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

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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