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Innovation across the deep tech stack – and the hardware beneath

Date
Wed September 2nd 2026, 4:30 - 6:30pm
Event Sponsor
US-Asia Technology Management Center
Location
Paul G. Allen Center for Integrated Systems Annex
330 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
AllenX 101X Auditorium

Innovation across the deep tech stack – and the hardware beneath – and its impact on the social contract, IP, and the legal system

We are living through a time of increasing velocity of change driven by technology. Mitigating the ethical, legal and social issues it creates for human beings is the work in front of us.

The program will begin with a keynote address by Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta, Author of Tech, Law & Trust: India’s Path to Sovereign IP. Dr. Sen Gupta will focus on the impact of AI on the 8.3+ billion population of the planet and the intersection with existing social social constructs.

Following the keynote, our diverse group of panelists will discuss the innovation across the deep tech stack - and the hardware beneath - and its impact on the social contract, IP, and the legal system.

Program Agenda:

  • 4:30 PM Opening Remarks
  • 4:35 PM Keynote Address by Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta, Author of Tech, Law & Trust: India’s Path to Sovereign IP
  • 4:55 PM Q&A with Dr. Sen Gupta
  • 5:05 PM Panel Discussion
    • Panelists:
    • Dr. Pushkar Apte, Strategic Technology Advisor, SEMI; Stanford PhD '93
    • Sanjay Bhatnagar, Founder & CEO, THOT Capital Group; Stanford MS '89
    • Prof. Henry (Hank) Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Stanford University
    • Dr. Ajit Paranjpe, Managing Member, Prima Innotech LLC; Stanford PhD '89
    • Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta, Author and Founder & Managing Partner, T. Sen Gupta and Associates
    • Moderated by Dr. Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
  • 5:45 PM Networking over light refreshments

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