Tech Diplomacy & Leadership Program

Andrea Renda is an Adjunct Professor at the European University Institute's School of Transnational Governance in Florence, and a Senior Research Fellow leading the Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy Unit at CEPS. He is also a nonresident Senior Fellow at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.

Andrea serves on the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI, the European Commission’s ESIR advisory group, and the European Parliament's STOA Advisory Board. His work focuses on regulatory governance, innovation and competition policy, and the ethical and policy challenges of emerging technologies, especially AI. A widely published author and keynote speaker, he advises institutions such as the European Commission, European Parliament, OECD, and World Bank.

Yiwen Li is an experienced investor with a strong track record in AI, blockchain, and healthcare technology, and has built global partnerships to scale innovation. She is currently Head of Venture Investments at Bayview Development Group, a global family office active across venture, growth equity, and real estate. Previously, she was a Principal at Alumni Ventures, led corporate strategy at Masimo, and built international business at NantHealth, after starting her career in equity research at Capital Group.

Yiwen has served on boards and advisory groups including Give2Asia, C-Sweet, and Asia Society, and co-founded the “Asian Women Empowered” initiative. Recognized among the Top 50 Women Leaders in San Jose and the Most Inspirational Women in Web3, she is also the author of the bestseller Make the World Your Playground.

She holds master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Vienna, and completed executive programs at UC Berkeley and Wharton. She is fluent in Mandarin and German and has lived and worked across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Andrew W. Reddie is an Associate Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and Founder of the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. His research at the intersection of technology, politics, and security examines how technology shapes international order—with a focus on nuclear weapons policy, cybersecurity, AI governance, and innovation. His methodological work focuses on the use of experiments and wargaming methods.

Andrew serves in faculty leadership roles at UC Berkeley’s Center for Security in Politics, the Berkeley APEC Study Center, and the UC-wide Disaster Resilience Network. He is also an affiliate of UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies, the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, the Institute of East Asian Studies, and the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, as well as the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
He is a non-resident fellow within the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a non-resident fellow at Sandia National Laboratories within the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) within the Center for Global Security and Cooperation.

Andrew received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019.

Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett is a nationally recognized policy leader and technology attorney. Since 2016, Ben has passed more than 100 innovative and transformative progressive policies.

Ben is an engine for new approaches to government with an eye for equity, and innovation. Including Blockchain municipal Microbonds, modular telemedically enhanced supportive housing for the homeless, a health innovation zone, health impact bonds, civilian mental health emergency response, local contracting equity, EV infrastructure, and set state policy as the Governor’s appointee to the California Blockchain Working Group.