2016 Afternoon of Conversation
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Our signature event, the 2016 Afternoon of Conversation hosts an audience of more than 2,000 in the Benedict Music Tent. From criminal justice for the most vulnerable, to space exploration, to the changing Supreme Court, to artificial intelligence, and the state of the Grand Old Party, big thinkers and doers engage in serious ideas about their work and our collective future.
Speakers
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Mitt RomneyUS Senator from Utah -
John DickersonCorrespondent for “60 Minutes” on CBS -
Ross Andersen Senior Editor at The Atlantic -
Nancy GertnerSenior Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School -
Walter IsaacsonHistory professor at Tulane University -
Nina TotenbergLegal Affairs Correspondent, NPR -
Stephen L. CarterWilliam Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale University School of La... -
Bryan StevensonFounder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative; Author, Just... -
Satya NadellaCEO, Microsoft Corporation (Festival Underwriter)
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“We are not in a rush to pull people back into the workplace,” says Rob Falzon
NPR's Tamara Keith and Dan Glickman discuss what a Biden agenda might look like.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s family has called the city home for over 100 years.
Poet Claudia Rankine discusses the urgency of reimagining what it means to be American with Eric Liu.
Not by shying away from arguments but by embracing them. Arguments are our legacy and our shared history.
Two pro athletes talk about the perils of speaking up for justice in 2020, and what it would take to see progress and create measurable societal change.
The highest court often seems distanced from our day-to-day lives, but the rulings that come out of the Supreme Court are woven into the fabric of the nation. Though it aims t...
The youngest member of the US Senate talks about championing a new brand of conservatism.
Leading on the Frontlines, a series from Aspen Ideas Now, features mayors and governors across the United States in candid discussions about how they're facing tough decisions...
