Norwich University will host futurist and author Peter Warren Singer for the Todd Lecture Series talk, “NextTech: The Future of Technology, Security, and Threats” on Wednesday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Plumley Armory.

This lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will also be streamed live online from http://tls.norwich.edu/

Peter Warren Singer is Strategist at New America and an editor at Popular Science magazine. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the nation’s 100 leading innovators; by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues; by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List. Described in the Wall Street Journal as “the premier futurist in the national security environment,” Singer is considered one of the world’s leading experts on changes in 21st century warfare.

Singer’s award-winning books include “Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry;” “Children at War;” “Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century;” and “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know.” His latest book is “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War;” a techno-thriller crossed with nonfiction research. A book signing will follow the lecture.

This lecture is the keynote of the 2017 Norwich University College of Graduate and Continuing Studies Residency Conference. For more information, please visit tls.norwich.edu or call 802-485-2633.