Looking back to look forward
Sep 19, 2024 | 2:20 PM - 3:10 PMCC12 - OECD Conference Centre
Sep 19, 2024 | 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
CC12 - OECD Conference Centre
Description
Policymakers grapple with the difficult task of fostering innovation enabled by new technologies while safeguarding against their risks. The session will delve into case studies of past technology developments—such as the advent of the Internet, biotechnology, and mobile communications—to extract valuable lessons and consider these in view of technologies on the horizon. Leveraging the GFTech’s diverse and insightful community of governments, business, academia and civil society perspectives, the discussion will draw on experiences from different continents and sectors to identify applicable wisdom from the past to:
• Leverage international cooperation so ethics and human rights guide developments through norms, standards, and best practices at the right time;
• Identify strategies for striking the right equilibrium, including managing the role of public and private sector in empowering competitive markets with sustainable investments that scale in line with societal interests;
• Consider the role of citizen engagement in shaping policies that facilitate digital and technological literacy required to foster inclusiveness; and,
• Anticipate priority policy areas with higher risk and ensure these are not given equal or lesser attention by default.
