The global aerospace industry is reinventing itself, with innovation spanning materials, engineering, and a more expansive vision for how we take to the skies. Virginia sits at the heart of this transformation as a breeding ground for ingenuity.

With one of the highest shares of active duty troops relative to state residents, Virginia employers stand to benefit as service members prepare to transition into civilian life - and take their talents with them. 

Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector (GPS), talks with VEDP President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke about GPS’ work with public and private sector partners to leverage Google technology to serve U.S. citizens.

Prem Natarajan, Ph.D., is chief scientist and head of enterprise AI at Fairfax County-based Capital One Financial Corporation. He discussed his work managing technology strategy, architecture, and development for the company’s enterprise data, machine learning, and analytics initiatives.

Shannon Kellogg, vice president of public policy at Amazon, joined VEDP Interim VP of Knowledge Work Megan Welch to talk about Amazon's cloud investments, his public policy efforts supporting Amazon Web Services and other tech innovation the company is spearheading.

Fairfax-based ANRA Technologies works to create order from unmanned chaos, with an assist from VEDP’s VALET program.

New advanced manufacturing technology is delivering new levels of precision, production, safety and sustainability - thanks to investments and collaboration across Virginia. 

Booming Virginia clusters provide a supply chain blueprint for increasing drug accessibility, affordability.

Virginia food and beverage processors drive sustainability through production practices. 

Roanoke’s biotech project is one example of how Virginia’s cities, counties, and regions are preparing the land and spaces that will house tomorrow’s industry, from labs designed for tiny startups to megasites that are project-ready for manufacturing and logistical use.