The Aspen Institute

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
*subject to change

Interview Start

Newsmaker

Journalist

12:30pm

Sam Kass
White House Chef
–with–
Zeke Emanuel
Special Health Advisor to Director, Office of Management and Budget

**special lunchtime interview**

Corby Kummer
Senior Editor
The Atlantic

1:00pm

Mike McConnell
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton
–with–
Fran Townsend
Former Homeland Security Advisor

**special lunchtime interview**

James Gibney
Deputy Managing Editor
The Atlantic

1:35pm

Opening Remarks
David Bradley
Walter Isaacson
Shelby Coffey

Opening Remarks
David Bradley
Walter Isaacson
Shelby Coffey

1:45pm

Michael Bloomberg
Mayor
City of New York

Chris Wallace
Host
Fox News Sunday

2:05pm

David Axelrod
Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
White House

Brian Williams
Anchor
NBC Nightly News

2:25pm

Lindsey Graham
Senator
South Carolina

TBD

2:45pm

George Will
Columnist
Washington Post

n/a

3:05pm

Melody Barnes
Domestic Policy Advisor
Executive Office of the President

James Bennet
Editor
The Atlantic

3:25pm

David Rubenstein
Co-Founder
The Carlyle Group

Erin Burnett
Co-Anchor
CNBC

3:50pm

Craig Newmark
Founder
Craigslist

James Fallows
National Correspondent
The Atlantic

4:00pm

Arne Duncan
Secretary
US Department of Education

Michel Martin
Host of “Tell Me More”
NPR

4:20pm

Tim Geithner
Secretary
US Department of the Treasury

David Leonhardt
Economics Columnist
New York Times

4:50pm

N.N. Taleb
Author
The Black Swan

Matthew Cooper
Managing Editor
National Journal

5:10pm

Bill Bratton
Former Chief of Police
LAPD

Pierre Thomas
Justice Department Correspondent
ABC News

5:30pm

Elizabeth Edwards
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress

David Bradley
Chairman and Owner
Atlantic Media Company

5:50pm

Ahmed Chalabi
President
The Governing Council of Iraq

Sally Quinn
Journalist

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
*subject to change

Interview Start

Newsmaker

Journalist

7:55am

Chris Nassetta
CEO
Hilton Worldwide


**special breakfast interview**

Megan McArdle
Business and Economics Editor
The Atlantic

8:25am

MAIN PROGRAM BEGINS

MAIN PROGRAM BEGINS

8:30am

Richard Holbrooke
United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Christiane Amanpour
Anchor, “This Week”
ABC News

8:55am

David Rhode
Reporter
New York Times

n/a

9:10am

Bob Bennett
Partner
Hogan Lovells

James Fallows
National Correspondent
The Atlantic

9:25am

Spike Lee
Director

Douglas Brinkley
Professor, Rice University
Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair

9:50am

Tony and Heather Podesta

Ronald Brownstein
Political Director
Atlantic Media Company

10:15am

Kenneth Feinberg
Administrator
BP Claims Fund

Walter Isaacson
Chairman and CEO
The Aspen Institute

10:40am

Haley Barbour
Governor
Mississippi

Jeffrey Goldberg
National Correspondent
The Atlantic

11:05am

Eric Schmidt
CEO
Google

James Bennet
Editor
The Atlantic

11:30am

Jim Webb
Senator
Virginia
–with–
Chris Dodd
Senator
Connecticut

John King
Anchor
CNN

Noon

Political Panel
Chuck Todd, Ron Brownstein, Charlie Cook, Margaret Carlson, Eugene Robinson

John King
Anchor
CNN