2007 Pass Holder Schedule
• Monday, July 02
• Tuesday, July 03
• Wednesday, July 04
• Thursday, July 05
• Friday, July 06
• Saturday, July 07
• Sunday, July 08
MONDAY, JULY 02
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION
Paepcke Lobby
5:00 – 7:30 PM
FESTIVAL OPENING AND WELCOME
David Bradley, Walter Isaacson
Greenwald Pavilion
PLENARY SESSION
What’s the Big Idea?
OPENING RECEPTION
Presented Jointly with the Institut Aspen France
Doerr-Hosier Center
PLENARY SESSION
8:00 – 9:00 PM
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
Conversation About Oil: Chevron and Jim Lehrer
McNulty Gathering Room
EVENING EXCHANGES
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Killing the Messenger: Credibility of the Media
Robert Krulwich, Evan Thomas, James Bennet, Nancy Gibbs, Christopher Isham
Moderator Terence Smith
Belly Up
8:30 – 9:30 PM
Europe: The “New” and “Old” One
Presented Jointly with the Institut Aspen-France
Michel Pébereau, Ulrike Guerot, Daniel Daianu
Moderator Jean-Christophe Bas
Hotel Jerome
9:15 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: Muse of Fire
Dana Gioia, Capt. Ryan Kelly
Paepcke Auditorium
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TUESDAY, JULY 03
7:45 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST SESSIONS
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
What Bush Could Really Learn From Churchill
Jon Meacham
Lauder Seminar Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
A Conversation About Oil: Leaders Respond
Asst. Energy Sec. Alexander A. Karsner, R. James Woolsey
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
8:30 – 8:45 AM
HYBRID 101
Lexus automotive experts give a 15-minute tutorial on Hybrid technology
Paepcke Lawn
9:00 – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Building Strong Schools
Michael Bennet, Gov. Roy Romer, Michael Feinberg
Moderator Margaret Carlson
Greenwald Pavilion
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Presented Jointly with the Institut Aspen France
High Noon: The Urgent Need for New Approaches to Global Problem-Solving Jean-François Rischard
McNulty Gathering Room
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Presented Jointly with the Aspen Science Center
Science and the Public Sphere: Getting out the Truth - A Media Roundtable
Michael Lemonick, Robert Krulwich, Shirley Jackson, Lawrence Krauss, Jim Lehrer, Mike Turner, Carolyn Porco
Moderator Walter Isaacson
Paepcke Auditorium
10:30 – 11:45 AM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Democracy in Classical Theatre
Stephen Wadsworth
Kaufman Room
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Nuclear Proliferation: Armageddon or Balance of Power?
Rep. Jane Harman, Graham Allison, Ashton Carter, R. James Woolsey
Moderator James Steinberg
Greenwald Pavilion
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
Art and Culture in Modern China
Melissa Chiu, Yan Lei
Moderator Heidi Jacobson Zuckerman
Paepcke Auditorium
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Early Childhood Education: Boot Camp for Kids?
Sharon Lynn Kagan
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Religion and the Public Square
Alan Wolfe, The Rev. Jim Wallis, Nancy Gibbs, Reza Aslan, Rabbi Irwin Kula
Moderator Jon Meacham
Lauder Seminar Room
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH DISCUSSIONS
First Come, First Served.
A Conversation with Ambassador Sallai Meridor
Amb. Sallai Meridor
Interviewer James Bennet
McNulty Gathering Room
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Educating Leaders for the 21st Century: Honoring our Bezos Aspen Student and Educator Scholars
Robert Zimmer, Amy Gutmann, Ellen Futter
Moderator David Bradley
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Journey with an Afghan School: Educating and Empowering the Developing World
Julia Bolz
The Little Nell
Pre-registration is required.
1:15 – 2:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
China and the World of Ideas
Roderick MacFarquhar, Tu Weiming
Moderator Elliot Gerson
Paepcke Auditorium
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
The Face of Terrorism: Global Movement or Global Network?
