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Signature Programs and Key Issue Areas

Craig Newmark Cyber Journalism Fellowship

The Aspen Institute’s new non-resident cyber journalism fellowship will help make sense of the jargon of covering cybersecurity, national security, and technology in today’s fast-evolving landscape, helping reporters understand and translate key concepts and policy debates for their readers, viewers, and listeners.
Conference on Communications Policy

Brings together 25-30 key decision makers from the telecommunications and information industries, user and consumer groups, academics, non-profit leaders, and representatives from federal, state, and local government to address issues of telecommunications regulation, competition, and public policy.
Guest Scholar Program

The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program Guest Scholar Program is a scholarship initiative meant to give students of color the opportunity to foster their professional and academic career in the field of telecommunications policy.
Roundtable on Institutional Innovation

Its purpose is to engage high level executives, mostly from large organizations, to address (and where appropriate reframe) approaches to institutional performance through innovation. The aim for this series is to develop those and other insights into plans for action.
Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence

Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and societal, economic, ethical and regulatory issues with the aim of suggesting how AI can serve personal and local community values worldwide.
Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS)

AIRS convenes key decision makers from the telecommunications and information industries, user and consumer groups, academics, non-profit leaders and government to exchange valuable insights, and develop innovative recommendations regarding spectrum policy.
Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy

The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy is a blue ribbon panel comprised of thinkers and doers from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, committed to understanding both the causes and consequences of the growing distrust in democracy institutions.
Dialogue on Public Libraries

The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries addresses the strategic opportunities presented by public libraries and their changing roles in communities and the nation.
Dialogue on Diplomacy and Technology

ADDTech convenes leaders from the sometimes disparate worlds of diplomacy and technology to address how new technological tools can be used better for public or citizen diplomacy around the world.
Dialogue on the Future of Journalism

The Dialogue on the Future of Journalism boldly addresses how new forms of expression will impact the future of journalism, particularly in an era of global user generated content and information inflation.
State of Race in America

Symposium explores new attitudes, opportunities, and challenges for and about people of color in 21st century America.
Task Force on Learning and the Internet

The Task Force’s goal was to understand the ways in which young people learn today and to optimize learning and innovation within a trusted environment.

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Director, Attention & Democracy Initiative

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Lucas Welch is the Director of the Attention & Democracy Initiative (ADI) at the Aspen Institute. Previously he co-founded and served as the executive director of the Pluribus Project, which…

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