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Copy of Socrates UK 2019

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Sep 13 – 15 2019
Oxford OX1 3RG, UK

Date

Sep 13 – 15 2019
12:00am

Location

Oxford OX1 3RG, UK
Rhodes House
S Parks Rd

Contact

    socrates@aspeninstitute.org
    202-721-5589

Hosts

  1. Socrates Program

Held in partnership with the Aspen Initiative UK, the Socrates UK Seminar will take place from September 13 to September 15, 2019. This Socrates international seminar will include four seminar sessions, program meals, and local excursions/tours. Seminar tuition is $2,000, which includes lodging, materials, meals, and an excursion in Oxford, UK. Tuition does not include travel. If you are interested in more information about this seminar, please contact us at socrates@aspeninstitute.org.

Leadership in Flux

Through exploration of current, pressing leadership challenges and discussions built around contemporary texts, participants will analyze current, pressing leadership challenges and core values at the heart of changing societies. As with all Aspen gatherings, Aspen’s “Leadership in Flux” seminar will bring together a group of distinguished participants from different sectors of society, who’ll use this neutral Socratic discussion for reflection and debate on both themselves as leaders, and also the current and future state of democratic societies.

The seminar will encourage its participants to explore the contemporary geo-political, material, and social forces at the root of worldwide tensions today. It will ask them to consider the leadership possibilities that these trends have invited and enabled. They will weigh our evolving desires; assess what it takes to create a marketplace; debate whether there are historic constants in authority and autonomy; and end by envisaging and then building a shared, technology enhanced future.

  Moderated by Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer in Behavioral and Policy Sciences at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Held in partnership with the Aspen Initiative UK, the Socrates UK Seminar will take place from September 13 to September 15, 2019. This Socrates international seminar will include four seminar sessions, program meals, and local excursions/tours. Seminar tuition is $2,000, which includes lodging, materials, meals, and an excursion in Oxford, UK. Tuition does not include travel. If you are interested in more information about this seminar, please contact us at socrates@aspeninstitute.org.

Leadership in Flux

Through exploration of current, pressing leadership challenges and discussions built around contemporary texts, participants will analyze current, pressing leadership challenges and core values at the heart of changing societies. As with all Aspen gatherings, Aspen’s “Leadership in Flux” seminar will bring together a group of distinguished participants from different sectors of society, who’ll use this neutral Socratic discussion for reflection and debate on both themselves as leaders, and also the current and future state of democratic societies.

The seminar will encourage its participants to explore the contemporary geo-political, material, and social forces at the root of worldwide tensions today. It will ask them to consider the leadership possibilities that these trends have invited and enabled. They will weigh our evolving desires; assess what it takes to create a marketplace; debate whether there are historic constants in authority and autonomy; and end by envisaging and then building a shared, technology enhanced future.

  Moderated by Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer in Behavioral and Policy Sciences at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Socrates Montenegro Seminar

Organized in partnership with Aspen Institute Germany and Aspen Institute Romania, the first-ever Socrates seminar in Montenegro will bring together leaders to explore the challenges of democratic backsliding, the importance of rule of law, and the essence of values-based leadership.

Socrates 2025 New Zealand Seminar

Join us for this exclusive Critical Conversation, moderated by Vivian Schiller, internationally renowned former media executive, current Aspen Institute Vice President and Executive Director of Aspen Digital. ‘Will We Ever Trust the News Again’ will examine the challenges facing the industry – and crucially, the promising paths towards a solution.

Sarah Frey

2025 Socrates Romania Transatlantic Seminar

This Transatlantic Socrates Seminar will discuss ways to advance the development of a comprehensive and dynamic yet operational approach to resilience. As the current security crisis has driven historic developments in Europe and beyond, it is now increasing pressure to demonstrate that liberal democracy delivers, including security and defense.

2025 Socrates Moldova Seminar

Over the 3 days of the Seminar, we will explore, in a tense geo-political and geo-economic regional context, how the resilience of our societies, certainly in the countries in Central-Eastern Europe, must be constantly strengthened.

Socrates Colombia 2025

Join the Socrates Program for the first Socrates seminars to be held in Medellín, Colombia on May 15-17, 2025!

2025 Socrates España Seminar

Set at the El Vilar de la Duquessa in Cardona, our seminar “RISING GENERATIONS: Imagining the Human Future” explores the what humanity’s future will look like and how we can prepare.
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Socrates UK 2025 Seminar

In an era of rapid technological change, shifting political landscapes, and increasing scrutiny, leadership requires a delicate balance – navigating complex regulations while fostering innovation and strategic agility.

Socrates Program: 2025 Summer Seminars

The Socrates Program is excited to host our annual Summer Seminars this July 11th-14th! The seminar tuition is $2,500. Limited scholarships are available by application.

2025 Socrates Central Europe Seminar

Digital technology is radically changing just about everything we do, from raising families to running businesses. Optimists welcome this shift, arguing that technology is growing up and starting to take care of us. Are they right? What are the specific ways in which technological change is improving our individual and collective lives? What are the dark sides? Do the new technology trends we hear so much about have costs as well as benefits?