Reza Aslan, Dalia Mogahed, Husain Haqqani
Moderator Christopher Isham
Greenwald Pavilion
2:45 – 4:00 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Philosopher for President: The Intellectual and the Good Society
Rob Riemen
Greenwald Pavilion
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
China's Future: A Paradox of Hope and Fear
Cheng Li
Moderator Orville Schell
Paepcke Auditorium
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
The Web’s Architectural Network: Responding to the World’s Housing Problem
Cameron Sinclair, Dan Shine
Lauder Seminar Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
Fuels for the Future
Amory Lovins, Sen. Ken Salazar, Marvin Odum
McNulty Gathering Room
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan
Designing and Planning Cities for the 21st Century
Fred Kent, Mayor John Hickenlooper, Penny Pritzker
Moderator Eugene Kohn
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Arthur I. Miller
Hines Seminar Room
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Are You Ready for the Metaverse? The Science of 3-D Active Learning Environments
Randy J. Hinrichs
Kaufman Room
4:15 – 5:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan
The City Everywhere: Urbanism in the 21st Century
Joel Kotkin
Paepcke Auditorium
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
The Role of Science
Peter Gleick, Lawrence Krauss, Dorothy Shore Zinberg
Moderator Michael Lemonick
Greenwald Pavilion
5:45 – 6:45 PM
SPECIAL SESSION
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Music, Technology, and Community
Charissa Savervio, Jonas Temple, The Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Moderator Jerry Murdock
McNulty Gathering Room
EVENING EXCHANGES AND EVENTS
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Spiritual Practice for Enlightened Living: The Sakyong and a Rabbi
Rabbi Irwin Kula, The Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Belly Up
8:00 – 9:30 PM
The Humanity and Genius of August Wilson
Kenny Leon, Phylicia Rashad
Moderator Anna Deavere Smith
Hotel Jerome
9:00 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: The Motherhood Manifesto
Joan Blades
The Little Nell
9:00 – 10:00 PM
Women in American Culture
Jennifer Maguire, Joyce Roché, Kate Lehrer, Anne Kraemer
Moderator Virginia Postrel
Sky Hotel
9:00 – 10:00 PM
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Michael Sandel, Stephen Carter, William Haseltine
Moderator Elliot Gerson
Paepcke Auditorium
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 04
7:00 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST AT THE BELLS: LEXUS LECTURE
Celebrating the American Landscape
Clive Crook
Maroon Bells Amphitheatre
Pre-registration is required.
7:45 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST SESSIONS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
A Year in Shanghai
James Fallows, Orville Schell
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
Know Thy Enemy: Cultural Misunderstanding and Leadership in Battle
Evan Thomas
Lauder Seminar Room
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Brainology
Carol Dweck
The Little Nell
Pre-registration is required.
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
8:30 – 8:45 AM
HYBRID 101
Lexus automotive experts give a 15-minute tutorial on Hybrid technology
Paepcke Lawn
9:00 – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
A Conversation with Richard Branson
Interviewer Bob Schieffer
The Greenwald Pavilion
10:30 – 11:45 AM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
Chinese Culture: The Tensions and Trends of Contemporary Chinese Society
Tu Weiming, Melissa Chiu
Moderator James Fallows
Greenwald Pavilion
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Global Connections: Who Governs the Cyberspace Commons?
Howard Rheingold, Don Tapscott
Moderator Art Kleiner
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Charging Up our Nation’s Schools: The KIPP Turbo Plan
Michael Feinberg
Moderator Tamar Lewin
McNulty Gathering Room
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan
What If We Built Cities Around Places? The Power of Ten
Fred Kent, Kathy Madden
Lauder Seminar Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
Power, Poverty, and Progress: How Energy Effects Economic Development and Global Stability
David Goldwyn, David Dollar
Moderator David Monsma
Paepcke Auditorium
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Mobilizing Citizens on the Web: The MoveOn.org Story
Wes Boyd, Joan Blades
Moderator James P. Steyer
Kaufman Room
11:45 AM– 1:00 PM
LUNCH
Fourth of July Picnic
12:15 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH DISCUSSION
Ethnic Conflict: A Global Perspective
Stefan Wolff
Kaufman Room
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Wikinomics: Harnessing the Power of Mass Collaboration
Don Tapscott
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
1:15 – 2:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
War Through the Artist’s Eyes
Stephen Wadsworth, Tobias Wolff
Moderator Anna Deavere Smith
McNulty Gathering Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
National Security Consequences of US Oil Dependency
Sen. Gary Hart, R. James Woolsey, Rep. Jane Harman
Moderator Dov Zakheim
Paepcke Auditorium
2:45 – 4:00 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
China and the Environment
He Fan, Sec. Bruce Babbitt, David Dollar, Orville Schell, Peter Gleick
Moderator James Steinberg
Paepcke Auditorium
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World
Sam Harris
Greenwald Pavilion
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Educating and Empowering Girls: At Home and Abroad
Joyce Roche, Julia Bolz
Moderator Laura Liswood
Lauder Seminar Room
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Einstein’s Creativity
Walter Isaacson
McNulty Gathering Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
Who’s in the Driver’s Seat: Government or Consumers?
