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The
office, called the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
will have 50-60 people working on about 10 different projects by
the end of the next year, Murat Sonmez, a one-time Silicon
Valley entrepreneur who will lead the effort, said in an
interview.
The goal is to develop policy approaches to address the novel
issues raised by new technologies, said the member of the
forum's managing board. Many "policies and regulations were
written before the Internet was invented. Policy-makers don't
know what to do," he said.
About half of the new center's staff will be full-timers and the
rest will include fellows and others from industry, academia and
government, Sonmez said.
"Given the accelerating change brought on by innovation,
continuous public-private cooperation on a global level is
needed more than ever," Klaus Schwab, founder and chief
executive of the forum, said in a statement.
The Word Economic Forum holds regional events around the world
and publishes research on the global economy.
(Reporting by Jonathan Weber; Editing by Richard Chang)
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