Past Events and Seasons

The Vail Symposium provides year-round, lifelong learning.

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2020 Arts & CultureThanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

11/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Speaking LocallyThe State of the Valley

10/22/20
9 AM - 10 AM

2020 Environmental Awareness Speaking LocallyHowl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado

10/8/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 ConsciousnessThe Power of Three Types of Light: Healing, Balance and Spiritual Awareness

10/1/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMuch Ado About Custer: Rethinking the “Indian Wars”

9/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMaya People and Maya Pasts

9/24/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalRussia: Old Foe, New Nemesis

9/17/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Environmental AwarenessWhat Kind of Ancestor Do You Want To Be?

9/10/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Environmental AwarenessFeeding 10 Billion by 2050: Innovative Technology and Thinking to Meet the Global Challenge

9/3/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Health & WellnessThe Little Fungi That Could: The Big Promise of a Small Mushroom

8/27/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 FinancialAfter the Virus: Emerging From Economic Catastrophe and Charting a Course Forward

8/20/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalThe Coronavirus Pandemic and the Emerging Sino-U.S. Rivalry

8/13/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalGoing Nuclear: Proliferation in North Korea and Iran

8/6/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Hot TopicsPost-Brexit: Now What?

7/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Hot TopicsSenseless or Smart? Cultivating Better Risk Perception

7/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2017The Reunited States of America: Turning political differences into opportunities

6/29/17
6 AM

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2018 2019 Environmental AwarenessThe Future of Food: The Impact of Food on the Health of the Planet and Humankind

3/4/19
6 AM

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2019 Hot TopicsHigh Country Sci-Fi: Explore the Literature of Ideas with a Panel of Science-Fiction Writers

10/21/19
6 AM

2019 Hot TopicsTo Infinity and Beyond: America’s Space Program Now and In the Future

10/7/19
6 AM

2019 Speaking LocallyTabor and Gallagher: Power to the People or Fiscal Stranglehold?

10/3/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessWorkshop: Finding Your Answers

9/24/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessFinding Friendship and Healing in the Aftermath of Near-Death Experiences

9/23/19
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalAn Evening with the Ambassadors: A Geopolitical Conversation with Ambassadors Hussain Haqqani and Christopher Hill

9/16/19
6 PM

2019 Arts & CultureAn Evening of Colorado Ranching—History and Art

9/9/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessStressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards

9/4/19
6 PM

2019 Hot TopicsTalking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures

8/26/19
6 PM

2019 Health & WellnessAlzheimer’s Enigma: New Insights Into An Old Foe

8/19/19
6 PM

2019 Geopolitical Leapfrogging into the Future – The Digital Revolution in India

8/15/19
6 PM

2019 Hot Topics One Nation Under God: Religious Freedom In The U.S.

8/13/19
6 PM

2019 Environmental AwarenessWill Feeding People Kill the Planet? More on the Future of Food

8/8/19
6 PM

2019 Hot TopicsAttorney General Phil Weiser’s First Six Months on the Job

7/29/19
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalBrexit Bedlam: What It Means for Britain and the World

7/22/19
6 PM

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2020 Arts & CultureThanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

11/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Speaking LocallyThe State of the Valley

10/22/20
9 AM - 10 AM

2020 Environmental Awareness Speaking LocallyHowl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado

10/8/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 ConsciousnessThe Power of Three Types of Light: Healing, Balance and Spiritual Awareness

10/1/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMuch Ado About Custer: Rethinking the “Indian Wars”

9/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMaya People and Maya Pasts

9/24/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalRussia: Old Foe, New Nemesis

9/17/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Environmental AwarenessWhat Kind of Ancestor Do You Want To Be?

9/10/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Environmental AwarenessFeeding 10 Billion by 2050: Innovative Technology and Thinking to Meet the Global Challenge

9/3/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Health & WellnessThe Little Fungi That Could: The Big Promise of a Small Mushroom

8/27/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 FinancialAfter the Virus: Emerging From Economic Catastrophe and Charting a Course Forward

8/20/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalThe Coronavirus Pandemic and the Emerging Sino-U.S. Rivalry

8/13/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalGoing Nuclear: Proliferation in North Korea and Iran

8/6/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Hot TopicsPost-Brexit: Now What?

