WEF/Global Future Council/Agile Governance
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Membership | • Huda Al Hashimi • Torsten Andersen • Christian Bason • Kirk Bresniker • Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt • Rahul Dhanda • Roslyn Docktor • Eileen Donahoe • William Eggers • Victoria A. Espinel • Stefanie M. Falconi • Robb Henzi • Paul Klimos • Verena Kontschieder • Nele Leosk • Nick Malyshev • Aaron Maniam • Sarah Montgomery • Jesse Moore • Cindy Nastanski • Keita Nishiyama • Diana Paredes • Landry Signé • Julius Torach • Ott Velsberg • Lisa Witter • Loren Newman |
Shaping agendas to create a "more agile, flexible approach to regulation" to prepare for future crises. |
The Global Future Council on Agile Governance is one of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Councils. The Global Future Councils serve as a brain trust for leaders from government, business and civil society collaborating in shaping agendas. The Council on Agile Governance is designed to create "more agile, flexible approach to regulation" when "technological breakthroughs across the digital, biological and physical spheres are heralding a Fourth Industrial Revolution."
How this will look practice can be judged by how most governments in the world have removed existing laws, plans and civil rights to implement "a more agile, flexible approach" in the COVID-19 deep event.
Official narrative
Council mission and objectives: COVID-19 has shown that innovations such as telemedicine, track-and-trace apps or drone delivery are no longer simply complementary tools that increase efficiency, but essential to the functionality of daily life, society and the economy and to prepare for future crises. Yet the pandemic has also shown that the regulation of emerging technologies is not flexible enough to allow us to introduce technological innovation quickly.
The Global Future Council on Agile Governance brings together leading experts from business and government to drive regulatory reform that unleashes innovation and drives economic growth. The council is developing a playbook of agile regulatory techniques (e.g. regulatory sandboxes) that governments can adopt to support and stimulate innovation, drawing on best practices from around the world. Next year’s council will focus on developing the role of business in driving agile technology governance in support of government practices.[1]
Members
- Huda Al Hashimi Assistant Director-General, Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
- Torsten Andersen Deputy Director, Danish Business Authority
- Christian Bason Chief Executive Officer, Danish Design Centre (DDC)
- Kirk Bresniker Fellow and Chief Architect, Hewlett Packard Labs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt Chair, European and Global Governance, School of Governance, Technical University of Munich
- Rahul Dhanda Board of Directors, Sherlock Biosciences
- Roslyn Docktor Vice-President, Technology and Science Policy, IBM Corporation
- Eileen Donahoe Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator
- William Eggers Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Government Insights, Deloitte
- Victoria A. Espinel President and Chief Executive Officer, BSA - The Software Alliance
- Stefanie M. Falconi Co-Founder, Instituto Limite
- Robb Henzi Senior Vice-President, Strategy, sparks & honey, Omnicom Group Inc.
- Paul Klimos WEF Global Shaper, Palo Alto Hub
- Verena Kontschieder AI Policy Program Manager, Facebook Inc.
- Nele Leosk Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
- Nick Malyshev Head, Regulatory Policy Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Aaron Maniam Deputy Secretary for Industry and Information, Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) of Singapore
- Sarah Montgomery Deputy Director, International and Strategy, Better Regulation Executive, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom
- Jesse Moore Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, M-KOPA Solar
- Cindy Nastanski Senior Vice President, Corporate Law and Deputy Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo
- Keita Nishiyama Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiative, The University of Tokyo
- Diana Paredes Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Suade
- Landry Signé Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Programme and Africa Growth Initiative, The Brookings Institution
- Julius Torach Commissioner, Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance of Uganda
- Ott Velsberg Government Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia
- Lisa Witter Chief Executive Officer, Apolitical Foundation; Co-Founder and Member of the Board, Apolitical
- Loren Newman (former chairman of Council)