Aspen Ideas Festival
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Aspen Ideas Festival
Event Overview
We bring brilliant leaders and thinkers from around the globe to discuss the ideas that will help build understanding today and shape tomorrow.
Aspen Ideas Festival
2025 Program Tracks
The 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival will commemorate the Aspen Institute’s 75th anniversary and honor its enduring commitment to a humanistic worldview, exploring questions both timely and timeless.
Aspen Ideas Festival
How to Attend
All the preparation you need for making the most out of your time in Aspen.
Past Speakers
2023 Festival
Elizabeth Cheney
Professor of Practice, University of Virginia Center for Politics; Former U.S. Representative (R-WY)
2023 Festival
Sal Khan
Founder and CEO, Khan Academy; Founder, Schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School, and Khan World School
2022 Festival
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast; Founder, Onward Together; Former US Secretary of State