Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
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2020 Aspen Ideas Festival

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2020

Date

Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2020
12:00am

Location


Virtual

Contact

    [email protected]
    970.544.7955

Hosts

Join us and engage your friends, colleagues, and family for a set of conversations and ideas that are relevant to the times we live in and the future we face.

Beginning June 28, the Aspen Ideas Festival will host a robust daily lineup of speakers — streaming here for free. Leaders and thinkers will share fresh thinking across a spectrum of topics, reflecting the moment and offering ideas about future possibilities.

Spanning arts, science, the economy, diplomacy, democracy, and certainly the present juncture our society is in, the experts and leaders we will bring to the digital Aspen Ideas stage include

Anna Deavere Smith, Anthony Fauci, Madeleine Albright, Kai Fu Lee, Krista Tippett, Michael Eric Dyson, William McRaven, Maria Ressa, Brian Greene, Lulu Miller, Erik Larsen, John McWhorter and Oskar Eustis, for starters. Register to receive program updates.

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