Booz Allen Sponsored Global Dynamics, Health Themes at Aspen Ideas Fest

Firm’s thought leaders led discussions around Global Dynamics and Health.

Booz Allen Hamilton was a major sponsor of the second annual Aspen Ideas Festival, which took place July 3-9, 2006, in Aspen, Colorado. This year, the firm sponsored the festival’s “big picture” Global Dynamics track, which focused on the potential and peril as well as the opportunities and costs associated with an increasingly interdependent world.

The Global Dynamics track explored the six key drivers shaping today’s global environment: demographics, technology, economics, society, environment, and governance. The intersection of these key drivers create complex, interdependent, and often unpredictable consequences that transcend geographic borders and organizational boundaries.

In addition to the Global Dynamics track, Booz Allen sponsored one of the festival’s ten spotlights. The State of Our Health spotlight addressed the promise that medicine holds and what challenges — and dangers — lie in acquiring even greater power to influence and control nature to an unprecedented degree.

Panel Discussions

The following Global Dynamics and Health panels were moderated by Booz Allen thought leaders:

July 5 — Vice President Dov Zakheim moderated a panel discussion entitled, “The Changing Middle East.”
July 5 – Senior Vice President Eric Spiegel moderated a panel discussion entitled, “China and India in the World Economy.”
July 6 — Senior Vice President Dave Aldrich moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Water: The New Currency.”
July 7 — Senior Vice President Heather Burns moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Pandemics: Can the Global Economy Prepare for a Pandemic?”
July 7 — Vice President R. James Woolsey moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Human Rights in the Information Age.”
July 7 — Vice President Chris Kelly moderated a panel discussion entitled, “China and India: What’s In Store?”
July 7 — Vice President Charley Beever moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Global Health Priorities.”
July 7 – Vice President R. James Woolsey participated in a panel on “Renewable Fuels: Boon or Boondoggle?”
July 8 —Senior Vice President Gary Ahlquist moderated a panel discussion entitled, “The Future of Health Care.”
July 8 – Senior Executive Advisor Paul Anderson participated in a panel on “Business and Responsible Leadership: Ethics After Enron.”
July 8 — Vice President Bill Thoet moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Reaching Disenfranchised Youth: A Key to Regional Stability.”
July 8 — Senior Vice President Mike McConnell moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Terrorism, Technology, and Globalization,” in which R. James Woolsey served as a panelist.
July 8 — Vice President Bob Hutchens moderated a panel discussion entitled, “Chronic Diseases and Preventive Care.”

For More Information

For more information on the Aspen Ideas Festival, please visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

story updated July 11, 2006