SUMMER 2016 IDEAS | LEADERSHIP | ACTION A NONPARTISAN FORUM FOR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP AND THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS

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ASPEN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS The Aspen Institute hosts dozens of public programs year-round for residents and visitors alike, including the Hurst Student Seminars; Great Books; Great Decisions; Our Society Reimagined; Athens to Aspen; Teen Socrates; the McCloskey Speaker Series; the Hurst Lecture Series; and the Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series. These programs offer unique and affordable opportunities for a diverse mix of people to find inspiration in a variety of ways. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to offer need-based scholarships to teens and adults to take part in our programs.

HURST LECTURE SERIES Generously underwritten by the Hurst Family Foundation

MCCLOSKEY SPEAKER SERIES Generously underwritten by the McCloskey Family Charitable Foundation

MURDOCK MIND, BODY, SPIRIT SERIES Generously underwritten by Gina and Jerry Murdock

NEW VIEWS DOCUMENTARIES & DIALOGUE A collaboration between the Aspen Institute Arts Program and Aspen Film Generously underwritten by Leonard Lauder and Jane and Michael Eisner JUNE JULY

Saturday, June 4 – Friday, June 10 Tuesday, July 5 – Monday, July 11 The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, The Justice & Society Seminar and the Good Society Judge Laura Taylor Swain, US District Court for the Southern District of New York; and Daniel Rodriguez, Thursday, June 9 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Dean and Harold Washington Professor at Northwestern The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Pritzker School of Law Ann Mullins, FASLA | Free and open to the public Wednesday, July 6 6:00 – 8:00 pm Society of Fellows Vanguard Chapter Thursday, June 16 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Summer Reception: The Joke is Mightier Than The Sword: The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour The Role of Satire in Politics Lissa Ballinger, Curator and Registrar Dr. Bassem Youssef Free and open to the public Thursday, July 7 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Sunday, June 19 – Tuesday, June 21 Free and open to the public Society of Fellows Two-Day Symposium Race, Gender and Class: Social Justice through the Lens Thursday, July 7 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm of Contemporary Art McCloskey Speaker Series In collaboration with the Anderson Ranch Arts Center The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us Moderated by Hank Willis Thomas and Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures, Andrea Bowers Chapman University