Dian Ogilvie, Asst. Energy Sec. Alexander A. Karsner
Kaufman Room
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Jessye Norman: My Life in Music
Jessye Norman, Anna Deavere Smith
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
4:15 – 5:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
4:15 – 4:45 PM
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Americans and Their Foreign Policy
Douglas Schoen
Greenwald Pavilion
4:45 – 6:00 PM
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
What Does America Stand for Today?
Michael Sandel, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Amy Gutmann, Theodore B. Olson, Sen. Arlen Specter, Alan Wolfe
Moderator Mickey Edwards
Greenwald Pavilion
EVENING EXCHANGES AND EVENTS
8:00 – 9:00 PM
The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the American System of Government
Sponsored by Allstate
Stephen Carter, Justice Steven Breyer, Theodore B. Olson
Moderator Elliot Gerson
Belly Up
8:00 – 9:00 PM
An Evening of Poetry with Billy Collins
Billy Collins
Paepcke Auditorium
9:00 PM
Fireworks in Town
9:30 – 10:30 PM
Why Novels?
Shashi Tharoor, Jim Lehrer, Stephen Carter, Kurt Andersen
Moderator Kate Lehrer
Aspen Meadows Reception Center, Hefner Lounge
9:30 – 10:30 PM
Campaign 2008
Sponsored by Allstate
Carl Cannon, Margaret Carlson, Priscilla Painton, James Bennet, Douglas Schoen
Moderator Terence Smith
Hotel Jerome
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THURSDAY, JULY 05
Note: Pass holders for SECOND SESSION, July 5–8, commence their session at 1 pm in the BENEDICT MUSIC TENT.
Registration for the SECOND SESSION is 10 – 1 pm.
7:00 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST AT THE BELLS: LEXUS LECTURE
Abstract Art, Abstract Science
Arthur I. Miller
Maroon Bells Amphitheatre
Pre-registration is required.
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
7:45 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST SESSIONS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
Mao: Founder and Destroyer
Roderick MacFarquhar
Booz Allen Hamilton Room
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan
Rebuilding an American City: A Case Study of Biloxi, MS
Kate Stohr, Cameron Sinclair
Lauder Room
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Does the Media Industry Have a Code of Ethics?
James Steyer, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD
The Little Nell
Pre-registration is required.
8:30 – 8:45 AM
HYBRID 101
Lexus automotive experts give a 15-minute tutorial on Hybrid technology
Paepcke Lawn
9:00 – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
CHINA: EMERGING SUPERPOWER?
Sponsored by DHL
The Chinese Economy: Can We Keep the Heat Alive?
He Fan, Minxin Pei, David Dollar
Moderator David Bradley
McNulty Gathering Room
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan
Global Infrastructure Fatigue: A Time To Reinvent or Just Rebuild?
Asst. Sec. Alexander A. Karsner, Mayor David Cicilline, Gary Schulman,
Orville Schell
Moderator Chris Kelly
Greenwald Pavilion
10:00 AM – 1 PM
SECOND SESSION REGISTRATION, PAEPCKE LOBBY
10:30 – 11:45 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Voyages in the Promised Land: Cassini Explores the Saturn System
Carolyn Porco
Hines Seminar Room
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
Sponsored by Boeing
Brainology
Carol Dweck
McNulty Gathering Room
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Boeing
Leveraging Diversity in a Connected World
Scott Page
Moderator David Kirkpatrick
Kaufman Room
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Dynamic Demographics: Crisis or Opportunity?
Husain Haqqani, Amb. David Manning, Prince Johan-Friso van Oranje-Nassau,
Richard Gardner
Moderator James Bennet
Greenwald Pavilion
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Humor in American Writing
Billy Collins
Moderator Kurt Andersen
Stranahan Seminar Room
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Does the United States Have a Mercenary Army?
