Technology and Public Purpose

EVENT SUMMARY

This event is about the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), which received newly appropriated funding through the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. The NSTC is intended to be the central hub for research and engineering within the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. This event will feature four guest speakers who will discuss key implementation strategies for the NSTC to achieve its goals of extending U.S. leadership in foundational technologies and reducing the time and cost to prototype innovative ideas.

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Susie Armstrong, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm; Member, Industrial Advisory Committee, Department of Commerce
• Dev Shenoy, Principal Director for Microelectronics, Department of Defense 
• Gregg Bartlett, Chief Technology Office, GlobalFoundries
• Jim Cable, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman, Finwave Semiconductor

The event will be hosted by Frank Doyle, Dean of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

The Technology and Public Purpose Summit 2023 convenes experts and explorers to discuss how we can build a future where public purpose drives innovation.

The summit is in-person only. RSVP is required. 

The Blockchain for Impact Workshop is a half-day event that explores the potential of blockchain technology to promote positive social change in three domains: International Development, Public Goods, and Regenerative Economy.

This event is invite only for in-person participation; RSVP is required for remote participation.

The Technology and Public Purpose Project would like to thank Polygon Labs and Impact Plus for their help coordinating the workshop.

EVENT SUMMARY

Technical standards are a critical part of the global technology ecosystem because they facilitate trade, can give first movers a competitive advantage, and can generate significant revenue for companies with patents deemed “standards essential.” Recognizing the strategic importance of standards, China has increasingly grown its presence in standards meetings, and reports have documented instances of attempted standards voting manipulation by Chinese actors. This event will feature three guest speakers and focus on how the U.S. can leverage the momentum generated by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act to support robust US industry participation and leadership in an inclusive, open, fair and robust global standards ecosystem.

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Mary Saunders, Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy, American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
• Naomi Wilson, Vice President of Policy, Asia, Information Technology Industry Council

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

Join the Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project for a study group on “Scaling Innovation for National Security.”

This three-part study group will be organized by TAPP fellow, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, and Former U.S. Deputy CTO Nick Sinai, and explores the intersection of national security, technology, and innovation to solve national security challenges. Experts from across the defense innovation ecosystem will share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for scaling new technology to advance U.S. interests. 

This study group is open to anyone with an interest in learning about innovation and national security. No background in national security or technology is required! Our goal is to explore the intersection of these two fields and identify new opportunities to drive innovation and solve national security challenges. 

Sessions: 

• Session 1. Perspectives from the Pentagon, with the Honorable Michèle Flournoy
• Session 2. Scaling Innovation: An Entrepreneur's Perspective, with Josh Lospinoso
• Session 3. Innovating for the Warfighter, with General Joe Dunford, USMC (Ret.)

DAO Harvard is a three-day conference that will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and academics to engage in conversation regarding the research, legal, and policy considerations of DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations). 

The conference is co-hosted by Harvard Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project and Harvard University's Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics.

For any inquiries please reach out to Sarah Hubbard at sarah_hubbard@hks.harvard.edu  

The Technology and Public Purpose Project invites you to a hybrid book talk with Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role On Any Team co-authors, Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze.  

Come learn over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs and HOAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies. Nick and Marina will be joined in conversation with Associate Director of the Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project, Amritha Jayanti, who will serve as moderator.  

Speakers and Presenters

Nick Sinai is a HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project (TAPP); along with serving as an advisor to the Harvard Open Data Project, Harvard Computer Society's Tech For Social Good, and Upsolve.  He serves on the board of the non-profit Coding It Forward. 

Marina Nitze is currently focused on improving America’s child welfare system. She was previously the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2013-2017), helped found the United States Digital Service, and served as a Senior Advisor on technology in the White House under the Obama Administration.

EVENT SUMMARY

This event will focus on the workforce challenges for the microelectronics industry in the U.S. as the industry rapidly expands due to investments made by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. It is estimated that over the next few years an additional 70,000 to 90,000 fab workers will be needed within new CHIPS-funded facilities. This workforce gap is substantial and demands a large-scale investment in workforce development. 

This event will feature five guest speakers who will discuss the critical role of community colleges in addressing this challenge, designing workforce development initiatives focused on underrepresented minorities and rural communities, and lessons learned in the political process of creating and passing the workforce provisions in the CHIPS and Science Act.

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Bo Machayo, Director of U.S. Government and Public Affairs, Micron Technology
• Anastasia Urtz, Provost and Senior Vice President, Onondaga Community College 
• Jared Ashcroft, PI of Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC); Professor at Pasadena City College
• Hon. John Katko, Senior Advisor, HillEast Group
• Sujai Shivakumar, Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation Project, CSIS

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

EVENT SUMMARY

This event is about NSF's Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, newly authorized through the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.  One of the key issues the TIP Directorate is tasked with addressing is advancing the speed with which we move critical technology investments from lab to market. The event will feature four guest speakers who will shed light on the development of the TIP Directorate, strategic competition with China, and key lessons and suggestions for the TIP Directorate from other government initiatives, the private sector, and academia. 

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Erwin Gianchandani, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
• Stacey Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
• Edlyn Levine, Chief Science Officer, America’s Frontier Fund
• Steven Currall, Visiting scholar, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University; Former President, University of South Florida

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

How do you strategically plan your career, decide on roles, and prepare for transitions? Join DJ Patil, investor, entrepreneur, former US Chief Data Scientist (Obama Administration) and Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Non-Resident Fellow at the Belfer Center, as he walks you through a process he has used with hundreds of people including many in top government positions. In fact, it's a process he's gone through many times over himself as he's transitioned  between different sized companies and government.

Picking your next step after graduate school can be difficult, but DJ's session will help you feel more at ease as you learn the art of smooth career transitions and strategic career planning.

This is a hybrid event. The event will be followed by a networking session from 3:00-3:30PM in Malkin Penthouse. RSVP is required.