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THURSDAY, JUNE 28 CONTINUED FRIDAY, JUNE 29 CONTINUED AMERICA Finding North: A Film and Discussion PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM, 8:00 PM $20 Hunger poses serious economic, social, and cultural implications for our nation. Forty-nine million people in the US—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Finding North examines this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity. Their stories are interwoven with insights from experts, ordinary citizens and teachers, and activists. Is it possible to make healthy food available and affordable for all? Dan Glickman, Kristi Jacobson MODERATOR Corby Kummer ECONOMY Entrepreneurship 2012 HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 8:30 PM $20 Beth Brooke, Paul Sciarra, and others TBA FRIDAY, JUNE 29 BREAKFAST SESSIONS AMERICA The Real Romney underwritten by Ernst & Young LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) Michael Kranish turns his investigative eye on Romney’s personal life, his bond with his wife and how they handled her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, and his difficult years as a Mormon missionary in France, where a fatal car crash had a profound effect on his path. The book also illuminates Romney’s privileged upbringing in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; his rejection of the 1960s protest culture; and his close but complicated relationship with his father. Michael Kranish INTERVIEWER Mark Preston TECHNOLOGY The Kinect Effect and Beyond: Evolving the Interface Between Mankind and Machines HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) With each turn in the evolution of interactive entertainment has come new capabilities, new ways to delight consumers by translating complex technologies into the simplest and most intuitive experiences. On some level, the video game industry has been the forerunner in bringing new cutting-edge technology to the masses, on-boarding consumers with the latest technologies, tools and experiences. Kinect started as a controller free gaming device, but has gone far beyond its origins to begin to redefine consumer experiences across industries like education, healthcare and retail. We are also seeing a whole new ecosystem of connected smart glass devices like your phones, tablets, and PCs becoming more intelligent and interactive with your TV. This session will cover some of today’s key trends and the latest technologies that will reshape the future of content, interactivity and social entertainment. Marc Whitten underwritten by ESA LUNCH SESSIONS TECHNOLOGY BBC World Service’s “The Forum”: America’s Role in the World HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 12:00 PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30) David Brooks, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Richard Haass MODERATOR Bridget Kendall ECONOMY Best Practices in Sustaining a Legacy of Values Across Generations LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 12:00PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30) What kind of world do we want to create, protect, and leave behind? We transfer wealth as we can but importantly, what we really want our children to understand is our values. Chris Heilmann SPECIAL EVENT APM’s “Marketplace” LIVE! BELLY UP ASPEN, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM (doors closed at 2:15 PM) $20 Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at the number one rated business program in the United States? Well, here’s your chance to see economic news in action, to be part of the action as Marketplace goes on-air. Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal hosts a live show at the Aspen Ideas Festival, in front of an audience. Get a taste of Marketplace’s irreverent and insightful coverage of the money, business, and economic news that influences your life. And stay for a Q&A with Marketplace. Heidi Moore, David Breashers, Tory Burch MODERATOR Kai Ryssdal SPEAKER SALON OUR PLANET Can We Design Our Way Out of Poverty? LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 5:30 PM $20 In 2011 IDEO, the world-renowned design and innovation company, launched IDEO.org, a nonprofit committed to the eradication of poverty by applying design-based methods to challenges in areas such as health, sanitation, education, and agriculture. IDEO.org’s mission is to foster and spread the design in the social sector by making all projects open and sharable. Join IDEO CEO Tim Brown and IDEO.org Executive Director Jocelyn Wyatt to discuss learnings and insights about how design thinking is driving new possibilities in philanthropy and social innovation. Tim Brown, Jocelyn Wyatt SPEAKER SALON AMERICA Fair Play and Illusion: Racial Myths From Obama and Immigrants to College Athletes? ANTLER BAR, HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 5:30 PM $20 How two separate careers have followed issues of race and justice into many areas where they are commonly avoided, including college sports. Taylor Branch INTERVIEWER Anna Deavere Smith EVENING SESSIONS ARTS In Conversation: Moby BELLY UP ASPEN, 7:30 PM $20 An acclaimed musician, DJ, and photographer, Moby is also known for his interest in architecture. Moby has sold more than 20 million albums. Moby INTERVIEWER Tim Brown ECONOMY Detropia: A Film and Discussion PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM, 8:00 PM $20 Detroit was the birthplace of the middle class, an industrial utopia where anyone who worked hard enough could experience the “American dream.” Today, Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the past 10 years this Midwestern icon has lost 25 percent of its population and 50 percent of its manufacturing jobs. City officials are in the midst of the most dramatic “downsizing” of an American city ever seen—demolishing thousands of homes, reconsolidating massive tracts of excess land, cutting basic services and encouraging Detroiters in marginal neighborhoods to move. Detroiters who have stuck with the city are at the breaking point. Artists and curious outsiders flock to the city in search of inspiration and opportunity. Racial tension, globalization, lack of innovation and greed has led to a moment of truth for Detroit. How the Motor City reboots itself will set the example for countless other post-industrial cities with similar fates. And today the entire country is watching to see if this storied metropolis has the courage, creativity and grit to reinvent itself—instead of implode. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady MODERATOR Charlie Firestone VALUES Is Lying OK? DOERR-HOSIER CENTER, MCNULTY ROOM, 8:00 PM $20 NPR On-Stage presents: “A Fish Tale.” NPR is usually in the business of seeking the truth, but for “A Fish Tale,” NPR’s science correspondents go out in search of a lie. They find one—a classic big fish story invented by two little boys in Wisconsin—and examine it from various angles to explain the science behind human deception. NPR’s Jon Hamilton, Alix Spiegel, and Shankar Vedantam normally cover neuroscience, individual psychology, and social behavior, respectively, but in “A Fish Tale,” they artfully weave their three beats together to give a fuller understanding of the very human urge to lie. During the show they argue amongst themselves, play fascinating clips from interviews with scientists and with liars, and use the powerful art of storytelling to make the latest scientific research entertaining and accessible. Jon Hamilton, Alix Spiegel, Shankar Vedantam AMERICA What Does It Take to Be President? HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 9:00 PM $20 What are the qualities it takes to be a successful president in the modern era? David Gergen, Joe Klein, George Mitchell, Andrea Mitchell MODERATOR Ron Brownstein underwritten by DLA Piper