Sunday, June 19 – Friday, June 24 Friday, July 8 – Monday, July 11 Aspen Words Socrates Summer Seminars Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary Festival Ann Hood, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Dean Bakopoulos, Friday, July 8 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm George Hodgeman, Antonya Nelson, Maria Semple, Society of Fellows Forum Darin Strauss, Abigail Thomas, Leigh Haber, and Deborah Art and Music of the American Mid-Century Wiles In collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School Monday, June 20 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm Leon Botstein, Alan Fletcher, and Barbara Haskell Society of Fellows Summer Opening Reception | Walter Isaacson in conversation with Friday, July 8 6:30 – 7:30 pm Lynda Resnick Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series Interfaith Collaboration: Living in a Religiously Wednesday, June 22 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm Diverse Democracy Aspen Words Annual Benefit Dinner Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core Dr. Lucy Kalanithi and Ann Patchett Saturday, July 9 – Monday, July 11 Teen Socrates Seminar Thursday, June 23 – Saturday, July 2 Aspen Ideas Festival Saturday, July 9 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm Presented with The Atlantic Socrates Benefit Dinner Honorees: Ann B. Friedman, Trustee, The Aspen Institute; and Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Dinner Chairs: Arjun Gupta, Peter Hirshberg, and Laura and Gary Lauder Dinner tickets: 800-410-3463 Tuesday, July 12 | 4:30 – 5:30 pm Wednesday, July 27 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm McCloskey Speaker Series McCloskey Speaker Series An Entrepreneur’s Roadmap for Success in the Next A Chat with the Chairman Digital Revolution In collaboration with the Aspen Security Forum Steve Case, Co-Founder and Former CEO and Chairman, General Joseph Dunford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff America Online; Chairman, The Case Foundation; and Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute Thursday, July 28 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Thursday, July 14 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Free and open to the public The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public Thursday, July 28 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Aspen Security Forum Friday, July 15 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm Speaker to be announced Society of Fellows Luncheon Trial by the Masses: Modern Investigative Reporting’s Friday, July 29 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Impact on Criminal Justice Aspen Security Forum Rabia Chaudry in conversation with Charlie Firestone The View from the CIA John Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency Friday, July 15 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series Saturday, July 30 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm From Smartphones to Smoking: What Neuroscience Aspen Security Forum Reveals About How We Get Hooked Speaker to be announced Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts AUGUST Monday, July 18 | 7:00 pm The Resnick Aspen Action Forum Opening Film Monday, August 1 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm In collaboration with NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Dialogue The Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Human Race Stuart Russell Tuesday, July 19 – Friday, July 22 The Resnick Aspen Action Forum Monday, August 1 | 7:00 pm NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Dialogue Monday, July 25 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Tuesday, August 2 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Rule of Law and Due Process in the McCloskey Speaker Series War on Terrorism The Presidential Race: Perspectives on the Post- In collaboration with the Aspen Security Forum Convention Campaign Karen Greenberg Jonathan Martin, ; Kathleen Parker, ; and Walter Isaacson, President and Monday, July 25 | 7:00 pm CEO, The Aspen Institute NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Dialogue Thursday, August 4 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Tuesday, July 26 – Thursday, July 28 Free and open to the public Society of Fellows Two-Day Symposium Dying to Change: Transforming Care of Serious and Friday, August 5 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm Terminal Illness Hurst Lecture Series In collaboration with the Health, Medicine, and In collaboration with the Aspen Strategy Group Society Program Program will be announced in early summer Moderated by Diane Meier and BJ Miller Saturday, August 6 Saturday, August 13 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm The 23rd Annual Summer Celebration and Gala McCloskey Speaker Series Conversation | 5:00 – 6:15 pm Democratic Governors Panel: A State’s-Eye View of Benefit Dinner | 6:30 – 9:00 pm America in 2016 and Beyond Honorees: Sheri Schultz, Co-Founder, The Schultz Family Foundation; and Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO, Tuesday, August 16 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Starbucks Society of Fellows Forum Dinner Chairs: Melony and Adam Lewis Breakthroughs in the Science of Learning Conversation only tickets: 970-920-5770 In collaboration with the Education and Society Program Dinner tickets: 800-410-3463 Dr. Marc Brackett, Dr. Carol Dweck and Dr. Laurence Steinberg Sunday, August 7 – Wednesday, August 10 Society of Fellows Three-Day Symposium Tuesday, August 16 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm The Asylum Crisis in Europe: Policies and Implications McCloskey Speaker Series for Europe and Beyond Republican Governors Panel: A State’s-Eye View of Moderated by Courtland Robinson and TBA America in 2016 and Beyond

Monday, August 8 | 4:00 – 5:30 pm Wednesday, August 17 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm Hurst Lecture Series Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Bright Minds in New Media What is Wrong with the War on Drugs? Bryn Mooser, Co-Founder and CEO, RYOT News; Olivia Johann Hari Ma, News Manager, YouTube; Sterling Proffer, GM, VICE Media; Julia Turner, Editor in Chief, Slate; and Walter Thursday, August 18 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public Monday, August 8 | 7:00 pm NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Dialogue Friday, August 19 | 4:30 – 6:30 pm Society of Fellows Summer Closing BBQ Wednesday, August 10 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm Speaker TBA Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Behind the Scenes on the Campaign Trail Saturday, August 20 – Friday, August 26 Michael Steele and Patti Solis Doyle in conversation with The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, Mickey Edwards and the Good Society

Thursday, August 11 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tuesday, August 23 – Friday, August 26 The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Society of Fellows Three-Day Symposium Free and open to the public Dante and the of the Modern World In collaboration with Friends of Florence Thursday, August 11 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm Moderated by Dr. William Cook and Ross King Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human Thursday, August 25 | 2:00 – 5:00 pm Dr. Daniel Siegel, Professor, UCLA School of Medicine; Society of Fellows Forum Founding Co-Director, Mindful Awareness Research Center Elections that Speak to Us Today, Through the Lens of Ken Burns Friday, August 12 | 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Ken Burns Society of Fellows Forum Ethics in Sports: What’s Fair to Expect Today in the Pursuit of Victory? For additional information, including locations, In collaboration with the Sports and Society Program visit aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents Jonathan Vaughters and Tom Farrey SUMMER 2016 IDEAS | LEADERSHIP | ACTION

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