ASPI USA's Executive Intelligence Briefing: National Security & Tech Investment

Join us for an exclusive Executive Intelligence Briefing on National Security & Tech Investment, hosted by experts from ASPI USA on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, from 5:00pm - 7:00pm at the American Australian Association (600 3rd Ave Fl 34, New York, NY 10016).

Speakers include:

• Andrew Horton, COO, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
• Adam Leslie, Executive Director, ASPI USA
• Nerida King, Deputy Director, Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Strategy, ASPI USA

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This will be a special opportunity to hear directly the personal story of Andrew Horton's family. His son, Mack Horton, is an Olympic gold-medal swimmer who took a stand by calling out now-banned Chinese swimmer, Sun Yang, as a “drug cheat” at the Rio Olympics and refusing to share the podium with him at the 2019 World Championships. As a result of Mack's bravery, the Horton family faced years of retaliatory abuse by the Chinese Communist Party: death threats, stalking, and business sabotage, among others.

Come learn more about the work of ASPI USA and hear insights into the following:

• National security & regulatory compliance risks
  • AUKUS as a game changer for cooperation.
  • Barriers for deep tech investments from overactive, non-risk-based applications of US policies like AECA, ITAR, EAR, and CFIUS.
• China competition & supply chain vulnerabilities
  • Critical technologies (AI, quantum, semiconductors, autonomy, space) at the center of geopolitical tensions.
  • Risks for emerging tech investments, such as cybersecurity threats and IP theft.
• Government policy complexity & funding barriers
  • Regulatory shifts affecting capital deployment and startup viability.
  • Leveraging US government-backed funding programs.

Following the expert briefing, attendees will have the opportunity to network over drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

ASPI USA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit organization in Washington, DC dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the United States, Australia, and their partners in a rapidly changing world.

ASPI USA is an overseas affiliate of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Australia’s leading national security and defense think tank.

ASPI USA exists to pressure test policy, to shine light into the gaps in national security and defense, to educate the public on Australian and regional perspectives within an evolving geopolitical landscape, and to explore future problems through original research and impactful collaboration with other experts in the field.

ASPI USA is a tax-exempt public charity under US Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). US-based donors to ASPI USA can deduct contributions they make under IRC Section 170.

ASPI USA is qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under Section 2055, 2106, or 2522.

Learn more at aspiusa.org.