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Wednesday
, June 27
Belly Up Aspen
7:30pm •
Can We Afford to Be Healthy?
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
3:00pm •
What Is a Life Worth?
8:00pm •
"Rivers of Ice": Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya
Greenwald Pavilion
3:00pm •
What Fascinates Us about Each Other?
5:00pm •
Festival Opening and Welcome What's the Big Idea? OPENING RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
8:30pm •
Can We Solve the Debt Crisis?
Paepcke Auditorium
3:00pm •
Exploring the Rational Middle: How Do We Stay There in the Natural Gas Debate?
8:00pm •
City of Life and Death: A Film and Discussion (Language: Chinese with English subtitles)
Thursday
, June 28
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
The Road to Freedom
Belly Up Aspen
7:30pm •
Hearts, Minds, and the 2012 Election
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
Knowledge Exchange: the New Professional
1:15pm •
US and Mexico
Doerr-Hosier Center, Resnick Gallery
4:00pm •
Art: "Coal + Ice," Art Exhibit Tour
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
8:00am •
Investing in the Markets: Safe or Uncertain?
9:00am •
The Population Challenge
10:30am •
Competition: What's Fair Today?
12:00pm •
CEO Series: The Role of Business in Addressing the Nine Billion
1:15pm •
Visualizing Our Future through the Lens of Big Data
2:40pm •
Ideas for the Future: Art, Media, and Race
5:00pm •
Can the Federal Reserve Stimulate the Economy?
7:30pm •
What is a Legacy Worth? Leaving an Impact Beyond the Game
Greenwald Pavilion
9:00am •
Will the European Union Survive?
10:30am •
Arab Spring: 18 Months Later, What's Ahead for Democracy?
1:15pm •
How Will We Feed Nine Billion of Us?
5:00pm •
The Character Code
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
Our Moral Imagination
12:00pm •
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Doors open, lunch served 12:00 - 2:00 PM Live Show Hour 1: Exporting Democracy Ender: What Do We Believe and Why? Hour 2: Making Work Work Ender: The Stories Behind Photographs
8:30pm •
Entrepreneurship 2012
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
10:30am •
Can We Compete?
12:00pm •
The Messages of our Music
1:15pm •
Telling Our Stories through Film
4:00pm •
Collective Impact: Communities Moving the Needle on Big Challenges
Koch Building, Lauder Room
10:30am •
Artificial Intelligence: Radically Disrupting Genetic Science
1:15pm •
Confucianism: If Not a Religion, What Is It?
Kresge Building, Hines Room
10:30am •
Culture and Conflict
Limelight Hotel
7:45am •
Where Is Knowledge?
12:00pm •
White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
CEO Series: An American Competitiveness Agenda with Honeywell CEO
9:00am •
Will College Learning be Transformed by Technology?
10:30am •
The Geography of Progress: What Do Cities Look Like in a World of Seven Billion?
12:10pm •
Special Session: Today's Supreme Court Ruling on President Obama's 2010 Health Care Law
1:15pm •
College Sports at a Crossroads: Entertainment or Education?
2:40pm •
Congress's Fall from Grace: Can We Reverse It?
5:00pm •
Head Games: Can Football Be Saved From Itself? Discussion Followed by a Screening of American Man
8:00pm •
Finding North: A Film and Discussion
Paepcke Tent
4:00pm •
Book Signings
Friday
, June 29
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
The Start Up of You
Belly Up Aspen
2:30pm •
"Marketplace" Live
7:30pm •
In Conversation with Moby
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
What Is "Values-Based Leadership"?
1:15pm •
Digital Media in the Middle East
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
8:00am •
Can Teacher Unions Be Partners in Reforming Schools in the 21st Century?
9:00am •
Where Should the US Go Next with its Foreign Policy?
9:00am •
Where Do We Go Next with US Foreign Policy?
10:30am •
The Earth in 2050: What Is the Stress Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water?
12:00pm •
The Aspen Institute/Atlantic American Values Survey
1:15pm •
London Calling: What's Our Olympic Legacy?
2:40pm •
Designs for the Future: Kids and Robots, Superior Medical Devices, Politics for Everyman Presenting from the Stanford d. school
4:00pm •
Starting a Movement to Kickstart Jobs
5:00pm •
Advice for the Mega City
8:00pm •
NPR Onstage Presents "A Fish Tale": Is Lying OK?
Greenwald Pavilion
9:00am •
Reversing the Middle Class Jobs Deficit
10:30am •
What Are the World's Crisis Spots?
