Past Events and Seasons

The Vail Symposium provides year-round, lifelong learning.

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Arts & Culture, Special Event 2021Summervail 50: Celebrating the Birth of Arts + Culture in the Vail Valley

7/26/21
4:30 PM

Geopolitical 2021In Conversation: Ambassador Christopher Hill and Ambassador Grappo

7/12/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Mightier Than The Sword: Freedom of Speech

7/7/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021David vs Goliath: Colorado Takes on Big Tech

6/29/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021By The People: Voting and Elections in America

6/21/21
6:00 PM

Great Decisions 2021Great Decisions: Global Supply Chains and U.S. Security

6/16/21
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2021Crossing the Threshold: The Continuity of Consciousness From This Life To The Next

6/9/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021The Nitty Gritty: What You Need To Know About Rare Earth Elements

6/3/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Open to Interpretation: The Constitution

5/19/21
6:00 PM

Financial 2021The Other Side of Chaos: Forecasting the Economic Environment

4/11/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Poverty and Protest: Wes Moore’s Work to Alleviate Poverty and Explain Racial Justice Protests

4/8/21
5:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2021Dirty Tricksters: How Viruses Evade The Immune System

4/1/21
6:00 PM

Speaking Locally 2021Economic Outlook for 2021 and Beyond: How Long is the Road to Recovery?

3/25/21
9:00 AM

Hot Topics 2021Covert Affairs: Uncovering Intelligence Challenges for the Biden Administration

3/18/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Domestic Dispute: Policing and Police Reform in America

3/11/21
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture, Special Event 2021Summervail 50: Celebrating the Birth of Arts + Culture in the Vail Valley

7/26/21
4:30 PM

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

11/23/20
6:00 PM

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

9/28/20
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2020Maya People and Maya Pasts

9/24/20
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2020Imagining Freedom: Timothy Standring Curates Norman Rockwell

3/16/20
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2019Return to the Reich: A Hero’s Journey of Vengeance and Triumph

12/29/19
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2019An Evening of Colorado Ranching—History and Art

9/9/19
6:00 PM

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

7/12/19
12:00 PM

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

7/10/19
1:00 PM

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

6/24/19
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2018“Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker” Pulling Together the Exhibition

8/20/18
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2018Art, a Matter of Mind

8/15/18
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2018Thursday Night Live with SNL’s Don Roy King

2/22/18
6:00 PM

Arts & Culture 2017Making the Crooked Straight: Creating Medical Miracles in Ethiopia

12/7/17
6:00 AM

Arts & Culture 2017Summer Film Series: “Third Eye Spies”

8/30/17
6:00 AM

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Consciousness 2021Crossing the Threshold: The Continuity of Consciousness From This Life To The Next

6/9/21
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2021Hands-on Healing: The Curative Potential of Energy

2/25/21
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2021Into the Light: Trading Fear for Grace

1/14/21
6:00 PM

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

10/1/20
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2020The Scientific Resurrection of Esoteric Magic

5/21/20
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2020Out of this World: Everything You Think You Know About UFOs is Wrong

4/6/20
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2020Open to the Infinite: Exploring Human Consciousness

2/12/20
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2019Workshop: Finding Your Answers

9/24/19
6:00 PM

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

9/23/19
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2019Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards

9/4/19
6:00 PM

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

6/6/19
6:00 PM

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

3/14/19
6:00 AM

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

2/6/19
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2018Orbs and the Afterlife: Survival of the Soul

10/11/18
6:00 PM

Consciousness 2018Inside House of Darkness, House of Light: The Real Story of “The Conjuring”

10/10/18
6:00 PM

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Environmental Awareness, Geopolitical 2021Tensions Rising: Climate Change and National Security

12/15/20
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness 2020Film Screening: “Kiss the Ground”

12/3/20
5:00 PM

Environmental Awareness, Speaking Locally 2020Howl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado

10/8/20
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness 2020What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want To Be?

