Society of Fellows

Events - Aspen

Society of Fellows Are Invited to These Upcoming Events In Aspen, Colorado

June 2012
Global Spa Global Spa and Wellness Summit 2012
June 3-6, 2012. Aspen, CO The leading international event for spa and wellness executives is collaborating with the Aspen Institute to gather high-profile thought-leaders from the medical, business and policy sectors for a critical, engaging three days of debate about the very future of health and wellness - and more innovative, expansive concepts that can move us beyond costly, "sickness-based" traditional healthcare paradigms.
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Aspen Meadows Campus, Aspen, CO.
$2,390 - Delegate rate for all senior executive invitees / $895 - Spouse/Significant Other rate
Dulcy Gregory, 212-716-1199
Register online or call Dulcy.
SOF members are invited to attend.
Click here for more information.
 
36th Annual Aspen Summer Words - Solazú Celebrating Stories from Latin America and the Caribbean
June 17-22, 2012. Aspen, CO. This year's festival, "Solazú," will celebrate the rich literary heritage of our neighbors to the south: Latin America and the Caribbean. Traveling the spine, seas and islands of the Americas, Aspen Summer Words 2012 will explore one of the most ancient and diverse regions on the planet. With leading Latin American and Caribbean authors at the helm, our festival will traverse vast distances, 14 millennia, 51 territories, 6500 miles, and more than 1000 languages to reveal the soulful stories that unite us all. Festival Presenters include Daniel Alarcón, Gioconda Belli, Edwidge Danticat, Francisco Goldman, Romero Lubambo, Orlando Patterson, Luís Pérez, Luís J. Rodriguez, Luís Torres, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Claudia Villela.
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 June 17-22, 2012, various times
Doerr-Hosier Center, Aspen Meadows Campus, Aspen, CO.
Passes are $200 for individuals; $150 for retreat students and AWF members.
Lauren Lowinger at lauren@aspenwriters.org or (970) 925-3122 ext. 4#
SOF members always attend Writers' Foundation Events at the AWF members' rate
More information on the Aspen Writers' Foundation's website
 
Great Read Aspen Writers' Foundations Presents The Great Read
June 17-22, 2012. Aspen, CO. Now in its fourth year, The Great Read is an Aspen Writers' Foundation initiative designed to get as many people as possible reading and talking about the same literary works at the same time. This spring, the Great Read shines a spotlight on modern Latin America and the Caribbean through a sampling of short fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and song, centered on themes of immigration, assimilation and alienation. The 2012 Great Read reading list features authors Luis Alberto Urrea, Edwidge Danticat, and Gioconda Belli, as well as the songs of Perla Batalla. The program continues into June, culminating with the 2012 Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival, titled Solazú: Celebrating the Stories of Latin America and the Carribbean.
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 June 17-22, 2012, various times
Aspen, CO.
Many are complimentary. Please check The Great Read website for specific event costs.
Lauren Lowinger at lauren@aspenwriters.org or (970) 925-3122 ext. 4#
SOF members always attend Writers' Foundation Events at the AWF members' rate
More information on the Aspen Writers' Foundation's The Great Read website
 
Opening Reception for the Society of Fellows:
The Artist as a Leader in Society
June 22, 2012. Aspen, CO. Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson will welcome Society of Fellows members and lead a conversation on "The Artist as a Leader in Society" with a panel of writers from the Aspen Writers' Foundation.
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 Friday, June 22, 2012, 3:00-4:30 pm
Aspen Meadows Restaurant and Merrill Patio, Aspen, CO.
Complimentary for Fellows
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
Please plan to attend our opening reception; greet old friends, and welcome our newest Fellows
 
Aspen Environment Forum 2012 Aspen Environment Forum
June 22-25, 2012. Aspen CO. For the last four years, the Aspen Institute and National Geographic have joined forces on the Aspen Environment Forum to gather a broad spectrum of key thought leaders for rich and engaging dialogue on the challenges of reconciling Earth's finite resources with its ability to sustain our expanding human needs. For the 5th year of the Forum, our theme will be Living in the New Normal and is based on the science from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) recently released climate "normals"; for the US, which documents that the country's long-term average temperature has warmed by half a degree in the last decade.
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 Friday, June 22 - Monday, June 25, 2012
Aspen Meadows Resort, Aspen, CO
$1,500 / $1,200 for Society of Fellows
Deborah Murphy at deborah.murphy@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7955
Register Online
Early registration, registration discount
More information on the Aspen Environment Forum website: www.aspenenvironment.org
 