1:15pm •
Will Technology Disrupt the Way We Learn? Part II
2:40pm •
In Conversation: Julie Taymor
4:00pm •
Ballroom Dancing
5:00pm •
Technology and Democracy
Hotel Jerome Antler Bar
5:30pm •
Is College Sports the Canary In the Coal Mine?
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
The Kinect Effect and Beyond: Evolving the Interface Between Mankind and Machines
12:00pm •
BBC World Service's "The Forum": America's Role in the World
9:00pm •
What Does It Take to Be an Effective President?
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
10:30am •
America's Domestic Outlook
1:15pm •
Knowledge Exchange: Cracking the Genetic Code
Koch Building, Lauder Room
10:30am •
Reimagining Space
1:15pm •
Requiem for the American Dream? Unequal opportunity in America
Koch Tent
4:00pm •
Society of Fellows Reception
Kresge Building, Hines Room
10:30am •
US and Democracy
Limelight Hotel
7:45am •
The Real Romney
12:00pm •
Best Practices in Sustaining a Legacy of Values across Generations
5:30pm •
Can We Design Our Way Out Of Poverty?
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
CEO Series: The Next Seismic Shift: Understanding Big Data
9:00am •
The Evolution of Design
10:30am •
Co-Presented with NBC News' "Education Nation" Will Technology Disrupt the Way We Learn? Part I
1:15pm •
What Sustains Us?
2:40pm •
What's the Role of Sports in Society?
4:00pm •
Bella Gaia Beautiful Earth Performance
8:00pm •
Detropia: A Film and Discussion
Paepcke Tent
4:00pm •
Book Signings
Saturday
, June 30
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
The Genius of Steve Jobs (An Event for Patron Passholders and Aspen Ideas Festival Scholars)
Belly Up Aspen
7:30pm •
America the Post-Superpower
Benedict Music Tent
2:00pm •
Afternoon of Conversation
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
More Than a Privilege: Should Sports Be a Right?
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
8:00am •
Making Cities Sing
9:00am •
Charlie Rose: The Interview
10:30am •
Games, Learning, and Society
12:00pm •
Markets and Morals: What Money Can't Buy
5:30pm •
SECOND SESSION RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN AFTERNOON OF CONVERSATIONSECOND SESSION PASS HOLDERS WELCOME
Greenwald Pavilion
9:00am •
Are We Really Coming Apart?
10:30am •
Regulation: Helping or Hurting the Economy?
12:00pm •
Future of Health 2012
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
The Art and Science of Human Inventiveness
12:00pm •
Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?
8:00pm •
In the Zone: What Does Peak Performance Require?
10:00pm •
In Conversation with Stanley Tucci
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
10:30am •
Can We Be Energy Independent?
Koch Building, Lauder Room
10:30am •
How Can We Create "Smart" Transportation?
Kresge Building, Hines Room
10:30am •
Co-Presented with NBC News' "Education Nation" Is College for Everyone?
Limelight Hotel
7:45am •
An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
The Uncertain Return: How Is the 21st Century Veteran Doing?
9:00am •
CEO Series: Can Corporate Values Drive Shareholder Value?
10:30am •
Will They Trust Us Again?
8:00pm •
Last Train Home: A Film and Discussion (Language: Chinese, English Subtitles)
Sunday
, July 1
Aspen District Theater
7:00pm •
Intelligence Squared Debate: No Fracking Way: The Natural Gas Boom Is Doing More Harm Than Good
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
Why We Don’t Want Everyone to Go to Harvard
Belly Up Aspen
7:30pm •
Media and the Election: Prognosticating Campaign 2012
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
The Lost Generation?
1:15pm •
Technology of War: What Does the War of the Future Look Like?
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
9:00am •
The MIT Media Lab @ Aspen Ideas: Seeding Innovation (Featuring an Exclusive Announcement)
10:30am •
Is Water the Next Global Security Threat?
12:00pm •
Lessons in Education
1:15pm •
Co-Presented with NBC News' "Education Nation" Can Character Be Taught?
2:40pm •
Science and Our Future
4:00pm •
Our Divided Political Heart
Greenwald Pavilion
9:00am •
Does Maximizing Shareholder Value Endanger America's Great Companies?
10:30am •
Does the United States Have a Responsibility to Protect?
12:00pm •
Women Philanthropists: Doing It Differently
1:15pm •
What Is Democracy? Does It Work?
