Irene is an academic, investor and a serial entrepreneur, running her own family office investment group. Her early businesses included the turnaround of SA Travel group, pioneering cruising in Southeast Asia and building a cruise business into a $3b annual turnover. As an academic, Irene is a specialist in market design. A Professor at the University of Warwick, a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, a Senior Member of Wolfson College Cambridge and Group CEO of Dataswyft, Irene has been transforming companies, cities and governments with data markets.
Roundtable Room 2 (Level 2)
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Governance, the Architecture & Standards for the Digital Economy: Striving for international connectivity and trust in a fragmented world.
How can governments act locally but support global interconnectivity and the development of the digital economy? What standards, conventions, or infrastructures do we need to adapt or create to enhance access and empower citizens and companies to participate on equal footing in the global digital economy while addressing risks and protecting sovereignty?