Live Watch Party at The Argyros
While both our Full Conference Passes and Special Series Pavilion Passes have sold out, there are still more ways to participate in SVWC 2025! Come join our Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum July 19-21—we will broadcast select content directly to the theater screen at The Argyros. Passes are $25 per day. Click below to buy now or go to svwc.com/watchparty for the schedule of speakers.
2025 Presenters
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Dan Jones

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Liz Moore

Nayantara Roy

Erling Kagge

Claire Keegan

Safiya Sinclair

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Griffin Dunne

Colum McCann

Ruth Reichl

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Max Boot

Andre Dubus III

Sonia Purnell

Sloane Crosley

Abraham Verghese

Carl Hiaasen

Evan Osnos

Yael van der Wouden

Clara Bingham

Paola Ramos

Ocean Vuong

Admiral James Stavridis

Edward Luce

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Oren Cass

Jonathan Blitzer

Theodore H. Schwartz

Meenakshi Ahamed

Wright Thompson

Todd S. Purdum
Free Events & Community Programming
It is one of SVWC’s foremost goals to make the Conference and its content as accessible as possible, especially to students, teachers, and our local community. We have opened our doors each year, both virtually and in-person, with free Pavilion lawn talks, free livestreaming, free talks at The Community Library, as well as free online audio and video recordings (including our very own podcast) in our digital media library. This year, we are also offering Special Series Pavilion Passes and a Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum. We invite you to join in and get inspired. For all the ways you can get involved for free, visit svwc.com/free.
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During his tenure as the Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek H. Murthy, MD became, in effect, our national healer. In a soft but strong voice, he spoke about the country’s maladies like addiction, depression, and violence, and he made the passionate case that loneliness was the contributor to many of those ills, including our over-dependence on social media. That message is at the heart of his book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection. In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Andrea Elliott, Murthy will talk about the book, about his own bouts of loneliness, and how we can each learn to be a healer in our own lives.
This talk will be available for free lawn seating and free livestreaming! The Special Series Pavilion Pass to view this talk inside the Sun Valley Pavilion has sold out, but it will be viewable at the Live Watch Party (passes on sale now, $15 per day). Learn more at svwc.com/free.
📸 : Meredith Nierman
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“SVWC is unquestionably the best writers conference I have ever attended.”
– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter