The Geopolitics of Technology Forum is being co-hosted by the Yale Chapter of the Geopolitics of Technology Initiative, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Next Generation Diplomacy in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit, the Special Competitive Studies Project, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, the NobleReach Foundation, Beacon Global Strategies, and the Yale Schmidt Program on AI, Emerging Tech, and National Power on April 11 and 12. The Forum will bring top students with STEM and foreign policy backgrounds from across the country to DC to explore the intersection of technology and international relations. The inaugural topic is “Tech Cooperation and Competition in the Indo-Pacific.” The conference will feature numerous speakers from the US government, tech firms, and think tanks, as well as a Career Fair with recruiters from government agencies, companies, and nonprofits in tech and national security. 


The Forum will begin on Thursday, April 11 with the Career Fair, which will be from 3:30 to 5:30 pm EST at the Shaw Ballroom of Courtyard by Marriott Washington Downtown/Convention Center (901 L St NW, Washington, DC 20001). All attendees’ resumes will be sent to the organizations at the Career Fair. The main conference will be on Friday, April 12 from 8 am to around 5:30 pm at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036). 


If you're interested in attending the Career Fair on April 11, all you need to do is fill out the form below. If you would like to attend the conference as well on April 12 and do not need housing/travel covered, please fill out the form AND wait for confirmation from our side as we have very limited spots available. If you're representing an organization seeking to have a table at the Career Fair, please let us know in the form below, and we will send you a confirmation email once we confirm that we can include your group. Set-up will be from 3 to 3:30 pm and breakdown/clean-up will be from 5:30 to 6 pm. 


The confirmed organizations so far at the Career Fair are the U.S. State Department, the Defense Innovation Unit (from the U.S. Department of Defense), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, Palantir, Scale AI, Exiger, 3rd Eye, Rhombus Power, the Special Competitive Studies Project, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Beacon Global Strategies, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation’s National Security Innovation Base Program, the NobleReach Foundation, and the RAND Technology and Security Policy Center.