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Director Rice, Senators Coons, and McCormick in conversation during their panel session.

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The 2026 Stanford Emerging Technology Review Debuts In The Nation’s Capital

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) joined Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice, Stanford School of Engineering Dean Jennifer Widom, Senior Fellow Amy Zegart, and contributing scholars at an event in the US Capitol on January 28 to…

February 04, 2026

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2026 Edition Of The Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers And Business Leaders New Insights Into The Implications Of Frontier Technologies.

The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence to robotics, are transforming the world.

January 26, 2025

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Technology Applications By Policy Area

This chapter explores applications from each of the ten technology fields described in the report as they may relate to five important policy themes: economic growth, national security, environmental and energy sustainability, health and medicine, and civil…

February 07, 2025

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Cross-Cutting Themes

One of the most important and unusual hallmarks of this moment is convergence: emerging technologies are intersecting and interacting in a host of ways, with important implications for policy. This chapter identifies themes and commonalities that cut across…

February 07, 2025

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Foreword

Emerging technologies are transforming societies, economies, and geopolitics. Never have we experienced the convergence of so many technologies with the potential to change so much, so fast, and at such high stakes. This report is intended to help readers…

January 26, 2026 by Condoleezza Rice, John Taylor, Jennifer Widom, Amy Zegart

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Executive Summary

This report offers an easy-to-use reference tool that harnesses the expertise of Stanford University’s leading science and engineering faculty in ten major technological areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology and synthetic biology, cryptography and…

January 26, 2026

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The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026

The Hoover Institution and the School of Engineering at Stanford University invite you to the DC launch of the 2026 Stanford Emerging Technology Review on Wednesday, January 28th, from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET.

January 28, 2026

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Lasers: Useful and Ubiquitous

In peace and war, the technology continually finds new applications.

August 27, 2025

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The Future of Laser Technology

From eye surgery to missile defense, lasers have become an invaluable technology reshaping medicine, communications, manufacturing, and national security. Sound policy is needed to balance innovation, dual-use risks, and U.S. competitiveness in the laser age.

August 27, 2025 by Siegfried Glenzer

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The Future of Robotics

From autonomous machines in construction to wearable robotics in eldercare, robotics is transforming the physical economy, reshaping the future of work, defense, and human-machine interaction. Strategic leadership is needed to harness robotics innovation,…

