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Check out the Books Featured at the Institute's Summer Words Literary Festival Blog Post Check out the Goodreads' list of Authors Attending the Aspen Writers' Foundation's Festival More »	Could Service Lift Up the Disenfranchised? Blog Post Community Advocates Discuss Solutions To Increase Service Participation Rates More »	The Institute and Public Theater Hold Star-Studded Shakespearean Debates Blog Post Tickets to “What Are We Worth? Shakespeare, Money and Morals" free on July 17 at 12pm EST More »
Summer Reading for the Aspen Ideas Festival Blog Post Prep for the Festival's author talks and check us out on Goodreads More »	WATCH: The Indian Child Welfare Act - Highlighting the Invisible Video Exploring the Challenges and Successes of the Act June 6, 2013 More »	Aspen Global Health and Development Launches First Class of New Voices Fellows Blog Post Fellowship to Bring Fresh Perspectives to Global Development More »

Google’s Drummond: “Be Audacious” in Re-imagining Youth Sports Blog Post Sports & Society Releases the Project Play Summary Report More »	2013 Susman Conversation To Feature Justice Stephen Breyer Blog Post The Conversation to Ask Justice William Brennan's 1977 Question Anew More »	Business & Society Program Announces 2013 First Mover Fellows Program Fellows Include Innovators From Google, HP, Toyota, IDEO, LinkedIn, PepsiCo and Others More »
Next at the Aspen Institute: June 2013 Blog Post New reports, events, and more highlight the start of summer 2013 at the Aspen Institute. More »	Latest Updates, What to Expect at The Festival On Immigration, Taxes, Gun Control and More More »	Partners Across the Institute Launch the Food Security Strategy Group Blog Post Leaders to Address Growing Challenge of Global Food Insecurity More »

WATCH: Congressmen Aim to Close the American Retirement Savings Gap Blog Post Legislators, Experts on Expanding Retirement Savings Options More »	WATCH: Science Literacy and Our Future: A Conversation with Brian Greene Video Moderated by: Robert Krulwich Science Correspondent, NPR, Co-host, Radiolab, WNYC May 23, 2013 More »	Harnessing the Power of the Diaspora Blog Post Partners for a New Beginning convenes Diaspora members to discuss economic issues More »
Announcing the 2013 Bezos Scholars @ the Aspen Institute Blog Post Young leaders from across the country and around the world welcomed to 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival More »	Ascend Fellows Fighting Poverty Highlighted on MSNBC Blog Post Powerful voices and breakthrough solutions working to break the cycle of poverty More »	Supporting Moms: The Case for Investing in Childcare Blog Post Exploring the Nation's Need for Quality, Affordable Care May 10, 2013 More »

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Initiative on Smart Energy and Network Technologies (INSENT) Program Roundtable will explore policies that enable markets and technologies to create and serve a smarter energy network in the U.S. More »	About the Program Program Addressing critical gaps in the current food security dialogue. Initiative on Global Food Security More »	Report from the Aspen Consultation on Health, Food Security and Population Publication Summary Report from the Aspen Consultation on Health, Food Security and Population in the Post-2015 Development Agenda More »
Catto Fellowship Program The Catto Fellowship focuses on the common values critical for a healthy and sustainable environment. More »	Impact of Energy Renaissance on U.S. Manufacturing Event Featuring Calvin M. Dooley, Thomas D. Peterson and Harold L. Sirkin. Moderated by Tom Duesterberg November 28, 2012 More »

Susman Conversation on Individual Constitutional Rights Event Featuring Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court July 3, 2013 More »	Society of Fellows Luncheon Event What is the Viability of a Carbon Tax? July 5, 2013 More »	2013 Socrates Summer Seminars Event Socrates Summer Seminars in Aspen, CO July 5-8, 2013 More »
2013 Socrates Program Dinner Event Discussion on "Entrepreneurship and Civil Society" featuring Jared Cohen, Founder and Director of Google Ideas July 6, 2013 More »	Teacher Leaders Fellowship Program Class IV Event The Promise of Leadership July 7, 2013 - July 11, 2013 More »	2013 Financial Security Summit Event More »

