The Hoover Institution Program on the US, China, and the World and Bio-Strategies and Leadership invite you to Winning the Biotechnology Competition on Monday, August 18th, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. PT.
Biotechnology holds transformative potential for security, competitiveness, human flourishing, and democracy. Increasingly, it is central to US-PRC science and technology competition. The Hoover Institution programs on the US, China, and the World and on Bio-Strategies and Leadership convene a distinguished panel of experts from the realms of science, policy, and industry to discuss the state of play in biotechnology and its implications. What are the current challenges facing US competitiveness in biotechnology? How can we foster a biotechnology innovation ecosystem that addresses urgent needs and aligns with American values of safety, security, and responsibility? What role should government play?
FEATURING
Drew Endy is the Martin Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education (bioengineering), codirector of degree programs for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school), core faculty at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), and senior fellow (courtesy) of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He serves as president and director of the Biobricks Foundation and director of the iGEM Foundation and the Biobuilder Educational Foundation. His research focuses on the foundations of synthetic biology along with broader societal aspects. He earned a PhD in biotechnology and biochemical engineering from Dartmouth College.
Jonathan Norris joined HSBC’s Innovation Banking Division in April 2023 from SVB, where he was a Managing Director for 17 years. At HSBC, Jon manages healthcare venture relationships and works with investors and companies on commercial banking and debt products. In addition, for more than a decade, Jon has written comprehensive reports on the venture healthcare ecosystem, covering venture fundraising, investment, valuations and exits. These reports have been widely cited in the ecosystem and he often speaks at major investor and industry conferences. He has more than 20 years of healthcare banking experience. Jonathan earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of California, Riverside, and a J.D. from Santa Clara University.
Anna Puglisi is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. She also serves as a Technology and Security Fellow at RAND. Puglisi previously served as a Director for Technology and Security at the National Security Council, a senior advisor to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, where she focused on science and technology policy development and global technology competition; and the national counterintelligence officer for East Asia at the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, advising senior US and foreign government officials at the highest levels and members of academia and the private sector on counterintelligence issues, including research security.
Glenn Tiffert is a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs Hoover’s program on the US, China, and the World, and also leads Stanford’s participation in the National Science Foundation’s SECURE program, a $67 million effort authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to enhance the security and integrity of the US research enterprise. He works extensively on the security and integrity of ecosystems of knowledge, particularly academic, corporate, and government research; science and technology policy; and malign foreign interference.