August 05, 2025 by Allison Okamura

2026 Edition Of The Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers And Business Leaders New Insights Into The Implications Of Frontier Technologies.
About
A Conversation On The State Of Scientific And Technological Innovation
A Deeper Dive into Space
AI is at an inflection point, Fei-Fei Li says
Allison Okamura
Amy Zegart
A new report warns of serious risks from ‘mirror life’
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: Supercharging Science
Authors
Bio-Strategies and Leadership Holds Inaugural Congressional Fellowship Program on Biotechnology Strategy
Biotechnology: Reshaping Nature And Life Itself
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
CFR and the Stanford Emerging Technology Review Launch New Podcast Series on Frontier Technologies
Commerce Secretary and Others on AI and Innovation
Condoleezza Rice
Copy of Technologies 2023
Cross-Cutting Themes
Cross-Cutting Themes
Cross-Cutting Themes
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography: A Shield for Secrets and Security
Cryptography and Computer Security
Cryptography and Computer Security
Dan Boneh
Drew Endy
Drew Endy: Made In China 2025—Who Is Winning?
Energy Technologies
Energy Technologies
Eric Schmidt
Events
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Experts, Diplomats, and Industry Representatives Discuss US Semiconductor Future after Passage of CHIPS Act
Exploring a future with in-home robot caretakers
Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution by Seeing Like an Algorithm
Foreword
Foreword
Foreword
Government Officials, Hoover Fellows, and Silicon Valley Leaders Discuss Cooperation at Sixth Annual Tech Track II Symposium
Hadley and Rice on “Hand-Off”: Foreign Policy Decisions in the 9/11 Era
Herbert Lin
Herbert Lin
Hon. Jerry McNerney
Hon. Jerry McNerney
Hon. Robert Gates
Hon. Robert Gates
Hon. Steven Chu
Hon. Steven Chu
Hon. Susan M. Gordon
Hon. Susan M. Gordon
Hoover Institution and School of Engineering launch emerging technology review
Hoover Institution and Stanford School of Engineering Unveil Stanford Emerging Technology Review
Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice Announces The Stanford Emerging Tech Review
Hot or Not: Steven Koonin Questions Conventional Climate Science and Methodology
How Bio-Bonds Can Help Build World-Class Biomanufacturing Infrastructure Across America
How Disruptive Is DeepSeek? Stanford HAI Faculty Discuss China’s New Model
How Emerging Technologies Take Shape
Introducing the Stanford Emerging Technology Review featuring Condoleezza Rice and Jennifer Widom
Introducing the Stanford Emerging Technology Review featuring Condoleezza Rice and Jennifer Widom
Inviting “Soft Robots” into Our Homes
Jennifer Widom
John Hennessy
John Hennessy
John Taylor
Jon Simon
Kang Shen
Lasers
Lasers
Lasers: Useful and Ubiquitous
Lloyd B. Minor
Lloyd B. Minor, MD
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Marc Andreessen: It’s Morning Again In America
Mark A. Horowitz
Martin Giles
Mary Meeker
Mary Meeker
Materials Science
Materials Science
Materials Science
Materials Science
Materials Science
Materials Science
Materials Science: Building the Tech Future
Navigating the Challenges of Space: Balancing Progress and Preservation for Future Generations
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience: Unlocking the Brain’s Secrets
News
Norbert Holtkamp
Nuclear Technologies
Nuclear Technologies
OpenAI and Other Tech Giants Will Have to Warn the US Government When They Start New AI Projects
People
Peter Scher
Peter Scher
Quantum Technologies
Quantum Technologies
Raimondo considers cloud reporting rules for foreign AI developers
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics: To Build and Train an Electronic Workforce
Sally Benson
Search
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
Senior Leaders in Government, Industry, and Academia Convene for Discussions on Space Innovation and Commercial Integration
SETR | Stanford Emerging Technology Review
Siegfried Glenzer
Simone D’Amico
Space
Space
Space
Space
Space
Space
Stanford aims to help policy makers prepare for AI, robotics and more
Stanford AI professor Fei-Fei Li says we need more human-centered technology. Still, she had to convince herself to share her own story
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Congressional Fellowship Program
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Highlights Promise and Risk of Frontier Tech to Washington, DC Policymakers
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Launches in Washington DC
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Launches with Public Event Featuring Leading University Officials and Tech Experts
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers New Insights
Stanford launches emerging-tech project co-led by Hoover Institution’s Condoleezza Rice
Stanford professors promote bio-literacy through digital education
Steven Koonin
Sustainable Energy: Powering the Future
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Technologies 2023
Technologies 2025
Technology
TECHNOLOGY
Technology Applications By Policy Area
Technology Applications By Policy Area
Technology Applications By Policy Area
Technology Areas 2026
Technology Test Page
The 2026 Stanford Emerging Technology Review Debuts In The Nation’s Capital
The Care and Feeding of Transformative Tech
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Laser Technology
The Future of Robotics
The Future of Space Technology
The Future Of Synthetic Biology
The Future Of Synthetic Biology
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2025: Frontier Tech For A New Geopolitical Era
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026
The Stanford Emerging Tech Review | DC Launch
The Stanford Emerging Tech Review | Launch
Thomas M. Siebel
Thomas M. Siebel
Trailblazing computer scientist Fei-Fei Li on human-centered AI
US Wants Cloud Firms to Report Foreign Users Building AI
Yi Cui
Yi Cui to lead Sustainability Accelerator; Roland Horne named interim Precourt Institute director
Zhenan Bao

Allison Okamura
Amy Zegart
Condoleezza Rice
Dan Boneh
Drew Endy
Eric Schmidt
Fei-Fei Li
Herbert Lin
Hon. Jerry McNerney
Hon. Robert Gates
Hon. Steven Chu
Hon. Susan M. Gordon
Jennifer Widom
John Hennessy
John Taylor
Jon Simon
Kang Shen
Lloyd B. Minor
Mark A. Horowitz
Martin Giles
Mary Meeker
Norbert Holtkamp
Peter Scher
Sally Benson
Siegfried Glenzer
Simone D’Amico
Steven Koonin
Thomas M. Siebel
Yi Cui
Zhenan Bao