SUMMER 2018 IDEAS | LEADERSHIP | ACTION A NONPARTISAN FORUM FOR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP AND THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
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For additional information, including locations, visit aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents Friday, July 6 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm JUNE Society of Fellows Forum Saturday, June 2 – Friday, June 8 Working in America/Making America Work The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and | the Good Society Saturday, July 7 4:00 – 5:00 pm McCloskey Speaker Series Wednesday, June 6 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm A Conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer Justice Stephen Breyer, associate justice, The Supreme The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Ann Mullins, landscape architect Court of the United States; and Nina Totenberg, legal affairs Free and open to the public correspondent, NPR | Sunday, June 17 – Friday, June 22 Saturday, July 7 6:00 – 9:00 pm Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Socrates Benefit Dinner Honorees: Jane and Marc Nathanson Literary Festival Tina Chang, Peter Ho Davies, Bruce Handy, Heather Conversation Guest: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO, Harpham, Beth Nguyen, Tom Perrotta, Helen Schulman, J. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Courtney Sullivan, Aran Shetterly, and Margot Lee Shetterly Dinner Chairs: Laura and Gary Lauder and Bill Resnick and Michael J. Stubbs Dinner tickets: 202-736-3503 Monday, June 18 – Wednesday, June 20 Aspen Words Readers Retreat: Great Writing | from Vanity Fair Magazine Tuesday, July 10 5:30 – 6:30 pm Bruce Handy, contributing editor, Vanity Fair Sandra Day O’Connor Conversation Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author, historian and journalist Monday, June 18 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm Society of Fellows Opening Reception | A Conversation with Dan Porterfield Wednesday, July 11 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Free and open to the public Tuesday, June 19 | 6:00 – 10:00 pm Aspen Summer Words Benefit Dinner | Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West Wednesday, July 11 4:00 – 5:00 pm McCloskey Speaker Series Wednesday, June 20 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Reimagining How Cities Thrive The Honorable Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles; and The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Lissa Ballinger, curator Dan Porterfield, president and CEO, The Aspen Institute Free and open to the public Wednesday, July 11 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Thursday, June 21 – Sunday, June 24 Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Spotlight Health Continue the Conversation: Reimagining How Cities Thrive Mayor Eric Garcetti and Dan Porterfield Sunday, June 24 – Saturday, June 30 | Aspen Ideas Festival Thursday, July 12 5:30 – 6:30 pm In partnership with The Atlantic Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series Thinking Like a Child: What Children Can Teach Adults About Creativity JULY Alison Gopnik, psychology and philosophy professor, University of California-Berkeley Friday, July 6 – Monday, July 9 Socrates Summer Seminars Friday, July 13 | 4:00 – 6:00 pm Art Show Reception Friday, July 6 – Thursday, July 12 Herbert Bayer: Mountains and Convolutions Justice & Society Seminar Bernard Jazzar, exhibit curator Judge Amul Thapar, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Free and open to the public, remarks at 4:30 pm Circuit; and Professor Melissa Murray, Berkeley Law Saturday, July 14 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Tuesday, July 24 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Hurst Lecture Series McCloskey Speaker Series Designing the Next Energy Economy: A Reality Based The Future of Conservatism and the Republican Discussion on the Future of Energy Party in the Age of Trump In collaboration with the Energy and Environment Program Allysia Finley, assistant editor, OpinionJournal.com at The Ernest Moniz, CEO, Energy Futures Initiative, and former Wall Street Journal; Jonah Goldberg, senior editor, National Secretary of Energy; and Andy Karsner, managing partner, Review; Michael Steele, former chairman, Republican Emerson Collective, and space cowboy, X – The Moonshot National Committee and former lieutenant governor Factory of Maryland; and Mickey Edwards, Aspen Institute vice president and former congressman Monday, July 16 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm Society of Fellows Vanguard Chapter Wednesday, July 25 – Saturday, July 28 Summer Reception The Resnick Aspen Action Forum Open to Vanguard Chapter Fellows only Wednesday, July 25 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Wednesday, July 18 – Friday, July 20 The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Society of Fellows Two-Day Symposium Free and open to the public The Rise of Hate Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League; and Wednesday, July 25 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm Peter Simi, director of the Earl Babbie Research Center and Society of Fellows Discussion Reception