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May 24, 2021

Launching 26 May 2021: Report of the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data

By The GeoTech Center

On the early morning of 26 May 2021, the Report of the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data will launch both its interactive report website and downloadable report. Above are two links to our planned events that day.

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies

New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2021

Computing to win: Addressing the policy blind spot that threatens national AI ambitions

By Saurabh Mishra and Keith Strier

Policymakers must make specialized hardware and software a core component of their strategic planning in order to fully realize the economic windfall of AI.

China Digital Policy

Event Recap

Mar 24, 2021

Event recap | Data science and social entrepreneurship

By the GeoTech Center

An episode of the GeoTech Hour featuring data scientists and entrepreneurs who discuss how to employ tech for good.

Digital Policy Inclusive Growth

Event Recap

Mar 17, 2021

Event recap | Coordinating data privacy and the public interest

By the GeoTech Center

Data usage and the employment of data trusts has maximized individual privacy and private sector benefits. Both the government and the private sector are working towards developing strategies that emphasize individual privacy more than ever before, as the public continues to express greater interest in protecting their data. However, few institutions have landed upon successful solutions in practice that can protect user privacy while allowing for the high levels of analysis they have come to expect. As our digital landscape continues to evolve, panelists in this episode of the GeoTech Hour discuss intentional policy and design choices that could allow for greater data ownership within people-centered structures.

Digital Policy International Norms

Event Recap

Mar 10, 2021

Event recap | Artificial intelligence, the internet, and the future of data: Where will we be in 2045?

By the GeoTech Center

An episode of the GeoTech Hour where panelists look towards the future of artificial intelligence, discussing the GeoTech Decade ahead and beyond to 2045.

Digital Policy Internet of Things

Event Recap

Feb 24, 2021

Event recap | Synthetic data, privacy, and the future of trust

By the GeoTech Center

A live GeoTech Hour where panelists discussedartificial intelligence and how to address the legal and ethical privacy concerns associated with synthetic data.

Africa Coronavirus

Event Recap

Feb 10, 2021

Event recap | The geopolitics of emerging tech during the pandemic

By the GeoTech Center

A GeoTech Hour with panelists sharing insights on lessons learned, ongoing challenges, and requisite next steps to be taken when considering the intersection of geopolitics, modern technologies, and COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 10, 2021

Cole’s “Burn In” named to best sci-fi of 2020 list by Polyon

By Atlantic Council

Polygon, a video game publication, named Burn In, co-authored by Forward Defense non-resident senior fellow August Cole, to its top sci-fi and fantasy books of 2020. Burn In is a thriller at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and security.

Defense Technologies Drones

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2020

Huawei’s push in Russia exploits Kremlin fears of Western technology

By Justin Sherman

With Moscow yearning for an alternative to Western technology and the United States on a campaign to throw Huawei out of Europe and East Asia, the Chinese telecom giant sensed opportunity in Russia.

China Cybersecurity

GeoTech Cues

Nov 9, 2020

A presidential agenda for the GeoTech Decade that uplifts people, prosperity, and peace

By David Bray

For both the good of the United States and the world, it will be his duty to ensure the United States emerges from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the deep economic recession, and its polarized society, renewed, revitalized, and rebuilt. Leveraging new technologies will be an integral part of that mission.

Internet Internet of Things

Experts