Past Events

Sterling Speirn, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will speak about philanthropy as part of The Foundation Presidents' Roundtable Series.

The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans
Featuring Mickey Edwards, Vice President of the Aspen Institute.  Mr. Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years and later taught at Harvard and Princeton before joining the Aspen Institute where he directs the Institute’s Rodel Fellowships for elected public officials.  Mr. Edwards has been a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe, and currently writes for The Atlantic.  For several years he also broadcast a weekly political commentary on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”.  He has chaired task forces for the Brookings Institution and The Council on Foreign Relations and has served as an advisor to the State Department. His latest book is “The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans”, published by Yale University Press (2012).  For tickets, call (970) 920-5770.  

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.

Debate on the new issue of Aspenia (N. 59).

In collaboration with Enel.

Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring some of the most prominent writers in contemporary literature. Scions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and memoir speak in intimate Aspen venues, where topics of discussion range from the creative process to the role of art in today's world. Events take place throughout the ski season and are open to the public.

A new report, to be released at this event, details how new technology to improve data on the nonprofit sector can spur innovation and impact. Authors are Beth Noveck, former director of the White House Open Government Initiative, and Daniel Goroff who while at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, helped establish the new Interagency Task Force on Smart Disclosure.

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.