U.S. Leadership in AI with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Congressman Ro Khanna

What is necessary for the U.S. to maintain its leadership in AI? How do we empower the workforce for the AI era? Join us for a conversation with two leaders shaping the future of technology and domestic policy.

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This conversation will be hosted by Dean Sarah A. Soule, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior. It will be moderated by General H.R. McMaster, the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

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About the Speakers

Jensen Huang

Founder and CEO

NVIDIA Corporation

Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors. Since its founding, NVIDIA has pioneered accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now driving the platform shift of accelerated computing and generative AI, transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society. Huang has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and is a recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award; the IEEE Founder’s Medal; the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award; and honorary doctorate degrees from Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Oregon State University. He has been named the world’s best CEO by Fortune, the Economist, and Brand Finance, as well as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people. Prior to founding NVIDIA, Huang worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices. He holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford University.

Ro Khanna

Congressman

California’s 17th Congressional District

Congressman Ro Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fifth term. Rep. Khanna serves on the House Armed Services Committee as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI), a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and on the Oversight and Accountability Committee, where he previously chaired the Environmental Subcommittee. As a leading progressive in the House, Rep. Khanna is working to restore American manufacturing and technology leadership, improve the lives of working people, and advance U.S. leadership on climate, human rights, and diplomacy around the world.