The Aspen Ideas Festival is dedicated to Engaging Ideas that Matter. Modeled after educational seminars, topics covered during the festival include global politics and economics, U.S. Policy, the environment, technology, science, health, education, the arts, and economic issues. Past AIF speakers include President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Ehud Barak, Madeleine Albright, Murray Gell-Mann, Sylvia Earle, Stephen Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor, Eric Holder, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sir Ken Robinson, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival takes place from June 24 through July 3, 2014.