Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Summit 2026
Join us at The Johns Hopkins University Science Diplomacy Summit 2026 on April 13-14 where high-level speakers, experts, and scholars from 40+ countries will discuss during 70+ thematic science diplomacy sessions how science can foster international cooperation. Our Head of Programs, Dr. Jan Lüdert, will serve as an expert on the “Diplomacy in Many Languages: Policy, Innovation, and the Future of Collaboration” panel.
The summit will take place at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Science diplomacy offers a pathway to build trust, share knowledge, accelerate innovation, and forge partnerships across geopolitical divides to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The 2026 Science Diplomacy Summit seeks to further this goal, convening a broad coalition of stakeholders to address issues that demand collaborative solutions, including artificial intelligence governance, space diplomacy, climate innovation, and health security.
Diplomacy in Many Languages: Policy, Innovation, and the Future of Collaboration
Day 1 Breakout 3
April 13, 2026 | 2:10 PM–3:10 PM ET
Exploring the New Arctic
Track: Environment
Moderator: Shere Abbott
Speakers: Ambassador David Balton, Ambassador Anniken Huitfeldt, Hila Levy
Location: The Link, 4th Floor
Research Security: Enabling Trusted Scientific Partnerships in an Evolving Landscape
Track: AI, Quantum, Tech
Moderator: David Biggs
Speakers: Glenn Tiffert, Florent Bernard, Sarah Stalker-Lehoux
Location: Room 820, 8th Floor
FlashTalks: Diplomacy in Many Languages: Policy, Innovation, and the Future of Collaboration
Track: Science Diplomacy
Speakers: Ona Ambrozaite, Jan Lüdert, Petr Kavalir, Chris Jones, Claudia Alarcon Lopez
Location: Room 822, 8th Floor
Governing the Final Frontier
Track: Space
Moderator: Frank Justice
Speakers: Victoria Samson, Valda Vikmanis, Yosuke Kaneko
Location: 940/944, 9th Floor
Dr. Jan Lüdert is Head of Programs at the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York. Jan earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He holds Harvard Kennedy’s School Public Leadership Credential; a First-Class Honors MA in International Relations from the Australian National University; and a BA in Public Policy from Hamburg University for Economics and Politics. He previously served as Associate Professor at City University of Seattle where he was the inaugural Director of Curriculum and Instruction. He held positions as Visiting Research Scholar at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at City University of New York's Graduate Center as well as Research Associate with the DFG 'Dynamics of Security' project at Philipps Marburg University. He is an alumnus of Seattle's World Affairs Council Fellows and UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues Scholar programs.Dr. Jan Lüdert, German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York
Event Information
April 13 to 14, 2026
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Organizer(s): Johns Hopkins University