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.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Aspen Creative Placemaking Roundtable
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
The Aspen Creative Placemaking Roundtable serves as an influential platform that regularly brings diverse creative placemakers, civic leaders, business executives, and other eminent personalities together to Aspen to solve pressing local issues by using the tools of creative placemaking. Over two days, a selected group of about 30 participants will be invited to present and work on selected projects. Participants will troubleshoot, brainstorm, address challenges they face, and shape the development of their projects while capitalizing on networking opportunities and inspiring stories. Sponsored by the Global Initiative on Culture and Society and ArtPlace.
Featuring Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.
Featuring Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, renowned psychologist, neuroscientist, best-selling author, and University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University.
Featuring Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University, and Paul Ryan, Partner at Solamere Capital and 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, in conversation with Melissa S. Kearney, Director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group.
Featuring Dr. Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.”
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