Economic Development

From blockchain to back to school and virus-hunting to bridging divides, speakers at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival addressed issues in a new kind of world—one touched, and changed, by the pandemic.

The fifth day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Diana Trujillo, Marina Koren, Joe Lubin, and Gillian Tett.

The forth day of the Festival includes discussions featuring H.R. McMaster, Jeffrey Goldberg, Elizabeth Alexander, Clint Smith, Priscilla Chan, and Linda Darling-Hammond.

The third day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Whitney Wolfe Herd, Charlotte Alter, Lori Lightfoot, James Anderson, Jill Tarter, and Garrett Graff.

The second day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Parag Khanna, Dan Schulman, Shartia Brantley, Lonnie Bunch, and Jonathan Capehart.

The first day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Pete Buttigieg, Abby Phillip, Oskar Eustis, Saheem Ali, and Arthur Brooks.

Families are being challenged like never before, and it's critical we design and implement responsive, holistic, and family-centered solutions.

APIE is hosting a "Beyond the first 100 days" event keynoted by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) that will discuss the actions of the Biden-Harris administration and what more could be done to to advance a more sustainable private sector. Please join us on May 17th.

From the tragic murder of George Floyd to the shocking attack on the U.S. Capitol, have sparked a seismic shift in society’s acknowledgement of the need for transformational action to address systemic, institutionalized racism.