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Vail Symposium Doing Well by Doing Good: Business, Art and Nonprofit Collaboration

Zeal Optics, Snowboard Outreach Society and Artist Pat Milberry collaborate for profit, community well-being and environmental beautification. For Zeal Optics, increased profitability came . . .

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Mohammed al Samawi Escapes Yemen to Unite Jews, Muslims and Christians
The Fox Hunt: An Evening with Mohammed Al Samawi

During the Yemeni civil war, Mohammed Al Samawi became the target of death threats because of his work with interfaith groups promoting dialogue between Muslims, Christians and Jews. His pleas on social media galvanized a handful of people he barely knew. Over thirteen days, four ordinary young...Watch now »

Wed, 08/16/2023
Bill Browder: Fraud, Murder and Vladimir Putin
Bill Browder: Fraud, Murder and Vladimir Putin

William Browder was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia until being declared “a threat to national security” in 2005 for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies. He is the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and...Watch now »

Wed, 08/02/2023
Leaders at All Levels with Chuck Wachendorfer
Workshop! Leaders at All Levels with Chuck Wachendorfer

These trying times invite each of us to contribute to the creation of a better world. Through inspiring stories of leaders at all levels, former Vail Valley resident Chuck Wachendorfer illustrates a definition of ‘leadership intelligence’ that we can employ in our daily lives.Watch now »

Sat, 07/15/2023
Gun Violence in America
Gun Violence in America

In the first four months of 2023, we had more than 140 mass shootings in the United States. And yet mass shootings are a small fraction of the daily carnage of gun violence in America— most of the almost 50,000 gun deaths each year are from suicides, domestic violence and inner city violence....Watch now »

Mon, 07/10/2023
Native Americans 101: Ten Things You Should Know
Native Americans 101: Ten Things You Should Know

Most Americans don’t know much about Native Americans beyond pow wows, dream catchers, poverty and a sense that Native Americans were mistreated through the frontier period of American history.

This is an opportunity to catch up on some important subjects. What do we mean by the Doctrine...Watch now »

Thu, 06/22/2023
Bravo! Vail: The Building of a Festival
Bravo! Vail: The Building of a Festival

Every year, Bravo! Vail brings the finest orchestras in the world to Vail to present classical repertoires, world premieres and popular interpretations. On beautiful summer evenings, guests and locals gather from around the valley to enjoy the fruit of colossal labor from the “10,000 hours”...Watch now »

Thu, 06/15/2023
Exploring Our Oceans with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with Dr. Peter de Menocal
Exploring Our Oceans with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with Dr. Peter de Menocal

Dr. Peter de Menocal is a paleoclimatologist and oceanographer with a passion for understanding the ocean and Earth’s past climate and for applying that knowledge to the sustainability of human society within the boundaries of the planet’s natural systems. He currently serves as the 11th...Watch now »

Thu, 04/20/2023
Higher Education and the Culture Wars
Higher Education and the Culture Wars

A rising tide of intolerance characterizes higher education. The crisis in higher education comes chiefly from the left, though the curriculum at our colleges and universities is being assailed both by the right and the left in America’s culture wars. Join our moderator, humanities scholar Clay...Watch now »

Mon, 04/10/2023
YIMBY Jamboree: Local Housing Solutions in Vail and Eagle County
YIMBY Jamboree: Local Housing Solutions in Vail and Eagle County

YIMBY (/ˈyimbē/) noun, informal Definition: A person who supports new development in the area where they live, typically in order to increase the availability of housing. In August 2017, Vail Symposium hosted a two-day, three-session program discussing how to create a healthy community through...Watch now »

Mon, 03/27/2023
The Latest From Ukraine with former Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor
The Latest From Ukraine with former Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor

As the harsh Ukrainian winter ends, Ambassador William Taylor will speak to the most recent developments on the ground and discuss what to look for moving into the spring. Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president of Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He served as U.S....Watch now »

Fri, 03/17/2023

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