For the last four decades, the Aspen Institute Congressional Program has brought Members of Congress together with renown policy experts to engage in civil dialogue on policy challenges. The Program convenes outside Washington, in both domestic and international locales, and gives members a distraction-free opportunity to analyze complex issues with colleagues and renown scholars. After each conference, a collection of original policy analysis is published to serve as a resource for Members of Congress. To view the Congressional Program’s conference reports, click here.

To supplement the annual Member conferences, approximately two-dozen breakfast meetings are held annually on Thursday mornings in the Capitol, featuring distinguished experts on a range of relevant topics with federal policy implications. These breakfasts are a regular opportunity for a bipartisan, bicameral group of Members to engage on a broad range of issues.

The Program also provides educational conferences for invited senior congressional staff. These conferences focus on exposing staff to scholars from around the world in an open dialogue with colleagues from across Capitol Hill and better support the policy needs of their Members.