APL Colloquium
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History of the APL Colloquium
Learn more about the history of the APL Colloquium and see a complete list of colloquium talks.
APL staff members can view recordings of past talks on the Colloquium playlist.
2025 Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2025 | William Regli (University of Maryland) | Perspectives on AI Risk or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI” |
| June 19, 2025 | Hon. Chris Inglis (Former National Cyber Director) | Digital Infrastructure in 2025 – Black Hole or Big Bang? |
| June 5, 2025 | Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University) | Can Machines Think Logically? |
| May 8, 2025 | Amishi Jha (University of Miami) | Optimizing Cognitive Readiness: Mindfulness Training in Applied High-Demand Environments |
| April 28, 2025 | Dr. Craig I. Fields | Time for Real Strategic Thinking for U.S. Defense |
| March 28, 2025 | Caitlin Rivers (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security) | A Five-Year Retrospective on the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| March 26, 2025 | Paul N. Stockton (Senior Fellow, APL) | Surfing the Wave |
| March 21, 2025 | Hon. Aprille Ericsson (Former Asst. Sec. of Defense for Science and Technology) | |
| March 19, 2025 | Lewis Dartnell (Univ. of Westminster) | Astrobiology: The Hunt for Alien Life |
| March 7, 2025 | Christopher Yung (Dean, Marine Corps War College) | Six Pillars of PLA Amphibious Doctrine and the Taiwan Invasion |
| March 5, 2025 | Nicholas Lambert (Historian) | The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power |
| February 28, 2025 | Phil Feldman (ASRC Federal and UMBC) | Killer Apps: Internet Scale AI Social Weapons |
| February 21, 2025 | Dennis W. Woodfork (APL) | Onward and Upward |
| February 14, 2025 | Col. Frank. K. Sobchak (U.S. Army Ret.) | The Outliers: Security Force Assistance Successes in an Era of Disasters |
| January 31, 2025 | Mindy Weisberger (Science Writer) | Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind Control |
| January 24, 2025 | MAJGEN Mick Ryan AM (Australian Army Ret.) | The War for Ukraine, Strategy, and Adaptation Under Fire |
| January 21, 2025 | Anthony Bonato (Toronto Metropolitan Univ.) | Dots and Lines: The Hidden Networks Around Us |
| January 10, 2025 | Daniel Blumenthal (American Enterprise Institute) | From Coercion to Capitulation: How China Can Take Taiwan Without a War |