New Frontier For Chinese Business As China’s private sector balloons, businesses are increasingly responsible for aspectsof the country’s social welfare. But China’s businesses have no experience providingservices such as health care or environmental protection, so China could face massivesocial challenges. Enter Chinese MBA students, who could play a major role in facingthose challenges. To help them, the Institute’s Business and Society Program is join-ing Chinese business schools, the Chinese private sector, and international partnersto launch a major initiative in late 2006 urging the development of MBA curricula thataddress social issues. Chinese NGOs will lend business schools their insights andexperience around these concerns, and international corporations and Chinese busi-ness leaders will kick off what are likely to be groundbreaking discussions on thetopic. For more information, contact Rich.Leimsider@aspeninst.org.

GGIIVVEE SSMMAARRTTEERRJust after billionaire Warren Buffettmade news worldwide by pledgingalmost $40 billion to the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation, the Insti-tute’s Nonprofit Sector and Philan-thropy Program held its inauguralGlobal Philanthropy Forum for Inter-national Donors in Aspen in July.The forum began with remarks byGates foundation co-chair BBiillll GGaatteess,,SSrr.. on the mega-gift’s impact on thefoundation and on philanthropy ingeneral. Then the group of 25 indi-vidual donors, foundation executives,and family foundation trusteesexplored theoretical and practicalchallenges, probing philanthropicmotivations and ambitions with read-ings by Aristotle, Robert Hayden,Philip Gourevitch, and others.Designed with the Global Philan-thropy Forum of the World AffairsCouncil, the forum also included ses-sions with Institute trustee and RollInternational Corp. vice chair LLyynnddaaRReessnniicckk and FasterCures chairMMiicchhaaeell MMiillkkeenn, who both sharedideas for becoming more strategicand effective philanthropists.

CHINA ON THE RISEThe Aspen Strategy Group’s (ASG) 26th annual summer workshop in Aspen tackledone of the most prominent topics in current global affairs: China’s growing influ-ence. Former National Security Advisor BBrreenntt SSccoowwccrroofftt and Harvard governmentprofessor JJoosseepphh NNyyee, both chairmen of ASG, led the group’s annual five-day eventin August on China’s regional relationships, military modernization, economicgrowth, energy policy, environmental and health challenges, and popular culture.The workshop, dubbed “China’s March in the 21st Century,” brought together topAmerican experts on China as well as several distinguished Chinese speakers,including WWaanngg JJiissii, dean of theSchool of International Studies atPeking University, and CCuuii LLiirruu, presi-dent of the China Institutes of Contem-porary International Relations. Severalmembers of Congress and current andrecent administration officials, includ-ing State Department counselor PPhhiilliippZZeelliikkooww and former Deputy Secretaryof State RRoobbeerrtt ZZooeelllliicckk, also took part— and were also on hand to offer a spe-cial discussion session on the MiddleEast as violence erupted there.

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How Does Innovation Happen? Some of the most exciting innovation in business is happening where financial,social, and environmental objectives intersect. At the “First Movers: Next Steps”workshop in early November, hosted by the Institute’s Business and Society Pro-gram, executives who have pioneered this kind of innovation will dissect their suc-cesses while the leadership professionals work to distill lessons from their stories —ideally arriving at ways to replicate them in the future. They will meet in Chicagoand start by touring designer Bruce Mau’s Massive Change: The Future of GlobalDesign show at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, an experience designedto spark fresh thinking about the social and environmental risks and opportunitiesjust over the horizon.

SAVINGS RROOUUNNDDTTAABBLLEESSHIT THE ROADSavings rates in America havedeclined at an alarming rate. Inresponse, the Institute’s Initiative onFinancial Security (IFS) and theGlobal Markets Institute at Gold-man Sachs have teamed up to host anational series of roundtables withlocal leaders, moderated by IFSexecutive director LLiissaa MMeennssaahh andGoldman Sachs Vice ChairmanSSuuzzaannnnee NNoorraa JJoohhnnssoonn. At the first,held in San Francisco in May, thecity’s treasurer, JJoossee CCiissnneerrooss, spokeabout innovative local programs toencourage savings and investment.In June in Jackson, Mississippi, Gov-ernor HHaalleeyy BBaarrbboouurr and formerGovernor WWiilllliiaamm WWiinntteerr discussedsaving and investing in the wake ofHurricane Katrina. At the thirdroundtable, in Atlanta, MayorSShhiirrlleeyy FFrraannkklliinn focused on new fed-erally sponsored child savingsaccounts in the UK: “If there was away to learn the value of saving at anearlier age, jump-started by a pro-gram like those, I think we would beable to move our residents a lot morequickly and more satisfactorilythrough the next stages of life: col-lege, technical school, entrepre-neurship, and ultimately, wealthbuilding and homeownership.”

TTEEAACCHHAABBLLEE EENNEERRGGYY MMOOMMEENNTT??Is the era of cheap and plentiful energy over? The annual Aspen Energy PolicyForum in July concluded that current high-and-climbing prices are creating a“teachable moment” on the foreign policy and climate consequences of energyuse — which could, among other results, invigorate efforts for increased energyefficiency and conservation. “History is not simply repeating itself,” said forumchair Phil Sharp, president of Resources for the Future. “There is major new com-petition for oil and gas supplies from the developing world, especially China, andwe must limit greenhouse gas emissions. There is heavy lifting ahead.” For moreinformation, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/eee.

McCain Weighs InOn July 1, the Institute and the Aspen Music Festival co-hosted “Words and Music,” featuring Institute trustee andformer presidential advisor DDaavviidd GGeerrggeenn interviewing USSenator JJoohhnn MMccCCaaiinn (R-AZ), as well as a concert by stu-dents of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Gergen andMcCain discussed the war in Iraq, Social Security, immi-gration, global warming, creationism and more, and theevent was followed by a benefit dinner hosted by Socratesfounders LLaauurraa aanndd GGaarryy LLaauuddeerr. Attended by nearly 350guests, the dinner raised $90,000 for the Socrates SocietyEndowment Fund and the Aspen Institute Seminar Schol-arship Fund — and featured Senator McCain, who tookquestions from CNN correspondent WWoollff BBlliittzzeerr.

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CHINA SEMINAR PROBESANCIENT AND MODERNIn September, two dozen people joined Institute moderators, China scholars, andAmerican and British expatriate journalists and businesspeople for a week’s explo-ration of the culture, contradictions, and challenges of contemporary China. TheInstitute’s first seminar overseas in many years stuck with the traditional Aspenapproach of moderated discussion of important texts: Participants began with anexploration of classical Confucian and Taoist values then moved to more moderntexts, primarily by Chinese authors, about Chinese culture, politics, economics andforeign policy. They spent mornings in the seminar room and afternoons watchinga film, visiting contemporary art galleries, and exploring key ancient and modernsites. They talked with Chinese officials and were joined throughout by SSiiddnneeyyRRiitttteennbbeerrgg, an American who is legendary in China for knowing six decades ofChinese leaders and spending 16 years Chinese prisons (10 in solitary confine-ment) on false spying and other charges. They visited the political, historic and cul-tural capital Beijing; the gleaming, towering economic miracle of Shanghai; andthe famed Huangshan Mountain (or Yellow Mountain, in Anhui Province) whichis iconic in Chinese art and represents the still-vital philosophical and spiritual tra-dition of “harmony.” Elliot Gerson, EVP of Seminars and Public Programs, whoorganized the seminar with the expertise of Henry Crown Fellow and China resi-dent Joshua Cooper Ramo, said it was so successful that the Institute would con-tinue to offer overseas seminars in the future, with a seminar on modern Indiaalready being planned for October 2007. Based on the extraordinary response,Gerson said that the China seminar will repeat next fall and perhaps annuallythereafter if interest exists.Those interested in future seminars abroad — including one on climate change andrainforest ecology in Brazil in spring 2008 — should contact Charlene Costello atcharlene.costello@aspeninstitute.org or (410) 820-5374.

