Events
Digital Statecraft: Media, Broadcasting, and the Internet as Instruments of Public Diplomacy in the Middle East
Middle East Programs hosts a discussion featuring Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute and Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and Eli Khoury, CEO of Quantum Communications, a leading advertising and communications firm in the Middle East.
Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series Featuring Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses his book The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen (Sept 13, 2010; W. W. Norton & Co.).
Aspen Seminar
For almost sixty years, the Aspen Seminar on leadership, values, and the good society has challenged leaders in every field to think more critically and deeply about the good society. Our proven method of text-based dialogue offers participants a neutral forum in which to reflect on timeless human values, pursue common ground, and cultivate a richer understanding of the human condition.
Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health
The Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health is composed of a select group of high level leaders who will serve as champions to build political leadership for increased financial and technical support for reproductive health. The Council’s purpose is to revitalize broad recognition of the centrality of reproductive health to development and prosperity.
Dialogue featuring Elizabeth Alexander, author of "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems, 1990-2010"
Moderated by Ethelbert Miller, former poet laureate of the District of Columbia.
The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series is made possible with the generous support of Michelle Smith and the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.
This event is by invitation only.
Aspen in New York: How Do You Measure Success?
“How do you measure success?” is the theme for Aspen in New York's Business and Society Forum 2010, hosted by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program in partnership with Bloomberg Television and the Stern School of Business, NYU and sponsored by Accenture. A day-and-a-half of public conversation will explore the measures of business health, societal progress and the big questions that link the two. Featuring one-on-one interviews and dialogue among leaders of business, government and society. Join us for our 2nd annual forum.
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Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum
The Aspen Institute along with The Phillips Collection and the NYU John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress presents the 2010 Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum, which will focus on "How should the United States use culture both to communicate and listen to other nations?"
This year's forum will feature the political and cultural leaders who are now shaping the policies and practices of cultural diplomacy in the public and private sectors.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Other speakers include:
The Honorable John Brademas, President Emeritus, New York University
Eric Fischl, Painter
Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (invited)
Dr. Azar Nafisi, Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran
His Excellency Arturo Sarukahn, Ambassador of Mexico to U.S.
His Excellency Sameh Shoukry, Ambassador of Egypt to U.S. (invited)
The Honorable Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs