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Evidence and Values Based Decision Making Course - Parliamentary Education Trust
Calling all Members of Parliament
Registration is now open for our May course, being run in collaboration with the Parliamentary Education Trust for Members of Parliament. Click for more details on Evidence and Values Based Decision Making (EVBDM), a dynamic, immersive course designed to enhance our decision-making skills using real world evidence and your own values. In short, the focus is on ’how’ to think not ‘what’ to think.
International Dialogue: NZ - India Forum 2
We are excited to announce our second online forum with our partner in India, Ananta Aspen Centre, focussing on technology and digital cooperation, and the collaborative potential between India and New Zealand. Join us!
International Dialogue: NZ - India Forum 2 (date tbc)
We are excited to announce our second online forum with our partner in India, Ananta Aspen Centre, focused on the dynamic landscape of FinTech and collaboration between India and New Zealand. Join us!
International Dialogue Series: NZ - India Forum
Join us for this free virtual event on 28 June 2023, to hear expert panellists discuss the geopolitical landscape of the Indo Pacific from India and New Zealand’s perspectives.
Ukrainian Dialogue Series: War and Human Nature
Hosted by our partner Aspen Institute Kyiv, we invite you to join us for this online dialogue to discuss the war's lessons and the new global architecture of peace, with the participation of leading intellectuals from Ukraine, other European countries, and the United States.
Aspen Summer Series 2023: Geopolitical Challenges
Final forum
Great Power Rivalry | March 2nd | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The 2023 Aspen New Zealand Summer Series: Geopolitical Challenges will analyse the current geopolitical challenges surrounding our region and discuss what they mean for New Zealand. With expert panellists and moderators in international relations, security, and defence, the three forums will be held during February and March on Indo Pacific, North Asia and Great Power Rivalry.
Click to register and for more information.
Diplomatic Dialogue with Aspen Germany: Ambassador Hawke in conversation with Ambassador Menzenbach
Join us for this free virtual event on 20 February 2023, to hear NZ’s Ambassador Hawke in conversation with Germany’s Ambassador Mezenbach, as they discuss German-New Zealand ties, amid changing geopolitical realities.
Aspen Institute In Favour of Pure Science Global Report & Symposium
The global launch of the Aspen Institute In Favour of Pure Science Global Report & Symposium, compiled in conjunction with the research and findings of the Institute's international partners.
Wednesday 26th October | 7.00 am - 8.30 am
Professor Richard Blaikie, Deputy VC of the University of Otago (Research and Enterprise), will discuss the report's findings and initiatives.
Demographic Challenges Seminar
Demographics as a field is fundamental, but is demographics destiny? Can we alter some demographic trends to alter our destiny? How does demographics affect identity - who are "we"? Is there ever a "them"? What is New Zealand's population plan, why does it matter, and what might be done to make it more foresighted and effective?
Wednesday 27 April | 9am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 4pm
Thursday 28 April | 9am to 11:30am
Online seminar with moderators: Neil Jacobstein - Chair AI & Robotics Singularity University, MediaX Distinguished Scholar Stanford University; Prof. Alan Gamlen - Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at The Australian National University; Prof. Paul Spoonley - Honorary Research Associate, Te Kura Pukenga Tangata, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University and Chair, Metropolis International. Read more …
Ukraine's Defense of Freedom
Webinar
A conversation with our partner, The Aspen Institute Kyiv to share first hand experience of what is at stake in Ukraine and explore the implications of the war on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the World.
Moderated by our chair, the Rt. Hon. Sir Don McKinnon, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand with panel:
Pavlo Klimkin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014-2019)
Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia
Aliona Shkrum, Member of Parliament of Ukraine
NeuroArts Workshop
A virtual, cross-disciplinary conversation that will consider how to advance the emerging field of neuroarts in partnership with the Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine and Society Program.
Please note this workshop is FULL.