PUBLICATIONS
Thought Piece #1 Launch
When Framing the Future, Open the Aperture for Innovation
Quick Wins:
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Applied research
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Goal-driven models
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Open innovation platforms
Thought Piece #2 Launch
Strategic Partnerships and Innovation
Gianna Sagazio | Innovation Director National Confederation of Industry (CNI)
Brazil
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"The difficult times that people, companies, and countries are facing right now, all over the world, are such that it may seem that the effort to overcome it might exceed our strength. But it is necessary to believe in the potential of cooperation between strategic agents, with focused actions and creativity. "
Thought Piece #3 Launch
Collaboration, Competitiveness and Collective Well-Being
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Science and Innovation
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Malaysian industrial development
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Collaborative models
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Thought Piece #3 Launch
The case of ATHEX Stock Exchange in a Mission to Sustainable Growth
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Trends in Banking
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ATHEX Innovation Program
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Entrepreneurship
Thought Piece #4 Innovation
Societes need innovation more than ever
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Sustainable Development
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Accelerator-labs
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Innovation Management
Thought Piece #5 Innovation
Antecipation: a key conversation for resilience
Quick Wins:
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Future strategies
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Anticipatory systems
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Futurecasting
Thought Piece #6 Talent
Ecosystem
Approach to
Build Lifelong
Learning
Societies
Quick Wins:
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Future of Work
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Human Capital Development
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Lifelong Learning
Thought Piece #7 Intellectual Property
Sustainable Data Require Governance + Stewardship
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Intangible assets
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Intellectual Property
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Data Governance
Christopher Geiger | Enterprise Risk and Sustainability
Director, Lockheed Martin
United States
"The responsible use of data and IP underlie sustainable enterprises, circular economic practices, and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. The practical foundation for that responsible use is data governance and stewardship."
Thought Piece #8 Intellectual Property
Closing the Intellectual Property-Diversity Gap
Quick Wins:
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Inclusive IP Systems
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Entrepreneurship
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Technology & Innovation
Thought Piece #9 Intellectual Property
Redesigning
IP Systems
to Boost
the Creative
Economy
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Non-Fungible Tokens
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Blockchain
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Design-Thinking
Gulay Ozkan |Founder, GEDS Strategic Design
Consultancy
Turkey
"Creativity does not have a step-by-step process and contains ambiguity and uncertainties (...). Although current IP systems cover graphic design or product design in general, they overlook the new domains of design and fail to provide legal protection."
Thought Piece #10 Infrastructure
Accelerate and Prioritize Sustainable Infrastructure
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Opportunities in Africa
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Digital Solutions
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Sustainability and Innovation
Frannie Léautier | Senior Partner, SouthBridge Group, and CEO, SouthBridge Investments
Rwanda
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"Where infrastructure is aging or mature, the pandemic has also signaled the need for new thinking and imaginative approaches for retooling and recycling. Many innovations have materialized, such as bringing digital solutions to aging infrastructure."
Thought Piece #11 Infrastructure
A New Era of Cleantech Venture Capital
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Tech growth
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Renewable Energy
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Business Opportunities
Elisa Jagerson |Managing Director, Wildcat Venture Partners
United States
"Venture capital has a particularly pivotal role to play when it comes to helping climate tech companies cross the chasm. Venture capital funded businesses have been the source of many of humanity's most disruptive innovations"
Thought Piece #12 Public-Private Partnerships
A Blueprint for Innovation Competitiveness
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Innovation Models
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Risk-sharing
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Transformative Technologies
Tapiwa Chiwewe | Program Director and Senior Manager IBM Research
South Africa
"Central issues for PPPs on innovation cooperation include an interdisciplinary management committee with academic and industrial representatives, mindful strategies, and contractual terms that enable a seamless procedure to select and add new partners and a sustainable financial agreement."
Thought Piece #13 Regulation
Regulation for the Future
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Technology
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Collaborative Regulation
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Public Procurement
"Regulation can be a means to slow down or to drive innovation, depending on how forward looking and agile it is. One key aspect is the degree of risk taking embodied in regulation."
Thought Piece #14 Regulation
Regulations
to Foster
Innovation,
Sustainability,
and Resilience
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Technology
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Energy System
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LATAM
Juan Pedro Córica| Co-Founder & Executive Director, QMAX Energías Renovables
Argentina
"Regulation is something inevitable, which increases costs for businesses and can erase their value very fast. So the question is not whether the technology industry should be regulated, but what is the right way to do it?"
Thought Piece #15 Regulation
Evolving
Regulation
to Fuel
Innovation
Quick Wins:
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Technology
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Innovation in Malaysia
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Regulatory Sandboxes
"An effective method to regulate technology is by constantly interacting with it — identifying and modifying regulations in real-time, enforcing them, and communicating to the public swiftly. And all this must be done while working within legacy frameworks and fostering
innovation."
Thought Piece #16 Natural Assets
Can Nature
Conservation
and Economic
Development
Go Together?
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Biodiversity
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R&D
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Technology
Zakri Abdul Hamid | Science Advisor
Campaign for Nature and
Scientific Advisor to the President
Islamic Development Bank
Malaysia
"It is important to note that natural assets
cannot be properly developed without
human talent and expertise. In fact, the
human asset would be the most sacrosanct
of all natural assets, especially in
a mega-biodiverse country like Malaysia."
Thought Piece #17 Local Development
Transforming a Regional Economy by Building on a Heritage of Creativity and Innovation
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Innovation
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Regional Deals
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Technology
"If we are to succeed in competing in the next economy, then we need to embrace the reality that we will only be able to do this through a collaborative partnership approach"
Thought Piece #18 Trade and Global Partnerships
Global Trade and
Partnerships
A catalyst to advance
innovation, sustainability,
resilience and inclusiveness
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International Treaties
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European Union policy-making
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Green Transition
Simos Anastasopoulos | President, Council on Competitiveness of Greece (Compete.GR)
Greece
"We need our economies to be resilient,
on a national and regional levels, so that
we can recover from future disruptions
and be able to continue to provide for the
welfare of our communities, even when
unfortunate events happen"
Thought Piece #19 Benchmarking
Resilience
Begins With
Individual
Empowerment
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Youth Leadership
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Infrastructure
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Natural Disasters
Michinari Hamaguchi | President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Japan
"Resilience begins with individual confidence to overcome adversity and self-belief that even one person can make a difference and save lives. Nurturing such belief will certainly be a challenge, but one that is evidently
worth the effort."