Aspen Ideas: Economy, the Aspen Institute's national economics conference, comes to Tulsa's Arts District on Tuesday, Oct. 13, through Thursday, Oct. 15.

A full conference pass costs $799 and covers all discussions, excursions and evening programming, the Tulsa Flyer reported. The Flyer is a media partner for the event. Residents who cannot swing the ticket price can still take part: a free concert featuring Seattle-based band True Loves with opener Branjae starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Guthrie Green.

Ida Rademacher, executive producer of Aspen Ideas: Economy, said organizers chose Tulsa for its layered economic history. She pointed to tribal nations and the Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, as evidence of what she called an incredible story about the infrastructure of commerce.

"Tulsa isn't just a backdrop," Rademacher told the Tulsa Flyer. She added that the city's residents and their everyday concerns are shaping the conference's conversations.

The conference features six program tracks: Builders & Believers, focused on enterprise and entrepreneurship; Making Place, on local prosperity; Money & Meaning, on capital and ownership; Powering the Future, on energy and infrastructure; Work & Dignity, on labor in the age of artificial intelligence (AI); and The Founding Bargain, on markets and democracy. Each track includes three to four panel conversations, according to the Tulsa Flyer.

Several Tulsa and Oklahoma leaders are scheduled to speak. Mayor Monroe Nichols, Tulsa Community College President and CEO Leigh Goodson, Tulsa Remote Managing Director Justin Harlan, Mother Road Market and Kitchen 66 founder Elizabeth Frame Ellison, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin and Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation Senior Program Officer Jeff Hall all appear on the lineup.

Nichols has made economic mobility a recurring theme. At the dedication of Crusoe's second Tulsa manufacturing facility on Sept. 14, the mayor said, "There's a place for everybody in this community when it comes to economic mobility."

Conference attendees can also join excursions to Mother Road Market, the Greenwood District and the Bob Dylan Center. Most sessions will be uploaded to the Aspen Institute's YouTube channel after the event.