The Aspen Ideas Festival Announces Live Video for July 1

ASPEN, Colo., July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

WHAT: The Aspen Ideas Festival, presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, continues today, July 1, to imagine what the next ten years will bring. The upcoming live video for July 1 is:

• 8:00am MDT / 10:00am EDT – Russia and the World
  Russia — is it a rising or declining Great Power? Where will it be ten years from now?
  Nicholas Burns, Director, Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute; The Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  Fiona Hill, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
  Angela Stent, Director, CERES, Georgetown University
  Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution; Former US Deputy Secretary of State
  http://youtu.be/ZaYE__2MLiw

• 10:20am MDT / 12:20pm EDT – Facebook, Google, and the Future of Free Speech
  In this digital age, many of the most pressing questions about free speech arise in cyberspace. At the moment, many of the most important decisions about online content, access, and speech are concentrated in the hands of a few private actors. Will they have even more power in 2024?
  Nicole Alston, Vice President of Legal, Google
  Monika Bikert, Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
  Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO, The National Constitution Center; Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School; Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic
  http://youtu.be/7LH-dt72RTM

• 12:00pm MDT / 2:00pm EDT – Love and Life in General
  Katie Couric, Global Anchor, Yahoo! News
  David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
  http://youtu.be/Yzkaf3M-l8k

• 1:20pm MDT / 3:20pm EDT – The Dope on Pot: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Katie Couric in Conversation
  Katie Couric, Global Anchor, Yahoo! News
  John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
  http://youtu.be/7lvTeE0a8m0

• 2:40pm MDT / 4:40pm EDT – What does the Future Hold for Our Economy?
  Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury; Former Director National Economic Council, Obama Administration
  David Leonhardt, Managing Editor, The Upshot, The New York Times
  http://youtu.be/N-hsD_a1GHY

Transcripts from conversations earlier this week are available at http://www.aspenideas.org/content/2014-transcripts. Selected conversations include:

• Americans, Guns, and the Future
• Dick Metcalf, Journalist; Historian; Former Columnist, Guns & Ammo
  Ronald Brownstein, Editorial Director for Strategic Partnerships, Atlantic Media Company
  http://as.pn/x9
  
  

WHERE: Throughout the week of the festival, which runs to July 3, live video will be streamed at www.aspenideas.org/live, www.youtube.com/aspeninstitute, and www.theatlantic.com/live. After the conclusion of live streams, video will be available for viewing at http://www.aspenideas.org/.

Additionally, on Twitter, follow @AspenIdeas, @TheAtlantic, and @Atlantic_LIVE, tweet your thoughts using #AspenIdeas, and follow our speakers at http://as.pn/ideasspkrs14. Like us at Facebook.com/AspenIdeas and Facebook.com/TheAtlantic, follow Facebook.com/AtlanticLIVE for inside looks at the Festival, and participate in Facebook Q&As with Festival speakers throughout the week. See our behind-the-scenes photos and show us your point of view using #AspenIdeas, Instagram.com/AspenInstitute and Instagram.com/AtlanticLive.

WHEN: Live video will be featured each day of the festival, which runs June 24 to July 3, 2014.

About The Atlantic

Since its founding in 1857 as a magazine about "the American Idea" that would be of "no party or clique," The Atlantic has been at the forefront of brave thinking in journalism. One of the first magazines to launch on the Web in the early 1990s, The Atlantic has continued to help shape the national debate across print, digital, and event platforms. With the addition of its news- and opinion-tracking site, The Wire, and CityLab.com on global cities, The Atlantic is a multimedia forum on the most critical issues of our times—from politics, business, urban affairs, and the economy, to technology, arts, and culture. The Atlantic is the flagship property of Washington, D.C.–based publisher Atlantic Media.

About the Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

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