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The Presidential Candidates on Health Care: John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have completed questionnaires for the Aspen Health Stewardship Project on how they would seek to transform health care in the United States. To read the candidates' responses, visit the project web page.

King Abdullah II
of Jordan

A Special Event featuring His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, Monday, July 21. 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Greenwald Pavilion, The Aspen Institute (Aspen, Colorado). Tickets available July 9: Society of Fellows call (970) 544-7980. Tickets for the public ($20) will be available at www.aspenshowtickets.com, or (970) 920-5770 (Aspen Show Tickets), or in person at the Aspen Show Tickets Box Office at the Wheeler Opera House.

UPP Leaders with Sec. of
State Condoleezza Rice

U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (About the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership)

U.S. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice met with U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) chairman Walter Isaacson and co-chairs Jean Case and Ziad Asali on April 29 for a joint press availability. Read the complete text of the remarks by Secretary Rice and Walter Isaacson. Dept. of State Press Release. Photos. Video.

PIC-Palestine-2008, a business conference to be held May 21-23 in Bethlehem. The conference will focus on attracting private sector investment in the Palestinian economy to create job growth and stimulate the Palestinian economy.

Socrates Seminar Session, June 27-30. Socrates is back with another blockbuster summer line up. With seminars covering media and values, ethnic conflict, foreign aid and morality, sexuality, and leadership, it promises to be a weekend filled with intellectual exploration and fun. Register Now!

Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30-July 6. For all information about Aspen Ideas Festival, visit www.aifestival.org.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Aspen: A Celebration of Tibetan Culture, July 24-26. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be the keynote speaker at the Aspen Institute's summer symposium celebrating Tibetan Culture. Read more.

Louisiana Lt. Gov.
Mitch Landrieu

New Report Released: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Government Agencies on Advancing Social Entrepreneurship. This report explores how government leaders can address major community challenges through partnerships with social entrepreneurs. Read more. Read the press release and download the full report.

Where Will They Lead? 2008 summarizes the results of the Business and Society Program's third survey of MBA students on their attitudes toward the role of business in society. Highlights include students' attitudes toward the role of companies in society and their definitions of a well-run company. More. Download the Executive Summary. Order the full report.

Sean Wilentz

Historian Sean Wilentz Details the Rise of Reagan. Princeton University Professor Wilentz shared his views on Ronald Reagan's legacy as explored in his new book, The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 (Harper), in the May installment of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series. Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media.

Madeleine
Albright

Secretary Madeleine K. Albright Offers Advice to the Next President. Former US Secretary of State and Aspen Institute Trustee Albright sat down to discuss her recent book, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (Harper) at the May installment of the Aspen Roundtable Series. Read more.

Media and Values: Issues of Content, Community and Intellectual Property is a report of the 2007 Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS). It suggests how changing media affect the ability of communities to govern themselves, and people's concepts of property for non-physical goods.

Where Will They Lead? 2008 MBA Student Attitudes About Business & Society Available as downloadable PDF only.

The Rise Of Collective Intelligence: Decentralized Co-Creation of Value as a New Paradigm of Commerce and Culture describes how collective intelligence affects business value creation and passion-based collaborative learning resulting in new user generated business and media models.

Toward a Global Gas Market considered how increasing trade in liquefied natural gas is changing regional gas markets into global markets.

Savings for Life: The Pathway to Financial Security for All Americans features a series of policy recommendations for increasing financial security for all Americans – across income levels, and at every stage of life.

Aspenia, published by Aspen Institute Italia, a multidisciplinary journal covering issues of strategic interest.

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