2026 Trusted Tech Summit & Awards Ceremony
BY INVITATION ONLY
Nov 13, 2026, 9:00 - 5:00 PM
The premier geopolitical and technology conference hosted by the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue in Washington, D.C.
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
Have Questions? Email us at techdiplomacy@prf.org

The Premier Forum For Tech Diplomacy
Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue invites you to join a high-level convening of U.S. and allied government leaders, technology executives, investors, and strategic partners — united by a shared conviction that technology must advance freedom. This year’s Trusted Tech Summit will
focus on the alliances, standards, and strategies that define trusted technology and determine who shapes the future.

AI SOVEREIGNTY
Can allies agree on a shared definition of AI sovereignty before the term is used to divide democracies, fracture markets, and slow innovation?

THE SPACE FRONTIER
American commercial space leadership is creating opportunities for new supply chains, new partners, and new orbital infrastructure. How do allies build frameworks centered on trust to secure it together?

THE QUANTUM HORIZON
Post-quantum migration timelines, hardware vulnerabilities, and the standards allies need to agree on before “someday” becomes too late.

TRUSTED TECH CASE STUDIES: WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE
Real partnerships, real deployments, real outcomes where trusted technology is advancing freedom and prosperity today.

LAUNCHING THE TRUSTED TECH STANDARD (xGTT)
xGTT is the first evidence-based, comprehensive benchmark designed to help government and business leaders assess the trustworthiness of critical and emerging tech companies.

TRUSTED TECH LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The Krach Institute honors leaders who prove that technology can serve freedom rather than authoritarian control and advance shared economic security.

Mark LaVerghetta
Co-Founder and Director, ReElement

Dan Goldin
NASA’s longest serving administrator

Aaron Slodov
Co-Founder & CEO, Atomic Industries

Greg Levesque
Co-founder & CEO, Strider Technologies

Alex Karp
Co-Founder and CEO, Palantir

Ebba Busch
Deputy Prime Minister, Sweden

Tsai Ing-wen
Former President, Taiwan

Kersti Kaljulaid
Former President, Estonia

Ruth Porat
Pres. & Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet & Google
Confirmed Attendees

Dan Dumbacher
Former Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Jeff Dressler
Head of Global Government Affairs, SoftBank

John Ackerly
CEO, Virtru

Martin Rauchbauer
Founder, Tech Diplomacy Network; former Austrian Tech Ambassador to Silicon Valley

Dr. Maria Isabel Castillo Báez
Ambassador, Dominican Republic

Armando Varricchio
Special Envoy for Innovation & New Technologies, Italy

Dr. Eduardo Ortega Barría
National Secretary of STI, Panama

Birgitta Tazelaar
Ambassador, Netherlands

Petra Schneebauer
Ambassador, Austria

Manuel Tovar Rivera
Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica

The Hon. Jacob Helberg
Under Secretary, Bureau of Economic Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State

Dr. Ralf Heckner
Ambassador, Switzerland