Securing America’s Technological Edge: A Conversation with USPTO Acting Director Coke Stewart

September 2025

In-Person Event

Securing America’s Technological Edge: A Conversation with USPTO Acting Director Coke Stewart

In-Person Event

Hudson Institute

September 15, 2025

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September 2025

In-Person Event

Speakers:

Coke Morgan Stewart

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Adam Mossoff

Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property and Senior Fellow

Robust intellectual property protections remain a cornerstone of the United States’ innovation advantage and economic strength. As global competition for technological leadership intensifies, Hudson’s Adam Mossoff will host US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Stewart to discuss patent rights’ vital role in advancing American competitiveness.

September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Southeast Europe’s Growing Role in European Energy Security

Featured Speakers:

Zhecho Stankov

Dr. Robert D. Atkinson

Marius Koeppen

Ruslan Stefanov

Moderator:

Matthew Boyse

September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Southeast Europe’s Growing Role in European Energy Security

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for an event with Bulgarian Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, and Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) Energy and Climate Program Analyst Marius Koeppen.

Featured Speakers:

Zhecho Stankov

Dr. Robert D. Atkinson

Marius Koeppen

Ruslan Stefanov

Moderator:

Matthew Boyse

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September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Motwani Jadeja US-India Dialogue Series: US-India Relations and the Defense COMPACT

Featured Speakers:

Vikram J. Singh

Anthony Renzulli

Dr. Sameer Lalwani

Ingrid Henick

Moderator:

Aparna Pande

September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Motwani Jadeja US-India Dialogue Series: US-India Relations and the Defense COMPACT

Dr. Aparna Pande will host an expert panel to discuss how Washington and New Delhi can increase security collaboration to bolster security both bilaterally and multilaterally in the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Featured Speakers:

Vikram J. Singh

Anthony Renzulli

Dr. Sameer Lalwani

Ingrid Henick

Moderator:

Aparna Pande

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September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Industry, Security, and Community: Senator David McCormick on the Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel Deal

Featured Speakers:

Senator David McCormick

Hiroshi Ono

Kevin Lewis

Moderators:

Joel Scanlon

William Chou

September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Industry, Security, and Community: Senator David McCormick on the Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel Deal

Experts talk about why this deal supports American workers and communities, the major capital and technological investment, and how Nippon Steel’s investment advances American industrial and economic strength.

Featured Speakers:

Senator David McCormick

Hiroshi Ono

Kevin Lewis

Moderators:

Joel Scanlon

William Chou

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September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Africa in the Dark: The Cost of Misguided International Energy Policies

Featured Speaker:

Professor Brenda Shaffer

Moderator:

Zineb Riboua

September 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Africa in the Dark: The Cost of Misguided International Energy Policies

Hudson’s Zineb Riboua will host Professor Brenda Shaffer, faculty member of the Naval Postgraduate School and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, to discuss Dr. Shaffer’s latest research paper and international energy policy shifts that can help address the challenge.