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Past Events Archive

Thursday, July 12, 2018
Should We Communicate with Aliens?

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Technology, National Identity, and “Invisible Countries”

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Up in the Air: Does NATO's Air Defense Deficit Endanger Baltic Security?

Friday, June 15, 2018
The Festival of Science and Religion

Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Transformative Impact of NASA’s User-Focused Data

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Crimea Four Years After Annexation

Thursday, May 10, 2018
Fact or Fiction: What Will It Take To Combat Misinformation and Disinformation in the Digital Age?

Sunday, May 06, 2018
National Capital DC Devils Annual Crabfeast

Thursday, April 26, 2018
Muzzled Media: Global Threats to Freedom of the Press

Monday, April 16, 2018
My Favorite Movie With Minh-Hà Pham: The Fifth Element

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Autonomous Vehicles: Keeping the Public in the Driver’s Seat

Tuesday, April 03, 2018
The Future of Experience?

Tuesday, March 06, 2018
My Favorite Movie With Tom King, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Nuclear North Korea: Is War the Way Ahead?

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Debunking the "War on Coal" - Winter 2018 Launch Event for Issues in Science and Technology

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Breakfast with the Right Honourable George Osborne

Monday, February 26, 2018
Congo's Deepening Crisis

Thursday, February 08, 2018
What Our Democracy Needs to Know

Wednesday, February 07, 2018
Leadership Voices: Pathways to Success featuring David Brooks

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Who's Afraid of Online Speech?

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
My Favorite Movie With Chick Macal, Distinguished Fellow and Senior Systems Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory

Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The Business of Protecting the Future of Sport Forum

Wednesday, December 06, 2017
Your Digital Afterlife

Tuesday, November 14, 2017
The History of the Future

Monday, November 13, 2017
Moral Injury: Toward an International Perspective

Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Why Should We Imagine Solar Flares Taking Down International Space Stations?

Tuesday, November 07, 2017
Solar Powered Education: Bringing the Internet to Off-Grid Students

Monday, November 06, 2017
Introducing the U.S.-Mexico Task Force

Thursday, October 26, 2017
Does Technology Need the Arts to Build a Better Future?

Thursday, October 26, 2017
Child Support in the Age of Complex Families: It's Critical, but it's Broken

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
As the Waters Come, Will Our Politics Rise to the Challenge?

Wednesday, October 18, 2017
My Favorite Movie with Alvaro Bedoya, Founding Executive Director, Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
The Hidden History of America’s “Code Girls”

Saturday, October 14, 2017
Creative Nonfiction Craft Intensive Workshop

Friday, October 13, 2017
Science & Religion—Exploring the Harmonies: A Media Perspective with Writers and Editors from The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard

Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Leadership Voices: Pathways to Success

Thursday, October 05, 2017
Is Big Tech An Existential Threat?

Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Russia: Time to Contain?

Thursday, September 28, 2017
The Future of Mental Health Technology

Wednesday, September 20, 2017
My Favorite Movie with Francis Fukuyama: Gattaca

Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Next Generation Leaders Graduation Ceremony

Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Make America Innovate Again

Thursday, July 13, 2017
My Favorite Movie with Congressman Ted Lieu - Ex Machina

Wednesday, June 14, 2017
What Your Dog Really Thinks of You

Tuesday, May 09, 2017
Sorry officer, I wasn’t driving – my car was

Thursday, April 27, 2017
Do We Need to Stop Talking About “Curing” Cancer?

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Unlocking Human Potential and the Role of Innovation

Thursday, April 13, 2017
NATO In An Age Of Uncertainty: A Conversation With NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The End of Insight?

Tuesday, March 28, 2017
What Algorithms Want

Saturday, March 25, 2017
Your Podcast is a Story: Finding and Telling Strong Narratives

Thursday, March 23, 2017
Can Technology Make Sports Safer?

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Future of War Conference 2017

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
The Case for Understanding Biomedical Innovation Better

Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Will Collaboration or Competition Propel Humans to Mars and Beyond?

Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Understanding the Fight Against Human Trafficking in the 115th Congress

Saturday, February 25, 2017
The Well-Crafted Proposal: Nonfiction Book Proposal Boot Camp

Thursday, February 16, 2017
Cybersecurity Self-Defense Class

Tuesday, February 07, 2017
The Global Leadership Symposium: Embracing Disruption

Monday, February 06, 2017
2nd annual Human Trafficking Symposium

Thursday, February 02, 2017
The Spawn of Frankenstein

Friday, January 27, 2017
Confronting Scientific Controversies: Do Facts Matter?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Will The Internet Always Be American?

Thursday, January 12, 2017
My Favorite Movie with Terrell McSweeny - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Thursday, January 12, 2017
Where Are They Now: A Look at America’s Next Generation Universities

Saturday, January 07, 2017
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing Creative Nonfiction

Friday, December 09, 2016
Future Conflict & Emerging Technologies

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Law and Order Circa 2050

Saturday, November 19, 2016
Hacking for Social Justice

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age

Wednesday, November 02, 2016
My Favorite Movie with Anne-Marie Slaughter: Never Let Me Go

Thursday, October 27, 2016
After the U.S. Election: Time to Re-Engage Russia?

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Will Technology Make Ownership Obsolete?

Monday, October 24, 2016
What's the Future of the American Dream?

Friday, October 21, 2016
The Illusion of Average: Renewing Research Infrastructure

Wednesday, October 19, 2016
The Next President’s Fight Against Terror

Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Isn't It Time We Designed an Election for the 21st Century?

Wednesday, October 05, 2016
ISIS and Sex Slavery

Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Public Administration Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education

Thursday, September 29, 2016
Happy 30th Birthday to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Thursday, September 29, 2016
Cronkite Century Celebration

Friday, September 23, 2016
The Illusion of Average: An Open Science Approach to Research

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Advancing Democracy and Human Rights Promotes U.S. National Security Interests

Monday, September 19, 2016
My Favorite Movie with Francis Fukuyama: Children of Men

Thursday, September 15, 2016
Is ISIS Winning?

Thursday, September 15, 2016
The Most Innovative People in Higher Education

Friday, September 09, 2016
The Illusion of Average: Implications for Scientists

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
McCain Institute Next Generation Leaders Graduation Ceremony

Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Conversation & Cocktails: Rule of Law and Governance

Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Conversation & Cocktails: Human Rights and Democracy

Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Will North America Become the Next Saudi Arabia?

Thursday, July 07, 2016
Conversation & Cocktails: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wednesday, June 22, 2016
The Problems with Minsk and Corruption: How to Help Ukraine

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Future Directions of Usable Science for Rangeland Sustainability

Thursday, June 09, 2016
My Favorite Movie with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Wednesday, June 08, 2016
It’s So Hard to Get Good Digital Help These Days!

Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Citizen Science: Empowering a Robust National Effort

Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Why Does It Still Take 5 Hours To Fly Cross-Country?!

Monday, May 09, 2016
#IdeasToRetire: Information Systems in Public Management, Public Policy, and Governance

Friday, April 29, 2016
New Tools for Science Policy Seminar: Innovation in Higher Education – Africa’s Turn

Thursday, April 21, 2016
Trust But Verify: The Crisis in Biomedicine

Friday, April 01, 2016
"Solved?": Investigating Boris Nemtsov's Murder

Tuesday, March 29, 2016
A Crisis on a Global Scale: How Cooperation Fosters Local Solutions to Human Trafficking

Thursday, March 24, 2016
Incubating Artificial intelligence: Regulating Intelligent Cars and Drones in the 21st Century

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Silencing Voices of Russian Opposition

Friday, March 11, 2016
Different Technologies, Different Learning Rates: Policy implications for energy investments

Thursday, March 10, 2016
Future of War Conference 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016
Climate Change: This Time, It's Personal

Thursday, February 25, 2016
Human Trafficking Symposium

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Can Genetic Engineering Stop Zika?

Monday, February 22, 2016
Can you be an environmentalist without embracing nuclear energy?

Monday, February 01, 2016
The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Deploying Technology to Rescue the Past

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
How Human Do We Want Our Robots to Be?

Friday, December 11, 2015
After Paris: The Refugee Crisis

Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Tyranny of Algorithms

Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Reframing the Debate around CRISPR and Genome Editing

Thursday, December 03, 2015
Is It Time for the United States to Pivot Back to Europe?

Wednesday, December 02, 2015
My Favorite Movie with Dr. France Córdova: October Sky

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Why we need Risk Innovation

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
ISIS in the West: The Western Foreign Fighters Flow to Syria and Iraq

Friday, November 13, 2015
What Does American Ingenuity Look Like?

Thursday, November 12, 2015
Will Libraries Outlive Books?

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
The Faith-Based Community’s Role in Congo’s Electoral Process

Thursday, November 05, 2015
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and the Child Welfare Response

Thursday, October 22, 2015
Should Foreign Aid Be Tied to Human Rights?