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Educating the World’s GirlsThe Council of Women World Leaders, an Institute partnership, launchedits Girls’ Education Initiative in Washington, DC in June. Led by formerPresident of Ireland MMaarryy RRoobbiinnssoonn, chair of the Council, the group ofnational and international education experts discussed girls’ access to andsuccess in education, focusing specifically on collaboration between the aca-demic and government communities, public-private partnerships in educa-tion, and sustainable long-term planning. The launch was held in partner-ship with the World Economic Forum Women Leaders Programme andHarvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Women’sLeadership Board. Future work in the Initiative will include convening a net-work of Women Ministers of Education to share experiences and lessons.

ForeignPolicyBalancingActThe interplay between defense,diplomacy, and development assis-tance in the US foreign policy arena iscomplex — think post-conflictAfghanistan or Lebanon — but criti-cal to how the US operates in theworld. The Institute’s Global Interde-pendence Initiative (GII) hosted aretreat in mid-May with a diversearray of participants to consider howto get the right balance of these for-eign policy tools. The mix includedLieutenant General BBoobb WWoooodd,Oxfam America president RRaayyOOffffeennhheeiisseerr, former USAID directorAAnnddrreeww NNaattssiiooss, the first Director ofForeign Assistance, AmbassadorRRaannddaall ll TToobbiiaass , and SStteepphheennKKrraassnneerr, the State Department’sdirector of Policy Planning. Theresulting documents, already inform-ing the administration’s foreign assis-tance reform efforts, will serve as thebasis for a discussion at the next inthe series of GII’s “Effective Aid,Effective Advocacy” meetings.

A Well-Connected GroupThe annual FFOORRTTUUNNEE--AAssppeenn IInnssttiittuuttee BBrraaiinnssttoorrmm brought 250 invited exec-utives, technology innovators, government officials, and other leaders to theInstitute’s Aspen Meadows campus in late June. Centered on the theme “Lifein a Connected World,” the three-day conference focused on technology andits impact now and in the future, specifically looking at how the new connect-edness changes business, society, culture, and daily life around the world. Vari-

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FUTURE FOCUSIn May the Institute and The Atlantic magazine launched “The Future of...”series of panel discussions and receptions for some 75 invited experts, businessleaders and policymakers. The first two installments, held in May and June inNew York City, focused on Europe. The May panel, moderated by The Atlantic’sClive Crook, featured former President of Ireland MMaarryy RRoobbiinnssoonn,, JJeeaann--PPhhiilliippppeeCCoottiiss of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment, and JJoohhnn PPeeeett of The Economist. The June panel, moderated by the Insti-tute’s Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy Greg Behrman, featured formerSecretary of State HHeennrryy KKiissssiinnggeerr and JJoohhnn BBrruuttoonn, EU Ambassador to theUnited States, and covered foreign policy and security. The series will continuewith a look at China.

NNeeww MediaGood or Bad News?At the Forum on Communica-tions and Society in Aspen inAugust, reps from both main-stream and emerging media out-lets weighed the societal benefitsand drawbacks of new ways inwhich information is delivered.The group of 30 — whichranged from Time Editor inChief JJiimm KKeellllyy to Craigslistfounder CCrraaiigg NNeewwmmaarrkk to inter-national policy experts —explored the blogosphere’simpact on the delivery of newsand the growth of brands, theimpact of modern media onglobal issues, and the media’srole in a democracy. The forum,a project of the Institute’s Com-munications and Society Pro-gram, was co-chaired by formerBroadcasting Board of Governorschairman MMaarrcc NNaatthhaannssoonn andformer FCC Chairman RReeeeddHHuunnddtt. Two Africa LeadershipInitiative Fellows, GhanaianBBC World correspondentKKwwaakkuu SSaakkyyii AAddddoo and Nigeriantalk-show host FFuunnmmii IIyyaannddaa(pictured above), also took part.

