Eric Ward is the Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives and External Relations at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). Prior to joining the IPC, he was the Senior Director at Policy Horizons Canada, the federal government’s centre for strategic foresight. 

• The road to the IPC and strategic foresight work [3:34]
• Using strategic foresight to build stronger policies and programs [5:28]
• What strategic foresight is in simple terms [6:35]
• The importance of strategic foresight for organizations and policymakers [8:09]
• Steps in the strategic foresight process [10:05]
• Looking ahead a few years or thousands of years [17:12]
• Science fiction and anticipating technological advances [19:06]
• IPC strategic foresight series on next generation law enforcement [20:40]
• Generating results to support a coordinated regulatory response [23:43]

Resources:

• Policy Horizons Canada
• Strategy and Foresight (World Economic Forum)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Next Generation Law Enforcement (IPC resources)
• Law Enforcement and Surveillance Technologies (IPC webcast)

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