Presenting the 2nd Annual “New York Ideas” Forum in New York City on May 7, 2013
Bringing Together Top Business Innovators, Tech Entrepreneurs, Cultural Pioneers, and Urban Designers
Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. (April 30, 2013)—Google Earth. Massive open online courses. Political transparency. This is the world of top innovators: designing, building, illustrating, and governing for the future. On May 7, 2013, The Atlantic, the Aspen Institute, and the New-York Historical Society will gather the biggest game changers for conversations about thoughtful tech entrepreneurship, sustainable urban design, the brave new world of digital media, and more at the second annual “New York Ideas” forum in New York City.
As a preview to the day-long forum, CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell will interview Newark Mayor Cory Booker on May 6. Booker, who regularly uses Twitter to communicate directly with his constituents, has, according to TechCrunch, “redefined what it means to hold executive office in the age of social media.” During main-stage programming the following day, the program will feature Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), another politician attempting to change the way we think about public policy today.
Through one-on-one interviews and panel discussions, the program will feature innovators across a variety of sectors, including: Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman and former CEO of Google; Ted Leonsis, Co-CEO of Groupon; Sallie Krawcheck, former President of Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management Division; Randy Levine, President of the New York Yankees; chef Mario Batali; Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO; Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project; Jared Cohen, Founder and Director of Google Ideas; Anant Agarwal, President of edX; Rachel Haot, Chief Digital Officer of New York City; Pete Cashmore, Founder and CEO of Mashable; Lauren Bush Lauren, CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder of FEED Projects, and John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design. The day’s full agenda follows below.
Participating journalists include: Kurt Andersen, host of “Studio 360”; Ken Auletta, media critic at The New Yorker; Maria Bartiromo, host of CNBC’s Closing Bell; Willie Geist, co-anchor, The Today Show; and Richard Wolffe, Vice President and Executive Editor of MSNBC.com.
They will be joined by some of The Atlantic’s leading editorial voices, including: Steve Clemons, editor at large; Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor; Darhil Crooks, creative director; Jen Doll, senior writer at The Atlantic Wire; Megan Garber, staff writer; Gabriel Snyder, editor of The Atlantic Wire; and Derek Thompson, senior editor. The Aspen Institute’s Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, and Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partners, will also be participating.
Please note that there is concurrent morning programming in two locations: the Smith stage and the Library stage. For those unable to attend in person at the New-York Historical Society, live-stream video of main-stage events will be covered online at http://events.theatlantic.com/new-york-ideas/2013/. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by following @Atlantic_LIVE, @AspenInstitute, and @NYHistory, #NYIdeas.
For press credentials, please contact The Atlantic’s Natalie Raabe at nraabe@theatlantic.com.
McKinsey & Company is the knowledge underwriter of the event. The American Federation of Teachers and the Education Management Corporation are the presenting underwriters, and the Center for Audit Quality, PepsiCo, and Thomson Reuters are at the supporting level.
