IDEAS | LEADERSHIP | ACTIONSUMMER 2018

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SOCIETY OF FELLOWS denotes Society of Fellows eventsThe Society of Fellows (SOF) is a national community of the Institute’s closest friends whose support plays an instrumental role in advancing the mission of the Aspen Institute. Fellows enjoy unparalleled access to Institute programs, most notably exclusive discussion receptions, multi-day symposia, and intimate dialogues, all featuring policy and issue experts. Fellows are the first to know of offerings, receiving special invitations to programs in Aspen; New York; Washington, DC; San Francisco; and elsewhere around the country. Those who wish to engage deeper in the Institute’s work are encouraged to join. An SOF membership is tax-deductible. To learn more, visit aspeninstitute.org/society-fellows.

ASPEN COMMUNITY PROGRAMSThe Aspen Institute hosts dozens of public programs year-round for residents and visitors alike, including the Hurst Student Seminars; Great Books; the Edlis-Neeson Great Decisions Series; Our Society Reimagined; Sharing Shakespeare; Teen Socrates; the McCloskey Speaker Series; the Hurst Lecture Series; and the Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series. These programs offer unique and affordable opportunities for a diverse mix of people to find inspiration in a variety of ways. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to offer need-based scholarships to teens and adults to take part in our programs.

HURST LECTURE SERIES Generously underwritten by the Hurst Family Foundation

MCCLOSKEY SPEAKER SERIESGenerously underwritten by the McCloskey Family Charitable Foundation

MURDOCK MIND, BODY, SPIRIT SERIES Generously underwritten by Gina and Jerry Murdock

THE EISNER I LAUDER NEW VIEWS SCREENING PROGRAMGenerously underwritten by Leonard Lauder and Jane and Michael Eisner

For additional information, including locations, visit aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents

JUNESaturday, June 2 – Friday, June 8 The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society

Wednesday, June 6 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Ann Mullins, landscape architectFree and open to the public

Sunday, June 17 – Friday, June 22Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary FestivalTina Chang, Peter Ho Davies, Bruce Handy, Heather Harpham, Beth Nguyen, Tom Perrotta, Helen Schulman, J. Courtney Sullivan, Aran Shetterly, and Margot Lee Shetterly

Monday, June 18 – Wednesday, June 20Aspen Words Readers Retreat: Great Writing from Vanity Fair MagazineBruce Handy, contributing editor, Vanity Fair

Monday, June 18 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm Society of Fellows Opening Reception A Conversation with Dan Porterfield

Tuesday, June 19 | 6:00 – 10:00 pmAspen Summer Words Benefit DinnerMohsin Hamid, author of Exit West

Wednesday, June 20 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pmThe Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Lissa Ballinger, curatorFree and open to the public

Thursday, June 21 – Sunday, June 24Spotlight Health

Sunday, June 24 – Saturday, June 30Aspen Ideas FestivalIn partnership with The Atlantic

JULYFriday, July 6 – Monday, July 9Socrates Summer Seminars

Friday, July 6 – Thursday, July 12Justice & Society SeminarJudge Amul Thapar, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and Professor Melissa Murray, Berkeley Law

Friday, July 6 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Society of Fellows Forum Working in America/Making America Work

Saturday, July 7 | 4:00 – 5:00 pmMcCloskey Speaker SeriesA Conversation with Justice Stephen BreyerJustice Stephen Breyer, associate justice, The Supreme Court of the United States; and Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent, NPR

Saturday, July 7 | 6:00 – 9:00 pmSocrates Benefit DinnerHonorees: Jane and Marc NathansonConversation Guest: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationDinner Chairs: Laura and Gary Lauder and Bill Resnick and Michael J. StubbsDinner tickets: 202-736-3503

Tuesday, July 10 | 5:30 – 6:30 pmSandra Day O’Connor ConversationEvan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author, historian and journalist

Wednesday, July 11 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pmThe Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Free and open to the public

Wednesday, July 11 | 4:00 – 5:00 pmMcCloskey Speaker SeriesReimagining How Cities ThriveThe Honorable Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles; and Dan Porterfield, president and CEO, The Aspen Institute

Wednesday, July 11 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm Society of Fellows Discussion ReceptionContinue the Conversation: Reimagining How Cities ThriveMayor Eric Garcetti and Dan Porterfield

Thursday, July 12 | 5:30 – 6:30 pmMurdock Mind, Body, Spirit SeriesThinking Like a Child: What Children Can Teach Adults About CreativityAlison Gopnik, psychology and philosophy professor, University of California-Berkeley

Friday, July 13 | 4:00 – 6:00 pmArt Show ReceptionHerbert Bayer: Mountains and ConvolutionsBernard Jazzar, exhibit curatorFree and open to the public, remarks at 4:30 pm

Saturday, July 14 | 5:00 – 6:00 pmHurst Lecture SeriesDesigning the Next Energy Economy: A Reality Based Discussion on the Future of Energy In collaboration with the Energy and Environment ProgramErnest Moniz, CEO, Energy Futures Initiative, and former Secretary of Energy; and Andy Karsner, managing partner, Emerson Collective, and space cowboy, X – The Moonshot Factory