Aspen Ideas Festival

 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival
June 27-July 3, 2012. Aspen, CO. Entering its eighth year, the Aspen Ideas Festival will gather some of the most interesting thinkers and leaders from around the US and abroad to discuss their work, the issues that inspire them, and their ideas. Many Fellows took advantage of early registration for the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival and will enjoy the conversation packed exploration of some of the most important ideas and issues we face; a preliminary list of speakers has just been posted on the AIF web site.
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 Session 1: June 27-30; Session 2 June 30-July 3. Most days are 7:45 am - 11 pm
Aspen Meadows Resort, Hotel Jerome, Limelight Hotel, and more!
Festival Passes are sold out.
Deborah Murphy at deborah.murphy@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7955
Individual tickets will be available for sale in June.
Early registration, discount, SOF receptions during the Ideas Festival.
More information on the  Aspen Ideas Festival's website
 
July 2012
Scribes Aspen Writers' Foundation presents Scribes & Scribblers (for children)
All July, 2012. Aspen, CO. Now in its 21st year, our Scribes & Scribblers creative writing camps and workshops for kids are more popular than ever! We invite young writers to romp through different lands and discover words, pictures, and stories while making new friends. Join us this summer and write books, jokes, plays, and poetry - and finish the camp with an official author party, performance, and/or exhibition of their work. No matter which camp a child chooses, each is a cool and creative adventure with words.
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 July, 2012, various times
Aspen, CO.
Camps range from $270 - $300 for AWF and SOF members. Scholarships available.
Lauren Lowinger at lauren@aspenwriters.org or (970) 925-3122 ext. 4#
Click here to register.
SOF members always attend Writers' Foundation Events at the AWF members' rate
More information on the Aspen Writers' Foundation's website
 
Rule and Ruin Society of Fellows Luncheon - The Evolution of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
July 6, 2012. Aspen, CO. With Geoffrey Kabaservice, historian and author of Rule and Ruin.
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 Friday, July 6, 2012, 12:30-2:00 pm
Doerr-Hosier Center
1 participant $30, 2 participants $60.
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Register online or use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org, (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Marissa Mayer Socrates Society Benefit Dinner
July 7, 2012. Aspen, CO. Walter Isaacson will moderate a discussion on “The Digital Future” featuring Marissa Mayer, vice president of location and local services at Google, and Thomas Gensemer, managing partner at Blue State Digital. Tarek and Shiva Farouki and David and Lisa Hernand are dinner chairs. Gary and Laura Lauder are honorees. Dinner proceeds will benefit the Socrates Program.
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 Saturday, July 7, 5:30 - 10:00 pm
Doerr-Hosier Center
Starting at $475 per person; tables also available
Becky Ward at becky.ward@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7925
Register Online or Download Registration Form
As this is a benefit dinner, there is no discount for Fellows.
More Information
 
Pixel Society of Fellows Discussion Reception: The Future of Content: From Print to Pixel
July 9, 2012. Aspen, CO. Speaker TBA.
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 Monday, July 9, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Private home
Complimentary for Fellows
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Steve Jobs McCloskey Speaker Series: Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
July 10, 2012. Aspen, CO. Featuring Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute CEO and author of Steve Jobs (2011), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).
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 Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until June 26.
 
Justice Kennedy Conversations about the Constitution and the Courts: A Conversation with Justice Anthony Kennedy
Presented by the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program
July 11, 2012. Aspen, CO. Featuring The Honorable Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, co-moderated by Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and Elliot Gerson, The Aspen Institute. Underwritten by Ellen Susman in honor of her husband Steve Susman.
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 Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.

Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until June 22.
 
