Meridian Center for Technology, Innovation and Space
Securing America's Edge in the Global Tech Race
The Meridian Center for Technology, Innovation, and Space connects leaders from government, business, and civil society to navigate the diplomacy of emerging technologies. From AI and cybersecurity to energy and space cooperation, Meridian fosters international frameworks, builds strategic alliances, and protects U.S. interests in the most consequential arenas of global competition.
In today’s fast-evolving innovation landscape, diplomacy must evolve too. The Meridian Center for Technology, Innovation, and Space offers a neutral, trusted platform where experts shape responsible policies, anticipate geopolitical risks, and lead with transparency, agility, and shared values.
Why This Matters
Frontier technologies and space exploration are transforming how nations collaborate, compete, and lead—shaping the very foundations of geopolitical power. In this landscape, technological strength is inseparable from national strength, influencing everything from economic security to global alliances.
But technology is borderless. Its benefits and risks cross boundaries in ways no single country can govern alone. U.S. leadership in this era depends not only on technical capacity but also on building coalitions, shaping global standards, and ensuring innovation advances shared values rather than deepening divides.
The Meridian Center for Technology, Innovation, and Space strengthens America’s innovation diplomacy by advancing cooperation across sectors and borders. We help ensure the future of technology and space reflects shared values and open collaboration.
Recent Programs
AI Horizons: Roundtable Series
Artificial intelligence holds significant promise to improve quality of life worldwide and unlock new economic and social opportunities, with developers and engineers across the globe contributing to rapid advances in the field. Through a series of roundtables, Meridian International Center will convene regional voices and technical experts to highlight opportunities for AI to enable local solutions for local problems, identify obstacles to the growth of AI ecosystems around the world, and discuss how the public and private sector can address these barriers.
Learn MoreCapabilities and Solutions
Track 1.5 Diplomacy
Curated dialogues that bring together government leaders and experts alongside their commercial and civil society counterparts in both official and unofficial settings. These conversations ensure that the perspectives of key sectors and industries are voiced and understood thereby informing policymaking and negotiations, fostering cooperation, and advancing partnerships.
Track 2 Diplomacy
People-to-people and expert-to-expert exchanges that strengthen understanding and trust outside government channels. By convening academics, industry innovators, and policy leaders, Meridian fosters fresh thinking and builds networks that can later inform and complement official diplomacy.
Track 1.5 Diplomacy
Curated dialogues that bring together government leaders and experts alongside their commercial and civil society counterparts in both official and unofficial settings. These conversations ensure that the perspectives of key sectors and industries are voiced and understood thereby informing policymaking and negotiations, fostering cooperation, and advancing partnerships.
Track 2 Diplomacy
People-to-people and expert-to-expert exchanges that strengthen understanding and trust outside government channels. By convening academics, industry innovators, and policy leaders, Meridian fosters fresh thinking and builds networks that can later inform and complement official diplomacy.
Please check back soon for upcoming events from the Center for Technology, Innovation and Space.
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We collaborate with embassies, startups, the private sector, and government agencies to shape the future of innovation diplomacy. Whether you're looking to join a program, sponsor a summit, or launch a new partnership—we want to hear from you.
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Focus Areas
Technology & Global Governance
Convene cross-sector leaders to address emerging tech standards in AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and digital trust.
Space Diplomacy
Strengthen global space cooperation by advancing international space norms, supporting the burgeoning space economy, and building strategic partnerships between American and international space sectors to ensure safety and sustainability in LEO, cislunar space, and beyond.
Energy & Innovation
Foster U.S. innovation and global partnerships around emerging energy technologies and resilient infrastructur