The Atlantic is today announcing the complete agenda, additional programming, and new speakers for the 16th annual Atlantic Festival, taking place on Thursday, September 19, and Friday, September 20, at The Wharf in Washington, D.C. Newly announced are interviews with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi; Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon; Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm; Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael S. Regan; Admiral Rachel L. Levine, assistant secretary for health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Founder and CEO of Rivian RJ Scaringe; and Director and Head of Product for Responsible AI at Google Tulsee Doshi. Anna Deavere Smith will present a special one-person performance of her play This Ghost of Slavery, published in the December 2023 issue of The Atlantic, which will be followed by a conversation between Deavere Smith and The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
The festival will host two premiere screenings, both on September 20. One will be an exclusive screening of the film Lee, about the acclaimed World War II Vogue photojournalist Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, played by Kate Winslet. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director, Ellen Kuras, and cast members, with further details to be announced. Earlier in the day, The Atlantic will stream the first of a two-part FX documentary Social Studies, about the online lives of teens that offers an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.
In-person and virtual Atlantic Festival passes are available now, and the full event agenda is posted on the festival’s website. Press should request a credential by emailing press@theatlantic.com.
Previously announced speakers include Senator John Fetterman; House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries; political strategists Karl Rove and David Axelrod; CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper in conversation with C. J. Rice, who was convicted of attempted homicide as a teenager in 2011 and exonerated this year, after Tapper’s Atlantic cover story shed light on his case; best-selling author of The Anxious Generation and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt; journalist and founder of birthFUND Elaine Welteroth; award-winning filmmaker and storyteller Noah Hawley; and The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and Bill Kristol.
The agenda, out now in full, features interviews on the Ideas Stage with the individuals announced above, along with additional programming including a discussion on banned books, moderated by Jemele Hill; topical summits focused on the climate, small business, and progress; an “Atlantic Reads” talk with historian Timothy Snyder; and a live taping of the Radio Atlantic podcast with host Hanna Rosin. Festival events are moderated by Atlantic journalists.
The 2024 Atlantic Festival is underwritten by Eli Lilly and Company, Microsoft, Southern Company, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation as Presenting Level Underwriters; Allstate and Evernorth Health Services as Supporting Level Underwriters; and Arnold Ventures, Calm, Genentech, Goldman Sachs, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Visit Seattle as Contributing Level Underwriters.
Press should request a credential by emailing press@theatlantic.com; in-person seating will be limited and will need to be reserved in advance.
The Atlantic Festival
September 19–20, 2024
The Wharf, D.C., and Virtually
For passes: https://theatlanticfestival.com
