energy, the environment, AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials
and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading indicator of a
country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and
technology capability.
energy, the environment, AI, biotech, robotics, cyber, computing, advanced materials
and key quantum technology areas. It provides a leading indicator of a
country’s research performance, strategic intent and potential future science and
technology capability.
Washington needs to see more Australian heavy hitters aside from Kevin Rudd, left, and Andrew Shearer, right. Pictures The Canberra Times, Shutterstock 
TSD 2025 will explore trends in the most advanced and consequential technology fields including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing, biotechnology, space technology, hybrid warfare such as disinformation, climate and energy, and critical infrastructure. We will look at the ways technology is disrupting workforces, upending economic and strategic power, splintering supply chains and transforming militaries.
Everything seems to be accelerating: geopolitics, technology, security threats, the dispersal of information. At times, it feels like a blur. But beneath the dizzying proliferation of events, discoveries, rivalries and unravellings, there are deeper trends that can be grasped and understood through conversation and debate.
That’s the idea behind Stop the World, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s podcast on international affairs and security, launched in April 2024. Each week, we cast a freeze-frame around the blur of events and bring some clarity and insight on defence, technology, cyber, geopolitics and foreign policy.
The Sydney Dialogue 2025
The Sydney Dialogue attracts the world’s top thinkers, innovators and policymakers, and focusses on the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and security. TSD has become the place where new partnerships are built among governments, industry and civil society, and where existing partnerships are deepened.
Date: 8-9 October
Location: Sydney, Australia
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