GeoTech News Updates

Senator Rob Portman on ensuring the United States continues its tradition as the world leader in innovation

By the GeoTech Center

Senator Portman’s remarks on ensuring US leadership in global innovation at the launch of the Report of the Commission of Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

Representative Suzan DelBene on how to shape technology that promotes our civil rights and liberties

By the GeoTech Center

Representative DelBene on technologies that promote civil rights and liberties for the launch of the Report of the Commission of Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

Senator Mark Warner on creating strategic joint partnerships to compete with China

By the GeoTech Center

Senator Mark Warner’s comments on creating joint partnerships to compete with China to commemorate the launch of the Report of the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

GeoTech Director Dr. David Bray describes the “GeoTech Decade” ahead

By GeoTech Center

“What is the Geopolitics of Tech? Why is this report and Commission important? What does the report recommend and how is this different from other Commissions? How does the Commission hope to socialize and scale its recommendations into tangible actions? What has the process of writing it looked like? What are the main recommendations? What are the implications for the next decade?” Trond Arne Undheim interviews GeoTech Director Dr. David Bray on the GeoTech Report and on the term “GeoTech Decade” this report aims to shape.

SolarWinds Hack – A Wake Up Call to Get Cyber Right

By Ben Schatz

What are the implications of the SolarWinds hack? Dr. David Bray, Director of the GeoTech Center, and Dr. Divya Chander, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the GeoTech Center, joined the GovCon DIFFERENT podcast to discuss this topic.

The Federal Innovator Podcast 1: “Breaking tradition to transform”

As government agencies navigate an accelerated tech landscape, increased consumer demand, and IT modernization, they are also looking away from traditional methods and tapping strategy prototyping to solve problems in new ways and prepare for the future of work. On this episode, co-hosts Tim Irvine and Stephanie Wander are joined by Dr. Ryan Vega, the Diffusion of Excellence lead at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Innovation.

Why the U.S. and China may chill

By Atlantic Council

For The Next Zeitgeist, Dr. Mathew Burrows, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative, and Atlantic Council Resident Fellow Julian Mueller-Kaler game out a world beyond the current trajectory that could be defined by an opposing idea: a long period of Sino-U.S. cooperation.

Eric Rasmussen on the past, present, and future of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

By Benjamin Schatz

GeoTech Center Action Council Member Dr. Eric Rasmussen writes a journal article entitled “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: A Cultural Journey of Applied Hope,” on the history and future of disaster response.

How does big tech impact U.S. national security?

By Borja Prado

Tarun Wadhwa, Nonresident Fellow at the GeoTech Center, participated in a recent Foreign Affairs survey on the relationship between big tech companies and US national security.