The Atlantic Festival 2022

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For decades, conditions of the nervous system have been among some of the most complex to understand and treat. Further, these conditions can be exacerbated by language barriers, cultural differences/norms, geography and mobility. In a conversation facilitated by Genentech, learn how members of the neuroscience community are coming together to address these common barriers and foster accessibility, and visibility of disability and DEI across neurological conditions.

Produced by our underwriter and not The Atlantic’s editorial team.

Retirement is increasingly viewed as a time of freedom and fulfillment. Yet, for many Americans, the pandemic and growing wealth gap have pushed this dream further out of reach. What are the forces shaping retirement and how can we help more Americans thrive in this chapter of life? Together, Edward Jones and Age Wave have embarked on an unprecedented research effort to better understand current retirement-related hopes, dreams and fears, recently releasing their latest cross-generational report, Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement. Join these two organizations to explore the challenges and opportunities in preparing for the retirement journey and keys to thriving along the way.

As the nation recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, racial inequities in health care highlighted during the past two years continue to disproportionately affect marginalized communities. Join The Atlantic’s journalists, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates to examine how to better address the needs of the most vulnerable and find sustainable solutions to ensure a more equitable health-care future for all.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. For the air we breathe and the water we drink, we all depend on a vibrant and healthy world, now threatened by climate change. But there is cause for optimism. The Atlantic will assemble policy makers, climate innovators, scientists, and business leaders to address today’s most urgent climate challenges and develop solutions to build a more resilient future.

The Atlantic sits down with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Adviser to the President, as he reflects on his life’s work, the pandemic, and his legacy.

The Atlantic Festival’s Ideas Stage is the destination for back-to-back interviews with luminaries across the fields of business, science, technology, race, politics, progress, and culture. Bold thinkers address the most significant issues of our time on the festival mainstage while Atlantic journalists dissect their ideas about the way forward. The Ideas Stage program is streamed live daily with the Virtual Festival Pass and is can’t-miss programming at the festival.

Happy Hour includes an open bar and is a great place to network and unwind outdoors on the District Pier. Join us after the Ideas Stage programs or unwind with us after work each day with one of the following festival pass types: All-Access, One-Day, or Three-Evenings.

An exclusive first look at Shadowland, an upcoming docuseries based on the critically acclaimed reporting project from The Atlantic. Award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger sends documentary teams across the country to uncover conspiracy theories that have captured American attention and to investigate their dangerous influence on the functioning of our democracy. Following the world premiere, join The Atlantic’s executive editor Adrienne LaFrance in conversation with Berlinger.