7/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Hot TopicsSenseless or Smart? Cultivating Better Risk Perception

7/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM

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2020 Arts & CultureThanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience

11/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMuch Ado About Custer: Rethinking the “Indian Wars”

9/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Arts & CultureMaya People and Maya Pasts

9/24/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2019 Arts & CultureAn Evening of Colorado Ranching—History and Art

9/9/19
6 PM

2019 Arts & Culture“Tosca”: Meet the Director and Cast Member

7/12/19
12 PM

2019 Arts & CultureAn Opera Conductor’s Guide to “Tosca”

7/10/19
1 PM

2019 Arts & CulturePuccini’s “Tosca”: An Immersive Introduction

6/24/19
6 PM

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2020 ConsciousnessThe Power of Three Types of Light: Healing, Balance and Spiritual Awareness

10/1/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2019 ConsciousnessWorkshop: Finding Your Answers

9/24/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessFinding Friendship and Healing in the Aftermath of Near-Death Experiences

9/23/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessStressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards

9/4/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessDying Well: Doing Death Right and the Comfort of End of Life Visions

6/6/19
6 PM

2019 ConsciousnessLife Before Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives

3/14/19
6 AM

2019 ConsciousnessThe Energy Codes®: Awaken Your Spirit, Heal Your Body and Live Your Best Life

2/6/19
6 PM - 7 PM

ConsciousnessWORKSHOP – The nature of consciousness: Can we reconcile scientific and experiential perspectives

4/21/17
9 AM

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2020 FinancialAfter the Virus: Emerging From Economic Catastrophe and Charting a Course Forward

8/20/20
6 PM - 7 PM

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2020 GeopoliticalRussia: Old Foe, New Nemesis

9/17/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalThe Coronavirus Pandemic and the Emerging Sino-U.S. Rivalry

8/13/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalGoing Nuclear: Proliferation in North Korea and Iran

8/6/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 GeopoliticalIran in Turmoil? Prospects for Change

1/13/20
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalAn Evening with the Ambassadors: A Geopolitical Conversation with Ambassadors Hussain Haqqani and Christopher Hill

9/16/19
6 PM

2019 Geopolitical Leapfrogging into the Future – The Digital Revolution in India

8/15/19
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalBrexit Bedlam: What It Means for Britain and the World

7/22/19
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalGlobal Regression: Democracy in Crisis

7/15/19
6 PM

2019 GeopoliticalDirty Money – How Corrosive Capital Undermines Democracy

6/27/19
6 PM

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2020 Health & WellnessThe Little Fungi That Could: The Big Promise of a Small Mushroom

8/27/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2019 Health & WellnessAlzheimer’s Enigma: New Insights Into An Old Foe

8/19/19
6 PM

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2020 Hot TopicsPost-Brexit: Now What?

7/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2020 Hot TopicsSenseless or Smart? Cultivating Better Risk Perception

7/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2019 Hot TopicsHigh Country Sci-Fi: Explore the Literature of Ideas with a Panel of Science-Fiction Writers

10/21/19
6 AM

2019 Hot TopicsTo Infinity and Beyond: America’s Space Program Now and In the Future

10/7/19
6 AM

2019 Hot TopicsTalking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures

8/26/19
6 PM

2019 Hot Topics One Nation Under God: Religious Freedom In The U.S.

8/13/19
6 PM

2019 Hot TopicsAttorney General Phil Weiser’s First Six Months on the Job

7/29/19
6 PM

2019 Hot TopicsEngineering the Future: Advanced Manufacturing Confronts Society’s Challenges

6/10/19
6 PM

2019 Hot TopicsFact vs Fiction: The Advent of Fake News and How to Discern the Truth

1/17/19
6 AM

Hot TopicsSearching for the Dead Sea Scrolls

7/24/17
7 AM

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2020 Speaking LocallyThe State of the Valley

10/22/20
9 AM - 10 AM

2020 Environmental Awareness Speaking LocallyHowl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado

10/8/20
6 PM - 7 PM

2019 Speaking LocallyTabor and Gallagher: Power to the People or Fiscal Stranglehold?

10/3/19
6 PM

2019 Speaking LocallyHealing What Ails Us: Affordable Healthcare In Our Community

6/13/19
8 AM

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2020 Special EventThomas Jefferson: Explore an Extraordinary, Controversial Legacy

7/2/20
6 PM - 7 PM

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