelson, Colin O'Brady, Megan Roche Moderator: Jon Frankel Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room • In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session TUESDAY JUNE 25
NEXT WORLD ORDER Nationalism's Back with a Vengeance 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PLENARY SESSIONS John Judis Interviewer: Zanny Minton Beddoes PERFORMANCE Is 40 the New 20 for Pro Athletes? Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Kyle Korver, Kevin Love, Hilaree Nelson Moderator: Jon Frankel ART OF THE STORY The Art of the Memoir Hotel Jerome Ballroom Richard Blanco, Kiese Laymon, Dani Shapiro Moderator: Erika Mallin AMERICAN RENEWAL Not Your Parents' Party: How Gens X, Y, and Z Koch Tent Will Shake Up Our Politics Margie Omero, Kristen Soltis Anderson ECONOMIC PROGRESS Capitalists, Arise! Moderator: Mike Allen Peter Georgescu St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Interviewer: David Leonhardt EMOTION Suicide Touches All of Us — What Can Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room We Do about It? 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM SPECIAL EVENT Agnes McKeen, Christine Moutier, Laura Trujillo Moderator: Nicole Carroll HOPE MADE VISIBLE Virtual Reality Demo: 'From Elvis in Memphis' Wheeler Opera House Bar Jessica Brillhart PayPal Marble Garden Tent 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EVENING SESSION 4:20 PM - 5:10 PM PLENARY SESSIONS AMERICAN RENEWAL Formidable or Fractured? The Democrats and the Road to 2020 EMOTION Behind the Scenes of Our Mysterious Lives Jonathan Capehart, Art Cullen, Adam Gopnik, and Our Power to Transform Them Jemele Hill Lori Gottlieb Moderator: Amy Walter Interviewer: Tara Westover Belly Up Aspen Paepcke Auditorium HOPE MADE VISIBLE Design as an Attitude 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EVENING SESSION Alice Rawsthorn Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room VIEWPOINTS Into the Canyon (Film Screening and Discussion) AMERICAN RENEWAL How to Be an Antiracist Pete McBride Ibram X. Kendi Moderator: Perri Peltz Interviewer: Jemele Hill Hotel Jerome Ballroom Koch Tent ART OF THE STORY Heavy: Author Reading and Q&A 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSION Kiese Laymon NEXT WORLD ORDER Is Diplomacy Dead? Buckminster Fuller Dome William Burns, George Packer Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
6:45 AM - 9:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM REGISTRATION Maroon Bells Exploration: Guided Walk Festival 2 Registration through Aspen's Wilderness Gateway Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion (Bus loads at the Limelight Hotel at 6:45 AM) Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSIONS ART OF THE STORY Rita Moreno: American Icon Interviewer: Michael Eisner Guided 5K Trail Run Paepcke Auditorium Walter Isaacson Center ECONOMIC PROGRESS Embedding Company Values across Yoga Cultures and Borders Anderson Park Oscar Munoz Interviewer: Alex Wagner 7:50 AM - 8:40 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS IN TOWN Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room HOPE MADE VISIBLE The Surprising Power of Joy VIEWPOINTS Just What Is Civil Society? Ingrid Fetell Lee Daniel Porterfield, Marc Rowan, Underwritten by Sotheby’s Anna Deavere Smith, Bret Stephens Hotel Jerome Ballroom Moderator: Nike Irvin NEXT WORLD ORDER Are We Headed for War with Iran? Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room William Burns HOPE MADE VISIBLE Inclusive Architecture: Design to Embrace Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Human Diversity St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Hansel Bauman, Chris Downey Moderator: Caroline Baumann 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSION ON CAMPUS Koch Building, Lauder Room PERFORMANCE Nestlé Waters North America Presents: ASPEN IN ACTION Collective Impact: What Is It and Why Is Hydration, Health, and Human Performance Everyone (Still) Talking about It? Whitley Atkins, Jessica Jones, Lindsay Thornton Melody Barnes, David Brooks, Mark Kramer, Monique Miles Moderator: Charly Caruso Interviewer: Steve Patrick Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room ECONOMIC PROGRESS Is the Economy as Good as It Looks? Steven Rattner 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS Koch Tent ECONOMIC