2013 Washington Ideas Forum
Inspired by The Atlantic’s enduring partnership with the Aspen Institute and Aspen Ideas Festival, the fifth-annual Washington Ideas Forum gathers an audience of 600 people, including government officials, top business executives, global thought leaders, academics, and celebrities. It is the place to hear – and meet – the most prominent thinkers of our time. This year’s Forum will take place November 13-14 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
For those unable to attend in person, the event will be live streamed at http://events.theatlantic.com/washington-ideas-forum/2013/. Full coverage will also be available on TheAtlantic.com. Follow the conversation online via @Atlantic_LIVE, @AspenInstitute, and @Newseum and by using #IdeasForum.
Agenda:
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
9:40 a.m.:
Welcome remarks by Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, and David Bradley, Chairman of Atlantic Media
America Gets Her Trade Groove Back
Michael Froman, U.S. Trade Representative
10:00 a.m.: Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of the New America Foundation and author of “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” interviewed by Dee Dee Myers, former White House Press Secretary and author of “Why Women Should Rule the World.”
10:20 a.m.: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, and James Ryan, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, interviewed by Walter Isaacson.
10:50 a.m.: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, interviewed by Steven Rattner, Economic Analyst at MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Contributing Writer at The New York Times
11:10 a.m.: Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, interviewed by Ruth Marcus, columnist for The Washington Post
11:30 a.m.: Astro Teller, head of Google[x], the lab that produces Google Glass, interviewed by Hari Sreenivasan, anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend
11:50 a.m.: FR. John Jenkins, President of University of Notre Dame, interviewed by John Dickerson, Political Director at CBS News
12:10 p.m.: Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Executive Director of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! Campaign, interviewed by Corby Kummer, Senior Editor of The Atlantic
1:25 p.m.: Welcome remarks by David Bradley, Chairman of Atlantic Media
1:30 p.m.: Susan Rice, National Security Advisor, interviewed by Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
1:50 p.m.: Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans, interviewed by Karen Finney of MSNBC’s Disrupt
2:10 p.m.: Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, interviewed by James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic
2:30 p.m.: Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, interviewed by Steve Clemons, Editor-at-Large of The Atlantic
2:50 p.m.: Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report and columnist for National Journal, and Chuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News and host of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, interviewed by John Harwood, Chief Washingon Correspondent at CNBC
3:20 p.m.: James Cuno, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, interviewed by Philip Kennicott, Art and Architecture Critic at The Washington Post
3:40 p.m.: David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times, on how to measure happiness
4:00 p.m.: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), interviewed by Jonathan Karl, Chief White House Correspondent at ABC News
4:30 p.m.: Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist for the Center for Digital Business at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, on robotics and the future of technology
4:45 p.m.: Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan, interviewed by Steve Clemons, Editor-at-Large of The Atlantic
5:05 p.m.: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), interviewed by Alex Wagner, host of MSNBC’s NOW
5:35 p.m.: Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, interviewed by Eugene Robinson, columnist for The Washington Post and MSNBC contributor
5:45 p.m.: National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins interviewed by Sam Stein, Political Reporter at The Huffington Post
Thursday, November 14, 2013
8:30 a.m.: Welcome remarks by Jim Duff, President of the Newseum
8:40 a.m.: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, interviewed by James Bennet, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic
9:00 a.m.: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), interviewed by James Bennet, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic
9:20 a.m.: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), interviewed by Chris Wallace, anchor of FOX News Sunday
9:40 a.m.: Governor Jack Markell of Delaware and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), interviewed by Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS NewsHour
10:10 a.m.: Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
10:30 a.m.: Nathan Blecharczyk, Co-Founder and CTO of Airbnb, interviewed by Derek Thompson, Senior Editor at The Atlantic
10:50 a.m.: Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, interviewed by Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s The Lead
11:10 a.m.: Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), interviewed by Sam Stein, Chief Political Correspondent for The Huffington Post
11:30 a.m.: Sebastian Junger, award-winning journalist and documentarian, interviewed by David Rohde, columnist for Reuters
11:50 a.m.: Frank Luntz, President Luntz Global, and Michael Steele, Former Chairman, Republican National Committe and Political Analyst at MSNBC, interviewed by Molly Ball, Politics Writer at The Atlantic
12:20 p.m.: Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, and Stanley Greenberg, CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, interviewed by Ronald Brownstein, Editorial Director of Atlantic Media
12:45 p.m.: Program concludes
CH2M HILL, Comcast, Exxon, General Motors, Nestlé, and Thomson Reuters are the presenting underwriters of the Washington Ideas Forum.
Inspired by The Atlantic’s enduring partnership with the Aspen Institute and Aspen Ideas Festival, the fifth-annual Washington Ideas Forum gathers an audience of 600 people, including government officials, top business executives, global thought leaders, academics, and celebrities. It is the place to hear – and meet – the most prominent thinkers of our time.