Discovery Series

Each year, the Hopkins Bloomberg Center will host a Discovery Series of events featuring deep and insightful conversations on a single topic at the intersection of tech, science, and public policy.

The series has partnered with Vox Media to host AI-focused interviews with veteran tech reporter Kara Swisher. It has also partnered with SpaceNews to examine the geopolitical, commercial, scientific, and security dimensions of space.

Upcoming Event

July 16, 2026 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT

The Discovery Series with Kara Swisher featuring Gina Raimondo

Past eventS

Maintaining space security will require agility, partnership Maintaining space security will require agility, partnership

Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chief of space operations with the U.S. Space Force, and space leaders from industry and academia outline what it will take to ensure the U.S. succeeds in space over the next 15 years.

What will it take for self-driving cars to go mainstream?

Uber CEO tells tech journalist Kara Swisher ‘eventually AVs will win,’ becoming the norm.

The driving forces behind the commercial space boom

As a new space age takes shape and renewed global competition to return to the moon heats up, top space executives discuss what’s next, exploring the key forces driving commercial space and the innovations they believe will transform life on Earth and beyond.