2024 Schedule

Monday, June 24th
Monday, June 24th
10:20am–11:10am MDT
2024 Festival
Read with Jenna

Join NBC's Jenna Bush Hager as she discusses her Read With Jenna July book club selection with its New York Times bestselling author. Explore the epic love story and thriller, delving into its themes of love, obsession, hope and the complexities of human connection.

Buckminster Fuller Dome
1:50pm–02:40pm MDT
2024 Festival
Is America Due for a Third Founding?

We the people were not truly “We the People” until the Reconstruction amendments altered our Constitution in a post-Civil War "second founding". As we confront another democratic crisis, what new understandings could ensure our democratic renewal?

Buckminster Fuller Dome
Tuesday, June 25th
10:20am–11:10am MDT
2024 Festival
Chart Talk: How the Immigration Numbers Add Up

Do immigrants depress the wages of American workers? Are too many coming to the United States? What would happen if they stopped? Is there a mismatch between our immigration system and our economic needs? "Morning Joe" economic analyst and New York Times contributing opinion writer Steve Rattner lays out the numbers, the legalities - and the facts.

Buckminster Fuller Dome
1:50pm–02:40pm MDT
2024 Festival
Prudential Financial Presents: What Living to 100 Means for Work and Wealth

Across the globe, humans are living and working longer than ever — and today’s systems, governments and businesses aren’t prepared. Examine how we can reimagine work, wealth and retirement to live our lives both longer and better.

Buckminster Fuller Dome
3:10pm–04:00pm MDT
2024 Festival
The Architecture of Social Division

Architecture doesn’t just build edifices; it shapes societies. Even as transportation infrastructure creates and locks in racial inequality, there is hope that intentional design can create more equitable, sustainable and joyous communities. Together, a visionary architect and the president of the ACLU grapple with how architecture both mends and maintains social division.

Buckminster Fuller Dome
Wednesday, June 26th
10:20am–11:10am MDT
2024 Festival
Echoes of Time in Type

You may not know what typeface this sentence is written in, but typography is crucial to how we convey, process and retain information. How has the form evolved? Hear from design experts and a graphic-arts great as they trace the roots of typography from Gutenberg to Bauhaus and beyond, drawing on how innovation in design is always in conversation with the past. Book signing with Rob Saunders to...

Buckminster Fuller Dome
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