2026 Resnick Aspen Action Forum
Reflection. Community. Inspiration.
July 21 – July 24, 2026 | Aspen, CO
Each summer, the Resnick Aspen Action Forum offers the opportunity to come together with high-integrity, action-oriented leaders to reflect, refresh, and recommit to confronting some of society’s greatest challenges.
We’re thrilled to welcome back the Aspen Global Leadership Network community to Aspen, Colorado, from July 21-July 24, 2026 for the Resnick Aspen Action Forum.
Registration opens February 11.
Session Formats
Seminar Dialogues
In these reflective, round table dialogues led by Aspen Institute-trained moderators, you’ll take time to reflect on the big questions of our time through the lens of text, art, music and more in company of a diverse cohort of leaders.
Impact Sessions
From mainstage talks to AGLN Fellow-curated Action Roundtables, exchange wisdom and insights with Fellows, artists, spiritual leaders, and changemakers to move from thought to action.
Get Inspired
Mainstage Talks
Each day, our mainstage will come alive with transformative talks from global leaders who’ve navigated the complexities of challenge and change.
Move & Metabolize
With the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, we will spend intentional time engaging with nature, sound and movement to refresh the body and spirit. Activities include hikes, sound healing, and yoga.
Explore the highlights, insights, and inspiring moments from the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum below.
“It’s incredible the limitless potential… If you put committed, caring, empathetic and loving people in a room and they talk to each other and they listen to each other, magic is bound to happen.”
Chadia El Meouchi, Managing Partner, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm, Co-founder, Middle East Leadership Initiative (Henry Crown Fellowship)
Multi-Generational Wisdom
The Youth Action Forum is offered concurrently to the Action Forum and convenes 100 global youth leaders (ages 10-18) to participate in classic, text-based seminar sessions, action-oriented workshops, and intergenerational dialogues all while taking the time to explore the surrounding beauty of Aspen.
With their engagement, we create multi-generational spaces where we can learn from one another. The program empowers young people to develop their own leadership skills and consider how they can be change agents in their communities.
We offer a full event pass for AGLN Fellow’s partners to participate in seminar dialogues, plenary sessions, and other impact programming. Register your spouse or partner when you register yourself.
The Emerging Leaders is offered to young adults, ages 19-25 is offered concurrently to the Action Forum. Leaders will fully integrate into the Action Forum experience, their seminar sessions will take place exclusively with other Emerging Leaders and they will be able to join all other sessions mixed with general attendees. Register your Emerging Leader when you register yourself.
About Aspen
The Action Forum is held at the birthplace of the Aspen Institute in the heart of Aspen, CO at the Aspen Meadows Campus. Inspired by Aspen’s natural beauty upon his first visit in 1945, Aspen Institute founder Walter Paepcke envisioned the town as the ideal gathering place for thinkers, leaders, artists, and musicians from all over the world to step away from their daily routines and reflect on the underlying values of society and culture. This tradition lives on today in the Action Forum.
Get ready for your journey to the mountains and the meadows.
Partnerships
The Action Forum is one of the Aspen Institute’s greatest convenings for sparking real and measurable global change. The generous support of our donors and partners is critical for our ability to gather and bring forth the leadership required to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. Interested in joining this group of innovators for our 2025 event?
Hear from past partners on their experience and contact Molly Antoon, Associate, Partnerships and Impact at [email protected] to explore opportunities.
FAQs
General
Events will begin on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 and conclude on Friday, July 24, 2026.
Most events will take place at the Aspen Meadows Resort in Aspen, Colorado. Most participants stay in downtown Aspen (about 15 minute walk or 5 minute drive from the Aspen Meadows Resort).
Registration will open February 11. Add the reminder to you calendar. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions.
The agenda will become available at a later date. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions.
Family Engagement
Yes! Partners and spouses are welcome to join you at the Action Forum. You can add your partner during registration once it opens.
Yes! The global young leaders are an essential part of the Action Forum experience. You can add your kid(s) once registration opens.
The agenda, speakers, and sessions will be announced at a later date. Youth participants will engage in classic text based dialogue sessions with global youth around their age, learn through creative workshop sessions, and explore with outdoor excursions in Aspen.
Travel to Aspen
We recommend arriving anytime on Monday, July 20 or the morning of Tuesday, July 21.
The Action Forum will officially conclude on Friday, July 24. We recommend scheduling your departure for Saturday, July 25.
The closest airport is Aspen Pitkin Airport (ASE) which is located about 10 minutes from downtown Aspen. Some participants choose to drive from Denver International Airport (DEN) which is located about 4 hours from Aspen.
The drive from Denver to Aspen is about 4 hours. There are rental car providers out of the Denver International Airport and some participants will choose to book a scheduled shuttle service between Denver and Aspen.
An event shuttle will run between the Aspen Meadows Resort and downtown in the mornings and evenings of the program. Most hotels are located within a short walk (about 15 minutes) if you prefer to walk. You will receive the shuttle schedule at registration.
Most participants will choose to book rental homes with other attendees or stay at a local hotel in downtown Aspen. If you are looking for a cost effective lodging option, prices can be lower in Snowmass which is located about 20 minutes from Aspen.
Past Action Forums
Stay Connected
The 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum reminded us of the power that emerges when values-driven leaders come together to tackle our world’s most pressing challenges.
The conversations that began in Aspen continue. Stay engaged and connected.