Thursday, October 22, 2015
The Citizen between Science and Policy: Innovation in Governance and Climate Change Resilience

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
How Can Science Help With Diplomacy—and Diplomacy Help With Science?

Friday, October 09, 2015
Nanotechnology Policy: Evolving and Maturing

Thursday, October 01, 2015
How Did the 1965 Immigration Act Change America?

Thursday, October 01, 2015
Objective Troy: The Hunt for Awlaki

Thursday, October 01, 2015
From Asteroids to Oceans: Using Public Engagement to Inform Policy Decisions

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Religion and International Affairs: Faith, Conflict and Governance

Friday, September 25, 2015
Entrapment or Necessary Tool: The Role of Informants and Undercover Officers in Terrorism Cases

Monday, September 21, 2015
"One Rock, Three Religions" Film Screening

Monday, September 21, 2015
CSPO Conversations: Diversifying the Climate Dialogue

Thursday, September 10, 2015
Should the United States be the World's Policeman?

Thursday, September 03, 2015
McCain Institute Next Generation Leaders Graduation Ceremony

Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Conversations & Cocktails with The McCain Institute - Humanitarian Action

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Conversations & Cocktails with The McCain Institute - National Security

Monday, July 27, 2015
Reporting While Female

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Drones and Aerial Observation - New Technologies for Property Rights, Human Rights and Global Development

Friday, July 10, 2015
Fallujah Redux: Lessons in Leadership and Engagement from the Fallujah Awakening

Thursday, July 02, 2015
Team of Teams: Lessons from JSOC for a Complex World

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Conversations & Cocktails with The McCain Institute - Human Rights and Democracy

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating is the Only Way to Peace

Monday, June 22, 2015
A New Transatlantic Trade Deal: Good for America?

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Designing the Future

Monday, June 15, 2015
Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
War of Women: Why We Need Female Service-Members to Fight Tomorrow's Battles

Thursday, June 04, 2015
Resolved: Technology Will Take All Our Jobs

Ben Nelson

Thursday, June 04, 2015
Rethinking Higher Education featuring Ben Nelson, founder, chairman and CEO, Minerva Project

Thursday, May 28, 2015
Contested Terrain: The Future of Afghan Women

Monday, May 04, 2015
High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq: A Conversation with Author Emma Sky

Friday, May 01, 2015
Sudden Justice: America's Secret Drone Wars

Friday, April 24, 2015
Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology

Thursday, April 09, 2015
Giant Leap: The Race to Mars and Back

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
What It Means to Be American: Are Americans Risk-Takers?

Thursday, March 26, 2015
Our Data, Our Health

Thursday, March 19, 2015
Bridging the Democracy Gap in Climate and Energy Policy

Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Will Technology Put an End to Disability?

Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement

Thursday, February 26, 2015
McCain Institute: A New U.S. Cuba Policy - Did Cuba Win?

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Future of War - First Annual Conference

Thursday, February 12, 2015
What It Means to Be American: Is Rock 'n' Roll All About Reinvention?

Thursday, February 12, 2015
The Battery War: America's Team in the Battle to Own the Future

Thursday, February 12, 2015
Delivering Practical Solutions on Urban Problems

Friday, January 16, 2015
CSPO Conversations: Reinventing Climate Change

Thursday, January 15, 2015
Syria: Should the United States Do More?

Thursday, January 15, 2015
How Will Human Ingenuity Handle a Warming Planet?

Thursday, January 15, 2015
Examining the Crisis in Syria

Thursday, January 15, 2015
Access & Excellence: Bridging the growing divide in higher education

Friday, December 12, 2014
Drone Wars: Transforming Conflict, Law and Policy

Thursday, December 11, 2014
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman book event

Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Validating Data to Sustain Health panel presented by Project Honeybee at 2014 mHealth Summit

Tuesday, December 09, 2014
What Factors Lead to Success on Research Collaboration: Some Tales from the Front Line

Thursday, December 04, 2014
My Favorite Movie with Ellen Stofan, Chief Scientist, NASA

Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Future of Reproduction

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Human Trafficking Conversation Series: In Our Backyard

Tuesday, November 11, 2014
@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

Monday, November 10, 2014
Beyond Basic and Applied: A New Typology of Science

Thursday, October 23, 2014
China: Is Engagement Still Working?

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Deliberating Differently: The Futurescape City Tours

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The Futurescape City Tours in Washington DC – Envisioning and Deliberating Differently

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Human Trafficking Conversation Series: Human Trafficking 101

Thursday, October 02, 2014
Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
University Innovation Alliance Kick-Off Event