5:00pm •
What Does It Mean to Be a Military Superpower?
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
The Tiger Mother Tells All
12:00pm •
BBC World Service's "The Forum": How is Technology Changing the Way We Live Our Lives?
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
10:30am •
Will Technology Make Us Healthier?
1:15pm •
Will All This Data Make Us Better?
Koch Building, Lauder Room
10:30am •
Raising Boys, Engaging Guys, and Educating Men: What Works?
1:15pm •
Health and the US Economy
4:00pm •
Who Wrote the Book of Revelation--and Why Do People Still Read It?
Kresge Building, Hines Room
1:15pm •
Personalized Medicine Is a Myth
Limelight Hotel
12:00pm •
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
CEO Series: The Creative Economy
9:00am •
Can Women Have It All?
10:30am •
Radical Creative Spaces
2:40pm •
The Truth about Cancer: A Filmed Discussion for an Upcoming Documentary
5:00pm •
Theater That Matters
8:00pm •
Joe Papp in Five Acts: A Film and Discussion
Paepcke Tent
4:00pm •
Book Signings
Monday
, July 2
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
Hear the Voices of the Future
Belly Up Aspen
7:30pm •
Steve Jobs's Design Genius
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
Community and the Arts: All Art Is Local
1:15pm •
Women In the Military: Embracing Opportunities and Challenges
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
9:00am •
What Will It Take to Renew Our Cities?
10:30am •
Knowledge Exchange: Information's Beautiful Future
12:00pm •
Why We’ll Remain Preeminent
1:15pm •
Are We Truly Innovative?
5:00pm •
Ideas for the Future: Work, Food, and Cities
Greenwald Pavilion
10:30am •
What Is America's Future Military Role in the World?
1:15pm •
Co-Presented with NBC News' "Education Nation" Arts in Education
2:40pm •
The Health Care Decision
Hotel Jerome Antler Bar
5:30pm •
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
How Economics Helps Us Understand and Improve Modern Family Life
12:00pm •
Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change around the World
8:30pm •
How to Land Your Kid in Therapy: Overparenting and Its Perils
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
8:00am •
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
10:30am •
What Will It Take to Govern in This Highly Polarized Environment?
1:15pm •
Our Genes and Our Addictions
4:00pm •
A Universe from Nothing
Koch Building, Lauder Room
8:00am •
Why Do We Celebrate Independence Day on July 4? It Really Should Be July 2.
10:30am •
A Child's First 2,000 Days: What's the Brain Got to Do with It?
1:15pm •
The Politics of Sex
4:00pm •
Rebuilding Community: Finding Lost Hills
Kresge Building, Hines Room
1:15pm •
The Ethics of War
Limelight Hotel
7:45am •
Talking Back to Facebook
12:00pm •
Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World
Limelight Lodge
5:30pm •
Wired For War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
CEO Series: Pharma Leader Anthony Coles, Onyx
9:00am •
What Is the Goal of Parenting?
10:30am •
Our Constitution at a Crossroads: Does the System Need Reform?
12:00pm •
Learning with New Orleans
1:15pm •
China and Democracy
2:40pm •
How Do We See The World?
5:00pm •
Coding the Next Chapter of American History
8:00pm •
Chasing Ice: A Film and Discussion
Paepcke Tent
4:00pm •
Book Signings
Tuesday
, July 3
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
12:00pm •
How We Hope: Lessons from the Gallup Poll
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
10:30am •
True Believers: A New Novel About Secret Lives, the 60s and the Way We Live Now
Doerr-Hosier, McNulty Room
8:00am •
The Role of Public Media in a Democracy
10:30am •
A 360 Degree View of Campaign 2012
12:00pm •
The United States and Europe: the Drags on Global Growth
Greenwald Pavilion
9:00am •
The Next Internet
10:30am •
Sustainability Redux: Radical Changemakers
1:15pm •
Closing Session
Hotel Jerome Ballroom
7:45am •
It's Not Your Grandfather's Army: The History and Future of America's Armed Forces
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
12:00pm •
Need, Speed, and Greed
Koch Building, Lauder Room
10:30am •
Screen Time: Technology and Our Kids
Kresge Building, Hines Room
10:30am •
Is Technology Finally Destroying More Jobs Than It's Creating?
Paepcke Auditorium
8:00am •
What Will Fuel the Automobile of the Future?
9:00am •
Our Economy: Optimism, Pessimism, and Reality Check
10:30am •
Women and the Struggle for Democracy
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