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Schedule
Get a taste of what a day at the Aspen Ideas Festival is like! Look through our schedule from 2019.
About the Festival
The Aspen Ideas Festival promises to be thought-provoking, meaningful and fun — true to Aspen tradition. Find out more about it's history.
Event Overview
From sunup to sundown, Aspen Ideas packs hundreds of fascinating discussions into ten days, with more than 3,000 attendees.
Featured speakers
Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of Opportunity Insights. His research, which combines empirical evidence and econ...
Nigel Kim Darroch is the British ambassador to the United States, since 2016. He served as the prime minister’s national security advisor from 2012 to 2015, acting as secretar...
Common is an award-winning artist, actor, and activist. His social justice and advocacy work focuses on mass incarceration, mental health, and voting, and he launched a nonpro...
Susan Goldberg is editorial director of National Geographic Partners, in charge of all publishing ventures including digital journalism, magazines, books, maps, children and f...
Cut Through the Noise
Imagine some of the most inspired and innovative speakers gathered in a single place.