PROGRESS In Conversation with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CAMPUS ART TOUR Interviewer: Mike Allen Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the Greenwald Pavilion Aspen Institute Campus • In-Town Venue AMERICAN RENEWAL Revising the Narrative on Rural America Paepcke Lobby Underwriter Presenter Sarah Smarsh, Tara Westover • Morning Session Moderator: James Fallows 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM SHUTTLES TO LUNCHES IN TOWN Afternoon Session Paepcke Auditorium • Transportation starts from Doerr-Hosier • Evening Session PERFORMANCE The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Center and Comcast NBCUniversal Pavilion to Joshua Foer lunches in town. Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM PLENARY SESSIONS ON CAMPUS 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM AFTERNOON OF CONVERSATION VIEWPOINTS Can Political Innovation Break Partisan VIEWPOINTS Afternoon of Conversation Gridlock and Save Our Democracy? Part 1: Common, Interviewer: Arthur Brooks Katherine Gehl, Michael Porter Part 2: Pop-Up Magazine live performance Paepcke Auditorium featuring Robin Amer, Sophia Nahli Allison, VIEWPOINTS Behind the Scenes with 'Axios' on HBO Xyza Cruz Bacani, Emily Birsan, Maggie Chiang, Mike Allen, Matthew O'Neill Minna Choi, Mohanad Elshieky, Michelle Groskopf, Interviewer: Perri Peltz Rowan Jacobsen, Magik*Magik (Orchestra featuring Ramon Fermin, Stephanie Bibbo, Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Jason Slota, and Minna Choi), Francesca Mari, ASPEN IN ACTION Virtual Exchange: Building Empathy and Vann R. Newkirk II, Tim Peacock, Veena Rao, Human Connection through Digital Storytelling and Jacqueline Tam Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Waidehi Gokhale, Benedict Music Tent Wendy Kopp, Chris Plutte Koch Building, Lauder Room 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL YOUNG ADULT FORUM HOPE MADE VISIBLE The Poetics of Space: Why Space Matters Ingrid Fetell Lee, Eric Klinenberg This event is not open to adults over Moderator: Paola Antonelli 25 years of age. Koch Tent Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EVENING SESSION 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM BREAKOUT SESSION ON CAMPUS AMERICAN RENEWAL The First Democratic Debate: PERFORMANCE Southern Company Presents: The Athlete Watch Party and Discussion beyond Athletics — a Conversation with NFL Quarterback Matt Ryan Emily Bazelon, Jonathan Capehart, Art Cullen, Rich Lowry, Kristen Soltis Anderson Interviewer: Chris Womack Moderator: Amy Walter Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Underwritten by PayPal Hotel Jerome Ballroom 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS IN TOWN AMERICAN RENEWAL The New Power Players: State Activism 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EVENING SESSION and the Rebirth of Federalism VIEWPOINTS Common Presents: Let Love — An Expression of Mark Brnovich, Ellen Rosenblum, Phil Weiser Art, Words, and Song (Live Performance) Moderator: Joshua Johnson Common Underwritten by Comcast NBCUniversal Harris Concert Hall Hotel Jerome Ballroom NEXT WORLD ORDER Info Wars: The Global Fight for Truth 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EVENING SESSION Katie Harbath , Nathaniel Persily, Alex Stamos, Richard Stengel CONSERVATISM What Is Conservatism? Moderator: John Carlin Chris Buskirk, Bret Stephens Belly Up Aspen St. Regis Hotel Ballroom • In-Town Venue 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSION Underwriter Presenter 12:45 PM - 2:30 PM PICNIC LUNCH CLIMATE CHANGE The Urgency of Now • Morning Session Big Ideas Picnic Bill McKibben • Afternoon Session Benedict Music Tent Lawn St. Regis Hotel Ballroom • Evening Session THURSDAY JUNE 27
