Past Events

Shared Futures: The AI Forum brings together cultural architects to explore how AI is reshaping the way we live, create, and connect.

The Aspen Institute’s signature seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society.

Featuring Dr. Mary Claire Haver, board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and author of “The New Menopause.”

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.

Learn how to draft an op-ed to advance a broader goal of policy change in this 1-hour webinar.

Markets and our economy don’t just happen — they’re crafted. While we often hear about the “free market” as a natural force governed by the invisible hand, the reality is far more intentional.

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.

Power plays a pivotal role in societies and organizations, but we often fail to analyze the way it impacts how we think, relate, and feel. Join us as we step back and develop a conceptual framework for understanding power and influence.

This virtual event explored how public benefit eligibility rules can create friction between work, saving, and maintaining critical public benefits.

Get a glimpse into what the Aspen method of text-based dialogue can do to strengthen the connection between your leadership and your values

Only 56% of full-time workers in the United States make enough money to cover their families basic needs. Job quality is vital not only for workers, but also for small businesses and communities.

Learn a framework for writing effective public comments in this 1-hour webinar.

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.

The Spring 2025 Virtual Teen Socrates Seminar will be held on Zoom and is open to teens between the ages of 15-17 from everywhere. Students convene to take part in this transformational experience and come away with a new perspective on their lives, their futures, and society. 

Watch our latest installment of the Women in the Economy webinar series on AI, featuring leading women in tech.

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