David Kennedy
Lauder Seminar Room
OUR ENERGY FUTURE
Sponsored by Chevron
Energy Efficiency: Here and Now
Asst. Energy Sec. Alexander A. Karsner, Charles Zimmerman, Amory Lovins
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
THE CITY
Sponsored by JP Morgan Chase
Does a City Create or Reflect its Urban Culture?
Sidney Harman, Joan Harris, Ana P. Lopes, Alan Fletcher
Moderator Virginia Postrel
Paepcke Auditorium
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH DISCUSSIONS
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
An Agriculture Revolution: Climate, Energy, and the Future of Food in an Overpopulated World
Wes Jackson
Kaufman Room
Revival: Harnessing Spiritual Power for Social Justice
The Rev. Jim Wallis, Nancy Gibbs
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Reading and Democracy: What’s at Stake?
Dana Gioia
The Little Nell Terrace Room
Pre-registration is required.
1:30 PM
DOORS OPEN TO THE BENEDICT MUSIC TENT
2:00 – 6:30 PM
AN AFTERNOON OF CONVERSATION
ALL PASSHOLDERS WELCOME
Introducer: Elliot Gerson, David Bradley
Benedict Music Tent
The Iraq Question
Lee Hamilton, Gen. Jack Keane
Andrea Mitchell, Moderator
Rebirth of a Nation
The Rev. Calvin O. Butts
Nancy Gibbs, Interviewer
On Education
William H. Gates, Sr., Gov. Tommy G. Thompson and Education Sec. Margaret Spellings
David Gergen, Moderator
A Conversation with Gen. Colin Powell
Jim Lehrer, Interviewer
Green Is the New Red, White, & Blue
Thomas L. Friedman
EVENING EXCHANGES AND EVENTS
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Architecture Lecture Series: Elizabeth Diller
Presented Jointly with the Aspen Art Museum
Paepcke Auditorium
8:30 – 9:30 PM
Race Against Time: AIDS in Africa
Stephen Lewis
St. Regis
9:45 – 10:45 PM
Africa: Progress, Crisis, and Challenge
Arthur Mutambara
Elliot Gerson, Interviewer
St. Regis
9:00 – 10:00 PM
Compassionate Leadership
Rabbi Irwin Kula, Queen Noor of Jordan, The Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
McNulty Gathering Room
9:00 – 10:00 PM
Power Plays: Inside Washington Today, as Reported by William Shakespeare
David Gergen, Michael York, Kenneth Adelman, Carol Adelman, Michael Kahn
St. Regis
9:30 – 10:30 PM
Reflections on the US from Abroad
Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau, Rob Riemen, Shashi Tharoor, Leonard Rubenstein
Moderator Clive Crook
The Little Nell
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FRIDAY, JULY 06
7:00 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST AT THE BELLS: LEXUS LECTURES
Climate and Nature
Thomas Lovejoy, Bruce Babbitt
Maroon Bells Amphitheatre
Pre-registration is required.
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
7:45 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST SESSION
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
From Value to TORTURE: National Security, Human Rights to Foreign Policy
Leonard Rubenstein
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Medical Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds Around the World
Tommy G. Thompson
Lauder Seminar Room
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Covering Sports
Jeremy Schaap, Jon Frankel
The Little Nell
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
8:30 – 8:45 AM
HYBRID 101
Lexus automotive experts give a 15-minute tutorial on Hybrid technology
Paepcke Lawn
9:00 – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
THE WORLD ECONOMY
America and the Global Economy: A Briefing for the Next President
Stephen Friedman, Gene B. Sperling
Moderator Robert D. Hormats
Paepcke Auditorium
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Can We Stop Global Warming Without Stopping the Global Economy?
Andrew Revkin, John Fund, Daniel Esty, Thomas Lovejoy, Carol Browner
Moderator David Monsma
Greenwald Pavilion
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Women and American Politics: A Roundtable
Rep. Jane Harman, John Dickerson, Sec. Margaret Spellings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sec. Madeleine Albright
Moderator Andrea Mitchell
McNulty Gathering Room
10:30 – 11:45 AM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
The Global Middle Class:Is It Being Squeezed or Altered by Globalization?