6:45 AM - 9:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CAMPUS ART TOUR Maroon Bells Exploration: Guided Walk Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the through Aspen's Wilderness Gateway Aspen Institute Campus (Bus loads at the Limelight Hotel at 6:45 AM) Paepcke Lobby Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION AMERICAN RENEWAL Repairing America's Social Fabric, Nature Valley Presents Bird Watching in Aspen One Community at a Time General Mills Market, Mayer Courtyard David Brooks, Asiaha Butler, Alejandro Gibes de Gac, Sarah Hemminger, Dylan Tête Yoga Moderator: Joshua Johnson Anderson Park Greenwald Pavilion CONSERVATISM The Future of the Republican Party 7:50 AM - 8:40 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS IN TOWN Karl Rove AMERICAN RENEWAL #Metoo, Time's Up — What Now? Ensuring Interviewer: Rich Lowry Opportunity for All Women and Girls Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Fatima Goss Graves ECONOMIC PROGRESS New Corporate Trailblazers: The Purpose Leaders Interviewer: Gillian White Chip Bergh, Dan Schulman Hotel Jerome Ballroom Moderator: Gillian Tett NEXT WORLD ORDER The Return of Rivalry Paepcke Auditorium Richard Haass, Robert Kagan, Mira Rapp-Hooper Moderator: Nicholas Thompson St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS ON CAMPUS ASPEN IN ACTION Bridging Faiths in a Divided America Safiya Gohori-Ahmad, Rami Nashashibi, Zeenat Rahman, Casper ter Kuile Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room ASPEN IN ACTION Can Business Choose Shared Prosperity? Daisy Auger-Dominguez, Ben Boyd, Brandon Nelson Moderator: Judith Samuelson Koch Building, Lauder Room
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session THURSDAY JUNE 27
10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS IN TOWN AMERICAN RENEWAL Forging an American Immigration Policy for the AMERICAN RENEWAL Biased: The Unseen Prejudice that Shapes 21st Century What We See, Think, and Do Leon Rodriguez, Reihan Salam Jennifer Eberhardt Moderator: Alex Wagner Interviewer: Rob Reich Paepcke Auditorium Underwritten by Prudential Financial CLIMATE CHANGE McKinsey & Company Presents: Climate Hotel Jerome Ballroom Breaking Points — Business Strategies to CLIMATE CHANGE On Climate Policy, Cities Lead the Way Mitigate Economic and Social Risks Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sam Liccardo, Cameron Hepburn , Dickon Pinner , Daniel Zarrilli Phil Waldeck Moderator: Amy Harder Moderator: Gillian Tett St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room ART OF THE STORY Next Generation Storytellers: The August 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH ON CAMPUS Wilson Monologue Compettion Hailey Kilgore, Todd Kreidler, Katara Willis PayPal Marble Garden Tent Moderator: Anna Deavere Smith Doerr-Hosier Center Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Paepcke Tent ART OF THE STORY On the Eve of Departure: Objects, Places, Stories Edmund de Waal 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS ON CAMPUS Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room NEXT WORLD ORDER America in the World Today ECONOMIC PROGRESS Can Innovation Lift Nations out of Poverty? Bob Corker Karen Dillon, Efosa Ojomo Interviewer: Richard Haass Koch Building, Lauder Room Paepcke Auditorium VIEWPOINTS Sotheby's Presents: Says Who? Cultural Value ECONOMIC PROGRESS Current Prosperity — Mirage or Miracle? and Validation in the 21st Century David Rubenstein, Paul E. Singer Derrick Adams , Michael Govan , Moderator: Erik Schatzker Roberta Smith Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Moderator: Charlotte Burns Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room ECONOMIC PROGRESS We're Not Number One: Is America in Decline? Michael Green NEXT WORLD ORDER Springtime for Strongmen Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Michael Abramowitz, Leta Hong Fincher, Robert Kagan ASPEN IN ACTION Measure What Matters: Defining Good Moderator: Elliot Gerson Companies and Good Jobs Koch Tent Jose Corona, Sarah Keh , Mark Popovich Moderator: Joyce Klein Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM SHUTTLES TO LUNCHES IN TOWN ASPEN IN ACTION 2100: How Might We Imagine the Future after Transportation starts from Doerr-Hosier Solving Climate Change? Center and Comcast NBCUniversal Pavilion Etosha Cave, Greg Gershuny, In-Town Venue to lunches in town. • Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Varun Sivaram Underwriter Presenter Koch Building, Lauder Room • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session THURSDAY JUNE 27
