Mr. W. Patrick Wilson
Vice President of Government Affairs MediaTek USA
Mr. W. Patrick Wilson is Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs for MediaTek (Taiwan's second largest public company). He joined MediaTek in 2020 following two years of appointed service at the US Department of Commerce, leading the Office of Business Liaison, within the Office of the Secretary. Prior to joining OBL, Wilson led corporate government relations for US headquartered manufacturing companies Cummins Inc. Babcock and Wilcox Company (now BWE) and for seven years the Semiconductor Industry Association. The SIA is the trade association representing America's largest chip makers. Before joining the government affairs world, he worked in the US Congress, House and Senate; Last serving as Director of Coalitions and Senior Counsel for the House Small Business Committee and Executive Director of the House Manufacturing Caucus. He also formerly served as Legislative Counsel for Kansas Senator Sam Brownback and as Legislative Director for Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana. A veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn, Wilson has served as an artillery officer in the US Army and Virginia National Guard since 2004 and is currently a Civil Affairs Officer in the US Army Reserve. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in International Studies & Economics from the University of Denver Korbel School and also attended the Denver Sturm College of Law.
Professor Martin Kuball
Lead for Semiconductor Electronics at the University of Bristol
Professor Kuball is Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, Director of the Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) REWIRE, developing and commercialising next generation semiconductor power electronics, and Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Device Thermography and Reliability (CDTR) at the University of Bristol, UK; he is also Director of TherMap Solution, a spin-out company from the University of Bristol. His expertise lies in semiconductor power and RF electronics, as well as opto-electronics using wide and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors. He is Fellow of IEEE, MRS, SPIE, IET and IoP, and joined the University of Bristol, from Brown University, USA, after his PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany.
Dr Melanie Garson
Associate Professor in International Security
Melanie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University College London where she teaches her flagship course "From Cyberwarfare to Robots: The Future of Conflict in the Digital Age" that examines the nexus of disruptive tech and building defence and resilience. She also teaches courses on international negotiation and tech diplomacy, as well as problem-solving for policymaking at HM Treasury. She provides practical insights and thought leadership for policymakers across the full spectrum of cyber policy, tech geopolitics, and defence innovation challenges. Having spent four years at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where she set up the cyber policy function, she has advised leaders globally on cyber resilience policy, the geopolitics of the internet, space, AI, and compute, the rise of tech companies as geopolitical actors, data governance as well as the future of defence.
Wenchi Yu
Non-resident Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Ms. Wenchi Yu is a Non-resident Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and a global affairs advisor specializing in cross-border strategies between Asia and the U.S. She has held roles in high-growth global tech companies, advising on public policy and social impact, and led strategic philanthropy at Goldman Sachs in Asia. Ms. Yu is also an angel investor focused on EdTech and the Future of Work. Before entering the private sector, Ms. Yu worked at the U.S. Department of State and Congress. She started her career in the nonprofit sector. Her writing has appeared in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the Asia 21 Advisory Board of Asia Society.
Professor Robert Trager
Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
Professor Robert F. Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is a recognized expert in the international governance of emerging technologies, diplomatic practice, institutional design, and technology regulation. He regularly advises government and industry leaders on these topics. Dr. Trager has written two books and numerous articles in leading social science journals, including the American Political Science Review, International Organization, International Security, Foreign Affairs and many others. His award-winning research has been covered in popular press outlets like the New York Times, Economist, Financial Times, Washington Post, NPR, Fortune, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs.
The Honorable R. Clarke Cooper
19th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council
The Honorable R. Clarke Cooper is the founder of Guard Hill House, LLC, a national security consultancy, and World, Water, & Power, LLC, a sustainable development firm. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council with over two decades of experience in diplomatic, intelligence, and military roles. From 2019 to 2021, he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, overseeing $170 billion in arms sales and $16 billion in security assistance annually. He received the Superior Honor Award in 2021 for his role in implementing the security cooperation aspects of the Abraham Accords. His diplomatic career includes posts at the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Evan Medeiros
Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China Relations
Dr. Evan S. Medeiros is the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the School of Foreign Service and the Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-China Studies. His research and teaching focuses on the international politics of East Asia, U.S.-China relations and China's foreign and national security policies. He has published several books and articles and regularly provides advice to global corporations and commentary to the international media. Dr. Medeiros' background is a unique blend of research expertise and practical experience. He previously served for six years on the staff of the National Security Council as Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia - and then as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia. In the latter role, Dr. Medeiros served as President Obama's top advisor on the Asia-Pacific and was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific across the areas of diplomacy, defense policy, economic policy, and intelligence.
Chris Miller
Professor of International History
Chris Miller is Professor of International History, where his research focuses on technology, geopolitics, economics, international affairs, and Russia. He is author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, a geopolitical history of the computer chip. He is the author of three other books on Russia, including Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia; We Shall Be Masters: Russia's Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin; and The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR. He has previously served as the Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale, a lecturer at the New Economic School in Moscow, a visiting researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a research associate at the Brookings Institution, and as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Academy. He received his PhD and MA from Yale University and his BA in history from Harvard University.