He Fan, Shashi Tharoor, Amb. David Manning, Barry Lynn, Prince Johan-Friso van Oranje-Nassau
Moderator Priscilla Painton
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Globalization for Better or for Worse: Civilization and the Environment
CK Prahalad
McNulty Gathering Room
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Starting Off Right: Early Childhood
Jack Shonkoff, Harriet Meyer, Sharon Lynn Kagan
Moderator Phyllis Glink
Hines Seminar Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Collaboration and the Cure for Cancer
David Agus, MD, Deborah Schrag, MD, Larry Norton, MD
Moderator Robin Portman
Kaufman Room
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Citizen Journalists: Will Web 2.0 Journalists Change the Nature of Journalism as We Know It? - A Media Roundtable
Chris Sacca, Priscilla Painton, Terence Smith, Richard Stengel, David Kirkpatrick, Lynda Resnick, John Dickerson
Moderator Charles M. Firestone
Lauder Seminar Room
THE WORLD ECONOMY
Asian Strategies for Global Economic Dominance
Swaminathan Aiyar, Minxin Pei, Kevin Nealer
Moderator James Fallows
Paepcke Auditorium
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
William George, David Gergen, Sidney Harman
Greenwald Pavilion
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH DISCUSSIONS
First come, first served
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
Mega Mobil, Micro-Communities
Padmasree Warrior
Kaufman Room
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Why Invest in America’s Children?
William H. Gates, Sr., George Kaiser, Susie Buffett, William C. Bell
McNulty Gathering Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
A Cure for Breast Cancer: The Road Ahead
Larry Norton, MD
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
The Price of Liberty: Paying for America’s Wars
Robert Hormats, David Kennedy
The Little Nell
Pre-registration is required.
1:15 - 2:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Networked Governance: Multilateral Institutions of the Future
Sec. Madeleine Albright, Ashraf Ghani, Amb. John Bruton, Amb. Harriet Babbitt, Ian Lord
Moderator Joan Dempsey
Paepcke Auditorium
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
The New Consumerism: Shifting from a Wholesale to a Retail Approach in Health Care
Victor Dzau, MD, Gary Ahlquist, Reed Tuckson, MD, Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Greenwald Pavilion
2:45 – 4:00 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Do We Know Where Our Children Are? The Middle Years
Mayor David Cicilline, Angela Diaz
Moderator Cynthia McFadden
Kaufman Room
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
A Conversation with Edward P. Jones
Moderator Anna Deavere Smith
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Lauder Seminar Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Personalized Medicine – Myth vs. Reality?
David Agus, MD, Jonathan T. Lord, MD, George Church, MD, Victor Dzau, MD
Moderator Charles Beever
McNulty Gathering Room
THE WORLD ECONOMY
The Future of the European Union
Amb. John Bruton, Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau, Amb. David Manning
Moderator Clive Crook
Greenwald Pavilion
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
The Future of Water
Peter Gleick, J. Carl Ganter
Paepcke Auditorium
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
The Changing Nature of the Firm
Michael C. Jensen, Lynn Stout, Robert Monks, Barry Lynn, Damon Silver
Moderator Judith F. Samuelson
Hines Seminar Room
SPECIAL EVENTS
2:30 – 4:30 PM
WASHINGTON WEEK LIVE TAPING
Sponsored by Boeing
Campaign ’08: Is This Any Way To Elect a President?
Alexis Simendinger, Dan Balz, Martha Raddatz, John Dickerson
Host Gwin Ifill
Hotel Jerome
3:30 – 4:15 PM
REDESIGN, RECONSIDER, RECREATE CAMP
Jointly Presented with The Aspen Art Museum
Open House Reception: Showing of Final Group Projects
The students of the Redesign, Reconsider, Recreate Camp
Boettcher Seminar Building
4:15 – 5:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Changing the Media Landscape: What Makes Audience and Community
Chris Sacca, Chris DeWolfe, Daniel Glickman
Moderator Jerry Murdock
Paepcke Auditorium
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
Public Trust and the Corporation
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Steven Parrish, Leslie Dach, Sidney Harman, Damon Silver
Moderator John Fund
Greenwald Pavilion
5:30 – 7:00 PM
RECEPTION FOR SECOND-SESSION ATTENDEES
Paepcke Lawn
6:00 PM
GENERATION ENGAGE
Gen. Colin Powell Addresses Young Professionals
Gen. Colin Powell
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
8:00 – 11:00 PM
EVENING EXCHANGES AND EVENTS
8:30 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: The Devil Came on Horseback
Presented Jointly with the Aspen Film Festival
Capt. Brian Steidle, Jane Wells
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00 – 9:00 PM
Is Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy?
