This summer, TCIP brought together leaders in academia, industry, and policy at two significant convenings: our 2nd Annual Summer Retreat in Bodega Bay, CA and a Semiconductor Workshop at Stanford University.
At the Summer Retreat, speakers from prominent industry players such as PsiQuantum and SEMI addressed a wide range of topics relating to U.S. technology leadership and competitiveness, including energy security, quantum computing, semiconductor ecosystems, and U.S. labor market dynamism. Our panels emphasized the need for targeted industrial policy, strategic procurement, infrastructure investment, coordination with allies, and the securitization of supply chains to translate research into long-term technological advantage. Manufacturing ecosystems, they argued, are key to maintaining U.S. technology leadership as AI accelerates demand for core components such as semiconductor chips.
At our semiconductor workshop, speakers addressed a trend of AI-fueled growth in the semiconductor industry. Science and Technology Parks, they argued, could help U.S. manufacturing rise to growing demand and build a durable, competitive, and long-term local ecosystem of labor, suppliers, and infrastructure.
This summer also saw the publication of our policy study, “America’s Retreat in Electric Vehicles: Economic Security, Prosperity, and the Industrial Future,” by Dr. Laura Tyson, Dr. Susan Helper, Dr. Martin Kenney, Dr. John Zysman, and Anna Duffy. As China has surged ahead in EVs and the technologies that power them, the report notes, the United States needs a coordinated industrial strategy to remain competitive, or it risks compromising its entire automotive industry.
We look forward to convening two more events this fall in Washington D.C. with collaborators from government, academia, and industry. Stay tuned for key takeaways!
S. Shankar Sastry
Faculty Director
TCIP Center
