Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Join the us in listening to how emerging technologies are reshaping the character of competition and conflict faster than policy and procurement pathways can keep up. Drawing on his experience in military service and international business development, LTC (Ret.) John Toll will examine how artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, sensing, and resilient edge computing are changing how advantage is created and sustained. He will also address the second-order effects of these shifts: new business models and supply chains, changing allied relationships, altered investment priorities, and strategic choices that will shape markets and national security for years to come. The discussion will explore how technology companies balance speed, responsibility, and global opportunity—and what today’s students should understand about leadership in an increasingly contested world.