Aspen Ideas Festival

rdf:langString Aspen Ideas Festival

rdf:langString Aspen Ideas Festival

rdf:langString Aspen Ideas Festival

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