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The Tuck National Security Conference sponsored by the Initiative for Global Security and the International Security and Economics pilot program at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding is an in-person, one-day conference hosted on Friday, May 9, 2025 by the Tuck School of Business and Dartmouth College. The conference focuses on the strategic value chain that starts with critical minerals mined from the Earth and ending with the AI-powered applications on our smartphones. Within each of the industries (semiconductor manufacturing, critical mineral procurement/refinement, and advanced algorithm development) in this value chain, we observe frictions between government, business, venture capital, and academia that cause these groups to collaborative ineffectively. The conference is structured in two parts, with the morning focused on the sources of misaligned incentives, and the afternoon on what actions government, business, and academia have to take to align incentives. By bringing stakeholders from these industries together, we hope to discuss ways to productively work together to advance national interests. Students will be able to hear from, meet, and network with individuals from the national security space.

To register and for more details click here. 

Sponsored by 

Dartmouth Institute for Security, Technology and Society
International Security and Economics Pilot, IGS, Dickey Center
Initiative for Global Security at the Dickey Center