The Aspen Ideas Festival Announces Live Video for June 24

ASPEN, Colo., June 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Follow the Festival all week @AspenIdeas and join the conversation with #AspenIdeas

WHAT: The Aspen Ideas Festival, presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, opens today, June 24, will feature select video each day that will be streamed live. The upcoming live video for June 24 is:

• 5:00pm MDT / 7:00pm EDT – Spotlight: Health Opening and Welcome
  Amanda Boxtel, Sam Kass, Krista Donaldson, Iva Fattorini, Tony Fauci, Harvey Fineberg, Myshkin Ingawale, Walter Isaacson, Neeraj Mistry, Jane Otai, Grant Verstandig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LotbrLRaToM

WHERE: Throughout the week of the festival, which runs June 24 to July 3, live video will be streamed at www.aspenideas.org/live and www.youtube.com/aspeninstitute. 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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SOURCE The Aspen Institute