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WELCOME TO THE FAMILYIn the fall, the Institute’s family got a little bigger, thanks to the com-munity that surrounds our Aspen Wye River Campus near the Chesa-peake Bay on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The Institute formallylaunched the Aspen Wye Fellows, a donor group modeled after theSociety of Fellows (see page 34 for details on that group) that will helpsupport the Institute’s operations and have access to activities inAspen, Washington, DC, and elsewhere — as well as a growing lineupof events at the Aspen Wye River campus. To welcome them, Institutetrustee Her Majesty QQuueeeenn NNoooorr of Jordan spoke to an audience offounding Aspen Wye Fellows in October. For more information, visitwww.aspeninstitute.org/aspenwyefellows.

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MicroMentor Goes GlobalMicroMentor, a project of the Institute’s Economic Opportunities program,was founded in 2002 as an online mentoring project to reach ultra-small-scale entrepreneurs in California. Within two years, the program took offand went national. Now, thanks to a recent agreement with Mercy Corps,the program will expand globally. MicroMentor caught the attention of theinternational humanitarian relief and development agency, which supportsmicroenterprise development in the US and overseas, with its innovativeuse of technology to deliver crucial expertise to emerging entrepreneurs,wherever they are located. Mercy Corps will soon begin adding staff andresources to MicroMentor domestically and internationally, in the 40 devel-oping countries where the agency already has a presence as well as others.To learn more, visit www.micromentor.org.

A Decade ofSocratesJuly marked the 10th anniversary ofthe Socrates Society Forum for youngleaders, an Institute program thatoffers dynamic, civic-minded youngprofessionals three-day seminars oncomplex current issues. It was thebest-attended session since the pro-gram’s inception, selling out five con-current seminars on topics from themedia and the future of cyberspace toglobalization and America’s role inthe world, internet innovation, andthe role of the Bible in modern life.

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BBAACCKK BBYY PPOOPPUULLAARR DDEEMMAANNDDThe first Socrates Society semi-nar at the Institute’s Wye Rivercampus, held in October 2005,was so successful that it returnsJanuary 12–14, 2007. Like lastyear, 12 members of the publicwill mix with 12 Senate staffers(equal parts Democrat andRepublican) for three days ofmoderated dialogue on modernbioethical dilemmas such asthose involving genetics, vac-cines, and embryos. Dr. EEzzeekkiieellEEmmaannuueell, chair of the Depart-ment of Clinical Bioethics at theWarren G. Magnuson ClinicalCenter at the National Institutesof Health, will moderate. Toparticipate, visit wwwwww..aassppeenniinnssttiittuuttee..oorrgg//ssooccrraatteess.

Upward MobilityWith two billion mobile phones in use worldwide, mobile connectivity hasmorphed from a luxury to a necessity — consider farmers in Bangladesh whoauction their crops on a Craigslist-style service on their cell phones, or govern-ment officials who rely on daily text messages to monitor infectious diseases.These represent only a fraction of the possibilities unleashed by the convergenceof wireless technologies and the internet. At the Communications and SocietyProgram’s Roundtable on Information Technology, held in August in Aspen,tech experts, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and academics weighed in on theprofound changes ahead — the most significant of which may be the emergenceof a whole new category of businesspeople in the US and the developing world.“All of a sudden, you’re expanding the range of groups that can communicate,”said JJaammeess MMaannyyiikkaa, a partner at McKinsey & Co. and leader of the firm’s high-tech practice. “You’re making it possible for new economic activity to take place.”

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TOASTING LEADERSHIPThe 2006 Fall Awards Dinner takesplace on November 1 at the RainbowRoom in New York City. At the event,the Institute honors VVááccllaavv HHaavveell,former President of the Czech Repub-lic, with its Global Leadership Awardand GGoollddmmaann SSaacchhss with its CorporateLeadership Award. Proceeds benefitthe Institute’s programs.

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They Know It When They See ItTeens aged 13 to 18 tackled the First Amendment at the TeenSocrates Seminar in Aspen in early July. Using Socratic dialogueand critical thinking, they explored the history of the amendmentand the boundaries of free speech in a democracy. Teen Socrateswill convene again over Presidents’ Day Weekend in 2007.

