The Hoover Institution and the Stanford School of Engineering convened policymakers, scholars, and national leaders in Washington, DC for the official launch of the 2026 Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR).
This event features expert discussions on how emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, and energy systems—are reshaping economic competitiveness, national security, and global geopolitics. Speakers examine how the United States can strengthen its innovation ecosystem, mitigate technological risk, and maintain leadership amid intensifying global competition.
FEATURING
- Senator Dave McCormick U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania
- Senator Chris Coons U.S. Senator, Delaware
- Secretary Condoleezza Rice 66th U.S. Secretary of State | Tad and Dianne Taube Director | Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Amy Zegart Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Jennifer Widom Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering | Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- Fei-Fei Li Sequoia Capital Professor | Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
- Mark Horowitz Fortinet Founders Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering | Yahoo! Founders Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
- Steven Koonin Edward Teller Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Herbert Lin Research Fellow, Hoover Institution | Director and Editor-in-Chief, Stanford Emerging Technology Review
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR)
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review, a campus-wide initiative housed under Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator, helps America’s public and private sectors better understand transformational technologies so that the United States can seize opportunities, mitigate risks, and ensure its innovation ecosystem continues to thrive. The product of a major new Stanford education initiative, its clear explanation of pivotal tech domains, recent developments within them, and what to look out for in the future makes it an indispensable guide to tomorrow’s world.
Learn more about the Stanford Emerging Technology Review and download the 2026 report: https://setr.stanford.edu/.
Technology Policy Accelerator (TPA)
The Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator (TPA) conducts research and develops insights that help government and business leaders better understand emerging technology and its geopolitical implications so they can seize opportunities, mitigate risks, and advance American interests and values.