Cultures of Organizational Learning and Continuous Improvement Event Aspen workshop dialogue focused on building systems of organizational learning and continuous improvement July 8-13, 2013 More »	Scribes & Scribblers 2013: Creative Writing Workshops for Kids Event Picture Your Words, Session I More »	Aspen Institute Roundtable on Institutional Innovation Event Aspen Institute Roundtable on Institutional Innovation July 8-10, 2013 More »
Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Event Back From the Brink: Resolving the Debt Crisis July 8, 2013 More »	Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast: On "Assessing Advocacy" Event Featuring Nathan Huttner, Associate Principal, Redstone Strategy Group & Julia Coffman, Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation July 9, 2013 More »	Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) Event Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) July 10-13, 2013 More »

Hurst Lecture Series Event Featuring The Right Honorable Tony Blair with Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute July 10, 2013 More »	International Business Summit on the US-EU Transatlantic Trade Event Conference on developing concensus in the industrial sector for the Transatlantic Partnership July 10-12, 2013 More »	Justice and Society Seminar Event Moderated by Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, and Michael Fitts, Dean at the University of Pennsylvania Law School July 11-17, 2013 More »
Europe-Japan Conference Event "EU-Japan Economic Relations: Present and Future" July 11-12, 2013 More »	Society of Fellows One Day Symposium Event An Inclusive America: Does Religion Still Divide Us? July 11, 2013 More »	Society of Fellows Vanguard Discussion Reception Event Empowering the Poor in the Digital Age July 11, 2013 More »

As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda Video New York Times columnist Gail Collins discusses her new book September 11, 2012 More »	Perspectives from American Enterprise Institute Scholar Dan Blumenthal Video Dan Blumenthal is Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and Resident Fellow at AEI. More »	Chad Harbach Booktalk Video From the Aspen Writers' Foundation: Aspen Summer Words Event More »
McCloskey Speaker Series Featuring Douglas Brinkley Video In Conversation with the Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson August 14, 2012 More »	Aspen Summer Words 2012: Claudia Villela and Romero Lubambo in Concert Video Brazilian Music from the 2012 Aspen Summer Words June 21, 2012 More »	Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture with USAID's Raj Shah Video Speakers included: Rajiv Shah, Madeleine K. Albright and Walter Isaacson August 1, 2012 More »

Lessons and Challenges from Two Decades of Community Change Work Video Implications for Quebec More »	Hurst Lecture Series: The End of Illness Video with David Agus for the Hurst Lecture Series August 10, 2012 More »	ASF 2012: At the Point of the Spear Video Interview with Admiral William McRaven, Commander, Joint Special Operations Command July 17, 2012 More »
AIF 2012: Charlie Rose - The Interview Video In Conversation with the Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson Aspen Ideas Festival More »	Hurst Lecture Series: A Conversation with Jon Huntsman Video From the Hurst Lecture Series August 13, 2012 More »	U.S. Rebalancing with Asia Video Conversation with Christopher Hill, Javier Solana and ZHOU Wenzhong. Moderated by Joe Nye. August 15, 2012 More »

2012 Summer Celebration Awards Gala Video Honoring Dick Costolo, Eric E. Schmidt and Padmasree Warrior. August 5, 2012 More »	Reflections on Technology and its Impact on Democracy Around the World Video A Conversation with Twitter's Dick Costolo, Google's Eric Schmidt and Walter Isaacson More »	U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges: A conversation with Michèle Flournoy and Anne-Marie Slaughter Video Moderated by Ambsassador Nicholas Burns August 7, 2012 More »
Socrates Program Opening Dinner Video Leigh Hafrey, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Seth Goldman, Brian Trelstad, Robin Wright, and Vijay Vaitheeswaran Provide a Seminar Overview More »	Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power Video A Conversation with David Sanger and Walter Isaacson August 5, 2012 More »	Twitter's Dick Costolo, Google's Eric Schmidt and Cisco's Padmasree Warrior at the 19th Aspen Summer Celebration Video Two Conversations on Technology, US Competitiveness and Democracy August 8, 2012 More »

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