Event Video: Accelerating Innovation: University, U.S. Military, and Private Sector Partnerships

The way the military has approached partnering for technological innovation has changed significantly over the last 5+ years. In order to tap into rapid advances made in consequential areas such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, the DoD and military services have turned to commercial/startup inspired models.  These changes comprise a new innovation landscape that includes many partnerships among academics, the US military, and the private sector. Many of the new organizations emerging in this new landscape are connected to MIT.

Watch the panel discussion explore:

• How have these partnerships worked in general?
• How much have they changed the way defense innovation operates in practice?
• What has been…and what should be MIT’s role?

Participants

Introduction	L. Rafael Reif President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator	Gene Keselman Executive Director, MIT Innovation Initiative IMA to the Director, USAF-MIT AI Accelerator LinkedIn
Panelists	Eric Schmidt Co-Founder, Schmidt Futures Former CEO & Chairman of Google Former Chairman of the Department of Defense’s Innovation Board
	Daniela Rus Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Deputy Dean of Research for Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT MIT Director, USAF-MIT AI Accelerator  LinkedIn
	Jonathan Woodson Director, Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, Boston University Army Reserve Medical Command Commanding General
	Bernadette Johnson Chief Technology Ventures Officer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory LinkedIn
	Col Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton USAF Director, USAF-MIT AI Accelerator  LinkedIn

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Event Hosts:  MIT ROTC        MIT Security Studies Program        MIT Innovation Initiative