SATURDAY, JUNE 30 SUNDAY, JULY 1 BREAKFAST SESSIONS SPORTS An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) A longtime sports columnist for The New York Times interweaves stories from his life and the events he covered to explore the relationships between the games we play and the lives we lead. Robert Lipsyte INTERVIEWER Jeremy Schaap SCIENCE The Art and Science of Human Inventiveness HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) A New York Times best-selling author takes a revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types,” he will discuss how creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively. Jonah Lehrer INTERVIEWER John Seely Brown LUNCH SESSIONS ECONOMY Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives? HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 12:00 PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30) Our networks—personal and professional relationships, club memberships, faith communities, among others—help us to get jobs, advance our careers, and build economic mobility. How does “who we know” help us move up the economic ladder, and what can be done—socially, economically, and politically—to strengthen social capital as a key ingredient to breaking the grip of poverty? Anne Mosle, Robert D. Putnam, Mario Small MODERATOR David Leonhardt EVENING SESSIONS AMERICA America the Post-Superpower BELLY UP, 7:30 PM $20 If we no longer have a monopoly on economic, political, and cultural leadership, can the US find a role for itself in a world with multiple power players? Expert media figures share their perspectives. Andrea Mitchell, Dina Temple-Raston, Bret Stephens, Vijay Vaitheeswaran MODERATOR Steve Clemons BREAKFAST SESSIONS THE CHILD The Tiger Mother Tells All HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) The Yale professor, author, and outspoken mom talks about her life and family and explains her take on child-rearing—and why the firestorm around her 2011 book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother took her by surprise. Amy Chua INTERVIEWER Lori Gottlieb ECONOMY Need, Speed, and Greed LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15) The book’s subtitle is the best description for this talk: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems. The author will discuss his insightful assessment of the changing global economy, complete with recommendations for how companies can thrive in a perpetually disruptive environment Vijay Vaitheeswaran LUNCH SESSIONS WAR & PEACE All In: The Education of General David Petraeus LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 12:00 PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30) “This is the best book yet on General David Petraeus, written by a remarkable former Army officer who spent months on the ground in Afghanistan herself. Paula Broadwell captures his basic tenets of counterinsurgency and basic approach to leadership—as well as Petraeus’s personal qualities and character—in a highly readable and pithy fashion. No one gives a truer picture of the war, or of the finest general of this era and one of the greatest in modern American history.”–Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution Paula Broadwell INTERVIEWER Michael O’Hanlon TECHNOLOGY BBC World Service’s “The Forum”: How is Technology Changing the Way We Live Our Lives HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 12:00 PM (doors close at 11:45 PM) $45 (includes lunch at 11:30) Joichi Ito, Julie Taymor, Michael Gallagher MODERATOR Bridget Kendall SPORTS In the Zone: What does Peak Performance Require? HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 8:00 PM $20 What does it mean to perform at the top of your game physically and mentally? A top fitness expert, Paralympic athlete, and research scientist discuss. Bob Harper, Bonnie St. John, Gregory Yep MODERATOR Jon Frankel underwritten by PepsiCo US-CHINA Last Train Home: A Film and Discussion PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM, 8:00 PM $20 Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for New Year’s holiday. Last Train Home documents the mass exodus, which is the world’s largest human migration- an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. (Language: Chinese with English subtitles) Filmmaker Fan Lixin INTERVIEWER James Fallows ARTS In Conversation with Stanley Tucci HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 10:00 PM $20 Stanley Tucci INTERVIEWER Jeffrey Goldberg SPEAKER SALON WAR & PEACE Coming Home: Supporting America’s New Generation of Veterans ANTLER BAR, HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 5:30 PM $20 As our nation approaches its Independence Day, the single group of individuals deserving our greatest gratitude are our veterans. Paul Rieckhoff’s organization, Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), is America’s first and largest organization for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 2004 with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, IAVA’s mission is to improve the lives of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families when they come home. A nationally recognized authority on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and a broad range of issues affecting troops, veterans, and their families, Rieckhoff has appeared on hundreds of television and radio programs, and now, for the first time, as an Ideas Festival speaker. Paul Rieckhoff AMERICA So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 5:30 PM $20 If the nation’s gross national income—over $14 trillion—were divided evenly across the entire US population, every household could call itself middle class. Yet the income-level disparity in this country is now wider than at any point since the Great Depression. In 2010 the average salary for CEOs on the S&P 500 was over $1 million—climbing to over $11 million when all forms of compensation are accounted for—while the current median household income for African Americans is just over $32,000. How can some be so rich, while others are so poor? Peter Edelman EVENING SESSIONS SPECIAL EVENT “Intelligence Squared U.S.” NO FRACKING WAY: The Natural Gas Boom is Doing More Harm Than Good ASPEN DISTRICT THEATER, 7:00 PM $20 Can natural gas be part of a clean energy solution, or is it a dangerous roadblock to a fossil-free future? This will be a lively, Oxford-style debate taped for broadcast. IQ2US provides a forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological; and to encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views. For the Motion: Deborah Goldberg, Katherine Hudson Against for the Motion: Joe Nocera, Susan Tierney MODERATOR John Donvan
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