Peggy Clark Society of Fellows Luncheon - Breakthrough Strategies for the Bottom Billion
July 13, 2012.  Aspen, CO. With Peggy Clark, executive director of Aspen Global Health and Development.
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 Friday, July 13, 2012, 12:30-2:00 pm
Doerr-Hosier Center
1 participant $30, 2 participants $60.
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Register online or use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org, (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
American Flag Symposium - What Does It Mean to be American?: The Roots of the Immigration Debate
July 18-21, 2012. Aspen, CO. Co-moderated by Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Robert Suro, Professor of Journalism and Public Policy, USC Annenberg. Opening reception followed by three half-day sessions.
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Comments:		 July 18-21, 2012, 8:30am-12:30pm
Aspen, CO
$475 Participant, $250 Auditor
Patrick Kelly (970) 544-7924 or patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org
Register online or call Patrick Kelly.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Tina Brown McCloskey Speaker Series: A Conversation with Tina Brown
July 20, 2012. Aspen, CO. Moderated by Walter Isaacson. Tina Brown is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast and Newsweek. She is the author of the 2007 New York Times best-seller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk magazines, and host of CNBC’s “Topic A with Tina Brown.”
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 Friday, July 20, 2012, 5:00 - 6:00pm
Paepcke Auditorium
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 6.
 
Jane Harman Society of Fellows Discussion Reception: Super PACs and the Modern Political System
July 23, 2012. Aspen, CO. With Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center.
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 Monday, July 23, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Private home
Complimentary for Fellows
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Aspen Film NEW VIEWS: Documentaries & Dialogue
July 23, July 30, August 6, and August 13, 2012. Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen, CO. Film and speakers TBA. A recent renaissance in documentary filmmaking is having a major impact on public discourse. The Aspen Institute and Aspen Film will add to this discourse through NEW VIEWS, a series featuring critically acclaimed documentaries and conversations with special guests related to the film.
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 July 23, July 30, August 6, and August 13, 2012, 7:30 pm
Paepcke Auditorium
Tickets at www.aspenshowtix.com
Contact Aspen Show Tickets at (970) 920-5770
Purchase tickets online at www.aspenshowtix.com or call (970) 920-5770

Keep checking back for film announcements.
 
Raven McCloskey Speaker Series: In collaboration with the Aspen Security Forum, At the Point of the Spear: The Role of Special Operations Forces in America’s Post-9/11, Post-Iraq/Afghanistan Defense Strategy
July 25, 2012. Aspen, CO. Featuring Admiral William H. McRaven, commander of US Special Operations Command, moderated by Wolf Blitzer, host of CNN’s “The Situation Room”.
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 Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 6:00 - 7:15pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 11.
 
Aspen Security Forum
July 25-28, 2012. Aspen, CO. The Aspen Security Forum will bring together top-level government officials, industry leaders, and leading thinkers for three days of discussions on the state of: aviation security, maritime security, border security, mass transit security, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, counterterrorism strategy, terrorism finance, and more. Preliminary speakers are featured here.
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 Wednesday, July 25- Saturday, July 28,2012,  various times
Aspen Meadows Resort
SOF Pass: $1,200; individual session tickets on sale in July at www.aspenshowtix.com
Deborah Murphy at deborah.murphy@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7955
Register online
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and discounted passes.
Presented by the Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Program, in partnership with the New York Times. More information at The Aspen Security Forum's website. Tickets for the three Individual sessions can also be purchased in person at the Wheeler or by calling 970-920-5770.
 
China Society of Fellows Discussion Reception - China: Economic Engine of Global Growth or Source of Instability?
July 31, 2012. Aspen, CO. With Lewis Sanders, CEO, Sanders Capital, LLC and former chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P.; and Gillian Tett, US managing editor and assistant editor, Financial Times.
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 Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Private home
Complimentary for Fellows
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
August 2012
   
Isaacson McCloskey Speaker Series: A Conversation with Republican Governors
August 1, 2012. Aspen, CO. Moderated by Walter Isaacson.
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 Wednesday, August 1, 2012,  5:00 - 6:00pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 18.
 
Eric Schmidt Summer Celebration Conversation
August 4, 2012. Aspen, CO. A public forum featuring Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter; Eric E. Schmidt, executive chairman of Google; and Padmasree Warrior, senior vice president of engineering and chief technology officer of Cisco. Reservations to the Dinner Gala include conversation tickets at 5pm; those not attending dinner are welcome to purchase tickets for just the conversation.
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 Saturday, August 4, 2012. 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Greenwald Pavilion
$25 for Conversation only.
SOF Hotline at sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980 or www.aspenshowtix.com.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15 at www.aspenshowtix.com.
 
