The lineup
Who spoke at Aspen Ideas Festival 2025?
The full announced lineup for Aspen Ideas Festival 2025. Names without a full profile are open to claim.
Alexandra Mousavizadeh Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Evident
Angela Duckworth Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor; Co-Founder, University of Pennsylvania; Character Lab
Anna Deavere Smith Actress; Playwright; University Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University- ARAnthony D. Romero Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Arjun Sethi Co-CEO, Kraken
Ben Lamm Founder and CEO, Colossal Biosciences
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Brené Brown Research Professor and Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Brian Greene Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Director, Center for Theoretical Physics; Co-Founder, Columbia University; World Science Festival
Casey Newton Co-Host, "Hard Fork" Podcast, Platformer Newsletter- CCChad Coleman Actor, LPGA
Christina Tosi CEO, Milk Bar
Christine Brennan Sports Columnist; Television Commentator; Author, USA Today
Daniel Lubetzky Founder, KIND Snacks and Builders Movement- DBDavid Brooks Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Diane Brady Executive Editorial Director, Fortune
Elizabeth Cohen Contributor, NBC News; AtlanticLIVE
Emtithal Mahmoud Poet; UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR- FZFareed Zakaria Journalist; Host, "Fareed Zakaria GPS"; Columnist; Author, CNN; The Washington Post
- FKFred Krupp President, Environmental Defense Fund
Gillian Tett Columnist and Editorial Board Member; Provost, Financial Times; King's College, Cambridge University
Gregory Boyle Founder, Homeboy IndustriesGül Dölen Professor and Endowed Chair, University of California, Berkeley
- HRHanna Rosin Author & Journalist | The Rise of Women in Modern Society
Jennifer Wallace Journalist; Founder, The Mattering Institute; Co-Founder, The Mattering Movement, The Mattering Institute
John Bolton Former U.S. National Security Adviser
John Mills Co-Founder and CEO, Watch Duty
Jonathan Haidt Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University Stern School of Business- JPJulie Pace Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, The Associated Press
Kate Crawford Research Professor; Senior Principal Researcher; Visiting Chair, University of Southern California; Microsoft Research; École Normale Supérieure
Kevin Rudd Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of Australia- KBKiersten Barnet Executive Director, New York Jobs CEO Council
Krista Tippett Founder; Podcast Creator and Host, The On Being Project
Lenore Skenazy Co-Founder and President, Let Grow- MSMichael Sandel Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University
- NSNate Silver Statistician; Writer; Co-host, "Risky Business" Podcast, "Silver Bulletin"
Nouriel Roubini Professor Emeritus; Chairman and CEO, New York University Stern School of Business; Roubini Macro Associates.jpg%3Fwidth%3D800&w=3840&q=75)
Pico Iyer Author; Essayist- RDRegina Dugan President and CEO, Wellcome Leap
Robert Waldinger Clinical Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Harvard Study of Adult Development, Harvard Medical School- SBSanford Biggers Artist
- SJSarah Jones Writer and Host, "America, Who Hurt You?", Independent
Shigeru Ban Founder and Principal, Shigeru Ban Architects- SBStuart Brown Founder, National Institute for Play
Thomas Friedman Foreign Affairs Columnist; Author, The New York Times
Vijay Vaitheeswaran Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, The Economist- VCVishaan Chakrabarti Architect; Founder and Creative Director, PAU (Practice for Architecture and Urbanism)
Vivian Tu Founder and CEO, Your Rich BFF
Walter Hood Urban Designer | Reimagining Public Spaces for the Future, Hood Design Studio
Yancey Strickler Founder, Artist Corporations
Zachary Karabell Founder; Host, "What Could Go Right?" Podcast; Author, Progress Network
Zanny Minton Beddoes Editor in Chief, The Economist- ASAdam Sandel Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law SchoolIs this you? Claim →
- ACAgnes Callard Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of ChicagoIs this you? Claim →
- ARAl Rabanera Educator and Facilitator, Fullerton Joint Union High SchoolIs this you? Claim →
- ACAlberto Carvalho Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictIs this you? Claim →
- AGAlberto Gonzales Former U.S. Attorney General; Dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law, Belmont University College of LawIs this you? Claim →
- AHAlex Hedison Artist; FilmmakerIs this you? Claim →
- AVAlexander Vindman Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired); Senior Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy InstituteIs this you? Claim →
- AGAlexandra Reeve Givens President and CEO, Center for Democracy and TechnologyIs this you? Claim →
- ASAlissa Starzak Vice President, Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Global Head of Public Policy, CloudflareIs this you? Claim →
Frequently asked
- Who spoke at Aspen Ideas Festival 2025?
- 285 speakers, including Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Angela Duckworth, Anna Deavere Smith, Anthony D. Romero, and Arjun Sethi.
- What did Aspen Ideas Festival 2025 cover?
- Topics include Social Justice & Equity, Economics & Society, Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, Geopolitics & International Relations, Journalism & Nonfiction, and Storytelling & Narrative.
- When and where was Aspen Ideas Festival 2025?
- Jun 24-30, 2025 in Aspen, United States.
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