Event recap | The geopolitics of emerging tech during the pandemic Event Recap by the GeoTech Center
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Corporations and governments alike continue to struggle with technology policy, especially under the strain of a global pandemic that struck at a moment when the internet was mature enough to alleviate many of COVID’s harms despite facing novel geopolitical challenges to its design and use at the same time. These turbulences have not just tested every facet of the digital world and its ability to handle crises but also altered international relations significantly. Many countries are at a crossroad when it comes to emerging technologies and security during a global pandemic.
Event recap | Tech and data recommendations for the new administration Event Recap by GeoTech Center
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In this episode of the GeoTech Hour, hosted on
Wednesday, January 6, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. EST, panelists make recommendations on how the new administration can prioritize data and tech applications.
Many challenges await in the realms of data and tech, including ensuring the security of the government’s and nation’s software and hardware, improving cloud computing and machine learning abilities, and advancing biotechnology as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold.
Government interventions to ensure a firm recovery from the pandemic will be essential. Creating working groups, councils, and alliances to develop and distribute vaccines and guarantee food security is essential to promoting security and peace. Such coalitions would be best initiated at the lo
Event recap | Technology policy and leadership in 2021 Event Recap by GeoTech Center
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Wednesday, December 16,
from 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT, features the Honorable Secretary James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. Sec. Geurts will join Dr. David Bray, the Director of the GeoTech Center, in a conversation centered on how leadership will change in the upcoming digital decade. The talk will highlight how both the public and private sectors can operate with agility at scale amid global turbulence and change.
As the Navy’s acquisition executive, Mr. Geurts has oversight of an annual budget in excess of $100 billion and is responsible for equipping and supporting the finest Sailors and Marines in the world with the best platforms, systems and technology as they operate around the globe in defense of the Nation. Quickly a
During this episode of the GeoTech Hour, hosted Wednesday, December 9, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST, panelists highlighted crucial next steps that must be taken in 2021 to advance more inclusive and participatory ways to employ data for good.
Event recap | Space salon: Innovative solutions to real world problems Event Recap by GeoTech Center
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The development of space exploration technologies has already benefited Earth in many ways, especially regarding communications, planetary observation, and economic growth. As the space launch and satellite markets continue to innovate swiftly, space technologies are increasingly critical to rapid decision-making for governments, industry, and individuals. With the recent increase in planet-wide disasters such as wildfires, resource shortages, mass migrations, and others, how can space technologies more effectively sustain Earth and life on it?
Cloud computing is key to enabling the necessary innovation that can address changing critical needs. Cloud computing capabilities support critical industries beyond space: national security, weather forecasting, terrain mappi