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ROUNDTABLE LUNCHES 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM BOOK SIGNINGS What Does It Mean to Be a Conservative Meet the Author: Book Signings and Feminist? Conversation Mona Charen, Inez Feltscher Stepman James Fallows, Joshua Goldstein, Richard Haass, Paepcke Library Robert Kagan Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion What Is Valuable in the Art World, and Who Decides? Charlotte Burns 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS Paepcke Gallery NEXT WORLD ORDER Make China Great Again: Xi's Vision for Meet the Atlantic Editors Supremacy Jeffrey Goldberg, Gillian White Jorge Guajardo, Elsa Kania, Mira Rapp-Hooper The Atlantic Tent Moderator: James Fallows Paepcke Auditorium 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM SPECIAL EVENT VIEWPOINTS THE ASPEN CHALLENGE: Removing the Stigma of Mental Health, Generating Civic Power among Puppy Play Date Hosted by General Mills Young People, and Designing Technology that Is General Mills Market, Mayer Courtyard Inclusive and Welcoming to Immigrants Featuring students from Louisville, KY, and Dallas, TX 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM DEEP DIVES Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room VIEWPOINTS Can We Trust Tech? CLIMATE CHANGE ExxonMobil Presents: Technologies Needed to Jim Bildner, Ben Boyd, Michael Chui , Meet the Dual Energy Challenge Katie Harbath , Fred Humphries , Craig Oliver Fetzer , Martin Keller , Lynn Loo , Newmark, Rob Reich, Alex Stamos, Timothy Wu Vijay Swarup Moderators: Betsy Cooper, Nicholas Thompson Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Greenwald Pavilion VIEWPOINTS Venture Philanthropy Chicago Style: Starting CONSERVATISM From Reagan to Trump and Beyond: from Scratch to Solve Our Most Significant The Future of Conservatism in America Problems David Azerrad, Mona Charen, Robert Doar, Tom Pritzker, Robert Zimmer Benjamin Domenech, Inez Feltscher Stepman, Moderator: David Rubenstein Helena Ramírez Richardson, Reihan Salam, Bret Stephens, Charles Sykes Koch Building, Lauder Room Moderator: Mike Allen, Karl Rove, VIEWPOINTS Why Philanthropy Undermines Democracy and Paepcke Auditorium How It Can Do Better Rob Reich MEANING Making Meaning in an Era of Disconnectedness Interviewer: Carrie Walton Penner Ahmane' Glover, Sarah Hemminger, Rami Nashashibi Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Moderator: Casper ter Kuile VIEWPOINTS Who Wants to Change the World? Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Natalie Bridgeman Fields, Aimée Eubanks Davis, • In-Town Venue Ari Johnson, Evan Marwell Underwriter Presenter CLIMATE CHANGE Build-A-Moonshot Workshop Moderator: Jim Bildner • Morning Session Helen Riley, Benoit Schillings Koch Tent Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion • Afternoon Session MEANING Transforming Traditions: New Interpreters of • Evening Session Ancient Wisdom Nadia Bolz-Weber, Ahmane' Glover, Sara Luria Moderator: Casper ter Kuile Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion THURSDAY JUNE 27
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM PLENARY SESSIONS 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PLENARY SESSIONS ECONOMIC PROGRESS The Global Economy: A Delicate Moment NEXT WORLD ORDER Is the UK-US Special Relationship Still Special? Gita Gopinath Kim Darroch Interviewer: Gillian Tett Interviewer: Richard Haass Paepcke Auditorium Hotel Jerome Ballroom CLIMATE CHANGE What Is the Corporation Doing about MEANING The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life Climate Change? David Brooks Michael Boots, Brandon Nelson, Michelle Patron St. Regis Hotel Ballroom Moderator: Tracy Wolstencroft AMERICAN RENEWAL Hacking Human Psychology for a Fairer Koch Tent Criminal Justice System VIEWPOINTS Love Your Enemies Emily Bazelon, Jennifer Eberhardt Arthur Brooks Wheeler Opera House Bar Greenwald Pavilion 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EVENING SESSION AMERICAN RENEWAL The Second Democratic Debate: Watch Party and Discussion Mona Charen, John Dickerson, Fatima Goss Graves, Heidi Heitkamp, Charles Sykes Moderator: Amy Walter Limelight Hotel
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EVENING SESSIONS CONSERVATISM What Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn from Each Other David Azerrad, Chris Buskirk, Michael Green, Rhiana Gunn-Wright Moderator: Joshua Johnson Belly Up Aspen
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change in the American Mind Debbie Dooley, Anthony Leiserowitz Moderator: Susan Goldberg Hotel Jerome Ballroom AMERICAN RENEWAL The Mueller Report: Where Do We Go from Here? Veronica Escobar, Garrett Graff, Neal Katyal, Theodore Olson Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly St. Regis Hotel Ballroom • In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session FRIDAY JUNE 28
