Aspen Ideas Festival 2023
Speaker Lineup
Almar Latour
CEO, Dow Jones & Publisher, Wall Street Journal | Media Leadership
Andrew Yang
Co-Chair, Forward Party
Anne Pasternak
CEO of Creative Time | Empowering Art to Move, Motivate and Inspire
Baiju Bhatt
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Robinhood
Baratunde Thurston
Media Commentator | Deconstructing Racism Through Critical Media Analysis
Brian Cox
Professor of Particle Physics | BBC Science Presenter
Brian Greene
Theoretical Physicist | Explaining the Mysteries of the Universe
Bruce Feiler
Author and speaker | Expert on life transitions and modern family dynamics
Catherine Price
Award-Winning Science Journalist | Bestselling Author on Fun and Wellness
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO, Uber
Deb Roy
Language Development Researcher | Expert in How Words Are Born and Learned
Eric Liu
Citizen University CEO | Former Clinton speechwriter, teaching Americans how to exercise civic power
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO of Google | Led company through explosive growth era
James Manyika
SVP, Research, Technology & Society at Google
Jeannie Suk Gersen
Harvard Law Professor | Reimagining Criminal Justice
John McWhorter
Linguist and public intellectual | Author of over twenty books on language and race
Kate Bowler
Duke Professor | Exploring the Meaning of Life in the Face of Illness
Kathy Hannun
Dandelion Energy Founder | Clean Energy Innovation & Accessible Geothermal
Kevin Kelly
Digital Visionary | Pioneering Insights on Technology's Future
Krista Tippett
Peabody-Winning Journalist | 'On Being' Podcast Host
Lila Ibrahim
Chief Operating Officer, Google DeepMind
Maria Ressa
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate | Defending Press Freedom in the Philippines
Mary Barra
Chair and CEO of General Motors | First female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker
Miguel Cardona
12th U.S. Secretary of Education | National Leader in Educational Equity
Nita Farahany
Duke Law Professor | AI Ethics, Neurotechnology & Bioethics
Oskar Eustis
Artistic Director, The Public Theater | Championing Groundbreaking Theater
Rainn Wilson
Actor & Director | Reimagining Media and Technology
Sal Khan
Khan Academy Founder | Revolutionizing Global Education Through Free Online Learning
Sheena Iyengar
Thomas Friedman
Foreign affairs columnist | Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author
Tristan Harris
Technology Ethics Innovator | Center for Humane Technology Co-Founder
Walter Isaacson
Bestselling Author | Acclaimed Historian and Journalist
Wendy Suzuki
Neuroscientist | Exploring How Exercise Transforms Brain Function and Performance