Events

A special episode of Betting on America features a live CSIS event with Navin and Dr. Mark Calabria, discussing how the U.S. can build a modern, accurate, and credible statistical system to support economic security.

As the U.S. updates its defense capabilities, the need for a strong, skilled workforce has never been clearer. This CSIS–NIICA joint session examines how workforce readiness and talent pipelines shape the nation’s ability to meet the defense imperative.

Discussions will explore the US and Japan’s assets and capabilities and the challenges and opportunities for cooperation.

Join CSIS Renewing American Innovation for a talk with Ian Fletcher, co-author of "Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries," which offers practical, politically realistic solutions for America’s needs.

The San Diego region anchors the high-tech innovation hub that is southern California. This event highlights the unique roles that the public, private, and academic sectors work together to create a vibrant and globally-renowned semiconductor design hub.

Discussions will explore the region’s assets and capabilities, the challenges and opportunities for small (and large) firms, as well as the need for improved cooperation across the emerging ecosystem. 

The Netherlands is a staunch, longstanding U.S. ally and democracy. In a world that runs on advanced technologies and where the competition to lead in these technologies is intense and globally distributed, the cooperation of these two innovation systems is a national security imperative.

CSIS will host Iowa Senator Joni Ernst for a keynote on the future of SBIR and her bill, the INNOVATE Act. A fireside chat will follow her address as well as a panel of industry leaders and policy experts that have direct experience with small business innovation. 

Brad Smith, CSIS Trustee and Microsoft Vice Chair & President, joins Navin Girishankar’s Betting on America to discuss “The Golden Opportunity for American AI.”

Join CSIS Senior Adviser and former USPTO director Andrei Iancu for a discussion with James Edwards on his new book, To Invent Is Divine: Creativity, Ownership, and the US Patent System.