The Aspen Ideas Festival Announces Live Video for July 3

ASPEN, Colo., July 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aspen Ideas Festival, presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, concludes today, July 3. The upcoming live video for July 3 is:

• 9:00am MDT / 11:00am EDT – Stress Test: Reflections on the Financial Crisis
  As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama's secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner helped the United States navigate the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, from boom to bust and rescue to recovery.
  James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
  Timothy Geithner, Former US Secretary of the Treasury
  http://youtu.be/UymIi-MSS1E
• 9:00am MDT / 11:00am EDT – Pathway to a State: Is it Possible?
  Thomas Friedman in conversation with Salam Fayyad, Former Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority.
  Salam Fayyad, Founder, Future for Palestine; Former Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority
  Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times; Author
  http://youtu.be/UuEO7hIaBw4
• 10:20m MDT / 12:20pm EDT – In Conversation with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
  Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
  Hari Sreenivasan, Anchor, Senior Correspondent, and Director of Digital Partnerships, "PBS NewsHour" and "PBS NewsHour Weekend"
  http://youtu.be/V0tGc5G9f80
• 12:00pm MDT / 2:00pm EDT – 21st Century Workforce
  Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
  Penny Pritzker, US Secretary of Commerce
  http://youtu.be/2_dxdxj8WyM
• 1:15pm MDT / 3:15pm EDT – Closing Session: Aspen Ideas To Go
  http://youtu.be/EjdRcT5FaSU

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

• The Dope on Pot: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Katie Couric in Conversation
  http://as.pn/xh
• Afternoon of Conversation with Indra Nooyi and David Bradley
  Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo
  David Bradley, Chairman, Atlantic Media Company
  http://as.pn/xi

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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