BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Stanford University's Human-Centered Artificial In telligence\, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies\, Stanford Data Science\, and Starling Lab.\n\nJoin us for a fireside chat about AI's impact on the world with distinguished technology executive Craig Mundie an d New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.\n\nFormer Stanford President Jo hn Hennessy will moderate the discussion. Welcome remarks will be provided by Colin Kahl\, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.\n\nIn-person attendanc e is at capacity.\n\nTo join virtually\, register via Zoom.\n\nAs AI contin ues its unprecedented transformation of our world\, Craig and Tom will disc uss their 25-year friendship and the recent trends that led them to conclud e\, in a recent op-ed\, that we’ve entered a new era of human civilization. \n\nWhat do we call this new era? What will the impact be on our daily live s\, and our geopolitics? Craig and Tom will answer these questions by discu ssing a new technical and normative framework to establish trust in AI syst ems. This work emerged from conversations with leaders across the U.S.\, Eu rope\, and China\, and has now arrived at Stanford as part of a new multi-d epartment Stanford initiative researching AI trust frameworks.\n\nJoin us f or an interactive session to learn more about the project and explore how y ou can get involved.\n\n***\n\nThomas Friedman is an internationally known journalist and author. His foreign affairs column in The New York Times\, w hich he has written since 1995\, reports on U.S. domestic politics and fore ign policy\, Middle East conflicts\, international economics\, environment\ , biodiversity and energy. Friedman’s previous roles at the Times\, which h e joined in 1981\, include Jerusalem bureau chief\, chief diplomatic corres pondent and international economics correspondent. He is the author of seve n best-selling books: Thank you For Being Late\; That Used to Be Us (co-wri tten with Michael Mandelbaum)\; Hot\, Flat\, and Crowded\; The World Is Fla t\; Longitudes and Attitudes\; The Lexus and the Olive Tree and From Beirut to Jerusalem. Friedman has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at the Times and the National Book Award for From Beirut to Jerusalem.\n\n Craig Mundie is a distinguished technology executive with a career defined by significant contributions to the technology industry and public policy. He advises organizations and governments on emerging technologies\, particu larly in areas such as fusion energy\, cybersecurity\, quantum computing\, molecular medicine\, and artificial intelligence.\n\nMundie spent 22 years at Microsoft\, holding leadership roles including chief technical officer\, chief research and strategy officer\, and senior advisor to the CEO\, wher e he shaped the company’s technology strategy and research initiatives. He continues to advise Microsoft on strategic initiatives. In addition to his corporate achievements\, Mundie served for 10 years on the U.S. National Se curity Telecommunications Advisory Committee\, offering critical and truste d guidance to three U.S. administrations on tech and national security. He was also part of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Techn ology (PCAST) for 8 years\, helping shape national science and technology p olicies.\n\nMundie is a leading advocate for responsible technology develop ment\, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence\, advanced com puting systems\, and global technology policy. He co-authored Genesis: Arti ficial Intelligence\, Hope\, and the Human Spirit with Eric Schmidt and Hen ry Kissinger. Mundie currently co-chairs a track II dialogue with China on artificial intelligence\, continuing his work in global technology policy a nd innovation.\n\nMODERATOR:\nJohn Hennessy (Computer Science and Electrica l Engineering) is the James F. and Mary Lynn Gibbons Professor in the Stanf ord School of Engineering\, and the Shriram Family Director of Stanford’s K night-Hennessy Scholars\, the largest fully endowed graduate-level scholars hip program in the world. He is chairman of Alphabet and a trustee of the G ordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Formerly the tenth president of Stanford\ , he is also a computer scientist who cofounded MIPS Computer Systems and A theros Communications. He was awarded the National Science Board Vannevar B ush Award in 2024 and he was co-awarded the Association for Computing Machi nery A.M. Turing Prize in 2017. John earned his undergraduate degree from V illanova University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer scien ce from Stony Brook University\, New York. DTEND:20260121T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260307T125446Z DTSTART:20260120T233000Z GEO:37.429987;-122.17333 LOCATION:Gates Computer Science Building\, 119 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Entering a New Era of Human Civilization: A Discussion with Craig M undie and Tom Friedman UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51836173717598 URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/fireside-chat-with-thomas-friedman-an d-craig-mundie END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR