Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – The Hoover Institution has officially launched the Technology Policy Accelerator (TPA), a bold new initiative aimed at helping US government and business leaders navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of emerging technologies and their implications for national security, economic growth, and global leadership.The TPA’s mission is to support more informed policymaking by producing insights that clarify how emerging technologies are reshaping geopolitics, society, and the economy. It operates as a collaborative hub—connecting Silicon Valley and Washington, academia and industry, and science and strategy—to foster dialogue and advance understanding across sectors.
The TPA’s scholars contribute to these efforts through cutting edge research, briefings to government leaders, congressional testimonies, and wide-ranging public engagement across media platforms. They also participate in conferences and seminars that bring together experts from government, industry, and academia to exchange ideas and explore solutions to pressing technology policy challenges.Speaking at the launch event on Stanford’s campus on Monday, June 16, Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and America’s 66th secretary of state, emphasized why Stanford is uniquely suited for this initiative.
“Senator Stanford, when he created and founded Stanford University, gave us a great gift of this land that allowed us all to be co-located,” she said. “And then, of course, what he could never have known was that Stanford would then be co-located in the hub of innovation in the country and in the world, here in the Silicon Valley.”That proximity gives us a unique ability to bring together the scientific community, the private sector, and the public sector to address the most pressing technological challenges and opportunities of our time.”
Rice also underscored a growing concern about the erosion of America’s commitment to fundamental research, pointing to Stanford’s unique role at the heart of the country’s innovation ecosystem. She emphasized that the breakthroughs which have shaped industries and strengthened national security – including the double helix, transistors, and the founding of Hewlett Packard and Google – have emerged from the foundational research conducted at universities like Stanford.
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