Krach Institute to hold fireside chat May 11

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue will host a fireside chat at 2 p.m. May 11 in the Feature Gym in the France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center.

The program will explore the role critical and emerging technologies must play in securing freedom. It will feature Purdue President Mung Chiang and Keith Krach (IE’79, HDR IE’18), chairman and co-founder of the Krach Institute and former U.S. under secretary of state. 

Registration is now open. A livestream link will be sent 24 hours before the event for those unable to attend in person.

As the preeminent global authority on tech diplomacy, the nonpartisan Krach Institute underscores Purdue’s role as a leading national-security university. The institute accelerates the widespread adoption of trusted tech by integrating tech expertise, Silicon Valley strategies and foreign policy tools to build the Global Tech Trust Network of governments, companies and individuals united around a set of shared trust principles and a common mission to ensure that technology advances freedom.

The institute is accelerating Purdue’s role at the forefront of technologies critical to American foreign policy and global freedom, including 5G, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, clean energy, biotech, digital currency, autonomous vehicles, space, hypersonics and quantum computing.