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Meet Kyaw Thu Htet, 2023 Festival Fellow and founder of Myanmar Innovative Life Sciences (MILS), who is working to build a food-secure future by leveraging smallholder farms in developing countries.
From March 6–9 in Miami Beach, FL, Aspen Ideas: Climate will showcase the efforts of private sector leadership in mitigating the effects of climate change and bringing us closer to a clean-energy future.
Plus — Re-entering the workforce after incarceration
Plus — 15 talks to understand the 2022 political landscape
Many people who could benefit from health advances are left behind, and it’s clear that scientific innovation alone is not enough to fill the gap. So what needs to be done? An inspiring panel at Aspen Ideas: Health tackled this question and explored emerging solutions that prioritize access and affordability. Presented by Abbott.
Secretary Albright served on the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees from 2002 until her passing in March 2022.
Race, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, and other social determinants of health can all impact how different people respond to the same medicine or vaccine. This is why diversity and inclusivity at every stage of the medical research process are critical to learning about the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for all patients. Presented by Pfizer.
Can the data collected through smartphones, wearable sensors, and passive monitoring devices be turned into actionable knowledge about the environmental impacts on our health? Meet three innovative researchers who are using these technologies to unlock the mysteries of Crohn’s disease and more. Presented by the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Jason Bordoff, Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, reflects on the tension between energy affordability and climate ambition and what is necessary for a just energy transition.
Find direct links to Wednesday's breakout sessions and evening plenary below.
As new public health threats brew, we need to ensure there is capacity within our health systems to serve the people of this country. There is a strong business case for readiness, but it requires a paradigm shift in how we think about the intersection of routine care, unscheduled care, and the health of the populations we serve.
To protect our nation’s health, safety and security, it is vital we hold public health prevention and preparedness as a high priority—as high as our nation’s military defense.
Once trusted and admired, American institutions have lost their sizzle. How do we repair trust and rebuild?
What do this year’s demonstrations against Covid lockdowns and racial inequality tell us about what may play out following November 3rd?
The youngest member of the US Senate talks about championing a new brand of conservatism.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell weighs in on what's at stake as her city's economy re-opens.
Ronald Klain was White House Ebola Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015. This post has been updated and adopted from the author’s piece, Confronting the Pandemic Threat, published in Democracy Journal (No. 40, Spring 2016).