Past Events

The Future of Computing
The Future of Computing
Thursday, October 31, 2019 For 50 years, Moore’s Law has driven revolutionary technological advances that have altered the way we live. We are now reaching the end of Moore’s Law, and with that, the end of conventional, scaling-based computing progress. Beyond conventional CMOS, Boolean logic, a...
The Future of Deep Space Exploration
The Future of Deep Space Exploration
Center for Enterprise, Exploration, and Defense in Space (CEEDS) presents: The Future of Deep Space Exploration The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies hosts a panel discussion on the exciting work being done in the exploration of deep space. The Institute’s Center for Enterprise, Exploration, a...
African Security Concerns: Challenges and Opportunities 2020 and Beyond
African Security Concerns: Challenges and Opportunities 2020 and Beyond
A Special Ambassador’s Forum: “African Security Concerns: Challenges and Opportunities 2020 and Beyond” In the face of African security challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, migration, terrorism, insurgencies, and wars, is diplomacy’s role shifting from its traditional state...
The Next Space Industry: Low Earth Orbit Commercialization
The Next Space Industry: Low Earth Orbit Commercialization
Friday June 21st, 2019 moderated by former NASA Administrator MajGen Charles F. Bolden Jr. As NASA continues to work towards a future in which it is one of many customers in a vibrant space economy, it is critical to understand both the markets that will drive that transition, and the role that gov...
Jerusalem and Washington: A Life in Politics and Diplomacy
Jerusalem and Washington: A Life in Politics and Diplomacy
Zalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat who was a 4-term member of the Knesset, first representing David Ben-Gurion's Rafi-State List and then the Likud and who served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States during the George H. W. Bush presidency and, later during the Clinton admi...
A Special Ambassador’s Forum: “The Role of Diplomacy in the World’s Future”
A Special Ambassador’s Forum: “The Role of Diplomacy in the World’s Future”
In the face of expanding national, regional, and global challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, outbreaks of endemic diseases, migration, terrorism, insurgencies, and wars, is diplomacy’s role shifting from its traditional statecraft to broader missions? A panel of distinguished U.S....

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Preface:

This is the final report of a study conducted by the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (the Institute) under the sponsorship of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (ODDRE).
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development and support of non-partisan analysis of technology and technology policy. The Institute has conducted studies that provide insight into the impact of new technologies and processes on our society, the proper relationship between government and industry in meeting future needs, and the state of the U.S. industrial base.
We would like to thank the sponsors of this review project, particularly Dr. Lee Buchanan, then Deputy Director of DARPA, and Mr. John Jennings and Dr. Steven Wax, past Managers of the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) Office, for their support and insight. We would also like to thank Mr. Dan Petonito, of the ODDRE for allowing us to continue the study under the Dual Use Science and Technology Program (DUS&T). We are especially grateful for the time contributed by industry participants, DARPA program managers (PMs), and Service agents. Their generosity in sharing their valuable experience is responsible for whatever wisdom is to be found in the ensuing pages of this report. Finally, our thanks to Ms. Mary Roko, who helped immensely with our database. Views expressed are our own, however, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any of the contributors mentioned.

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