SRI’s PARC Forum

John M. Martinis, 2025 Nobel laureate for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit, joined Celia Merzbarcher, executive director for the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, in this exciting PARC Forum to talk about today’s quantum ecosystem, emerging real-world applications, and more. To learn about future PARC Forum...

In this episode, The Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims and SRI Education’s Susan Patrick discuss how AI can strengthen human agency. Drawing from his new book How to AI , Mims shares how experts are leveraging AI to improve productivity, share knowledge, and strengthen workflows. Patrick translates these cross-industry insights into what they mean for education. As student AI use...

How is venture-backed innovation changing the nature of military technology development? What sectors are bridging the gap between cutting-edge innovation and military capabilities? And how are emerging technologies reshaping the future of warfare and global security? John Markoff, Pulitzer Prize-winning  New York Times  reporter and author of several books on technology, discussed these...

How can society make the most of AI’s potential? In this PARC Forum sponsored by Schmidt Sciences, KQED’s Rachael Myrow moderated a conversation between two leading voices on AI governance: Mozilla cofounder Mitchell Baker and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace president Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit  http://www.sri.com/events . To sponsor...

How can educators balance rapid AI innovation with effective, rigorous, evidence-based strategies? In this PARC Forum, Afua Bruce (founder and principal of the ANB Advisory Group and author of The Tech That Comes Next ) moderates an eye-opening conversation about AI in education featuring Kumar Garg ( Renaissance Philanthropy ), Fernando Fabre ( Kauffman Fellows ), Erwin Gianchandani ( National Sc...

Award-winning journalist Karen Hao joined Karen Myers (vice president and director of SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center ) and Christiana McFarland (director of SRI’s Center for Innovation, Strategy, and Policy ) for an engaging conversation about the impacts of AI around the world. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit  https://www.sri.com/events/ . Recorded May 22, 2025 For the la...

What will the world look like as AI continues to accelerate? In this PARC Forum conversation, technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Eric Schmidt joined SRI CEO David Parekh to discuss our long-term future with AI. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit  SRI.com . Recorded March 2025. For the latest news and updates, follow us here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

At FutureFest 2025, Pulitzer Prize-winning technology journalist John Markoff moderated a conversation with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X (formerly Google X), and David Parekh, CEO of SRI. Together, they explored how today’s groundbreaking innovations are solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges, touching on AI, robotics, quantum, space, biotech, and much more. To learn about futur...

SRI, in collaboration with Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, hosted the Monterey Bay Aquarium to discuss ocean conservation. Julie Packard from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Stanford’s Fiorenza Micheli, and SRI’s Julie Bert discuss issues in ocean sustainability with KQED’s Rosa Tuirán. Learn more about SRI's work in climate & sustainability . Recorded October 2024. For the latest news a...

In this PARC Forum our keynote speaker, Parmy Olson, a Bloomberg technology columnist and the author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, discusses AI's transformative impact on society. She was joined by Patrick Lincoln, president of SRI's Information and Computing Sciences division. Learn more about SRI's work in AI Recorded September 2024. For the latest news and...

SRI celebrated the creation and development of three world-changing innovations and the innovators behind them, with keynote speakers Bob Metcalfe and Vint Cerf. SRI was presented with three IEEE milestones for the laser printer, the Alto personal computer, and Ethernet – transformative technologies in modern computing. The event celebrated the individuals and teams behind the development of these...

David Leonhardt is a senior writer for The New York Times, where he writes The Morning, its flagship daily newsletter. He is the author of  Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream  (Random House, 2023). The Atlantic, the Financial Times, and the New Republic named it one of the best books of the year. Previously at The Times, David was an Op-Ed columnist, the Washington bureau...

SRI’s PARC Forum brings together some of the world’s most interesting people for conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and society. We explore how research and technology can make our world safer, healthier, and more sustainable. For the latest news and updates, follow us here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.