A DARPA In Person and Virtual Event: DARPA Forward – Advancing the Horizons of National Security (Dec. 13-14)

12/13/2022 | Written by: Daniel Pereira

DARPA Forward has been taking national security innovation on the road. Since August – and through December 2022 – six regional events were scheduled at leading research and development universities nationwide to connect Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships. The ultimate goal: to energize regional and national innovation ecosystems, fuel breakthroughs in national security, and help deliver the U.S. technological advantage.

Attendees hear from world-renowned scientists, accomplished innovators, and senior defense leaders about new capabilities as well as the rapidly evolving challenges faced by warfighters. In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to dive into diverse topics within and across multiple domains and disciplines, including air/space, ground, virtual, social, bio/medical, electromagnetic, materials/manufacturing, maritime, and computing/AI/cyber.

Throughout its more than 60-year history, DARPA has challenged researchers from across academia, industry, and government to create transformative solutions to national security problems. Many of these solutions also have benefited daily civilian life. “With DARPA Forward, we want to inspire new thinking across and at the intersection of disciplines to support our mission of creating technological surprise,” said Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, DARPA Director. “We want people to take from these events a desire to help change the world for the better and to know working with DARPA is a tangible way to do it.” (1)

As these will be hybrid conferences, DARPA invites you to join them in person for one event and virtually for as many as you’d like.

Previous DARPA Forward sessions included:

Upcoming DARPA Forward sessions include:

December 13-14 – San Diego, CA at University of California, San Diego

Both are available for attendance via virtual registration.

Areas of discussion on the agenda at the recent College Station event included:

Critical Biomedical Challenges for Prolonged Field Care
Thriving in Austere Environments
Demo: Atomic Magnetometer for Biological Imaging in Earth’s Native Terrain (AMBIENT)
Closing the Loop on Learning
Demo: Make It
Technology Revolutions – Seeds of Revolution
Constructive, Virtual, Live Testing
Keynote Address: Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Breakthroughs in Field Robotics
Keynote Address: Honorable Doug Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
Composing Effects in the Joint Battlespace
Discover/Develop/Deliver
Enabling Next-Generation Communications
Bio to Bits
Demo: Friend or Foe
Non-Equilibrium Nanophotonics
Cyber Operations: The Stakes are Only Getting Higher
Internet Freedom and Privacy
Keynote Address: Honorable Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army

Areas of discussion on the agenda at the upcoming San Diego event include:

Interpreting and Developing Interventions for Warfighter Health and Performance
Bits to Bio
Expanding Operations in the Arctic
Demo: Mobile Force Protection (MFP)
Engineering Polyketide Synthases for Synthetic Chemistry
Medical Triage Challenge
Keynote Address: LTG Scott Dingle, Surgeon General, US Army
Quantum: Separating the Real from the Hype
Russian Information Operations in Ukraine
Software Development and Assurance Pipeline
Broadscale Innovations to Detect and Combat Disease
Quantum Computing
Pushing the Limits of Technology
Demo: Extreme Optics and Imaging (EXTREME)
Next-Generation Communication
Future G in the DoD
Demo: Ocean of Things
Power Everywhere

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About the Author

Daniel Pereira

Daniel Pereira is research director at OODA. He is a foresight strategist, creative technologist, and an information communication technology (ICT) and digital media researcher with 20+ years of experience directing public/private partnerships and strategic innovation initiatives.

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