DAY & TIME:
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
8:00 am-5:30 pm, ET
LOCATION:
The New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
AGENDA (SUBJECT TO CHANGE):
THE SMITH STAGE
9:00 am
WELCOMING REMARKS
ROBERT K. STEEL
Chairman, The Aspen Institute
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York
ELIZABETH BAKER KEFFER
President, AtlanticLIVE and QuartzLIVE
Vice President, The Atlantic
9:05 am
PUSHING BACK AGAINST POLITICAL GRIDLOCK
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
moderator
TBA
9:30 am
THE BLUEPRINT FOR INNOVATION
ERIC SCHMIDT
Executive Chairman and former CEO, Google
JARED COHEN
Founder and Director, Google Ideas
moderator
KEN AULETTA
Media Critic, The New Yorker
Author, Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
10:00 AM
TAKING EDUCATION BACK TO THE BLACKBOARD
ANANT AGARWAL
President, edX
DAVE LEVIN
Co-Founder, KIPP Schools
Former Superintendant, KIPP NYC
moderator
WALTER ISAACSON
President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
10:30 AM
WHEN ROBOTS AND THE INTERNET MEET FASHION
PAUL HURLEY
CEO, ideeli
DAVID GILBOA
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker
moderator
JEN DOLL
Senior Writer, The Atlantic Wire
11:00 AM
TECH CHATS: THE REAL DEAL ON SILICON ALLEY
session moderator
MEGAN GARBER
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
SPOTTING THE NEXT BIG TECH
JOHN BORTHWICK
CEO, Betaworks
CAR TALK: HOW ZIPCAR REINVENTED URBAN TRANSIT
SCOTT GRIFFITH
Former CEO, Zipcar
WHAT’S NEXT FOR ENTREPRENEURS
TED LEONSIS
Co-CEO, Groupon
Owner, Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals
11:45 AM
BOYS CLUB NO MORE: HOW TWO WOMEN ARE SHAKING UP WALL STREET
SALLIE KRAWCHECK
Former President of Global Wealth Management, Bank of America
Former CEO, Global Wealth Management, Citigroup
ALEXA VON TOBEL
CEO, LearnVest
moderator
TBA
12:15 PM
TECH CHATS: THE URBAN DATA EXPLOSION
session moderator
KEVIN DELANEY
Editor in Chief, Quartz
THE DIGITAL UNIVERSITY
DANIEL HUTTENLOCHER
Dean & Vice Provost, Cornell Tech Campus
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
MICHAEL CHUI
Principal, McKinsey Global Institute
THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL
HILARY MASON
Chief Scientist, bitly
MAPPING NEW YORKERS
RACHEL HAOT
Chief Digital Officer, City of New York
1:00 PM
LUNCH
1:45 PM
DISRUPTING THE OLD PHILANTHROPY
LAUREN BUSH LAUREN
CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder, FEED Projects
NANCY MAHON
Global Executive Director, MAC AIDS Fund
Chairperson, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
JESSICA JACKLEY
Venture Partner, The Collaborative Fund
Co-Founder and Former Chief Marketing Officer, Kiva
moderator
DEREK THOMPSON
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
2:15 PM
EDITING THE DIGITAL AGE
PETE CASHMORE
Founder and CEO, Mashable
moderator
KEVIN DELANEY
Editor in Chief, Quartz
2:35 PM
WELL-BAKED IDEAS: CREATIVITY IN A FOODIE CULTURE
MARIO BATALI
Master Chef and Restaurateur
DEB PERELMAN
Author, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
moderator
CORBY KUMMER
Senior Writer, The Atlantic
2:55 PM
GETTING AMERICA RE-GLUED TO THE TUBE
RICHARD PLEPLER
Chief Executive Officer, HBO
moderator
WILLIE GEIST
Co-host of Morning Joe, MSNBC
Co-Anchor, The Today Show
3:30 PM
LIFE AFTER MONEYBALL: RUNNING AMERICA’S BASEBALL TEAM
RANDY LEVINE
President, The New York Yankees
moderator
TBA
3:50 pm
THE NERDS ON THE BUS: HOW TECH WHIZ KIDS HAVE REINVENTED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING
Session details to come
moderator
STEVE CLEMONS
Editor at Large, The Atlantic
4:10 PM
BITTER PILL: TURNING THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY ON ITS HEAD
STEVEN BRILL
Founder, Court TV, American Lawyer, and Journalism Online
moderator
RICHARD WOLFFE
Vice President and Executive Editor of MSNBC.com
4:35 PM
BLASTING A NEW VOICE ON RACE
EDDIE HUANG
Author, Fresh off the Boat: A Memoir
Restaurateur and Owner, Baohaus
moderator
TA-NEHISI COATES