6:45 AM - 9:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS Maroon Bells Exploration: Guided Walk AMERICAN RENEWAL Our New Supreme Court through Aspen's Wilderness Gateway Emily Bazelon, Joan Biskupic, Annette (Bus loads at the Limelight Hotel at 6:45 AM) Gordon-Reed, Neal Katyal, Theodore Olson Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen Greenwald Pavilion 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION NEXT WORLD ORDER No One Wants an Angry Neighbor: The Risks of Making Mexico Mad Yoga Veronica Escobar, Jorge Guajardo, Jeh Johnson Anderson Park Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly Paepcke Auditorium 7:50 AM - 8:40 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS IN TOWN ECONOMIC PROGRESS Corporate Darwinism: Why Change Is Required ECONOMIC PROGRESS The Cost of College: Is It Worth It? for Better Business Ángel Cabrera, Janet Napolitano, Juan Salgado Tom Fanning , Nancy Green, Jeff Harmening Moderator: Joshua Wyner Moderator: Karen Dillon Hotel Jerome Ballroom Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room AMERICAN RENEWAL Straight Talk from the US Southern Border Julián Aguilar, Veronica Escobar Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS ON CAMPUS AMERICAN RENEWAL Healing America through A Year of Service Emily Cherniack, Michael Gerson, Eric Liu Interviewer: Elliot Gerson Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room ASPEN IN ACTION Rural Mythticism: Fake News about Rural America Art Cullen, Heidi Heitkamp, Kari Mailloux, Alece Montez, Ines Polonius, Sarah Smarsh, Jennie Stephens Moderator: Janet Topolsky Koch Building, Lauder Room
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session FRIDAY JUNE 28
10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS IN TOWN CONSERVATISM Can the Republican Party Survive the Alt Right? ECONOMIC PROGRESS When Is 'Big' Just Too Big? Chris Buskirk, David French, Charles Sykes Lina Khan Moderator: Michael Gerson Moderator: Nicholas Thompson Paepcke Auditorium Hotel Jerome Ballroom AMERICAN RENEWAL The Father Factor AMERICAN RENEWAL Can the Center Hold? Kimberly Dent, Joseph Jones Jr., Jessica Seinfeld, Bob Corker, Heidi Heitkamp Daniel Torres Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg Moderator: Reggie Bicha Underwritten by Walton Family Foundation Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room St. Regis Hotel Ballroom VIEWPOINTS Walton Family Foundation Presents: Ending Diploma Disparities Can Change the 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH ON CAMPUS Face of America PayPal Marble Garden Tent Janice Jackson, Janet Napolitano, Doerr-Hosier Center Daniel Porterfield Paepcke Tent Moderator: David Brooks Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS ON CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS General Mills Presents: From Fido to Fur Baby — Our Pets’ Role in the Family ECONOMIC PROGRESS Leading with a Moral Compass William (Billy) Bishop, Jr. , Natalie Morales, Phebe Novakovic C. Annie Peters, Robert L. Vetere Interviewer: David Rubenstein Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Paepcke Auditorium ECONOMIC PROGRESS A Corporate Purpose Is Not Enough ECONOMIC PROGRESS Reinventing Cities Michael Froman, Nancy Green, Mark Kramer Penny Pritzker, Lata Reddy Moderator: Bobbi Silten Moderator: James Fallows Koch Building, Lauder Room Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room ECONOMIC PROGRESS PayPal Presents: Closing the Wealth Gap ART OF THE STORY Does Great Art Speak for Itself? Fatima Goss Graves, Louise Pentland , Michael Govan, Allan Schwartzman , Ida Rademacher Franklin Sirmans Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Moderator: Kate Levin CLIMATE CHANGE The New Drawdown Superpower: Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Carbon Capture ASPEN IN ACTION Philanthropy, Democracy, and You Bill Brown, Erin Burns, Etosha Cave, Vijay Swarup Rob Reich, Jane Wales Moderator: Amy Harder Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Koch Tent ASPEN IN ACTION Addressing Trust as an Element of Media and Democracy 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM SHUTTLES TO LUNCHES IN TOWN Paula Kerger , Craig Newmark, Charles Sykes Moderator: Charlie Firestone Transportation starts from Doerr-Hosier Koch Building, Lauder Room • In-Town Venue Center and Comcast NBCUniversal Pavilion Underwriter Presenter to lunches in town. ASPEN IN ACTION College in an Age of Rapid Change: Broadening Minds or Preparing Workers? • Morning Session Ángel Cabrera, David Etzwiler Juan Salgado, • Afternoon Session Joshua Wyner • Evening Session Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room FRIDAY JUNE 28
