Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Unveils Several World’s-First Initiatives at the 2024 Trusted Tech Summit to Rally International Leaders

Global Tech Security Commission Report and Global Trusted Tech (xGTT) Standard Initiative
Released at the Event to Advance Freedom Through Trusted Technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 5, 2024, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator, convened hundreds of international leaders from government, technology, business, academia, and civil society at the 2024 Trusted Tech Summit in Washington, D.C. The annual event featured dynamic panels, high-profile speakers, and the announcement of major initiatives to advance freedom through trusted technology.

“The 2024 Trusted Tech Summit has shown that trusted technology is not just a tool but the backbone of freedom and security in a digital age. The launch of the Global Tech Security Commission Report and the Global Trusted Tech Standard represents a significant step in safeguarding critical technologies,” said Keith Krach, Chairman of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. “I am deeply grateful to the speakers, attendees, and all the members of the Global Trusted Tech Network for their dedication to fostering trust, transparency, and security. By aligning democratic nations and fostering collaboration, we can ensure that technology continues to serve humanity’s highest ideals.”

“Each generation of free people must bear the burden and embrace the challenges of their time to stay free. And the challenge of our time is that technology must advance freedom,” said Purdue University President Mung Chiang. “That is why the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue delivers training material through the [Tech Diplomacy] Academy, commissions the Tech Security study, and creates the trusted technology standardization.”

“As we approach 2025, it’s clear we must fundamentally rethink how we innovate, develop, and safeguard the world’s critical and emerging technologies. Viewing China as our ‘pacing challenge’ is both fundamentally wrong and dangerous. It positions us to follow, react, and let others dictate our pace,” said Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute. “What we need is a common vision: a future where technology creates the safest, freest, and most prosperous era in human history. By focusing on this shared vision, we set the pace.”

Spotlight on Global Tech Security, Talent Development, and Trusted Tech Standard

The panels at the 2024 Trusted Tech Summit emphasized the importance of safeguarding freedom through trusted technology. The Global Tech Security Commission Report outlined actionable strategies to counter techno-authoritarian threats, while the Educating the Next Generation of Tech Diplomats panel stressed the need to equip leaders with skills to navigate the intersection of technology and geopolitics. Additionally, the unveiling of the Global Trusted Tech Standard initiative showcased a groundbreaking framework to define and label trusted technology, enabling seamless, secure and efficient collaboration across companies, countries and organizations.

The 2024 Trusted Tech Summit included the following panels:

• The Global Tech Security Commission Report: Imperatives for Securing Freedom Through Trusted Tech

As government, tech, business, academic and civil society leaders strive to ensure that technology is innovated, deployed and adopted for the benefit of humanity, prioritizing the battlegrounds will determine who wins the future. The Krach Institute’s Global Tech Security Commission, chartered with bipartisan support from the U.S. Congress and multinational partners, has identified five high-leverage areas for the free world to act upon—now—to ensure that freedom is protected from techno-authoritarian threats. Several Global Tech Security Commissioners, each with extensive experience operating in the fields of foreign policy, infrastructure, dual-use technology and national security, came together to release the Commission’s seminal report and engage in a real-world conversation on how to utilize the principles of tech diplomacy to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology.

Read the Global Tech Security Commission Report.

Watch the panel discussion.

• Educating the Next Generation of Tech Diplomats

Next-generation technologies are reshaping the facets of daily life, business and geopolitics at an unprecedented pace. The need to understand complex fields like AI, quantum physics, 6G, and synthetic biology, along with the intricate web of corresponding laws, regulations and policies, is crucial for all decision makers. A group of public and private sector leaders at the forefront of talent development explored the imperative to equip diplomats, business leaders and students with the skills to operate at the intersection of technology and geopolitics.

Visit the Tech Diplomacy Academy, the world’s first and only online education platform poised to revolutionize how government, business, technology and citizen leaders are trained at scale about critical and emerging technologies.

Watch the panel discussion.

• Introducing the Global Trusted Tech (xGTT) Standard

Trustworthy technology is the backbone of a free, secure, and prosperous world. For the first time, the Krach Institute unveiled the Global Trusted Tech (xGTT) Standard Initiative —a groundbreaking effort designed to safeguard critical and emerging technologies. Members of the xGTT Standard Board of Governors provided the Summit attendees an exclusive look at how this new standard will drive frictionless collaboration across borders and sectors, shaping the future of global tech partnerships.

Read about the Global Trusted Tech (xGTT) Standard Initiative.

Watch the panel discussion.

International Participation

The Krach Institute’s 2024 Trusted Tech Summit brought together multi-sector members of the Global Trusted Tech Network from 19 countries, highlighting the critical need for international collaboration in tackling the challenges and seizing the opportunities presented by a rapidly-evolving, technology-driven world.

The following nations were represented at the 2024 Trusted Tech Summit: Australia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Mozambique, Nigeria, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, and the United States.

About the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

The Krach Institute is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader in the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

Visit the Krach Institute online at TechDiplomacy.org and follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Enroll in the Tech Diplomacy Academy to learn what you need to know now about key emerging technologies and their impact on business, policy and the global economy. Subscribe to the Institute’s weekly newsletter Tech Diplomacy Now for the latest news at the intersection of high tech and foreign policy.

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