On The Future: An Atlantic Festival Event

Join us for a networking lunch to connect, mingle, and meet fellow attendees before the afternoon’s programming begins. Hear from Rachel Caggiano, Group Managing Director at Ogilvy D.C., as she sets the stage for the conversations ahead.

Enjoy a special presentation of Washington Week With The Atlantic, the longest-running prime-time-news-and-analysis program on television, where we will discuss the first 100 days of the new administration.

Francis Collins, the legendary former director of the National Institutes of Health, joins us to explore how recent health-policy shifts will influence the future of drug discovery and development, disease response, and America’s position as a global leader in scientific and technological innovation.

The U.S. is at the forefront of integrating AI into military operations, with expectations for even greater investments and integration of AI in the next 10—20 years. While the accelerated integration of AI is a paramount component to maintaining the U.S.’s military dominance, so is the need to address ethical and regulatory challenges. This session will explore how AI and machine learning are shaping the global defense landscape, focusing on the U.S.’s approach to navigating the complexities and opportunities of the next frontier in defense technology.

AI has the potential to drastically improve government efficiency. But government agencies are often drowning in unstructured, scattered data. To get the most from AI—and to scale safely, while acknowledging the technology’s risks—they need robust data governance and privacy standards. Establishing strong AI frameworks and building on open, secure standards will help future-proof your investment.

Explore how national policies influence state and local policies, practices, and communities and will shape the states over the next decade.

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while wrestling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.

Cecilia Rouse, former chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, sits down with The Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey to unpack the forces reshaping the global economy. From long-term tariff strategies and their ripple effects on global supply chains to the delicate interplay between trade policy, international diplomacy, and domestic priorities, this wide-ranging conversation will help us deepen our understanding of America’s economic future.

In this dynamic conversation, The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill brings together powerful female voices at the forefront of political and social change to explore how women are organizing around crucial issues such as health-care access and economic equity while building coalitions that reflect the realities of a changing America. The panel will also examine how women can harness their collective power to drive policy, influence elections, and reshape the political agenda for a more inclusive future.