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ROUNDTABLE LUNCHES 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM BOOK SIGNINGS How Do We Achieve College Success for All? Meet the Author: Book Signings and Janet Napolitano Conversation Paepcke Gallery Joan Biskupic, Elaine Pagels, Ed Pavlic, Rob Reich, Jeffrey Rosen What Do Republicans Really Think about Comcast NBCUniversal Ideas Pavilion Climate Change? Debbie Dooley Koch Building, Stranahan Room 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CAMPUS ART TOUR Could the Meat You Eat No Longer Come Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the from an Animal? Aspen Institute Campus Uma Valeti Paepcke Lobby Doerr-Hosier Center, Catto Terrace Does Religion Hurt Us or Help Us? 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS Nadia Bolz-Weber ECONOMIC PROGRESS Nobel Lecture: On the Possibility of Progress Aspen Institute Tent Paul Romer How Is Tech Changing Youth Culture? Interviewer: Gillian Tett Ross Andersen, Taylor Lorenz Paepcke Auditorium The Atlantic Tent NEXT WORLD ORDER The Crisis of Election Security Katie Harbath , Jeh Johnson, Douglas Lute 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM DEEP DIVES Moderator: Nicholas Thompson NEXT WORLD ORDER Best Frenemies: China, the US, and the Future Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room of the 21st Century AMERICAN RENEWAL Renewing the Call to Public Service Mike Allen, Amy Celico, Michael Froman, Janet Napolitano, Penny Pritzker, Max Stier Jorge Guajardo, Elsa Kania, Bret Stephens, Moderator: David Rubenstein and others Moderator: Garrett Graff Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion Greenwald Pavilion VIEWPOINTS Ballpark: Baseball in the American City ART OF THE STORY How Does a City Tell Its Story? Nashville Elliot Gerson, Paul Goldberger Jessi Alexander, Anthony “Chusy” Haney-Jardine, Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room Mike Lundgren, Butch Spyridon MEANING Dare to Matter Moderator: Erika Mallin Jordan Kassalow, Jennifer Krause Paepcke Auditorium Moderator: Corby Kummer ECONOMIC PROGRESS The Zip Code Reality: Where You Live Matters Koch Building, Lauder Room Mary Daly, André Dua MEANING Make Your Life Better with Rituals: Crafting Interviewer: David Brooks Meaning with Intentional Acts Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Margaret Hagan, Kürsat Özenç • In-Town Venue Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room Underwriter Presenter CLIMATE CHANGE The Next Chapter in Energy Is Here • Morning Session Joshua Goldstein, Jeff Merkley, Varun Sivaram • Afternoon Session Moderator: Amy Harder • Evening Session Koch Tent FRIDAY JUNE 28
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM SPECIAL EVENT 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM SPECIAL EVENT CLIMATE CHANGE The Stories the Trees Tell: Climate Change Change-Makers for an Inclusive Economy: Field Trip Happy Hour Hosted by PayPal (Shuttles leave from Walter Isaacson Center PayPal Marble Garden Tent at 4:15 PM to Hunter Creek Valley) Hunter Creek Valley 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PLENARY SESSIONS
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM PLENARY SESSION CLIMATE CHANGE The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter World CLIMATE CHANGE The Economists' Dilemma: How to Place a Amanda Little, Uma Valeti Price on Carbon Moderator: Susan Goldberg Joseph Aldy, Aldyen Donnelly Hotel Jerome Ballroom Moderator: Erik Schatzker Koch Tent MEANING Life Will Break Your Heart Kate Bowler, David Brooks 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM PLENARY SESSION St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
