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SAVE the DATES! Upcoming Washington, DC Area Programming April to June 2016 SAVE THE DATES! Upcoming Washington, DC Area Programming April to June 2016 APRIL 2016 PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS PRECISION MEDICINE: THE PROMISE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM THE JOURNEY, THE FUTURE REIMAGINE RETAIL Featuring Dr. Eric Lander, President Featuring Kathleen McLaughlin, President of the Walmart and Founding Director of the Broad Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer of Walmart, and Institute of MIT and Harvard, in Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, conversation with Walter Isaacson. on the topic of the private sector’s role in expanding Monday, April 18 | economic opportunities for frontline workers. 12:00pm – 1:30pm Wednesday, April 6 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Katya Wanzer, Photo by Tony Cenicola Tony Photo by Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Eric Lander RETIREMENT SECURITY IN THE ON-DEMAND WORKING IN AMERICA SERIES ECONOMY RESKILLING AMERICA: CAREER AND TECHNICAL This event explores how we might adapt the social contract EDUCATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY for workers in America in a way that can make retirement A conversation featuring guest speakers Dr. Katherine benefits and protections more portable, with a focus on the Newman, Michael Johnson, Andy Van Kleunen, and policy challenges and opportunities to improve and adapt Sandi Vito. our current system. Tuesday, April 19 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm Monday, April 11 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected] Contact: Kiese Hansen, [email protected] ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIES ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING TRUSTEE AND SOCIETY Featuring Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the OF FELLOWS RECEPTION Institute for Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown Spring reception for Trustees and University and co-author of Fast Forward: How Women Society of Fellows members. Can Achieve Power and Purpose, in conversation with Jane Thursday, April 14 | 6:00pm – Wales, Executive Director of the Institute’s Program on 8:00pm Philanthropy and Social Innovation. Japanese Ambassador’s Residence Thursday, April 21 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm Contact: Natasha Little, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 [email protected] Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] By invitation only* By invitation only* Ambassador Sasae ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING JUSTICE AND SOCIETY PROGRAM BOARD MEETING JUSTICE CIRCLE DISCUSSION RECEPTION Aspen Institute Board of Trustees Featuring Ted Olson, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Annual Spring Board Meeting. and former Solicitor General of the United States, and Friday, April 15 | 9:15am – 12:00pm Tom Goldstein, Partner at Goldstein & Russell, P.C., and Contact: Allison Perry, [email protected] Publisher of SCOTUSBlog, in conversation with Nina By invitation only Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent for NPR. Wednesday, April 27 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm Private Residence Contact: Skye Wilson, [email protected] By invitation only MAY 2016 lives of children, offer learnings through robust dialogues, and host the announcement of new initiatives. ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIES Tuesday, May 17 | 8:00am – 8:00pm Featuring Garry Kasparov, legendary chess grandmaster, Knight Conference Center, The Newseum, 555 Russian pro-democracy leader, Chairman of the Human Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Rights Foundation, and author of Winter is Coming: Why Contact: Risa Isard, [email protected] Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, in conversation with Walter Isaacson. ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIES Wednesday, May 4 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm Featuring Diane Rehm, host of the The Diane Rehm Show One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 and author of On My Own, in a conversation with Elliot Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] Gerson, the the Executive Vice President of Policy and By invitation only* Public Programs at the Aspen Institute. Wednesday, May 18 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm SOCIETY OF FELLOWS DISCUSSION RECEPTION One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 This inaugural program in a new series underwritten by Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] Wilma and Stuart Bernstein and Carolyn and Bill Wolfe By invitation only* will feature Bob Woodward, an associate editor at The Washington Post who has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes for SOCIETY OF FELLOWS SUMMER RECEPTION coverage of the Watergate scandal and the 9/11 terrorist Cathy and Walter Isaacson attacks, in conversation with Walter Isaacson. will host a Summer Reception Monday, May 9 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm for members of the Society of Private Residence Fellows. Contact: Emily Garber, [email protected] Sunday, June 5 | By invitation only* 5:00pm – 7:00pm Private Residence 2016 PROJECT PLAY SUMMIT Contact: Beth Crable, The 2016 Project Play Summit will take measure of the [email protected] collective progress made in the past year on the Project Play By invitation only* Cathy and Walter Isaacson report’s eight strategies for the eight sectors that touch the Individuals and couples who wish to engage more deeply in the Institute’s programs and mission are invited to join the Society of Fellows. The SOF is a community of donors that provides important support to advance the Institute’s mission. Fellows receive frequent invitations and advance notices of special events and have a dedicated line to call for information about Institute discussions, receptions, seminars, and festivals throughout the year. Levels of support range from the Vanguard Chapter for youngerdonors to Chairman’s and Gold Leaf Society levels for more established donors. Please contact Peter Waanders, Director of the Society of Fellows, at (970) 544-7912 or [email protected]. *Society of Fellows members will automatically receive invitations to all starred events FOR MORE EVENT INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.ASPENINSTITUTE.ORG/EVENTS.
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