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SATURDAY, JUNE 30<br />
SUNDAY, JULY 1<br />
BREAKFAST SESSIONS<br />
SPORTS<br />
An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir<br />
LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15)<br />
A longtime sports columnist for The New York Times interweaves s<strong>to</strong>ries from his life and <strong>the</strong> events<br />
he covered <strong>to</strong> explore <strong>the</strong> relationships between <strong>the</strong> games we play and <strong>the</strong> lives we lead.<br />
Robert Lipsyte<br />
INTERVIEWER Jeremy Schaap<br />
SCIENCE<br />
The Art and Science of Human Inventiveness<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15)<br />
A New York Times best-selling author takes a revela<strong>to</strong>ry look at <strong>the</strong> new science of creativity.<br />
Shattering <strong>the</strong> myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types,” he will discuss how creativity is<br />
not a single gift possessed by <strong>the</strong> lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can<br />
all learn <strong>to</strong> use more effectively.<br />
Jonah Lehrer<br />
INTERVIEWER John Seely Brown<br />
LUNCH SESSIONS<br />
ECONOMY<br />
Six Degrees of Separation: How Do Our Connections Improve Our Lives?<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 12:00 PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30)<br />
Our networks—personal and professional relationships, club memberships, faith communities,<br />
among o<strong>the</strong>rs—help us <strong>to</strong> get jobs, advance our careers, and build economic mobility. How<br />
does “who we know” help us move up <strong>the</strong> economic ladder, and what can be done—socially,<br />
economically, and politically—<strong>to</strong> streng<strong>the</strong>n social capital as a key ingredient <strong>to</strong> breaking <strong>the</strong><br />
grip of poverty?<br />
Anne Mosle, Robert D. Putnam, Mario Small<br />
MODERATOR David Leonhardt<br />
EVENING SESSIONS<br />
AMERICA<br />
America <strong>the</strong> Post-Superpower<br />
BELLY UP, 7:30 PM $20<br />
If we no longer have a monopoly on economic, political, and cultural leadership, can <strong>the</strong> US find a<br />
role for itself in a world with multiple power players? Expert media figures share <strong>the</strong>ir perspectives.<br />
Andrea Mitchell, Dina Temple-Ras<strong>to</strong>n, Bret Stephens, Vijay Vai<strong>the</strong>eswaran<br />
MODERATOR Steve Clemons<br />
BREAKFAST SESSIONS<br />
THE CHILD<br />
The Tiger Mo<strong>the</strong>r Tells All<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15)<br />
The Yale professor, author, and outspoken mom talks about her life and family and explains her<br />
take on child-rearing—and why <strong>the</strong> fires<strong>to</strong>rm around her 2011 book Battle Hymn of <strong>the</strong> Tiger<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong>ok her by surprise.<br />
Amy Chua<br />
INTERVIEWER Lori Gottlieb<br />
ECONOMY<br />
Need, Speed, and Greed<br />
LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 7:45 AM $35 (includes breakfast at 7:15)<br />
The book’s subtitle is <strong>the</strong> best description for this talk: How <strong>the</strong> New Rules of Innovation Can<br />
Transform Businesses, Propel Nations <strong>to</strong> Greatness, and Tame <strong>the</strong> World’s Most Wicked Problems.<br />
The author will discuss his insightful assessment of <strong>the</strong> changing global economy, complete with<br />
recommendations for how companies can thrive in a perpetually disruptive environment<br />
Vijay Vai<strong>the</strong>eswaran<br />
LUNCH SESSIONS<br />
WAR & PEACE<br />
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus<br />
LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 12:00 PM $45 (includes lunch at 11:30)<br />
“This is <strong>the</strong> best book yet on General David Petraeus, written by a remarkable former Army officer<br />
who spent months on <strong>the</strong> ground in Afghanistan herself. Paula Broadwell captures his basic tenets<br />
of counterinsurgency and basic approach <strong>to</strong> leadership—as well as Petraeus’s personal qualities<br />
and character—in a highly readable and pithy fashion. No one gives a truer picture of <strong>the</strong> war,<br />
or of <strong>the</strong> finest general of this era and one of <strong>the</strong> greatest in modern American his<strong>to</strong>ry.”–Michael<br />
O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, <strong>the</strong> Brookings Institution<br />
Paula Broadwell<br />
INTERVIEWER Michael O’Hanlon<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