ART OF THE STORY Capturing a Legend: Aretha Franklin — 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EVENING SESSION Amazing Grace Robert Johnson, Emily Lordi, Sabrina Owens, VIEWPOINTS Nine Nasty Words: The Words That Make Us Ed Pavli´c What We Are, for Better or for Worse Moderator: Elliot Gerson John McWhorter Paepcke Auditorium Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Belly Up Aspen 4:30 PM - 5:40 PM PLENARY SESSION 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM EVENING SESSIONS MEANING Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America NEXT WORLD ORDER Why Russia Hacked Our Election Matthew O'Neill, Perri Peltz, Deleaua Shannon Bill Browder Moderator: Jennifer Krause Interviewer: Michael Abramowitz Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Hotel Jerome Ballroom AMERICAN RENEWAL What Does It Mean to Be an American Citizen? 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM SPECIAL EVENT Eric Liu, Helena Ramírez Richardson, Reihan Salam, Jennie Stephens The Keeling Curve Prize Moderator: Jeffrey Rosen Scarlett's Restaurant St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session SATURDAY JUNE 29
6:45 AM - 9:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS Maroon Bells Exploration: Guided Walk NEXT WORLD ORDER European Populism: Can the Center Hold? through Aspen's Wilderness Gateway David McWilliams (Bus loads at the Limelight Hotel at 6:45 AM) Interviewer: Gillian Tett Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Paepcke Auditorium MEANING Jesus, Buddha, and the Search for Meaning 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SUNRISE SESSION Jonathan Gold, Elaine Pagels Yoga Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Anderson Park CONSERVATISM Evangelical-Splaining Kate Bowler, David French 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM BREAKFAST SESSIONS ON CAMPUS Moderator: Michael Gerson Madeleine K. Albright Pavilion MEANING Civic Saturday: A Booster Shot of Hope and Common Purpose ECONOMIC PROGRESS Should Dignity Be Our Ultimate Economic North Star? Jena Cane, Eric Liu Gene Sperling Paepcke Auditorium Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room NEXT WORLD ORDER Is Populism Good for the Populace? CLIMATE CHANGE Deep Thinking: Ocean Solutions to Michael Green, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Climate Change Gene Sperling Daniela Fernandez, Janis Searles Jones Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room Moderator: Ross Andersen ASPEN IN ACTION Promoting Entrepreneurship for Koch Building, Lauder Room Global Growth Ángel Cabrera, Lina Marie Useche Jaramillo AMERICAN RENEWAL Fresh Eyes from Both Sides of the Aisle: Freshman in Congress Interviewer: Randall Kempner Anthony Gonzalez, Elissa Slotkin Koch Building, Lauder Room Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room AMERICAN RENEWAL 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM PLENARY SESSIONS Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David Blight AMERICAN RENEWAL The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Interviewer: John McWhorter Chief Justice John Roberts Koch Tent Joan Biskupic Interviewer: Jeffrey Rosen Greenwald Pavilion VIEWPOINTS The Genesis of 'Isms' John McWhorter Paepcke Auditorium
In-Town Venue CLIMATE CHANGE What Will the Green New Deal Cost, and • What Can It Save? Underwriter Presenter Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Douglas Holtz-Eakin • Morning Session Moderator: David Leonhardt • Afternoon Session Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room • Evening Session SATURDAY JUNE 29
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CAMPUS ART TOUR Bauhaus at Aspen: Art Tour of the Aspen Institute Campus Paepcke Lobby
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH ON CAMPUS
PayPal Marble Garden Tent Doerr-Hosier Center Paepcke Tent
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM LUNCH SESSIONS ON CAMPUS CONSERVATISM Meet Senator Ben Sasse: Self Described Independent Conservative Interviewer: Jeffrey Goldberg Paepcke Auditorium AMERICAN RENEWAL Correcting America's Historical Memory David Blight, Annette Gordon-Reed Moderator: John Dickerson Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CLOSING SESSION The Fifteenth Finale: Aspen Ideas Festival Closing Session Jon Batiste Interviewer: John Dickerson Greenwald Pavilion
• In-Town Venue Underwriter Presenter • Morning Session • Afternoon Session • Evening Session