Anna Williams

Anna Williams is the Lead Science and Technology Researcher on the Longitude Prize; the challenge with a £10 million prize to help solve one of the greatest issue s of our time. It is being run and developed by Nesta, with the Technology Strategy Board as launch funding partner.

Prior to Nesta Anna worked for the European Bioinformatics Institute as a member of the Communications and Policy team. Anna also conducted research to inform the preparatory phase of ELIXIR which is a pan-European life sciences infrastructure.

 Her academic research focuses on the social impact of technological development and its implications for future governance.