Timely Talkon TortureFor the first time ever, each of theInstitute’s two July Justice and Soci-ety Seminars included a specialafternoon session on torture. Theparticipants — judges, lawyers, USprison officials, legal scholars, andothers — focused on two questions:What are the risks to our society ofaffirming the absolute prohibitionon torture as embedded in bothU.S. and international law? Whatare the risks of accepting torture,even in limited and limiting cir-cumstances? The readings includedessays by political theorist MMiicchhaaeellWWaallzzeerr , Human Rights WatchSenior Legal Advisor JJaammeess RRoossss,and Harvard human rights scholarMMiicchhaaeell IIggnnaattiieeffff.

Wall ofHonorOn August 5th, members of theInstitute Board of Trustees gatheredto remember four people who havehelped make the Institute what it istoday: MMuurriieell HHooffffmmaann, trustee ofthe Henry and Gladys Crown Char-itable Trust, who helped found andsupport the Henry Crown Fellow-ship Program; diplomat and formerInstitute Vice President CChhrriissttoopphheerrMMaakkiinnss; and trustees JJoohhnn MMccNNuullttyyand PPhhiill MMeerrrriillll. In a solemn dedica-tion ceremony on the Koch Patio onthe Aspen Meadows campus, thegroup heard tributes to each — byoutgoing Institute Chairman BillMayer, Henry Crown ProgramExecutive Director Keith Berwick,incoming Chairman Bob Steel, andBerl Bernhard, respectively —beneath a memorial wall newlyadorned with their names.

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RODEL NAMES SECOND CLASSTheEntrepreneurialSpiritIn July, the Institute andNewSchools Venture Fundlaunched Entrepreneurship inPublic Education, a new proj-ect supported through a majorthree-year grant from E*Trade,whose founder and chief MMiittcchhKKaappllaann has championed theinitiative. It aims to promotemore en t repreneur i a lapproaches to tackling thenation’s education challengesas well as the teaching ofentrepreneurship in highschools serving low-incomecommunities.

At the center of the projectis “The Gathering,” a three-day convening of leaders frommore than two dozen organi-zations working to transformAmerica’s public educationsystem from the ground up.Representing national fun-ders, public charter schoolorganizations, civic groups,academia, professional train-ing programs, and developersof innovative curricula, theyworked for three days to forgeworking partnerships and anoverall strategy for collabora-tion in areas of high need. “Iwas thrilled to see the com-mitment this group made tosupport education in NewOrleans,” said Institute Presi-dent and CEO Walter Isaac-son, vice chair of the LouisianaRecovery Authority, who tookpart in some of the sessions.

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With the first class of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership halfway through itstwo-year series of seminars, the program selected its second class in September. The new Fellows —12 Republicans and 12 Democrats, chosen through a nomination process that involved more than1,400 business, professional, and civic leaders and an advisory committee of some 50 political leaders— will start with a seminar in Aspen in early December.

With their addition, the Rodel Program, led by director and former Oklahoma CongressmanMickey Edwards, now totals 48 public-office holders from 34 states, all of whom were no older than45 at the time of their selection and have reputations for intelligence, thoughtfulness, and a will-ingness to work in a bipartisan way. “The Rodel program has far exceeded its goal in attracting thevery best,” says Edwards.

State Rep. Rafael Anchia StateRepresentative, Texas

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WashingtonTodd Rokita, Secretary of State, IndianaState Sen. Andrew Roraback, ConnecticutDeborah Ross, State Rep. North CarolinaState Rep. Josh Shapiro, PennsylvaniaGreg Stanton, Phoenix City Council, ArizonaRon Thornburgh, Secretary of State,

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The Aspen Health ForumOctober 3–6, 2007: Scientists, doctors, policymakers,global health advocates,investors, and interested laypeople are invited to explore thecutting edge of modern medi-cine, from lifesaving new tech-nologies to how science is tack-ling the most critical issues inglobal health. The Aspen HealthForum will feature major talksand panel discussions plus in-depth, interactive sessions forsmall groups, with overarchingtopics such as cancer, nutrition,chronic disease, and global pan-demics. For more information,visit wwwwww..aassppeenniinnssttiittuuttee..oorrgg//hheeaalltthh..