an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Continue the Conversation: The Future of Conservatism Chapman University and the Republican Party in the Age of Trump Michael Steele, former chairman, Republican National Wednesday, July 18 | 5:15 – 6:15 pm Committee and former lieutenant governor of Maryland; McCloskey Speaker Series and Mickey Edwards, Aspen Institute In collaboration with the Aspen Security Forum vice president and former congressman Speaker to be announced Monday, July 30 – Thursday, August 2 Thursday, July 19 Society of Fellows Three-Day Symposium Society of Fellows Dialogue Iran: Past, Present, and Future In collaboration with Aspen Homeland Security Program Suzanne Maloney, deputy director, Foreign Policy at Open to Aspen Leaf Society members and above Brookings; and Roham Alvandi, associate professor of international history, London School of Economics and Thursday, July 19 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Political Science Aspen Security Forum Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Monday, July 30 US Department of Justice Society of Fellows Dialogue The Anatomy of Hate Friday, July 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Secretary Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary Aspen Security Forum of State; and Michael Zantovsky, former press secretary to Speaker to be announced Vaclav Havel Open to Aspen Leaf Society members and above Saturday, July 21 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Aspen Security Forum Monday, July 30 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Speaker to be announced Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Monday, July 23 | 7:00 pm Psychedelics The Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening Program Michael Pollan, author, journalist, and journalism professor, Chef Flynn University of California-Berkeley; and Corby Kummer, editor in chief, IDEAS: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute Tuesday, July 31 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm Friday, August 10 | 3:00 – 4:30 pm McCloskey Speaker Series McCloskey Speaker Series Fascism: Its History and Signs of a Modern Resurgence Democratic Governors Panel: Uniting a Divided Nation Secretary Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State Starting with the States
Monday, August 13 AUGUST Society of Fellows Dialogue The Power of Art to Transform the Heart and Mind Wednesday, August 1 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Alonzo King, artistic director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Open to Aspen Leaf Society members and above Free and open to the public Monday, August 13 | 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 1 | 4:30 – 5:30 pm The Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening Program The Aspen Institute Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture Tuesday, August 14 – Friday, August 17 In collaboration with the Brookings Blum Roundtable American West: A Celebration of the History, the Values, The Honorable Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President the Struggle, and the Legacy of Liberia Wednesday, August 15 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Thursday, August 2 | 7:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour The Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening Program Free and open to the public The Price of Everything In collaboration with Sotheby’s Wednesday, August 15 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm American West: A Celebration Public Lecture Friday, August 3 | 4:00 – 5:30 pm Hurst Lecture Series Friday, August 17 | 3:00 - 5:00 In collaboration with the Aspen Strategy Group Society of Fellows Closing Reception Speakers to be announced Saturday, August 18 – Friday, August 24 Saturday, August 4 The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, The 25th Annual Summer Celebration and the Good Society Conversation and Gala Conversation: 5:00 – 6:15 pm; Benefit Dinner: 6:15 – 9:00 pm SEPTEMBER Conversation only tickets: 970-920-5770, Dinner tickets: 202-736-3503 Wednesday, September 5 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Monday, August 6 | 7:00 pm Free and open to the public The Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening Program Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Wednesday, September 12 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Tuesday, August 7 | 8:30 am – 1:00 pm Free and open to the public Society of Fellows Forum The Role of Diplomacy in a Fractured World Thursday, September 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series Wednesday, August 8 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Improving WorkLife: The Keys to Making Work Better Hurst Lecture Series Adam Grant, management and psychology professor, Creating Economic Opportunity for More Americans Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, In collaboration with Economic Strategy Group New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Mitch Daniels, president, Purdue University; Melissa Kearney, Give and Take director, Economic Strategy Group; and Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent, The New York Times SUMMER 2018 IDEAS | LEADERSHIP | ACTION
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