Aspen Wye Fellows with Alan Wurtzel

March 21, 2013
Queenstown, MD

The Aspen Wye Fellows are joined by Alan Wurtzel, former Chairman and CEO of Circuit City, to discuss his book "Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City." Alan Wurtzel, son of Circuit City founder Sam Wurtzel, joined the company in 1966 as Vice President of Legal Affairs and took over as CEO in six short years.

Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship, Class VI

March 20, 2013 - March 24, 2013
Aspen, CO

Seminar 1/4: The Challenge of Leadership

Diversity in the Arts: Challenges and Opportunities

March 19, 2013
Washington, DC
Aspen Institute Arts Program
Special guest Aaron Dworkin

A conversation with Aaron Dworkin (Founder/President, Sphinx Organization) on diversity in the arts.

2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence: Winner Announcement

March 19, 2013
Washington, DC
College Excellence Program

Attendance is by invitation only though the event will be webcast at www.aspeninstitute.org/live. 

From Athens to Aspen: March 2013

March 18, 2013
Aspen, CO, United States

Join us for this exciting new series! Over two years the group will explore six paired themes—perennial human themes which have shaped our world—as they have been taken up from Athens to Aspen, that is, from the ancient period to our contemporary age. Each of the following six paired themes will receive three sessions of discussion with texts drawn from different genres and different periods of human experience: ancient, medieval/renaissance, modern, and post-modern: Friendship and Love (October – December 2012), Authors: Aristotle and Cicero; Aquinas and Montaigne; Emerson and Weil. Law and Justice (January – March 2013), Authors: Plato and Aristotle; Calvin and Shakespeare; Rawls, Arendt, and Hopkins. The Beautiful and the Good (April – June 2013), Authors: Plato and Augustine; Ficino and Schiller; Hawthorne and Rothko. Tragedy and Death (September – November 2013), Authors: Seneca and Montaigne; Nietzsche and Shakespeare; Strauss. Truth and Knowledge (December 2013 – February 2014), Authors: Plato and Lucretius; Bacon and Descartes; Derrida and Stoppard. History and Transcendence (March – May 2014), Authors: Plotinus and Augustine; Kant and Hegel; Eliot and Ortega y Gasset.

Monday evenings 6:30-9:00pm. October 2012-June 2013 
Registration Fee: $225, includes readings and refreshments.  

Aspen Veterans Initiative Launch: "A Call to Action"

March 18, 2013
Washington, DC
Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative
The Aspen Institute launches the Aspen Veterans Initiative, which will focus on creative solutions to the unmet mental health needs of returning veterans. Read More

Society of Fellows symposium: What Have We Learned from Lincoln?

March 17, 2013 - March 19, 2013
Aspen, CO
No less than 16,000 books grace the Library of Congress walls about the 16th president. This symposium will invite Lincoln off the gallery walls and into the seminar room to grapple with historic - and contemporary - concerns: the curbing of free speech in wartime, the balance of Constitutional restraint and executive powers, effective governance amongst competing parties. Read More

The Aspen Seminar

March 16, 2013 - March 22, 2013
Aspen, CO

For almost 60 years, this premier roundtable has challenged leaders in every field to think more critically and deeply. The seminar is a unique opportunity to step away from the demands of the present and reflect with other leaders in moderated, text-based Socratic dialogue on the concept of a good and just society: What is it? How does it become a reality?

Raising the Minimum Wage: A Different Approach to the Jobs Problem

March 15, 2013
Washington, DC
Economic Opportunities Program

Today, roughly four million Americans earn wages at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. For a family of four, this wage falls beneath the poverty line.

Ambassadors' Security Roundtable: Asia-Pacific

March 14, 2013 - March 15, 2013
Queenstown, MD
Homeland Security Program

The Ambassadors’ Security Roundtable is quarterly convening of ambassadors from around the globe. Participants gather at the Aspen Institute’s Wye River campus on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to discuss region-specific security issues. This March, we will be convening ambassadors from the Asia-Pacific region for our second ASR meeting.

CANCELLED: The Foundation Presidents' Roundtable Series with Luis A. Ubiñas

March 14, 2013
Washington, DC
Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
Luis A. Ubiñas

This event has been cancelled.

Luis A. Ubiñas, President of the Ford Foundation, will speak about philanthropy as part of The Foundation Presidents' Roundtable Series.

Liberty Fellowship Program, Class of 2014

March 14, 2013 - March 19, 2013
Aspen, CO

Seminar 2/4: The Aspen Seminar

Aspen Leadership Series Presents: "Coming Home: The Challenges and Opportunities for Returning Veterans"

March 13, 2013
New York, NY

A conversation with army combat veteran, businessman and youth advocate Wes Moore. He is author of "The Other Wes Moore."

Great Decisions Series

March 12, 2013
Aspen, CO, United States

In this eight week series, participants gather to discuss key foreign policy issues facing the world today, as outlined in the 2013 Foreign Policy Association briefing book. This year’s topics will include the Future of the Euro, Egypt, NATO, Myanmar and Southeast Asia, Humanitarian intervention, Iran, China in Africa, and Threat assessment.

The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series Featuring David Leonhardt

March 11, 2013
Washington, DC

The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series will feature David Leonhardt, The New York Times Washington bureau chief, discussing his new e-book "Here's the Deal" (New York Times and Byliner). David Wessel, Wall Street Journal economics editor, will moderate.

Aspen Undergraduate Business Education Consortium

March 10, 2013 - March 12, 2013
Denver, CO
Business and Society Program

The second convening of colleges and universities, both national and international, who are working to better integrate liberal learning and business education.

The Aspen Institute Italia Seminar: Leadership, Globalization, and the Quest for Common Values

March 8, 2013 - March 10, 2013
Cernobbio (Como), Italy

Third edition. In collaboration with The Aspen Institute.

Rethinking the Purpose of the Corporation

March 7, 2013 - March 8, 2013
Chicago, IL
Business and Society Program

Kicking off Phase 2 to change the narrative of business and move beyond "shareholder primacy," this convening will build on 3 prior off-the-record roundtables and move to action planning and public discussion.

Rethinking "Shareholder Value" and The Purpose of the Corporation

March 7, 2013 - March 8, 2013
Evanston and Chicago, IL
Business and Society Program

Aspen Institute and Kellogg School of Management invite leaders in business, law and academia to the conference, "Rethinking ‘Shareholder Value’ and the Purpose of the Corporation." Distinguished speakers and panelists include former U.S.

Lebanon's Banking Sector: Strengths and Vulnerabilities

March 7, 2013
Washington, DC
Middle East Programs

Please note this disucssion is off-the-record.

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