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Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Jason Matheny

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a Director’s Lunch with Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer of RAND Corporation, for a conversation on “U.S.-China Tech Rivalry,” on Monday, May 1st from 12:15-1:30 PM in the Belfer Library (L369). This session will be moderated by HKS Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Graham Allison.

The Biden administration has taken major steps to advance American competitiveness in the competition with China over emerging technologies, from the CHIPS Act to restrictions on Chinese tech companies. We will hear about the future of the U.S.-China tech rivalry from the perspective of Matheny, who led White House policy on technology and national security at the National Security Council. 

This event is off the record and will be in-person for HUID holders only. Space is limited for this event, so please only RSVP if you plan to attend. 

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

About the Speaker

Jason Matheny

Jason Matheny (he/him) is president and chief executive officer of the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.

Prior to becoming RAND's president and CEO in July 2022, he led White House policy on technology and national security at the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previously, he was founding director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University and director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), where he was responsible for developing advanced technologies for the U.S. intelligence community. Before IARPA, he worked for Oxford University, the World Bank, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Center for Biosecurity, and Princeton University.

Matheny has served on many nonpartisan boards and committees, including the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, to which he was appointed by Congress in 2018. He is a recipient of the Intelligence Community's Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology, the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He was also named one of Foreign Policy's “Top 50 Global Thinkers.”

Matheny holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University, an M.B.A. from Duke University, and a B.A. in art history from the University of Chicago.