Policy Horizons

Policy Horizons is a Canadian federal government organization tasked to help the Government of Canada develop "future-oriented policy and programs that are more robust and resilient in the face of disruptive change on the horizon"[1]

Policy Horizons reports through the Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Director General
* 2 Biodigital Convergence
* 3 See Also
* 4 References

## Director General[edit]

Kristel Van der Elst is the Director General at Policy Horizons Canada, Government of Canada. She is former Head of Strategic Foresight at the World Economic Forum. Kristel holds 3 Masters including an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She is a Fulbright Scholar and a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar.[1]

## Biodigital Convergence[edit]

"Policy Horizons Canada (Policy Horizons) intends to start an informed and meaningful dialogue about plausible futures for biodigital convergence and the policy questions that may arise. In this initial paper, we define and explore biodigital convergence.." [2]
"Full physical integration of biological and digital entities .."[3]

## See Also[edit]

* Digital ID
* Transhumanism
* Privacy

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://horizons.gc.ca/en/about-us/
2. ↑ Foreword section, https://horizons.gc.ca/en/2020/02/11/exploring-biodigital-convergence/#Foreword
3. ↑ "What is" section, https://horizons.gc.ca/en/2020/02/11/exploring-biodigital-convergence/#what-is-biodigital-convergence