AIF Blog
November 08, 2011
The G20 Summit in France wrapped up over the weekend. And while the European financial crisis dominated the talks, larger issues prevail. Read more news coverage.Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, spoke this summer at Aspen Ideas about the crippled G20. "We are in a world that has officially moved from G7 to a G20...
November 03, 2011
We're proud to share the news that AsepnIdeas.org is an award-winning website! The Web Marketing Association bestowed the award for Outstanding Achievement for Web Development to our development and design team.Several months ago, the Aspen Ideas team undertook a major redesign and rebuild of our website. Anyone who saw aifestival.org before last May, when the redesign became live, knows how major the changes have...
October 20, 2011
How much of energy efficiency is about technology and how much of it is education and a change in our consumptive behaviors?"As we are constantly making escalators and light fixtures less expensive to operate, which is another way of saying more efficient, how do we put the frugality force in when we're constantly taking it away from the other side?" asks moderator David Owen.For starters, says Amit Chatterjee, "...
October 11, 2011
In what has proven to be a controversial move, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation last week stating that healthy men shouldn't get PSA blood tests for detecting prostate cancer.This recommendation has lit up the traditional media and blogosphere. CBS reports that prostrate cancer experts bash the panel’s recommendation, and The New York Times outlines the shortfalls of early cancer...
October 04, 2011
With House Republican Leader Eric Cantor calling the jobs bill dead, the drought in American jobs continues to keep our country and economy parched.Last month, Gallup reported that underemployment is stuck around 18 percent, essentially where it was a year ago. And 46 percent of Americans believe the economy is worse than it was a year ago.The economy was debated and dissected at Aspen Ideas. Following are short...
September 19, 2011
The nation’s youth are back in school, so we’re focusing on our Education track this month. Above, Graham Wyatt shows how we can harness the virtual world and create exciting learning environments. Watch his 15-minute Game Changer talk here.Don't miss these stellar talks on a wide range of education issues.Sal Khan, of the Khan Academy, shows how virtual instruction is moving into classrooms through innovative math...
September 19, 2011
Aspen Ideas speakers are at the forefront in their fields. We hope you’ll be inspired to read their books, which are available in our Bookstore. Here are some new titles to add to your reading list:Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s ViewAssociate Justice Stephen Breyer examines the course of the Supreme Court throughout history and how its role is largely related to how the public accepts its decisions. Watch...
September 08, 2011
Photographer Andrea Booher gave an arresting photo presentation at Aspen Ideas, which documents September 11, 2001, and the aftermath at Ground Zero. Assigned by FEMA to photo-document the search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, she was one of only two photographers, designated by Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, with unlimited, 24-hour access to the site. In her quest to capture the devastation as well as the...
August 31, 2011
As the 10-year anniversary of September 11 approaches, we focus here on our coverage of the topic at Aspen Ideas.Diplomats, experts, and politicians gathered in Aspen to discuss topics like: Could another 9/11 happen? What have we learned after 60 years of nation building? What have we gained and lost in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? What will happen this September when the UN votes on Palestine's declaration of...
August 26, 2011
(Wes Moore with fellow veteran and author Rye Barcott)This week, TIME magazine features "The New Greatest Generation" on their cover. Written by Joe Klein (also a presenter at AIF 2011), the story recognizes men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan for their service and the way they are redefining leadership at home.Paul Rieckhoff, the founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of...