PARC Forum: The future of defense technologies

Join us at SRI’s PARC Forum as we explore the future of national and global security and defense technologies. California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis will be joined by Christopher Kirchhoff (head of AI strategy and global security at Scale AI and Defense Innovation Unit advisor) and Raj M. Shah (managing partner of Shield Capital and executive chairman and co-founder of Resilience). Kirchhoff and Shah are also the co-authors of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War.

Together, the speakers will address urgent questions at the intersection of government, innovation, and defense, such as:

This timely conversation comes as dual-use technology moves from the periphery to the center of national security strategy, with implications for California’s economy, America’s defense posture, and global stability.