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Finalist, 2013 National Magazine Award for The Atlantic‘s “Fear of a Black President”
4:55 PM
MAKING WOMEN HAPPY
GRETCHEN RUBIN
Author, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home
moderator
TBD
5:25 pm
THE DAY’S ZINGERS AND CLOSING REMARKS
ELIZABETH BAKER KEFFER
President, AtlanticLIVE and QuartzLIVE
Vice President, The Atlantic
5:30 PM
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
THE LIBRARY STAGE
9:00 AM
WELCOMING REMARKS
ELLIOT GERSON
Executive Vice President of Policy, Public Programs, and International Partners, The Aspen Institute
STEVE CLEMONS
Editor at Large, The Atlantic
9:05 AM
SMART ART TECH TRENDS
JOHN MAEDA
President, Rhode Island School of Design
PAOLA ANTONELLI
Senior Curator of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art
moderator
DARHIL CROOKS
Creative Director, The Atlantic
co-moderator
JEN DOLL
Senior Writer, The Atlantic Wire
9:40 AM
INVENTOR CHATS: DESIGNING GOTHAM
session moderator
DEREK THOMPSON
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
TINY FURNITURE: THE NYC MICRO-APARTMENT
MIMI HOANG and ERIC BUNGE
Partners, nArchitects
INVENTING OVER THE INTERNET
BEN KAUFMAN
Founder and CEO, Quirky
MAPPING A GOOGLIER WORLD
MICHAEL JONES
Chief Technology Advocate, Google
Creator, Google Earth and Google Maps
10:25 AM
COVER POWER: CAN VISUAL DESIGN SAVE PRINT?
CHIP KIDD
Associate Art Director, Knopf
PETER MENDELSLUND
Art Director, Pantheon Press
STEPHEN DOYLE
Creative Director, Doyle Partners
Design Contributor, New York Times and Wired
moderator
DARHIL CROOKS
Creative Director, The Atlantic
11:00 AM
REBUILDING THE TOWN SQUARE
DAVID GENSLER
Executive Director, Gensler
11:15 AM
3-D PRINTING FOR THE CREATIVE CLASS
DAVID BELT
Executive Director and Founder, Macro Sea
MARIA AIOLOVA
Co-Founder, Terreform ONE
JESSICA BANKS
Co-Founder, Rock Paper Robot
MARCEL BOTHA
CEO, 10xBETA
moderator
MEGAN GARBER
Senior Writer, The Atlantic
11:50 AM
BLOGGING YOUR WAY TO BRAND NAME STATUS
LEANDRA MEDINE
Writer, The Man Repeller
Blog recognized as one of TIME’s “25 best blogs of 2012”
BRANDON STANTON
Photographer, Humans of New York
Blog named the best on Tumblr by Tumblr founder David Karp
MARIA POPOVA
Editor, Brain Pickings
Named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business” in 2011
moderator
GABRIEL SNYDER
Editor, The Atlantic Wire
12:25 PM
LUNCH
About The Atlantic
Since its founding in 1857 as a magazine about “the American Idea” that would be of “no party or clique,” The Atlantic has been at the forefront of brave thinking in journalism. One of the first magazines to launch on the Web in the early 1990s, The Atlantic has continued to help shape the national debate across print, digital, and event platforms. With the addition of its news- and opinion-tracking site, TheAtlanticWire.com, and TheAtlanticCities.com on global cities, The Atlantic is a multi-media forum on the most critical issues of our times—from politics, business, urban affairs, and the economy, to technology, arts, and culture.
About the Aspen Institute
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. The Institute has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It also maintains offices in New York City and has an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.
About the New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s preeminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research by presenting history and art exhibitions and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world today. Founded in 1804, New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered political, cultural, and social history of New York City, New York State, and the nation, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history.
Media Contacts
| Natalie Raabe, The Atlantic 202.266.7533 nraabe@theatlantic.com |
Jennifer Myers, The Aspen Institute 202.736.2906 jennifer.myers@aspeninstitute.org |
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