9/10/20
6:00 PM

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

9/3/20
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness 2020Wind, Solar, Nuclear and Beyond: Powering the Future

2/24/20
6:00 PM

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

8/8/19
6:00 PM

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

3/4/19
6:00 AM

Environmental Awareness 2019“The Human Element” Film Screening

1/28/19
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness 2018Enviromedics: Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health

9/20/18
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness 2018Film Screening: Chasing Coral

1/11/18
6:00 AM

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Financial 2021The Other Side of Chaos: Forecasting the Economic Environment

4/11/21
6:00 PM

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

8/20/20
6:00 PM

Financial 2020Tax Cuts and Ballooning Deficits: When Will It Matter?

3/5/20
6:00 PM

Financial 2019Politics and the U.S. Economy

2/28/19
6:00 AM

Financial 2018Show Me the Money: Understanding the Role of Money in Our Economy

3/1/18
6:00 PM

Financial 2018Ensuring the Upper Hand: Best Practices for Negotiations

1/31/18
8:00 AM

Financial 2017Bitcoin and the Rise of Digital Currency

12/28/17
6:00 AM

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Geopolitical 2021In Conversation: Ambassador Christopher Hill and Ambassador Grappo

7/12/21
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2021Angela the Almost-Great? An Examination of German Chancellor Merkel’s Legacy

3/4/21
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2021The Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

2/11/21
6:00 PM

Environmental Awareness, Geopolitical 2021Tensions Rising: Climate Change and National Security

12/15/20
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2020Russia: Old Foe, New Nemesis

9/17/20
6:00 PM

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

8/13/20
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2020Going Nuclear: Proliferation in North Korea and Iran

8/6/20
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2020Globalization: Opting Out is Not an Option

6/25/20
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2020Bad Blood: Ukraine, Russia and the United States

3/12/20
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2020Iran in Turmoil? Prospects for Change

1/13/20
6:00 PM

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

9/16/19
6:00 PM

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

8/15/19
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2019Brexit Bedlam: What It Means for Britain and the World

7/22/19
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2019Global Regression: Democracy in Crisis

7/15/19
6:00 PM

Geopolitical 2019Dirty Money – How Corrosive Capital Undermines Democracy

6/27/19
6:00 PM

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Great Decisions 2021Great Decisions: Global Supply Chains and U.S. Security

6/16/21
6:00 PM

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Health & Wellness 2021Dirty Tricksters: How Viruses Evade The Immune System

4/1/21
6:00 PM

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

8/27/20
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2020Flying, Falling and Public Nudity: The Science Behind Your Dreams And Nightmares

4/30/20
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2020While You Are Sleeping: Your Brain’s Nocturnal Pursuits

2/20/20
6:00 PM

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

8/19/19
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness Aging Slower, Healing Faster: The Latest Research on Stem Cells and Staying Younger Longer

3/28/19
6:00 AM

Health & Wellness 2019Your Body on Meditation: The Science Behind the Health Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation

2/21/19
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2019Increased Productivity and Decreased Stress: Achieve Better Life Balance Through Time Management

1/9/19
9:00 AM

Health & Wellness 2018Palliative Care and Medical Aid in Dying: Putting the Person First at the End of Life

12/6/18
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2018The Health of America: Health Care Policy, the ACA and the Opioid Crisis

7/12/18
6:00 PM

Health & Wellness 2018Life After Cancer: How to Not Only Manage, But Thrive

6/3/18
9:00 AM

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Hot Topics 2021Mightier Than The Sword: Freedom of Speech

7/7/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021David vs Goliath: Colorado Takes on Big Tech

6/29/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021By The People: Voting and Elections in America

6/21/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021The Nitty Gritty: What You Need To Know About Rare Earth Elements

6/3/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Open to Interpretation: The Constitution

5/19/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Poverty and Protest: Wes Moore’s Work to Alleviate Poverty and Explain Racial Justice Protests

4/8/21
5:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Covert Affairs: Uncovering Intelligence Challenges for the Biden Administration

3/18/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Domestic Dispute: Policing and Police Reform in America

3/11/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Behind the Lens: The Story Behind the Story

2/18/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Clap On: Navigating the Energy Transition

2/4/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2021Active Measures: The Russian Effort to Undermine America

1/28/21
11:00 AM

Hot Topics 2021Film Discussion: “They Say It Can’t Be Done”

1/21/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2020Value Proposition: The Future of Higher Education

1/7/21
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2020Post-Brexit: Now What?

