For this episode of the Voices from DARPA (https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/podcast) podcast, we sat down with DARPA Director, Dr. Stefanie Tompkins (https://www.darpa.mil/staff/dr-stefanie-tompkins), to discuss the agency’s upcoming DARPA Forward regional event series. Held on leading research and development campuses throughout the United States and open to all, these conferences will connect DARPA leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships.We also speak with Dr. Max Shulaker from MIT, who had an early-career opportunity to join the DARPA innovation ecosystem, and Lucia White, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin and member of the US Space Force, who will participate in DARPA Forward as a 2022 DARPA Riser.For more information, visit forward.darpa.mil (forward.darpa.mil)