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Aspen Ideas Festival

Aspen Ideas Festival
AbbreviationAIF
Formation2005 (2005)
TypeAcademic conference
Location
Key people
Dan Porterfield
Websitewww.aspenideas.org

Founded in 2005, the Aspen Ideas Festival (AIF) is a week-long event held in Aspen, Colorado in the United States. The Aspen Ideas Festival program of events includes discussions, seminars, panels, and tutorials from journalists, designers, innovators, politicians, diplomats, presidents, judges, musicians, artists, and writers.

The Aspen Ideas Festival is a program of the Aspen Institute.[1] The AIF format is modeled after educational seminars. Topics covered during the festival include global politics and economics, U.S. Policy, the environment, technology, science, health, education, the arts, and economic issues.[2][3]

During the festival, live streaming of AIF events is available through the AIF website, The Atlantic, and National Public Radio.[4] Videos and sound clips from past AIF events are archived on the AIF website.[5] Presentations and lectures from past Aspen Ideas Festival speakers can also be heard on iTunes U.[6]

Past AIF speakers include President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Ehud Barak, Madeleine Albright, Murray Gell-Mann, Sylvia Earle, Stephen Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor, Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Frum, Salam Fayyad, and Paul Ryan.[7][8]

  1. ^ Lipsher, Steve. "Aspen Institute widens its reach". Denver Post. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  2. ^ "Aspen Ideas Festival opens". Aspen Times. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. ^ Shanley, Will. "Elite thinkers lured to Aspen". Denver Post. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  4. ^ "NPR Hosts to Speak at 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival: NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' to Broadcast Live June 28 & 29 from Hotel Jerome". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  5. ^ "Aspen Ideas Festival Video Archive". Aspen Ideas Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  6. ^ "Aspen Minute by Aspen Ideas Festival on iTunes U". Apple. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  7. ^ "Aspen Ideas Festival roster: A who's who of politics". Politico. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  8. ^ "Aspen Ideas Festival announces slate of speakers". Vail Daily. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

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