Special Guest Speaker
McNulty Gathering Room
9:00 – 10:00 PM
The Environment and Politics
Ralf Fücks, David Helvarg
Moderator Andrew Revkin
Sky Hotel
9:30 PM
Focus on Youth, AIDS, and Music with Wyclef Jean
A Special Benefit for YouthAIDS
Wyclef Jean, Stephen Lewis, Dan Glickman
Moderator Kate Roberts
Belly Up
Tickets $150, purchase at Belly Up
9:30 – 10:30 PM
Shakespeare and Auden
Dana Gioia, Michael Kahn
Aspen Meadows Reception Center, Hefner Lounge
9:00 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: Hellfighters, A Season in Harlem
Jon Frankel
The Little Nell
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SATURDAY, JULY 07
7:00 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST AT THE BELLS: LEXUS LECTURE
Shakespeare and Nature
Kenneth Adelman, Carol Adelman
Maroon Bells Amphitheatre
Pre-registration is required.
7:45 – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST SESSIONS
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Youth in Foster Care
The Casey Family Programs Ideas Festival Fellows
Moderator William C. Bell
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
YOUR BRAIN AND YOURSELF
Sponsored by The Haseltine Foundation
The Brain on the Stand
Jeffrey Rosen
The Little Nell
Pre-registration is required.
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
8:30 – 8:45 AM
HYBRID 101
Lexus automotive experts give a 15-minute tutorial on Hybrid technology
Paepcke Lawn
9:00 – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
American Competitiveness
Thomas J. Wilson, James Turley, Gene B. Sperling, Robert K. Steel
Moderator Stephen Friedman
Greenwald Pavilion
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Core Issues for American Youth of All Ages
Jack Shonkoff, Alma J. Powell, William C. Bell
Moderator Cynthia McFadden
Paepcke Auditorium
10:30 – 11:45 AM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Foundation
Investing in America's Children: Strategies and Opportunities
Mark Greenberg, Marguerite Kondracke, Joan Lombardi
Lauder Seminar Room
YOUR BRAIN AND YOURSELF
Sponsored by The Haseltine Foundation
Inside the Forbidden City: New Tools for Prying Open the Brain’s Secrets
Marcus Raichle, MD, Miguel Angelo Laporta Nicolelis, MD, Eric Haseltine, MD
Paepcke Auditorium
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
Leaders Driving Change: Business and Innovation
Padmasree Warrior, Leslie Dach, James Turley, Dian Ogilvie
Moderator David Kirkpatrick
Greenwald Pavilion
GLOBAL DYNAMICS
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Managing Global Economic Integration: What Matters, Who Decides?
William Easterly, Amb. David Manning, Clive Crook, Shashi Tharoor
Moderator Bill Thoet
McNulty Gathering Room
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Tobias Wolff: Memoir, Fiction, and What Lies Between
Interviewer Sam Tanenhaus
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
What’s Next in Health Care Delivery? Minute Clinics, Concierge Medicine, and Electronic Second Opinions
David Mandelkern, Peter Pronovost, MD, Reed Tuckson
Moderator Susan Penfield
Kaufman Room
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH DISCUSSIONS
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Book Talk with Jeremy Schaap:
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics
Jeremy Schaap
The Little Nell, Grand Salon
Pre-registration is required.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Who, Really, Was Richard Nixon?
Elizabeth Drew
The Little Nell Terrace Room
Pre-registration is required.
