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SAVE THE DATES! Upcoming Washington, DC Area Programming April to June 2016 APRIL 2016 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM REIMAGINE RETAIL Featuring Kathleen McLaughlin, President of the Walmart Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer of Walmart, and Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, on the topic of the private sector’s role in expanding economic opportunities for frontline workers. Wednesday, April 6 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected] RETIREMENT SECURITY IN THE ON-DEMAND ECONOMY is event explores how we might adapt the social contract for workers in America in a way that can make retirement benefits and protections more portable, with a focus on the policy challenges and opportunities to improve and adapt our current system. Monday, April 11 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Kiese Hansen, [email protected] ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING TRUSTEE AND SOCIETY OF FELLOWS RECEPTION Spring reception for Trustees and Society of Fellows members. ursday, April 14 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm Japanese Ambassador’s Residence Contact: Natasha Little, [email protected] By invitation only* ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING BOARD MEETING Aspen Institute Board of Trustees Annual Spring Board Meeting. Friday, April 15 | 9:15am – 12:00pm Contact: Allison Perry, [email protected] By invitation only PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS PRECISION MEDICINE: THE PROMISE, THE JOURNEY, THE FUTURE Featuring Dr. Eric Lander, President and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in conversation with Walter Isaacson. Monday, April 18 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Katya Wanzer, [email protected] WORKING IN AMERICA SERIES RESKILLING AMERICA: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY A conversation featuring guest speakers Dr. Katherine Newman, Michael Johnson, Andy Van Kleunen, and Sandi Vito. Tuesday, April 19 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected] ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIES Featuring Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Institute for Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown University and co-author of Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, in conversation with Jane Wales, Executive Director of the Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. ursday, April 21 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] By invitation only* JUSTICE AND SOCIETY PROGRAM JUSTICE CIRCLE DISCUSSION RECEPTION Featuring Ted Olson, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and former Solicitor General of the United States, and Tom Goldstein, Partner at Goldstein & Russell, P.C., and Publisher of SCOTUSBlog, in conversation with Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent for NPR. Wednesday, April 27 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm Private Residence Contact: Skye Wilson, [email protected] By invitation only Ambassador Sasae Dr. Eric Lander Photo by Tony Cenicola

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SAVE THE DATES!Upcoming Washington, DC Area Programming

April to June 2016

APRIL 2016

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMREIMAGINE RETAILFeaturing Kathleen McLaughlin, President of the Walmart Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer of Walmart, and Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, on the topic of the private sector’s role in expanding economic opportunities for frontline workers.Wednesday, April 6 | 4:00pm – 6:00pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected]

RETIREMENT SECURITY IN THE ON-DEMAND ECONOMYThis event explores how we might adapt the social contract for workers in America in a way that can make retirement benefits and protections more portable, with a focus on the policy challenges and opportunities to improve and adapt our current system.Monday, April 11 | 3:00pm – 5:00pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Kiese Hansen, [email protected]

ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING TRUSTEE AND SOCIETY OF FELLOWS RECEPTIONSpring reception for Trustees and Society of Fellows members.Thursday, April 14 | 6:00pm – 8:00pmJapanese Ambassador’s ResidenceContact: Natasha Little, [email protected] invitation only*

ASPEN INSTITUTE SPRING BOARD MEETINGAspen Institute Board of Trustees Annual Spring Board Meeting.Friday, April 15 | 9:15am – 12:00pmContact: Allison Perry, [email protected] By invitation only

PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDSPRECISION MEDICINE: THE PROMISE, THE JOURNEY, THE FUTUREFeaturing Dr. Eric Lander, President and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in conversation with Walter Isaacson.Monday, April 18 | 12:00pm – 1:30pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Katya Wanzer, [email protected]

WORKING IN AMERICA SERIESRESKILLING AMERICA: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYA conversation featuring guest speakers Dr. Katherine Newman, Michael Johnson, Andy Van Kleunen, and Sandi Vito. Tuesday, April 19 | 12:00pm – 1:30pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Claire Daviss, [email protected]

ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIESFeaturing Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Institute for Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown University and co-author of Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, in conversation with Jane Wales, Executive Director of the Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. Thursday, April 21 | 12:00pm – 1:30pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] invitation only*

JUSTICE AND SOCIETY PROGRAMJUSTICE CIRCLE DISCUSSION RECEPTIONFeaturing Ted Olson, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and former Solicitor General of the United States, and Tom Goldstein, Partner at Goldstein & Russell, P.C., and Publisher of SCOTUSBlog, in conversation with Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent for NPR. Wednesday, April 27 | 6:30pm – 8:30pmPrivate ResidenceContact: Skye Wilson, [email protected] By invitation only

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MAY 2016

ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIESFeaturing Garry Kasparov, legendary chess grandmaster, Russian pro-democracy leader, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, and author of Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, in conversation with Walter Isaacson.Wednesday, May 4 | 12:00pm – 1:30pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] invitation only*

SOCIETY OF FELLOWS DISCUSSION RECEPTIONThis inaugural program in a new series underwritten by Wilma and Stuart Bernstein and Carolyn and Bill Wolfe will feature Bob Woodward, an associate editor at The Washington Post who has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the Watergate scandal and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in conversation with Walter Isaacson.Monday, May 9 | 6:00pm – 8:00pmPrivate ResidenceContact: Emily Garber, [email protected] invitation only*

2016 PROJECT PLAY SUMMITThe 2016 Project Play Summit will take measure of the collective progress made in the past year on the Project Play report’s eight strategies for the eight sectors that touch the

lives of children, offer learnings through robust dialogues, and host the announcement of new initiatives.Tuesday, May 17 | 8:00am – 8:00pmKnight Conference Center, The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWContact: Risa Isard, [email protected]

ALMA AND JOSEPH GILDENHORN BOOK SERIESFeaturing Diane Rehm, host of the The Diane Rehm Show and author of On My Own, in a conversation with Elliot Gerson, the the Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs at the Aspen Institute.Wednesday, May 18 | 1:00pm – 2:30pmOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700Contact: Zach St. Louis, [email protected] By invitation only*

SOCIETY OF FELLOWS SUMMER RECEPTIONCathy and Walter Isaacson will host a Summer Reception for members of the Society of Fellows.Sunday, June 5 | 5:00pm – 7:00pmPrivate ResidenceContact: Beth Crable, [email protected] invitation only*

FOR MORE EVENT INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.ASPENINSTITUTE.ORG/EVENTS

Individuals and couples who wish to engage more deeply in the Institute’s programs and mission are invited to join the Society of Fellows. The SOF is a community of donors that provides important support to advance the Institute’s mission. Fellows receive frequent invitations and advance notices of special events and have a dedicated line to call for

information about Institute discussions, receptions, seminars, and festivals throughout the year. Levels of support range from the Vanguard Chapter for youngerdonors to

Chairman’s and Gold Leaf Society levels for more established donors.

Please contact Peter Waanders, Director of the Society of Fellows, at (970) 544-7912 or [email protected].

Cathy and Walter Isaacson

*Society of Fellows members will automatically receive invitations to all starred events