The village (and our hotel) is crawling with secret service. Crazy.

"Each June, at the personal invitation of former President Gerald R. Ford, a select group of business leaders, government officials, scholars and former heads of government gather in Beaver Creek to explore the most critical economic, social, and security issues facing the United States and the world community.

Senior U.S. cabinet officers and legislators provide candid briefings on important policy initiatives. Heads of major international corporations discuss business and financial developments. Government officials from Europe, Asia and the Americas debate international strategic and economic issues in a private, informal atmosphere, far removed from the distractions of day-to-day business.

The AEI World Forum has been held annually since 1982, under the sponsorship of the American Enterprise Institute and the Vail Valley Foundation. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Forum will be held in June, 2006, in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Coming at a time of critical choices in U.S. and international politics, the 2006 World Forum will provide exceptional insights into policies and personalities shaping national and world affairs.

World Forum participants meet in plenary sessions under the chairmanship of former President Ford and at small workshops led by prominent business leaders, public officials and AEI scholars. The discussions are informal, off the record and carefully structured to be provocative and informative."