BBC World Service’s “The Forum”: How is Technology Changing <strong>the</strong> Way We<br />
Live Our Lives<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 12:00 PM (doors close at 11:45 PM) $45<br />
(includes lunch at 11:30)<br />
Joichi I<strong>to</strong>, Julie Taymor, Michael Gallagher<br />
MODERATOR Bridget Kendall<br />
SPORTS<br />
In <strong>the</strong> Zone: What does Peak Performance Require?<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 8:00 PM $20<br />
What does it mean <strong>to</strong> perform at <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>p of your game physically and mentally? A <strong>to</strong>p fitness<br />
expert, Paralympic athlete, and research scientist discuss.<br />
Bob Harper, Bonnie St. John, Gregory Yep<br />
MODERATOR Jon Frankel<br />
underwritten by PepsiCo<br />
US-CHINA<br />
Last Train Home: A Film and Discussion<br />
PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM, 8:00 PM $20<br />
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged in<strong>to</strong> chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
home villages for New Year’s holiday. Last Train Home documents <strong>the</strong> mass exodus, which is <strong>the</strong><br />
world’s largest human migration- an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between<br />
its rural past and industrial future. (Language: Chinese with English subtitles)<br />
Filmmaker Fan Lixin<br />
INTERVIEWER James Fallows<br />
ARTS<br />
In Conversation with Stanley Tucci<br />
HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 10:00 PM $20<br />
Stanley Tucci<br />
INTERVIEWER Jeffrey Goldberg<br />
SPEAKER SALON<br />
WAR & PEACE<br />
Coming Home: Supporting America’s New Generation of Veterans<br />
ANTLER BAR, HOTEL JEROME BALLROOM, 5:30 PM $20<br />
As our nation approaches its Independence Day, <strong>the</strong> single group of individuals deserving our<br />
greatest gratitude are our veterans. Paul Rieckhoff’s organization, Afghanistan Veterans of America<br />
(IAVA), is America’s first and largest organization for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A nonpartisan<br />
nonprofit founded in 2004 with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, IAVA’s mission is <strong>to</strong><br />
improve <strong>the</strong> lives of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and <strong>the</strong>ir families when <strong>the</strong>y come home.<br />
A nationally recognized authority on <strong>the</strong> wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and a broad range of issues<br />
affecting troops, veterans, and <strong>the</strong>ir families, Rieckhoff has appeared on hundreds of television<br />
and radio programs, and now, for <strong>the</strong> first time, as an <strong>Ideas</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> speaker.<br />
Paul Rieckhoff<br />
AMERICA<br />
So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard <strong>to</strong> End Poverty in America<br />
LIMELIGHT HOTEL, 5:30 PM $20<br />
If <strong>the</strong> nation’s gross national income—over $14 trillion—were divided evenly across <strong>the</strong> entire US<br />
population, every household could call itself middle class. Yet <strong>the</strong> income-level disparity in this<br />
country is now wider than at any point since <strong>the</strong> Great Depression. In 2010 <strong>the</strong> average salary<br />
for CEOs on <strong>the</strong> S&P 500 was over $1 million—climbing <strong>to</strong> over $11 million when all forms<br />
of compensation are accounted for—while <strong>the</strong> current median household income for African<br />
Americans is just over $32,000. How can some be so rich, while o<strong>the</strong>rs are so poor?<br />
Peter Edelman<br />
EVENING SESSIONS<br />
SPECIAL EVENT<br />
“Intelligence Squared U.S.” NO FRACKING WAY: The Natural Gas Boom is<br />
Doing More Harm Than Good<br />
ASPEN DISTRICT THEATER, 7:00 PM $20<br />
Can natural gas be part of a clean energy solution, or is it a dangerous roadblock <strong>to</strong> a fossil-free<br />
future? This will be a lively, Oxford-style debate taped for broadcast. IQ2US provides a forum for<br />
intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; <strong>to</strong> transcend <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>to</strong>xically emotional and <strong>the</strong> reflexively ideological; and <strong>to</strong> encourage recognition that <strong>the</strong> opposing<br />
side has intellectually respectable views.<br />
For <strong>the</strong> Motion: Deborah Goldberg, Ka<strong>the</strong>rine Hudson<br />
Against for <strong>the</strong> Motion: Joe Nocera, Susan Tierney<br />
MODERATOR John Donvan