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Army Mad Scientist is CALLING ALL CREATORS with our Multi-Media Contest for imaginative artists who would like to showcase their ideas about future possibilities in alternative ways.  Check out the attached flyer, consult your inner muse, unleash your creative talent, get cracking developing your multi-media entry, and submit it to madscitradoc@gmail.com — Deadline for submission is 6 August 2021!

Mad Scientist's Young Minds on Competition and Conflict, the next webinar in our continuing series of Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? virtual events, will explore our adversaries' views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change this Thursday, 6 May 2021 (starting at 1000 EDT).

Join our panel of prominent and diverse young minds from the national security arena as they share their ideas about the future of…

The TRADOC G-2's new publication, The Operational Environment (2021-2030): Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict complements previous publications exploring the Operational Environment (OE),  expanding the Army's understanding of Competition, Crisis, and Conflict with our Pacing Threats (Russia and China) in the decade ahead.  These adversaries are now engaged in a race to compete with the United States…

Mad Scientist's next virtual event - Through the Eyes of Gen Z: National Security Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century - is this Thursday, 29 April 2021 (starting at 1300 EDT).

Join us as we collaborate again with The College of William and Mary's Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) Program to broaden our aperture on the Operational Environment (OE). We will host two moderated discussion…

Mad Scientist's next virtual event - Through the Eyes of Gen Z: National Security Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century - is on Thursday, 29 April 2021 (starting at 1300 EDT).

Join us as we collaborate again with The College of William and Mary's Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) Program to broaden our aperture on the Operational Environment (OE). We will host two moderated discussion panels…

Mad Scientist's Young Minds on Competition and Conflict, the next webinar in our continuing series of Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? virtual events, will explore our adversaries' views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change on Thursday, 6 May 2021 (starting at 1000 EDT).

Join our panel of prominent and diverse young minds from the national security arena as they share their ideas about the future of competition…

What:  U.S. Army Mad Scientist Virtual Event on Climate Change - Threats, Resilience, and Adaptation

When:  1430-1600 EDT on Tuesday, 13 April 2021.

Who:  This event’s panelists include:

• Dr. Elizabeth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska - Omaha, and Wilson Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

• Dr. Anne Marie Baylouny, Associate Professor of National…

Register now to participate in Competition and Conflict in the Next Decade, the next webinar in our continuing series of monthly virtual events – Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? – exploring our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change next Tuesday, 23 February 2021 (starting at 1030 EST).

Join our panelists -- Dr. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures…

Register now to participate in Competition and Conflict in the Next Decade, the next webinar in our continuing series of monthly virtual events – Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? – exploring our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change next Tuesday, 23 February 2021 (starting at 1030 EST).

Join our panelists -- Dr. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures…

Get cracking NOW on your entry for our Mad Scientist Writing Contest on the 4Cs: Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change!!!  We want to read your insights regarding:

How will our competitors deny the U.S. Joint Force’s tactical, operational, and strategic advantages to achieve their objectives (i.e., win without fighting) in the Competition and Crisis Phases?

How will our adversaries seek to overmatch or counter…

Join us for the final webinar in our Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events:

The Frameworks (Ethics & Policy) for Autonomy on the Future Battlefield webinar — featuring Dr. Philip Root (Deputy Director, Defense Sciences Office, DARPA), Alka Patel (Head of AI Ethics Policy at Department of Defense, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center), and Shawn Steene (Senior Force Planner for Emerging…

Join us for the final webinar in our Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events:

The Frameworks (Ethics & Policy) for Autonomy on the Future Battlefield webinar — featuring Dr. Philip Root (Deputy Director, Defense Sciences Office, DARPA), Alka Patel (Head of AI Ethics Policy at Department of Defense, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center), and Shawn Steene (Senior Force Planner for Emerging…

Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our new series of monthly virtual events – Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? – exploring our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change.

Operational Environment and Conflict Over the Next Decade is the first webinar in this series, scheduled for next Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (1000- 1100 EST).

Join Dr. David Kilcullen and proclaimed Mad Scientists…

Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our new series of monthly virtual events – Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? – exploring our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change.

Operational Environment and Conflict Over the Next Decade is the first webinar in this series, scheduled for Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (1000- 1100 EST).

Join proclaimed Mad Scientists Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Sean…

Mad Scientist is pleased to announce our new series of monthly virtual events – Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? – exploring our adversaries’ views on Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change.

Operational Environment and Conflict Over the Next Decade is the first webinar in this series, scheduled for Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (1000- 1100 EST).

Join proclaimed Mad Scientists Dr. T.X. Hammes and Dr. Sean…

We will facilitate the next webinar in our continuing Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events this Thursday, 7 January 2021 (1100-1200 EST):

Future of Unmanned Space Systems – featuring proclaimed Mad Scientists Ms. Kara Cunzeman, Lead Futurist for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation; and Dr. Julia Badger, Autonomous Systems Technology Discipline…

We will facilitate the next webinar in our continuing Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events this Thursday, 7 January 2021 (1100-1200 EST):

Future of Unmanned Space Systems – featuring proclaimed Mad Scientists Ms. Kara Cunzeman, Lead Futurist for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation; and Dr. Julia Badger, Autonomous Systems Technology Discipline…

We will facilitate the next webinar in our continuing Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events on Thursday, 7 January 2021 (1100-1200 EST):

The Future of Unmanned Space Systems – featuring proclaimed Mad Scientists Ms. Kara Cunzeman, Lead Futurist for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation; and Dr. Julia Badger, Autonomous Systems Technology Discipline…

We are launching our Mad Scientist Writing Contest on the 4Cs: Competition, Crisis, Conflict, and Change to crowdsource the intellect of the Nation (i.e., You!) regarding:

How will our competitors deny the U.S. Joint Force’s tactical, operational, and strategic advantages to achieve their objectives (i.e., win without fighting) in the Competition and Crisis Phases?

How will our adversaries seek to overmatch or counter…

In exploring the Future Operational Environment (OE) in the mid-to-far term, AFC has introduced two key factors critical to deliberations about Army Modernization -- the concentration of global power, and global technological innovation -- and presented four alternative futures to explore how different values of these two factors might interact in the future.

Why is the Army hosting an event about unmanned maritime systems?

The Future of Unmanned Maritime Systems is the next webinar in the Mad Scientist Robotics & Autonomy Series of Virtual Events. In the future, the Army will be operating through a Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) warfighting concept and framework. The maritime domain will be a critical part of this fight. The Army may be called upon to counter sea-based…