Aspen Ideas Festival

Afternoon of Conversation

The Afternoon of Conversation is the Aspen Ideas Festival's signature event and hosts an audience of 2,000 in the Benedict Music Tent. Big thinkers and doers will engage serious ideas about their work, our world, and the future. (Doors at 1:30 PM. All backpacks, purses, and bags will be subject to a bag check.)

Speakers: Nkosi Nkululeko, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Esau Sinnok, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Chris Matthews, Jeffrey Goldberg, Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, Nancy Gibbs, Joanne Lipman, Katie Couric, Samantha Power, John Hickenlooper, John Dickerson, Mitch Landrieu, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jeff Immelt, Walter Isaacson, Gerard Baker, Nikhil Deogun, Elizabeth Alexander
Festival: 2017

Watch and Listen: World

Development as Dignity
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Afternoon of Conversation
For our annual signature event in the Benedict Music Tent, the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival hosts former secretary of... See more
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Wellspring of Indigenous Knowledge
The complexity of indigenous cultures is underappreciated by most modern observers, yet native people have... See more
What the World Gets Wrong about Refugees
Most of us probably harbor preconceived notions about refugees. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding about what drove them... See more
Can We Prevent a North Korea Crisis?
The Trump Administration has said that “all options are on the table” in North Korea. What actually are the options,... See more

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