--- description: The White House adviser delivers rare public remarks at White House tech summit title: Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2017 6:51 PM CUT  Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, speaks during a meeting with technology executives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 19, 2017\. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, speaks during a meeting with technology executives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 19, 2017\. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2017 6:51 PM CUT For a White House adviser with such an expansive portfolio, Jared Kushner is rarely heard. President Trump’s son-in-law delivered remarks on camera at a [summit that brought leaders in the tech industry](http://fortune.com/2017/06/18/jared-kushner-technology-summit-white-house/ "undefined") to the White House on Monday. At the summit, Kushner discussed the Trump Administration’s efforts to modernize the systems of the federal government and called on the tech industry to help. “We will unleash the creativity of the private sector to provide citizen services in a way that has never happened before,” Kushner said Monday. He also discussed a recently announced plan to overhaul [the veteran medical records’ system](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/va-head-announces-plan-overhaul-veterans-health-records-n768491 "undefined") by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Kushner has emerged as a key figure in Trump world, known for having the President’s trust and his ear. In his role as senior adviser, he has been tasked with tackling criminal justice reform policy and [brokering Middle East peace](http://time.com/4823327/jared-kushner-middle-east-travel-peace-deal-israeli-palestinian/ "undefined") by his father-in-law-slash-boss. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/"},"headline":"Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance","datePublished":"2017-06-19T18:51:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:13:03.182Z","description":"The White House adviser delivers rare public remarks at White House tech summit","url":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","Veterans Affairs","jared kushner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea8f435af13cb5e4/6988d253fb4eac2aeb89287d/gettyimages-697752016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jared Kushner Praises Tech Leaders At White House Meeting","caption":"Jared Kushner Praises Tech Leaders At White House Meeting","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4824091/jared-kushner-speak/","name":"Hear Jared Kushner Speak in a Rare Public Appearance"}}]}] ```