Monday, July 16 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm Society of Fellows Vanguard Chapter Summer ReceptionOpen to Vanguard Chapter Fellows only

Wednesday, July 18 – Friday, July 20 Society of Fellows Two-Day Symposium The Rise of HateJonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League; and Peter Simi, director of the Earl Babbie Research Center and an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Chapman University

Wednesday, July 18 | 5:15 – 6:15 pm McCloskey Speaker SeriesIn collaboration with the Aspen Security ForumSpeaker to be announced

Thursday, July 19Society of Fellows DialogueIn collaboration with Aspen Homeland Security ProgramOpen to Aspen Leaf Society members and above

Thursday, July 19 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Aspen Security Forum Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, US Department of Justice

Friday, July 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Aspen Security Forum Speaker to be announced

Saturday, July 21 | 5:30 – 6:30 pmAspen Security ForumSpeaker to be announced

Monday, July 23 | 7:00 pmThe Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening ProgramChef Flynn

Tuesday, July 24 | 5:00 – 6:00 pmMcCloskey Speaker SeriesThe Future of Conservatism and the Republican Party in the Age of TrumpAllysia Finley, assistant editor, OpinionJournal.com at The Wall Street Journal; Jonah Goldberg, senior editor, National Review; Michael Steele, former chairman, Republican National Committee and former lieutenant governor of Maryland; and Mickey Edwards, Aspen Institute vice president and former congressman

Wednesday, July 25 – Saturday, July 28The Resnick Aspen Action Forum

Wednesday, July 25 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public

Wednesday, July 25 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Continue the Conversation: The Future of Conservatism and the Republican Party in the Age of TrumpMichael Steele, former chairman, Republican National Committee and former lieutenant governor of Maryland; and Mickey Edwards, Aspen Institute vice president and former congressman

Monday, July 30 – Thursday, August 2 Society of Fellows Three-Day Symposium Iran: Past, Present, and FutureSuzanne Maloney, deputy director, Foreign Policy at Brookings; and Roham Alvandi, associate professor of international history, London School of Economics and Political Science

Monday, July 30Society of Fellows DialogueThe Anatomy of HateSecretary Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State; and Michael Zantovsky, former press secretary to Vaclav Havel Open to Aspen Leaf Society members and above

Monday, July 30 | 5:00 – 6:00 pmMurdock Mind, Body, Spirit SeriesHow to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics Michael Pollan, author, journalist, and journalism professor, University of California-Berkeley; and Corby Kummer, editor in chief, IDEAS: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute

Tuesday, July 31 | 6:00 – 7:00 pmMcCloskey Speaker SeriesFascism: Its History and Signs of a Modern ResurgenceSecretary Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State

AUGUSTWednesday, August 1 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public

Wednesday, August 1 | 4:30 – 5:30 pm The Aspen Institute Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture In collaboration with the Brookings Blum RoundtableThe Honorable Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia

Thursday, August 2 | 7:00 pmThe Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening ProgramThe Price of EverythingIn collaboration with Sotheby’s

Friday, August 3 | 4:00 – 5:30 pmHurst Lecture SeriesIn collaboration with the Aspen Strategy Group Speakers to be announced

Saturday, August 4 The 25th Annual Summer Celebration Conversation and GalaConversation: 5:00 – 6:15 pm; Benefit Dinner: 6:15 – 9:00 pmConversation only tickets: 970-920-5770, Dinner tickets: 202-736-3503

Monday, August 6 | 7:00 pmThe Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening ProgramWon’t You Be My Neighbor?

Tuesday, August 7 | 8:30 am – 1:00 pmSociety of Fellows Forum The Role of Diplomacy in a Fractured World

Wednesday, August 8 | 5:00 – 6:00 pmHurst Lecture SeriesCreating Economic Opportunity for More AmericansIn collaboration with Economic Strategy GroupMitch Daniels, president, Purdue University; Melissa Kearney, director, Economic Strategy Group; and Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent, The New York Times

Friday, August 10 | 3:00 – 4:30 pmMcCloskey Speaker SeriesDemocratic Governors Panel: Uniting a Divided Nation Starting with the States

Monday, August 13Society of Fellows DialogueThe Power of Art to Transform the Heart and MindAlonzo King, artistic director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet Open to Aspen Leaf Society members and above

Monday, August 13 | 7:00 pmThe Eisner I Lauder New Views Screening Program

Tuesday, August 14 – Friday, August 17 American West: A Celebration of the History, the Values, the Struggle, and the Legacy

Wednesday, August 15 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public

Wednesday, August 15 | 5:00 – 6:30 pmAmerican West: A Celebration Public Lecture

Friday, August 17 | 3:00 - 5:00 Society of Fellows Closing Reception

Saturday, August 18 – Friday, August 24The Aspen Executive Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Society

SEPTEMBERWednesday, September 5 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The Earth Works and Land Art of Herbert Bayer Tour Free and open to the public

Wednesday, September 12 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pmThe Legacy of Herbert Bayer Art Tour Free and open to the public

Thursday, September 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 pmMurdock Mind, Body, Spirit SeriesImproving WorkLife: The Keys to Making Work BetterAdam Grant, management and psychology professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

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