Upgrade 2026: Research to Reality

Panel: Basic Research: Powering the Future

Moderator:
Charles Davis, Contributing Editor and Head of Research, EE Times

Speakers:
Kit Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Harvard University
Kazu Gomi, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT Research
Peter McMahon, Associate Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

Summary

Panel: Basic Research: Powering the Future
 
From lifesaving medical breakthroughs to game-changing advances in AI, quantum, and photonics, the world’s most impactful innovations trace their origins to basic research. But these breakthroughs don’t happen in isolation: they depend on dynamic partnerships between university labs and industrial research centers like NTT Research, Harvard, and Cornell.

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