Vail Holidays creates a festive and magical holiday season in an iconic setting, and offers a plethora of events happening. Vail’s beautiful mountain village with twinkling lights and crisp mountain air is the backdrop for many celebratory holiday events which will spark holiday spirit for visitors and locals alike. Most events are free or include … Continued
Vail’s Welcome to the Brilliance of Winter, will return this winter as a celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday season and an official kick-off of the 2021-2022 season at Vail. Revely Vail will include the kick-off celebration to many winter traditions including live music, ice skating shows and a tree lighting celebration with other programing woven … Continued
The State of the Valley Location | Colorado Mountain College The Vail Symposium presents our annual State of the Valley in conjunction with the Vail Valley Partnership. The State of the Valley will be a facilitated panel discussion among local business leaders sharing what’s happening in our economy and their vision for the future of … Continued
Overworked and Under Threat: Preserving the Colorado River Location | TBD Join Vail Symposium and Eagle River Watershed Council as our moderator, journalist Luke Runyon, guides us through a conversation with Colorado River and water management experts Pat Mulroy, and Fay Hartman to learn about key challenges that have led us to critical levels and … Continued
Giant Steps: Stories from Space and the Future of Cosmic Exploration Location | TBD Join Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and Major General (Retired) Roy D. Bridges, Jr., who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the 8-day Space Lab 2 mission, for a discussion her recent experience on Blue Origin, the future … Continued
Inflation in America: Present and Future Impacts Location | Zoom Recently, inflation has been a hot topic in the headlines. After a lengthy “free money” environment and accommodative monetary policy, the FED is now markedly increasing interest rates and reducing market liquidity in response to near-record levels of inflation and other data. What has caused … Continued
The Ethical Leadership Forum is a collaborative event that brings together emerging and experienced leaders across sectors—education, non-profit, business, government, philanthropy, media, and more—to learn, share and grow their unique and interconnected ways of advancing ethical leadership. This year, the Forum will interactively explore our theme, “Emerging Strategies for an Ethical World,” featuring new session … Continued
Vail Fine Arts Festival comes to Lionshead Village, featuring art from Art on the Rockies. Take in unique art from over 60 artists while strolling through Lioshead bavarian inspired village. LEARN MORE
Two Workshops! Up Your Game and Unleash Your Creativity Consciousness Location | TBD Choose your own adventure in this workshop opportunity from Bruce Cryer. Part 1 – from 10 a.m. – noon: “Up Your Game: The Practical Science and Tools of HeartMath for Well-Being, Resilience and Vitality” Thanks to more than 400 peer review studies … Continued
Pull the Plug on Stress: Tools to Adapt and Thrive During Uncertain Times Location | TBD How do we adapt and even thrive during unpredictable, crazy times like the past 2.5 years of the pandemic? While the severity of this event seems to have diminished significantly, a host of other existential threats wait in the … Continued
The March to Midterms: A Bipartisan Discussion on the State of American Politics at Home and Abroad Location | TBD As midterm elections approach, Chris Whipple, author of The New York Times bestseller “The Gatekeepers,” moderates a bipartisan discussion on White House governance and the state of American politics with Andrew Card, George W. Bush’s … Continued
Conversations on Controversial Issues: Moderated by Clay Jenkinson U.S. Immigration Location | Vail Interfaith Chapel In a new series from Vail Symposium, humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson and guest presenters Violeta Chapin, University of Colorado Law School; Jorge Loweree from the American Immigration Council and Alex Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute join together for a thoughtful, … Continued