Dame Fiona Murray Associate Dean For Innovation Co-Director MIT Innovation Initiative William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship Faculty Director Legatum Center MIT Sloan School of Management
Increasing global and political tensions are reshaping how we think about cooperation and competition. Nowhere is this more evident than in technology, where access to and control of key capabilities, such as quantum computing, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, space systems, and synthetic biology, are increasingly viewed as both competitive and national security priorities. At the same time, the social and economic questions surrounding technologies like AI are becoming more complex, making both domestic and international coordination ever more challenging.
How can we balance these concerns in ways that acknowledge national, regional, and global perspectives, while also accounting for competition? This session will examine two key domains: Tough Tech and Digital.