Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology

<p><strong>In this episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em>, the second instalment of our special three-part series looking at key trends influencing the future strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, we consider the technologies that have become critical to national security and how they’re going to shape the region over the coming decades.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Technology has been part of human life since shale was shaped to cut animal hide. Things have come a long way since stone was the leading edge of innovation. In this episode of the <em>National Security Podcast</em>, we speak to a number of scientists, researchers, strategic thinkers and analysts to find out what technologies they are working on and the ones that they think could plausibly influence the future strategic landscape.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jennifer Jackett</strong> is a Sir Roland Wilson Scholar in the National Security College at The Australian National University.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Professor Claudia Vickers</strong> is leads the Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr Amy Parker</strong> is Vice-President of Earth Observation Australia.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr Sue Keay</strong> is Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland AI Hub and Chair of Robotics Australia.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr Atsushi Sunami</strong> is the President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Michael O’Hanlon</strong> is Director of Research for Foreign Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at the Brookings Institution.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Elsa Kania</strong> is Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chris Farnham</strong> is the Senior Outreach and Policy Officer at the ANU National Security College.</p><p><br></p><p>This mini-series forms part of the Indo-Pacific Future