• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Gregory C. Allen

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Director, Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies

Gregory C. Allen is the director of the Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, he led AI policy at the Department of Defense (DOD) as the Director of Strategy and Policy at the DOD Joint AI Center. Mr. Allen’s expertise and professional experience spans AI, robotics, semiconductors, space technology, and national security. Prior to working at the DOD, he was the head of market analysis and competitive strategy at Blue Origin, a reusable space launch systems manufacturer. Several of his reports are considered landmarks in the field of AI policy analysis, including “AI and National Security” (2017), “Understanding China’s AI Strategy” (2019), and “Choking off China’s Access to the Future of AI” (2022). His current policy research is focused on AI regulation, semiconductor export controls, and military adoption of AI. In November 2023, The Economist described him as, “very much at the center of the formulation of current U.S. policy.” He holds a joint MPP/MBA degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School.

Sessions With Gregory C. Allen

Friday, 22 March

  • 09:00am - 09:40am (CST) / 22/mar/2024 02:00 pm - 22/mar/2024 02:40 pm

    Technology in a Competitive World

    Innovation & Technology

    Rapid technological advancement is reshaping global power, making control over key new technologies critical to the course of international politics and commerce. Access to leading-edge semiconductors will drive competitiveness in artificial intelligence and supercomputing with massive military implications. Despite large investments in areas such a solar energy, the U.S. is in a race to catch up to China on clean energy technology. Leadership in EVs will depend on semiconductors, mineral supply chains, charging infrastructure and cleantech deployment. How will this race for technological dominance affect global politics, security and power in the coming decades? How will political and commercial pressures affect industrial policy, subsidies and trade barriers?