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The Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) serves as the bridge between technologists, policymakers, industry, and global stakeholders.

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Science and Technology

Advancing Open Science Hardware: Opportunities and Challenges in US Government Procurement

Posted date/time:April 2, 2025

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Spying on Poachers

Posted date/time:April 1, 2025

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Science and Technology

The Bybit Heist: What Happened & What Now?

Posted date/time:March 31, 2025

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Digital Assets

Understanding the New Executive Order on Cryptocurrency and Financial Innovation

Duration:25:31Posted date/time:March 27, 2025

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Technology Labs

The Wilson Center's Technology Labs provide the knowledge foundation for core science and technology policy topics through a six-week seminar themes series.

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Serious Games Initiative

The Serious Games Initiative communicates science and policy complexities through the world’s most dynamic medium: gaming.

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Digital Assets Forum

The Wilson Center’s Digital Assets Forum has a mission to present reliable unbiased information concerning the evolution in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.

Program Staff

Kellee Wicker

Kellee Wicker

Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program

Elizabeth M H Newbury

Former Director of the Serious Games Initiative; Senior Program Associate, Science and Technology Innovation Program

Alison Parker

Alison Parker

Former Senior Program Associate

Sophie Goguichvili

Program Associate

Kara Struckman

Former Program Associate

Sonja R. O'Brien

Sonja R. O’Brien

Former Program Coordinator, Serious Games Initiative

Logan Shomo

Logan Shomo

Former Program Coordinator

Fellows

Natalia Antelava

Fellow;
Editor-in-Chief, Coda Media and former BBC correspondent

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Global Fellow;
Founding Partner at Unicorn Strategies; Guest Lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School

Worku Gachou

Worku Gachou

Global Fellow;
Head of North America Inclusive Impact & Sustainability, Visa, Inc.; Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

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Leopoldo López

Public Policy Fellow;
National Coordinator of the Voluntad Popular political party, Venezuela

Robin Shepherd

Global Fellow;
Advisor, Strider Technologies

Sylwia Spurek

Sylwia Spurek

Wilson International Competition Fellow

Falan Yinug

Falan Yinug

Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm

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