RROOUUNNDDTTAABBLLEESSEERRIIEESS RREESSTTAARRTTSS Former special envoy to theMiddle East DDeennnniiss RRoossss of theWashington Institute for NearEast Policy kicked off the AspenRoundtable Series in Washing-ton, DC in September, followedin October by security expertAAsshhttoonn CCaarrtteerr, Ford Founda-tion Professor of Science andInternational Affairs at Harvard’sKennedy School of Govern-ment. The monthly discussionseries, sponsored by DaimlerChrysler and focused on criticalforeign policy issues, continuesthrough June. For in-depth cov-erage of the discussions, includ-ing streaming video, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/audiovideo.

““NNoo CChhiilldd”” GGrroouupp PPrreeppss ffoorr ’’0077At press time, the Institute’s Commission on No Child Left Behind — chairedby former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and for-mer Georgia Governor Roy Barnes — had heard from a total of more than 50educators, education leaders, and government officials at six hearings aroundthe country. It had also received more than 5,000 varied critiques of the NCLBact through its web site. TheCommission, created toassess the efficacy of the NoChild Left Behind Act, willcontinue to gather the testi-mony and de l ibe r a t ethrough the year’s end. Itaims to deliver its formalr ecommenda t i on s f o ramendments and revisionsto the act to Congress byearly 2007, when the act isslated for renewal.

Young People, Old ProblemHow are today’s young people affected by racism, and what can we do to stop it? TheInstitute’s Roundtable on Community Change helped leaders in youth developmentfrom seven cities look for answers in two different Racial Equity seminars in June inAspen. Representing city boards of education, local departments of youth services,city councils, regional and national media outlets, and grassroots youth organizations,the participants worked together through dialogue, group exercises, and informal con-versations about policies, practices and stereotypes — both historical and contempo-rary — that contribute to racial disparities between youth and within their own organ-izations. As part of their final exercise, participants identified a racial equity goal fortheir organization or community and devised a strategy for achieving it.

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DDOONNOORRSS MMAAKKEE IIDDEEAA CCOONNCCRREETTEESince the Doerr-Hosier Center was just a kernel of anidea, committed trustees and other Institute friendshave stepped forward with the funds necessary tobegin, sustain and, now, complete, the project. TheInstitute is grateful to the following donors, listedalphabetically:

The Doerr-Hosier Center, theambitious new meeting hall on the Insti-tute’s Aspen Meadows campus, is near-ing completion. Building began in late2005, and throughout the summer visi-tors to the Institute’s campus could seethe form develop, from bare steel girdersto walls, roofs, terraces, and walkways.Combining elements of modernism withinspiration from the natural world andEastern philosophy and design, it willexplore new architectural terrain in astyle architect Jeff Berkus has dubbed“dynamic modernism.” Utilizing greentechnologies and materials to minimizeimpact and maximize efficiency, Berkusand the team from Shaw constructionare striving to make the center “green” inall ways possible. It is slated for comple-tion in January 2007, and will offer alarge indoor meeting space for up to 450people, terraces and seminar rooms, afull event kitchen, and an Institute his-tory room. An in-depth look at the newbuilding will appear in the Summer2007 issue of The Aspen Idea.

The Artist at WorkAt press time, British sculptor AAnnddyy GGoollddsswwoorrtthhyy and his team were putting the fin-ishing touches on “Stone River,” the red sandstone serpentine wall that winds intoand through the Doerr-Hosier Center — a graceful touch for the building and anartistic masterwork in its own right. The wall — representing the artist's strongestinteraction with a building to date — was made possible by funding from Institutesupporters BBrryyaann aanndd JJuunnee ZZwwaann.