12:30 – 1:30 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
THE WORLD ECONOMY
The Challenge of Development
Swaminathan Aiyar, Carol Lancaster, Timothy Wirth, William Easterly
Arthur Mutambara
Moderator Peter Reiling
Paepcke Auditorium
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Expanding Access to Health Care in the US: Different Models for Reform
Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, Christopher Jennings, Sen. Ron Wyden
Moderator Heather Burns
McNulty Gathering Room
2:00 – 3:00 PM
SPECIAL GUEST
ALL PASSHOLDERS WELCOME (first session, second session, and patron pass)
President Bill Clinton
Interviewer Richard Stengel
Benedict Music Tent
3:30 – 4:45 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
YOUR BRAIN AND YOURSELF
Sponsored by Haseltine Foundation
The Neuroscience of Consciousness, Perception and Self
Christof Koch, MD, Bob Woodruff
McNulty Gathering Room
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Ballet in America: The State of the Art
Damian Woetzel
Paepcke Auditorium
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Turning the Tide: Sustaining the Ocean Harvest
Mike Boots, David Helvarg, Jim Humphreys
Moderator J. Carl Ganter
Kaufman Room
THE WORLD ECONOMY
The New Market Global Capital
William Easterly, Barry Eichengreen, Gene B. Sperling, Robert K. Steel
Moderator Robert Hormats
Greenwald Pavilion
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Sports and Society
Jeremy Schaap, Jon Frankel
Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar Room
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY
Sponsored by Insight Venture Partners
Who Are the New Revolutionaries?
Alex Welch, Jordan Greenhall, Chris Sacca, Michael Fitzsimmons
Moderator David Kirkpatrick
Lauder Seminar Room
5:00 – 6:15 PM
PLENARY SESSIONS
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
Leadership in the Arts
Dana Gioia, Jennifer Goodale, Sidney Harman, Michael Kahn
Moderator Alan Fletcher
Paepcke Auditorium
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Allstate
Democracy and the Court
Justice Stephen Breyer, Jeffrey Rosen
Greenwald Pavilion
6:15 PM
Reception Honoring Damian Woetzel
Sponsored by Altria
Paepcke Mayer Patio
EVENING EXCHANGES
7:30 – 8:30 PM
The Reality on the Ground in Afghanistan
Hamed Wardak, Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart
Moderator Elliot Gerson
Sky Hotel
7:00 – 9:00 PM
STUDIO 360 Live Taping
A Public Radio International Program
Damian Woetzel, Anna Deavere Smith, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Edward P. Jones
Host Kurt Andersen
Hotel Jerome
8:00 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: Operation Homecoming
Tobias Wolff, Dana Gioia, Richard E. Robbins
Paepcke Auditorium
9:00 – 10:00 PM
Washington: Why Can’t They All Just Get Along?
Sponsored by Allstate
Morton Kondracke, Carl Cannon, David Gergen, Andrea Mitchell
Moderator Gwen Ifill
McNulty Gathering Room
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SUNDAY, JULY 08
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Paepcke Lawn
8:30 – 9:30 AM
SPECIAL GUEST
In Conversation with Karl Rove
Interviewer Walter Isaacson
McNulty Gathering Room
9:45 – 10:45 AM
PLENARY SESSIONS
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Examining the Environmental Sustainability Index
Daniel C. Esty, Mathias Wackernagel, Timothy Wirth
Greenwald Pavilion
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Youth Voices: What Do Young Adults Think?
Antonio Ramirez, Natalia Diaz, Carleen Joseph
Moderator Anna Deavere Smith
Paepcke Auditorium
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
CONCURRENT TUTORIALS
ARTS AND CULTURE
Sponsored by Altria
The Piano in World Civilization
David Dubal, Jung Lin
Paepcke Auditorium
YOUR BRAIN AND YOURSELF
Sponsored by Haseltine Foundation
What Makes You Unique: The Neuroscience of Individual Differences
Nancy Andreasen, MD, Michael Gazzaniga, MD, Eric Haseltine, MD
Greenwald Auditorium
AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs
Finding Their Voice and Purpose: Transition to Adulthood
Dorothy Stoneman, Lyman Legters, Steven Mariotti
Moderator Marguerite Kondracke
Kaufman Room
GLOBAL HEALTH
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
Alzheimer’s Disease: Aging Baby Boomers Will Raise the Stakes
Harry Johns, MD, Marilyn Albert, MD
Moderator Heather Burns
Lauder Seminar Room
THE WORLD ECONOMY
Making a Smooth Economic Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: Can Hyperinflation and Depression be Avoided as the World Moves To Cut Emissions of Global Warming Gasses?
Philip K. Verleger, Jr.
Hines Seminar Room
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
How Market Forces Can Resolve Poverty
Jacqueline Novogratz
McNulty Gathering Room
12:15 – 2:00 PM
LUNCH AND CLOSING PLENARY
“What Can I Do?”
Farewell
The Greenwald Pavilion
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