About
Ben Winter is a Tech Diplomacy Fellow at the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. He works on research and policy to address security challenges in transformative technologies—from the bioeconomy to quantum computing.
Ben is the West Coast Director of the Science & Technology Network at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He is a diplomat based at the San Francisco British Consulate General.
He is responsible for the UK Government’s engagement on research and innovation with State Government, industry and research institutions across the Western US. He also works closely with the British Embassy in Washington on Federal policy engagement. The UK Science and Technology Network is a joint policy and diplomacy unit with a presence across the US. The team covers a wide range of policy areas, from emerging technologies such as AI, quantum, and synthetic biology, through to critical minerals, space, and biosecurity.