Aspen Ideas Festival

Nicholas A. Christakis is a professor and director of the Human Nature Lab at Harvard University. He conducts research at the intersection of the natural and social sciences, in the field of biosocial science. Christakis’s work examines the emergence of cooperation and innovation... Read More →

Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the Center of Digital Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studies the ways that information technology (IT) affects business. His research investigates how IT changes the way companies perform, organize themselves... Read More →

Eric Topol has been director and chief academic officer of Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health since 2006. In addition to his continued role as a cardiologist, Topol is a pioneer of genomic and wireless digital innovative technologies. Before his post at Scripps... Read More →