SRI’s PARC Forum

Nobel laureate John M. Martinis on the quantum frontier

John M. Martinis, 2025 Nobel laureate for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit, joined Celia Merzbarcher, executive director for the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, in this exciting PARC Forum to talk about today’s quantum ecosystem, emerging real-world applications, and more. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit http://www.sri.com/events. To sponsor a future PARC Forum, contact us today! Recent sponsors include Schmidt Sciences, Alphabet’s X, Quantum California, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Visit http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship for more. Recorded June 3, 2026 For the latest news and updates, follow us here [https://www.sri.com/about-us/press-room/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to AI

In this episode, The Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims and SRI Education’s Susan Patrick discuss how AI can strengthen human agency. Drawing from his new book How to AI, Mims shares how experts are leveraging AI to improve productivity, share knowledge, and strengthen workflows. Patrick translates these cross-industry insights into what they mean for education. As student AI use accelerates, what must education rethink? Where can AI advance education outcomes and where should it be avoided? This vital conversation examines what it means to design jobs and classrooms where AI enhances critical thinking rather than replaces it. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit http://www.sri.com/events. To sponsor a future PARC Forum, contact us today! Recent sponsors include Schmidt Sciences, Alphabet’s X, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Visit http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship for more. Recorded April 30, 2026 For the latest news and updates, follow us here [https://www.sri.com/about-us/press-room/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The future of defense technologies

How is venture-backed innovation changing the nature of military technology development? What sectors are bridging the gap between cutting-edge innovation and military capabilities? And how are emerging technologies reshaping the future of warfare and global security? John Markoff, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and author of several books on technology, discussed these questions and more in a dynamic conversation with California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Christopher Kirchhoff (head of AI strategy and global security at Scale AI and Defense Innovation Unit [https://www.diu.mil/] advisor), and Raj M. Shah (managing partner of Shield Capital and executive chairman and co-founder of Resilience). Kirchhoff and Shah are the co-authors of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Unit-X/Raj-M-Shah/9781668031391]. This conversation is deeply relevant as dual-use technology moves from the periphery to the center of national security strategy, with implications for California’s economy, America’s defense posture, and global stability. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit http://www.sri.com/events [http://www.sri.com/events]. To sponsor a future PARC Forum, contact us today! Recent sponsors include Schmidt Sciences, Alphabet’s X, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Visit http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship [http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship] for more. Recorded March 26, 2026 For the latest news and updates, follow us here [https://www.sri.com/about-us/press-room/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The future of trust

How can society make the most of AI’s potential? In this PARC Forum sponsored by Schmidt Sciences, KQED’s Rachael Myrow moderated a conversation between two leading voices on AI governance: Mozilla cofounder Mitchell Baker and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace president Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar. To learn about future PARC Forums, visit http://www.sri.com/events [http://www.sri.com/events]. To sponsor a future PARC Forum, contact us today! Recent sponsors include Schmidt Sciences, Alphabet’s X, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Visit http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship [http://www.sri.com/events/sponsorship] for more. Recorded October 9, 2025 For the latest news and updates, follow us here [https://www.sri.com/about-us/press-room/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The future of education in the age of AI

How can educators balance rapid AI innovation with effective, rigorous, evidence-based strategies? In this PARC Forum, Afua Bruce (founder and principal of the ANB Advisory Group [https://www.anbadvisory.com/] and author of The Tech That Comes Next [https://thetechthatcomesnext.com/]) moderates an eye-opening conversation about AI in education featuring Kumar Garg (Renaissance Philanthropy [https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/]), Fernando Fabre (Kauffman Fellows [https://www.kauffmanfellows.org/]), Erwin Gianchandani (National Science Foundation [https://www.nsf.gov/]), and Leigh Ann DeLyser (SRI Education [https://www.sri.com/research/education-learning/]). To learn about future PARC Forums, visit https://www.sri.com/events/ [https://www.sri.com/events/]. Recorded August 28, 2025 For the latest news and updates, follow us here [https://www.sri.com/about-us/press-room/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.