The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

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Displaying What We Do: Culture & Communication

Washington Film Premiere with a Very DC Connection

Blog Post | March 11, 2013 | Anonymous
“It’s hard to remember what the theater was like before Joe,” said Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn of the genre-changing, Public Theater founder Joseph Papp. Kahn was in... Read More

Aspen Institute Arts Program

Recent Event:Aspen Arts Strategy Group: Los AngelesMarch 6, 2013Aspen Arts Strategy Group Los Angeles Participants: Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Alfre Woodard and Homeboy Industries... Read More

Staff

Aspen Institute Arts Program
Damian Woetzel is director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program and Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Program. In addition to his role at the Institute, Woetzel is producer and director of dance... Read More

The Institute Celebrates International Women's Day

Blog Post | March 8, 2013 | Mary Cappabianca
Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. As the world's attention turns to women's issues—from the Google doodle to the United Nation's song "One Woman"—we celebrate the Aspen... Read More

Projects by Topic

Communications and Society Program
Journalism and MediaForum on Freedom to CommunicateForum on Communications and Society (FOCAS)Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a DemocracySymposium on Critical Issues in... Read More

Commerce and Technology

Communications and Society Program
Roundtable on Talent Development Roundtable on Information Technology International Digital Economy Accords (IDEA) Project Initiative on Smart Energy and Network Technologies (INSENT) Read More

Road to Government 2.0: Technological Problems and Solutions for Transparency, Efficiency and Participation

Publication | March 14, 2013 | Greg Ferenstein
Communications and Society Program
The 2012 FOCAS convened 38 leaders and developers from government, media and communications enterprises, localities, consumer/user groups and academia to define the problems of open and innovative... Read More

A Duo of Literary Stars Shine at the Aspen Institute

Blog Post | March 6, 2013 | Anonymous
The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Writers’ Foundation recently hosted a hilarious session of banter between friends and short-story standouts Karen Russell, whose debut novel Swamplandia! propelled her to... Read More

Aspen Institute Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS)

Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS) is a continuing series of roundtable discussions about spectrum policy held by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program. The... Read More

Solving the Dilbert Paradox

Publication | April 15, 2011
Communications and Society Program
Solving the Dilbert Paradox is the volume resulting from the 2010 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Talent Development. This "Dilbert Paradox" finds expression in wasted opportunities for... Read More

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