Government Analytics Breakfast (GAB) Forum

On March 22nd, REI Systems and Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Governmental Studies will host a Government Analytics Breakfast (GAB) Forum at the Johns Hopkins Washington D.C. Center. We are bringing together professionals from government, academia, and the corporate community to discuss how government analytics can enable real-world successes and support learning of critical lessons from actual experience.

At this session, you will hear from Dr. Jason Matheny, Director, IARPA. His presentation is titled, "How IARPA Judges the Success of Investments in Research and Innovation."

Agenda

8:30-8:45am: Registration & Breakfast

8:45-8:55am: Welcome

8:55-9:25am: Dr. Jason Matheny, Director, IARPA

9:25-9:55am: Q&A and Discussion

9:55-10:00am: Closing

If you are interested but cannot attend in-person, register for the livestream event here.

If you have any questions, please email bailey.lucero-carter@reisystems.com.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Dr. Jason Matheny is Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a U.S. Government organization that invests in high-risk, high-payoff research in support of national intelligence. Before IARPA, he worked at Oxford University, the World Bank, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Center for Biosecurity and Princeton University, and is the co-founder of two biotechnology companies. His research has been published in Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Risk Analysis, Tissue Engineering, and the World Health Organization’s Disease Control Priorities, among others.

Dr. Matheny holds a PhD in applied economics from Johns Hopkins, an MPH from Johns Hopkins, an MBA from Duke, and a BA from the University of Chicago. He received the Intelligence Community’s Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology.