Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
The Aspen Security Forum (ASF) is the premier national security and foreign policy conference in the United States. Presented by the Aspen Strategy Group, ASF has provided a nonpartisan public venue for domestic and global leaders to discuss the key national security and foreign policy issues of the day since 2010. This year’s Forum will feature an array of decision-makers and thought leaders from Washington, DC and around the world.
The 2026 Socrates Moldova seminar will welcome participants from the Black Sea Region, particularly Ukraine and Romania. The seminar will tackle topics related to energy security, critical infrastructures, regional interconnections and societal resilience, in the context of multiple hybrid threats and Republic of Moldova’s path to European integration.
The AIDE Summit took place on September 9th in Austin, TX, where practitioners and leaders across state and local government, technology, private sector, civil society, volunteer organizations, community groups, and academia gathered to discuss the future of AI and emergency management.
Featuring a panel discussion and screening of Antidote, an award-winning film that follows investigative journalist Christo Grozev and political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who risk their lives standing up to the Kremlin and Putin and the consequences they faced.
Featuring Michael McFaul, former US ambassador to Russia, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and professor of political science at Stanford University.
In February 2026, the Aspen Ministers Forum convened in Berlin, Germany, for its 29th session to discuss the disruptive forces reshaping the international order and to craft new approaches to strengthen global stability and prosperity.
The Socrates Seminar 2026 in Málaga, organized in partnership with Aspen Institute España, marks the first time that the Andalusian city will host an Aspen Institute seminar. The seminar will focus on the governance of AI in Europe, and will feature Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer in Behavioral and Policy Sciences at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a longtime moderator. Málaga is an ideal host city with its emerging relevance as a tech hub in Spain and in Europe.