Goldsworthy had worked with architects previously, including Doerr-Hosierarchitect Jeff Berkus, but never in such a fully integrated capacity — an opportunitythat drew him to this project, he says. “It is unusual to have a chance to work with abuilding right from the ground up,” says Goldsworthy. “And it’s unusual to have anarchitect who’s enthusiastic about having an artist involved in the project from thestart, not just to add an artwork at the end. The wall needs the building; they worktogether.” Also, he adds, the landscape attracted him, as well as the aim of the build-ing and the Institute itself. “The concept of bringing people together from all aroundthe world gave rise to the idea of this form that would come from the outside in.”

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CALI’sFirst GradsThe inaugural class of the CentralAmerica Leadership Initiative (CALI)“graduated” in Antigua, Guatemala,on July 20, after finishing its closingseminar, the fourth in a two-yearspan. The 19 CALI Fellows — fromCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama— focused on issues of legacy,engagement, and the need for actionand discussed writings by MarkTwain, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dos-toyevsky, and others.

They also talked about their indi-vidual leadership projects, which theydeveloped and implemented in theirhome countries as a part of their CALIrequirements. Projects includedfounding a nonprofit to eradicate mal-nutrition in El Salvador, promotingentrepreneurship in Nicaragua, teach-ing environmental awareness in aPanamanian school, and combatingviolence in schools with a “PeaceArmy” in Costa Rica. At a festive cer-emony hosted by CALI co-founderJuan Luis Bosch, the graduating groupannounced a parting gift: a pledge togive $100,000 over the next two yearsto support future CALI classes.

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Up and Running in West Africa…In mid-May, 24 proven young leaders from Nigeria and Ghana gathered as thefirst West Africa Leadership Initiative class. These business, government, andNGO leaders — 12 men and 12 women, 13 Ghanaians and 11 Nigerians —spent four days in Akosombo, Ghana, overlooking picturesque Lake Volta, for the

first of four seminarsthey w i l l a t t endtogether. Before theseminar adjourned,each Fellow commit-ted to taking specificaction on personal,organizational, andcommunity levels andto meeting amongstthemselves before thenex t mee t ing inAbuja, Nigeria inNovember.

…and in India Some of India’s sharpest young leaders have joined the ranks of the AspenGlobal Leadership Network through the new India Leadership Initiative (ILI), ajoint venture between the Aspen Institute (US), Aspen India, and the GlobalMarkets Institute of Goldman Sachs. ILI inducted 24 trailblazers from business,government, and civil society between the ages of 30 and 45 into its inauguralclass. The group, joined by eight Goldman Sachs Aspen India Fellows for its firstleadership seminar, will convene in South India’s coastal city of Goa.

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Calling All FellowsTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Henry Crown FellowshipProgram and to christen its international offspring — the Institute’sglobal leadership network — the Institute will host a convocation onleadership for all Institute leadership initiative Fellows, from thedomestic programs to the international initiatives, in Aspen June28–30, 2007. Dubbed “Act II,” it will offer perspectives on theimportant themes of our time through a series of moderated round-tables on issues including education, science and technology, eco-nomic development and global economics, justice and humanrights, health and welfare, the environment and energy, faith andreligion, and governance, corruption and the rule of law. It will alsocall on the fellows and fellowships as a collective to take specificactions.

For information, contact Martha Lange at martha.lange@aspeninst.org or (805) 962-9412.

The inaugural class of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership met in NewOrleans — a poignant place for young political leaders to consider their values and responsibilities. The June seminar —the group’s second of three domestic gatherings — probed the relationship between democracy, community and the indi-vidual. Between discussion sessions, the group met with local leaders and citizens who have been “on the ground” rebuild-ing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

One afternoon, they had a lunch briefing with top National Guard officials, followed by a specially arranged helicop-ter tour of the area and a bus tour of the city’s devastated neighborhoods. Another day they met with Women of theStorm, a citizens’ group that has been critical in garnering support for rebuilding. “It had a real impact on the Fellows,”says the program’s director Mickey Edwards. “These are people who all might have to face serious problems or disastersin their own communities, so this was an important experience.”

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