 Socrates Society Seminars
Since 1996, the Aspen Institute Socrates Society has brought together now- and next-generation leaders for two long weekends each year in the idyllic venue of Aspen to grapple with the most pressing leadership issues of the day. Through moderated, thoughtful conversation, outdoor activities, and time devoted to informal relationship-building, Socrates Society seminars engage young thought leaders faced with tackling the global challenges of the 21st century.
Winter Seminar Session
February 13-16, 2009
Aspen, Colorado
Whither Innovation: Can we be this shortsighted and succeed?
Moderator: Judith Estrin
This seminar will focus on the key questions around innovation and competitiveness. Participants will discuss business innovation and what it will take to create the necessary cultures to promote innovation.
More than a Game: Sports, Values, and Society
Moderator: Jeremy Schaap
This seminar will examine the ways that sports impact our values and the decisions that come from those values. We will look at the kind of society that sports helps shape and how society, in turn, impacts the world of sports.
Nuclear Weapons and the Middle East: A Simulated Negotiation
Moderator: Amb. Thomas Graham, Jr.
The objective of the negotiation is a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons in the region and providing for effective verification with concomitant controls over the use of nuclear energy technology. There will be three formal negotiating sessions with all diplomatic protocol observed, accompanied by extensive one-on-one as well as multilateral negotiations between the sessions.
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Summer Seminar Session
June 27-30, 2008
Aspen, Colorado
Socrates was back with another blockbuster line-up for June 2008.
With seminars covering media and values, ethnic conflict, foreign aid and morality, sexuality, and leadership, it was a weekend filled with intellectual exploration and fun.
Media and Our Conflicting Values
Moderator: Michael Powell
Ethnic Conflict and International Security: What is the threat to us, how should we respond?
Moderator: Stefan Wolff
The Intersection of Foreign Aid with Security, Morality and Business
Moderator: Mary K. Bush
Sexuality, Power, & Culture
Moderator: Kate Roberts and Amita Vyas
Humanity, Power, Leadership: Strategizing Success
Moderator: Leigh Hafrey
Summer 2008 Schedule
Scholarship Fund Benefit Dinner
Campaign 2008: The Road to The White House
June 28, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
 
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer was thefeatured guest, interviewed by Institute CEO Walter Isaacson, at a reception and program that benefited the Socrates Society Scholarship Fund.
Summer Teen Seminar Session
June 27-30, 2008
Aspen, Colorado
 
The Call of the Wild
Co-Moderator: Paul Anderson
Co-Moderator: AO Forbes
Children's Activities
For more information about Socrates, please contact:
Mark Chichester
Vice President and Executive Director, Socrates Society
mark.chichester@aspeninstitute.org
One Dupont Circle, Suite 700
Washington DC, 20036
phone: 202-736-1077
fax: 202-467-0790
Lu Duong
Program Coordinator, Socrates Society
lu.duong@aspeninstitute.org
One Dupont Circle, Suite 700
Washington DC, 20036
phone: 202-736-1497
fax: 202-467-0790
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