7/23/20
6:00 PM

Hot Topics 2020Senseless or Smart? Cultivating Better Risk Perception

7/9/20
6:00 PM

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Science & Technology 2017The Final Frontier: The Present and Future of Space Exploration

9/14/17
6:00 AM

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Speaking Locally 2021Economic Outlook for 2021 and Beyond: How Long is the Road to Recovery?

3/25/21
9:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2020The State of the Valley

10/22/20
9:00 AM

Environmental Awareness, Speaking Locally 2020Howl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado

10/8/20
6:00 PM

Speaking Locally 2020The Business of Connection: Skills to Cultivate Thriving Relationships in the Workplace

6/11/20
9:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2020The Costs of Miscommunication and Strategies for Effective Communication

4/9/20
9:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2020Beating Burnout: Using Inspiration and Empowerment to Foster Successful Organizations

1/23/20
8:00 AM

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

10/3/19
6:00 PM

Speaking Locally 2019Healing What Ails Us: Affordable Healthcare In Our Community

6/13/19
8:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2019TEDxYouth@Vail – Rise Up

4/13/19
1:45 PM

Speaking Locally 2019Immigration, Locally: How to Protect Your Business and Advocate for Workers

4/9/19
6:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2018The State of the Valley

11/7/18
9:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2018Land Conservation vs Development: What Will Be Our Legacy?

10/18/18
6:00 PM

Speaking Locally 2018The Law of the Colorado River: Conflict and Collaboration

10/3/18
6:00 PM

Speaking Locally 2018Rocky Roads or Smooth Sailing? A Discussion on the State of Transportation in Colorado

9/11/18
9:00 AM

Speaking Locally 2018How the Railroads Built Colorado

6/13/18
6:00 PM

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Arts & Culture, Special Event 2021Summervail 50: Celebrating the Birth of Arts + Culture in the Vail Valley

7/26/21
4:30 PM

Special Event 2020“Battlegrounds”: An Evening with Lt. General (ret.) H.R. McMaster

12/7/20
6:00 PM

Special Event 2020Thomas Jefferson: Explore an Extraordinary, Controversial Legacy

7/2/20
6:00 PM

Special Event 2019West of the Imagination: Time Travel to 1869 with Explorer John Wesley Powell

6/17/19
6:00 AM

Special Event 2019The Journey Home: Celebrating the Resiliency of the Human Spirit with the Vail Veterans Program

3/21/19
6:00 AM

Special Event 2018An Evening with Governor Hickenlooper

12/26/18
5:00 PM

Special Event 2018TEDxVail 2018: }yes{.

2/10/18
1:00 PM

Special Event 2017TEDxVailWomenLive

11/3/17
6:00 AM

Special Event 2017Educate! 2017 Equity and Deeper Learning

11/2/17
5:00 PM

Special Event EDUCATE!

10/14/16
6:00 AM

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Unlimited Adventure 2020The Sun is a Compass: A Human-Powered Adventure Across Alaska

2/6/20
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2020“Into the Canyon”: Film screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker

1/27/20
7:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2020Uncommon Endurance: Two Elite Athletes in Two Tough Sports

1/16/20
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2019Mo in the Mountains

1/31/19
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2019In Deep: Bill Steele’s Journey to the Hidden World Beneath Our Feet

1/10/19
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2018Chasing Denali: The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds Behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering

12/10/18
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2018Adventurers Giving Back

3/8/18
6:00 PM

Unlimited Adventure 2018The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits

1/17/18
6:00 AM

Unlimited Adventure 2017What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

12/14/17
6:00 AM

Unlimited Adventure 2017Exploring Colorado’s Wintery World: a Photographic Journey

12/11/17
6:00 AM

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