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Hi, Hunter –

Things are buzzing here at The Atlantic as we gear up for our seventh annual Washington Ideas Forum next week. I’m writing now with a first look at our main stage agenda; speakers and session times are still subject to change but we’re sending this now so you can start to plan your schedule accordingly, in hopes you’re able to stop by next week to take part in the action.

Some highlights to look forward to across the two days include:

- Headline speakers. Join the conversation with leading thinkers and influencers like Colin L. Powell, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Al Gore, Anthony Fauci, Madeleine Albright, Martine Rothblatt, Jeff Weiner, Opal Tometi, Chris Matthews, Jake Tapper, Walter Isaacson, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and James Fallows, and many more.

- The Blacklist screening. If you can’t make the regular ticketed programming, come for an early showing of NBC’s season three premiere of “The Blacklist.” The screening will follow the main-stage programming at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Reserve your seat by registering here (note: this session is free to attend but all others are ticketed).

- Interactive stations. Emails and phone calls keeping you in the office? Work remotely with us at our Steelcase-outfitted work space on site at the Harman Center. We’ll also have a special WIF bookstore c/o our friends at Politics & Prose, featuring works from our speakers.
Be sure to purchase your patron pass for the Forum by clicking here – and please don’t hesitate to write with any questions in the meantime (reminder to check our FAQ page as well for answers).

We hope to see you next week.

Megan Devlin
The Atlantic | AtlanticLIVE | TheAtlantic.com

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WASHINGTON IDEAS FORUM 2015 (http://www.theatlantic.com/WIF2015)

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LOCATION: Harman Center for the Arts (610 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C.)

***WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 ***
BREAKFAST / 8:15 – 9:00 AM

MORNING SESSION / 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM

James Bennet, Editor in Chief and President, The Atlantic

Bob Corker, Member (R-TN), United States Senate
Interviewed by Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA TODAY

Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, The White House
Interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Amanda Ripley, Frequent Contributor, The Atlantic

Colin L. Powell, General, U.S. Army (ret.) / former Secretary of State / former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Interviewed by Walter Isaacson, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Aspen Institute

Penny Pritzker, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce
Interviewed by Ron Brownstein, Senior Editorial Director, Atlantic Media

Theo Padnos, Journalist and Author (kidnapped in Syria, October 2012); Nancy Curtis, Mother of Theo Padnos; Amy Rosen, Cousin of Theo Padnos; and Lawrence Wright, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Interviewed by James Bennet, Editor in Chief and President, The Atlantic

David Rubenstein, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group
Interviewed by Margaret Carlson, Columnist, Bloomberg View

Opal Tometi, Co-Founder, #BlackLivesMatter / Director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Interviewed by Scott Stossel, Editor, The Atlantic

Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Interviewed by Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic

Mitt Romney, Former Republican Presidential Nominee; Former Governor, Massachusetts
Interviewed by James Bennet, Editor in Chief and President, The Atlantic

Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic

LUNCH PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION / 12:15 – 1:10 PM
Marc Brackett, Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University

AFTERNOON SESSION / 1:10 – 5:30 PM
Elliott Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partners, The Aspen Institute

Edward Markey, Member (D-MA), United States Senate; and Rev. John I. Jenkins, President, University of Notre Dame
Interviewed by Margaret Carlson, Columnist, Bloomberg View

Vanessa Kerry, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health; and Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health
Interviewed by Mary Louise Kelly, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic

Martine Rothblatt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, United Therapeutics / Founder, Sirius XM
Interviewed by Derek Thompson, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

Jeh Johnson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Interviewed by Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

Lonnie Bunch, Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Interviewed by Helene Cooper, Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times

Jonathan Bush, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, athenahealth
Interviewed by Felix Salmon, Senior Editor, Fusion

Mark Warner, Member (D-VA), United States Senate
Interviewed by Derek Thompson, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

John McCain, Member (R-AZ), United States Senate / Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services

Mick Ebeling, Chief Executive Officer, Not Impossible Labs

Jason Furman, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisors; and Laura D’Andrea Tyson, Former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton / Professor of Economics, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

Chris Murphy, Member (D-CT), United States Senate
Interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Tom Cotton, Member (R-AR), United States Senate; and Chris Coons, Member (D-DE), United States Senate
Interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Stanley Nelson, Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker / Founder, Firelight Media
Interviewed by James Bennet, Editor in Chief and President, The Atlantic

Molly Ball, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker; Jamelle Bouie, Columnist, Slate; and Maria Teresa Kumar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vote Latino / Contributor, MSNBC

Glynn Washington, Host of Snap Judgment, NPR

RECEPTION / 5:30 – 6:30 PM

THE BLACKLIST SEASON 3 PREMIERE SCREENING / 7:00 – 8:00 PM


THURSDAY OCTOBER 1
MORNING SESSION / 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Margaret Low Smith, President, AtlanticLIVE / Vice President, The Atlantic

Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States / Chairman, The Climate Reality Project
Interviewed by Jim Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Elizabeth Warren, Member (D-MA), United States Senate
Interviewed by Jake Tapper, Chief Washington Correspondent, CNN

Jeff Weiner, Chief Executive Officer, LinkedIn
Interviewed by Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Member (R-WA), United States House of Representatives

Chris Matthews, Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC

Cory Booker, Member (D-NJ), United States Senate; and Mike Lee, Member (R-UT), United States Senate

Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and Chief Executive Officer, New America
Interviewed by Mary Louise Kelly, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic

David Miliband, President, International Rescue Committee / Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Kingdom

Julián Castro, Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Interviewed by Joy-Ann Reid, National Correspondent, MSNBC

Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State / Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
Interviewed by Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic

Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Interviewed by Judy Woodruff, Host of “PBS NewsHour,” PBS

Bran Ferren, Founder, Applied Minds

Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Interviewed by Sam Stein, White House Correspondent, The Huffington Post

Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

Margaret Low Smith, President, AtlanticLIVE / Vice President, The Atlantic


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