7
Days
250
Sessions
3,000
Attendees
2019 Festival
Join brilliant minds and change makers in Aspen for our 15th annual Festival.
Featured speakers
2014 Festival
Lori Gottlieb
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times best-selling author who writes The Atlantic’s weekly Dear Therapist advice column. A contributing editor for The Atlantic...
2012 Festival
Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, writing about foreign policy and domestic politics. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2013 while at The Wal...
2018 Festival
Jonathan Capehart
Jonathan Capehart is a member of The Washington Post editorial board, writes about politics and social issues for the PostPartisan blog, and hosts the “Cape Up” podcast. He is...
2017 Festival
Michele Norris
Michele Norris is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, founder of The Race Card Project, and executive director of The Bridge, the Aspen Institute’s new program on race, cultur...
2019 Festival
Celebrating Ideas since 2005
2019 Festival
Imagine some of the most inspired and innovative speakers gathered in a single place.
2019 Festival
Tracks
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Can design change people’s behavior? Our culture? Our lives?
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Have humans reached our potential for peak performance?
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Where do emotions come from? Are they hardwired at birth?
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Our national conversation is increasingly defined by deep divisions.
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For many, growth equals economic progress. But how should we define progress?
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International order, as we’ve known it for more than 70 years, is in flux.
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The ancient artform of storytelling is being reimagined across all platforms.
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What are we doing here? Is there a higher purpose to the lives we lead?
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What defines modern American conservatism and who are today’s standard-bearers?
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The recent UN report urging swift and dramatic action to curb the rise of the planet’s temperature.
