2018 North American Think Tank Summit: Closing the Gap between Knowledge, Policy and Good Governance in the Digital Age

Abstract

The theme of the 2018 North America Think Tank Summit is: Closing the Gap between Knowledge, Policy and Good Governance in the Digital Age. Understanding the significant rise of technology and disruptive nature of today’s political scene is critical to shaping future politics and avoiding problematic consequences. Think tanks’ role is growing as the world makes technological advancements that opens an unprecedented range of information and potential for the future. Think tanks have the only available network of organizations that can cooperatively filter fake news from the truth, give a number of net predictions for tomorrow with constructive evidence, and respond to the economic and political fallout with the incentive to truly advance the society’s security architecture forward. Additionally, the national and global disorder requires that we develop new and better ways to address not only the principal conflict in content, but also how the information is being communicated. The Summit will explore these complex and evolving dynamics, and identify strategies and systems to address them.