SRI’s PARC Forum brings together some of the world’s most interesting people for conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and society. We explore how research and technology can make our world safer, healthier, and more sustainable.
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Daphne Koller and Stephan Mergenthaler on the future of science discoveries using AI
SRI CEO David Parekh and insitro CEO and co-founder Daphne Koller sat down with Stephan Mergenthaler, CTO of the World Economic Forum, to talk about a shift already underway: AI as an accelerator for scientific discovery.
The conversation moved from the present to what’s next. Parekh and Koller shared where AI is already making a measurable difference, from drug discovery and modeling to faster iteration and scientific review, and how those gains add up to one of the biggest prizes in science: getting breakthroughs to market sooner.
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1 Oct 2026
Cyber resilience in space - SRI
Space and cybersecurity experts point out that old security assumptions no longer hold as satellite networks grow in quantity and complexity.
This PARC Forum was moderated by Ulf Lindqvist, Sr. Technical Director in SRI’s Computer Science Lab, and featured a panel of experts: Greg Falco (Cornell University, Aerospace Security & Autonomy Asst. Professor), James Curbo (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Group Chief Scientist, Constrained Cyber Solutions Group), and Dan Trujillo (Air Force Research Lab, Space Warfare, Space Cyber Technical Leader).
Panelists noted that space cybersecurity can’t just borrow from today’s IT security. Physics, legacy hardware, and the fact that you can’t just reboot a satellite present a much different problem. AI complicates the picture: it’s accelerating vulnerability discovery for attackers and defenders alike, which makes “assume breach” resilience more urgent than trying to prevent every intrusion.
The event took place on Sept 9, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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11 Jun 2026
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.
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Recorded June 3, 2026
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5 May 2026
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.
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Recorded April 30, 2026
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24 Apr 2026
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.
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Recorded March 26, 2026
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14 Oct 2025
The future of trust
Moderator Rachael Myrow interviews Mitchell Baker and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar about AI governance and maximizing AI's potential for society in this discussion about the future of trust.
2 Sept 2025
The future of education in the age of AI
Afua Bruce interviews Kumar Garg, Fernando Fabre, Erwin Gianchandani, and Leigh Ann DeLyser on balancing AI innovation with effective educational strategies.
28 May 2025
Karen Hao on developing AI in the service of people
Karen Hao discusses the global impacts of artificial intelligence with Karen Myers and Christiana McFarland in an interview, exploring AI's development for human benefit.
11 Apr 2025
Eric Schmidt on AI, hope, and the human spirit
What will the world look like as AI continues to accelerate? In this PARC Forum conversation, technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Eric Schmidt joined SRI CEO David Parekh to discuss our long-term future with AI.
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Recorded March 2025.
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11 Apr 2025
Astro Teller on the future of innovation
At FutureFest 2025, Pulitzer Prize-winning technology journalist John Markoff moderated a conversation with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X (formerly Google X), and David Parekh, CEO of SRI. Together, they explored how today’s groundbreaking innovations are solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges, touching on AI, robotics, quantum, space, biotech, and much more.
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Recorded January 2025.
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11 Apr 2025
Julie Packard and Fiorenza Micheli on saving our living ocean
SRI, in collaboration with Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, hosted the Monterey Bay Aquarium to discuss ocean conservation. Julie Packard from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Stanford’s Fiorenza Micheli, and SRI’s Julie Bert discuss issues in ocean sustainability with KQED’s Rosa Tuirán.
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Recorded October 2024.
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11 Apr 2025
Parmy Olson on AI boom’s impact on society
In this PARC Forum our keynote speaker, Parmy Olson, a Bloomberg technology columnist and the author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, discusses AI's transformative impact on society. She was joined by Patrick Lincoln, president of SRI's Information and Computing Sciences division.
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Recorded September 2024.
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11 Apr 2025
Bob Metcalfe and Vint Cerf on networked computing’s evolution
SRI celebrated the creation and development of three world-changing innovations and the innovators behind them, with keynote speakers Bob Metcalfe and Vint Cerf. SRI was presented with three IEEE milestones for the laser printer, the Alto personal computer, and Ethernet – transformative technologies in modern computing.
The event celebrated the individuals and teams behind the development of these milestone technologies. Among them was Bob Metcalfe, a Turing Award-winner, who spearheaded the invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet technology. It also included John Shoch and Ron Rider, two individuals who were instrumental in the development of these technologies while at PARC in the 1970s.
In addition to leaders from IEEE, speakers also included Vint Cerf, co-creator of the now-ubiquitous TCP/IP protocol — an innovation that has earned him distinction as one of the “fathers of the Internet.”
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Recorded May 2024.
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11 Apr 2025
David Leonhardt on the American Dream
David Leonhardt is a senior writer for The New York Times, where he writes The Morning, its flagship daily newsletter. He is the author of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream (Random House, 2023). The Atlantic, the Financial Times, and the New Republic named it one of the best books of the year. Previously at The Times, David was an Op-Ed columnist, the Washington bureau chief, a Times Magazine staff writer, a podcast host, and the founding editor of The Upshot section. He also led a strategy group that helped Times leadership shape the newsroom’s digital future. In 2011, David received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
David Parekh, Ph.D., is the chief executive officer of SRI, a leading research and development organization serving government and industry. Parekh has more than 30 years of experience leading research for industrial and academic research organizations. Parekh serves on the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Science Center and served as a board director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He joined SRI in December of 2021.
Recorded April 2024.
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7 Apr 2025
Introducing SRI’s PARC Forum podcast
SRI’s PARC Forum brings together some of the world’s most interesting people for conversations at the intersection of business, technology, and society. We explore how research and technology can make our world safer, healthier, and more sustainable.
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