Presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, The Aspen Ideas Festival has become the preeminent global think tank, with 2011 speakers including Walter Isaacson, Maria Bartiromo, Ariana Huffington, David Brooks, Michael Chertoff, Lance Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Biz Stone, among many others. Following the opening seminar, “What’s the Big Idea?” the opening-night reception was held at the Doerr-Hosier Center. Guests mingled with global leaders and enjoyed cuisine by the Aspen Meadows Resort.

Presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, The Aspen Ideas Festival has become the preeminent global think tank, with 2011 speakers including Walter Isaacson, Maria Bartiromo, Ariana Huffington, David Brooks, Michael Chertoff, Lance Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Biz Stone, among many others. Following the opening seminar, “What’s the Big Idea?” the opening-night reception was held at the Doerr-Hosier Center. Guests mingled with global leaders and enjoyed cuisine by the Aspen Meadows Resort.

Presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, The Aspen Ideas Festival has become the preeminent global think tank, with 2011 speakers including Walter Isaacson, Maria Bartiromo, Ariana Huffington, David Brooks, Michael Chertoff, Lance Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Biz Stone, among many others. Following the opening seminar, “What’s the Big Idea?” the opening-night reception was held at the Doerr-Hosier Center. Guests mingled with global leaders and enjoyed cuisine by the Aspen Meadows Resort.

Presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, The Aspen Ideas Festival has become the preeminent global think tank, with 2011 speakers including Walter Isaacson, Maria Bartiromo, Ariana Huffington, David Brooks, Michael Chertoff, Lance Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Biz Stone, among many others. Following the opening seminar, “What’s the Big Idea?” the opening-night reception was held at the Doerr-Hosier Center. Guests mingled with global leaders and enjoyed cuisine by the Aspen Meadows Resort.

Presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, The Aspen Ideas Festival has become the preeminent global think tank, with 2011 speakers including Walter Isaacson, Maria Bartiromo, Ariana Huffington, David Brooks, Michael Chertoff, Lance Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Biz Stone, among many others. Following the opening seminar, “What’s the Big Idea?” the opening-night reception was held at the Doerr-Hosier Center. Guests mingled with global leaders and enjoyed cuisine by the Aspen Meadows Resort.