Dick Costello 19th Annual Summer Celebration Dinner Gala
August 4, 2012. Aspen, CO. This annual benefit gala will honor Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter; Eric E. Schmidt, executive chairman of Google; and Padmasree Warrior, senior vice president of engineering and chief technology officer of Cisco. Jerry and Gina Murdock are dinner chairs. A public forum featuring the awardees will precede the reception and dinner.
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 Reception and Dinner: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Conversation: Greenwald Pavilion; Reception and Dinner: Doerr-Hosier Center
Conversation, Reception and Dinner: Starting at $750 per person. Tables available.
Becky Ward at becky.ward@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7925
Register Online
As this is a benefit dinner, there is no discount for Fellows.
Click here for more information.
 
Afshin Molavi Society of Fellows Symposium - From Protest to Productivity: What Will Employ the Youth of the Arab Spring?
August 5-8, 2012. Aspen, CO. Moderated by Afshin Molavi, co-director of the World Economy Roundtable at the New America Foundation.Opening reception followed by three half-day sessions.
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Comments:		 August 5-8, 2012, 8:30am-12:30pm
Aspen, CO
$475 Participant, $250 Auditor
Patrick Kelly (970) 544-7924 or patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org
Register online or contact Patrick Kelly.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Michèle Flournoy McCloskey Speaker Series: In collaboration with the Aspen Strategy Group, US Foreign Policy Challenges: A Conversation with Michèle Flournoy and Anne-Marie Slaughter
August 7, 2012. Aspen, CO. Michèle Flournoy served as under secretary of defense for policy in the Obama Administration, and was the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security Council deliberations. Anne-Marie Slaughter served as director of policy planning for the US State Department (2009 – 11), the first woman to hold that position. She is the Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 university professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, and was the dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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 Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 5:30 - 6:30pm
Paepcke Auditorium
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 24.
 
End of Illness Hurst Lecture Series: The End of Illness
August 10, 2012. Aspen, CO. Moderated by Walter Isaacson. Featuring David Agus, professor of medicine and engineering at the USC Keck School of Medicine and head of USC’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. Dr. Agus is the author of The End of Illness (2012).
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 Friday, August 10, 2012, 5:00 - 6:00pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.

Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 27.
 
SOF Society of Fellows Luncheon - Topic TBA
August 10, 2012. Aspen, CO. Speaker TBA.
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 Friday, August 10, 2012, 12:30-2:00 pm
Doerr-Hosier Center
1 participant $30, 2 participants $60.
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
DH Society of Fellows Summer Reception
August 11, 2012. Aspen, CO. Special closing reception held in gratitude for all Society of Fellows donors.
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 Saturday, August 11, 2012, 5:00-7:00 pm
Doerr-Hosier Center, Aspen, CO.
Complimentary for Fellows
Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7924
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members
 
Jon Huntsman Hurst Lecture Series: A Conversation with Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.
August 13, 2012. Aspen, CO. Jon Huntsman served as the 16th governor of Utah (2005-09), and US Ambassador to China (2009-11). He served in the administrations of four US presidents and was a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
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 Monday, August 13, 2012, 5:00 - 6:00pm
Greenwald Pavilion
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.

Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until August 2.
 
Douglas Brinkley McCloskey Speaker Series: And That’s the Way It Is: From Walter Cronkite to Twitter, Facebook, and the 24/7 News Cycle
August 14, 2012. Aspen, CO. Moderated by Walter Isaacson. Featuring Douglas Brinkley, professor at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker III Institute of Public Policy. Dr. Brinkley contributes to several national publications, and is the author of the biography, Cronkite (May 2012).
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 Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Paepcke Auditorium
Complimentary for Fellows
SOF Hotline, sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980
Use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org or (970) 544-7980.
Society of Fellows donors receive priority registration and complimentary tickets.
Tickets go on sale two weeks before the event. Please do not request tickets until July 31.
 
Great Gatsby Society of Fellows Symposium - The Great Gatsby and the Nature of American Identity.
In collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School.
August 15-16, 2012. Aspen, CO.
Moderated by Alan Fletcher, president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School; and Tobias Wolff, author and professor, Stanford University. Morning sessions and evening opera performance.
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Comments:		 August 15-16, 2012, 8:30am-12:30pm
Aspen, CO
$250 Participant. No auditors.
Patrick Kelly (970) 544-7924 or patrick.kelly@aspeninstitute.org
Register online or contact Patrick Kelly. 
Exclusive event for Society of Fellows members