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GeoTech Cues

Dec 17, 2020

Property rights, data, and prosperity in Africa

By Thomas Koch

One of the biggest obstacles to wealth creation and greater economic prosperity in Africa has to do with land ownership. Overcoming this obstacle will require better data collection, aggregation, and transparency.

Digital Policy Economy & Business

Event Recap

Dec 16, 2020

Event recap | Technology policy and leadership in 2021

By GeoTech Center

A discussion featuring The Honorable Secretary James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development on how leadership will change in the next digital decade.

Digital Policy Resilience & Society

GeoTech Cues

Dec 14, 2020

Vaccine hesitancy part 1: Using connections to drive human-centered approaches for health

By Tiffany Vora

Dr. Tiffany Vora shares insights from a recent peer-reviewed investigation of online interactions about vaccination and integrates these insights with an orthogonal approach to understanding vaccine hesitancy.

Coronavirus Disinformation

GeoTech Cues

Dec 14, 2020

Why quantum technologies represent a new paradigm of trust

By Borja Prado

The development of quantum technology (and the ongoing global race to build the most powerful supercomputer) has inestimable potential effects on our livelihoods, from message encryption to quantum teleportation. How do we encourage trust and more knowledge-based collaborations?

Conflict Resilience & Society

Event Recap

Dec 9, 2020

Event recap | Space salon: Innovative solutions to real world problems

By GeoTech Center

During this episode of the GeoTech Hour, panelists highlighted what they believe should be agriculture and food systems priorities in 2021 and beyond.

Digital Policy Resilience & Society

Event Recap

Dec 9, 2020

Event recap | Practical steps towards data for good in 2021

By GeoTech Center

During this episode of the GeoTech Hour, panelists highlighted what they believe should be agriculture and food systems priorities in 2021 and beyond.

Digital Policy Resilience & Society

Event Recap

Dec 9, 2020

Event Recap | AgriTechAction 2020

By Borja Prado, Claire Branley

On Tuesday, November 17 the GeoTech Center hosted AgriTechAction 2020, a three-day conference that explored the relationship between agriculture and technology, with the goal for future solutions to food security challenges to be accessible and sustainable for all. In the conference, experts and leaders in agriculture, technology, and national security came together to discuss and help guide the further deployment of data and technology in agriculture; specifically in food production, processing, distribution, security, efficiency, and sustainability

Climate Change & Climate Action Inclusive Growth

GeoTech Cues

Dec 7, 2020

Reimagining a just society pt. 1 | Is a different world possible?

By Carol Dumaine

The GeoTech Center’s mission is to define practicable initiatives to ensure new technologies and advances in data capabilities benefit people, prosperity, and peace in open societies. Its overarching goal is a “world comprised of just societies.” The GeoTech’s mandate is an ambitious one and, while focused on applying new technologies to solutions to global problems, is anchored in an explicit assumption that its efforts will promote just societies.

Civil Society Coronavirus

Event Recap

Dec 7, 2020

Event recap | At the crossroads of emerging technologies and security during the pandemic

By Henry Westerman

On Thursday, December 3, the Embassy of Finland and the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center convened a partially public, partially private roundtable to discuss the impact technology on contemporary society, politics, and transatlantic relations. The roundtable sought to consider specific policy steps that could build trust in governments, corporations, and technologies alike, both in the United States and Europe, so as to overcome the numerous technological challenges of the present and issues poised for the future.

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Event Recap

Dec 3, 2020

Event recap | Food system sustainability in 2021 and beyond

By GeoTech Center

During this episode of the GeoTech Hour, panelists highlighted what they believe should be agriculture and food systems priorities in 2021 and beyond.

Climate Change & Climate Action Digital Policy
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Tiffany Vora

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

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