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Existential pessimism has received $883M in philanthropy, sparking a rush of premature regulation and regulatory capture. There are now 407 AI regulation bills in the works in America. Let’s look at the bellwether bill from California: SB-1047
SB-1047 requires developers to ensure safety before training large AI models, with civil penalties for violations of the Act. This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how AI is built. It is not like engineering an artifact with known functional blocks. Metaphorically, it’s less like purposeful design and more like directed evolution, or parenting. The absurdity of this regulatory approach becomes stark if you substitute “teenager” for “AI” as a thought experiment. Testifying that a teenager will be “safe” is an empty promise providing a false sense of security at best. Doing so before you start parenting is rank absurdity.
You can't prove safety in any cutting-edge complex system built by iterative algorithms — whether AI or teenager. Nor can you control them, in the engineering sense. (Summary of why in my 2006 Tech Review article)
In SB-1047, developers must make “a positive safety determination that the model does not have the capability to enable certain harms, such as the creation of chemical or biological weapons that would result in mass casualties or a cyberattack on critical infrastructure resulting in $500 million or more in damage.”
It sounds like a reasonable goal, but how would you parent a teenager to prevent this? How far would you have to cripple an AI to remove its chemical and biological reasoning? Given the vast array of industrial chemicals that could become a WMD if released, it becomes a fool’s errand. In my neighborhood, the arsine and phospine at our semi fabs could kill their local community if released. Did I just enable a harm by mentioning it? Even if you could purge most of chemistry and biology and the references to their powers, the mind control becomes crippling. The core reasoning powers of the AI models degrade with the more mind control you impose. Just like a teenager.
Like typical regulatory burdens, testing needs to be according to “a written safety and security protocol” with annual compliance certification. Lots of work for lawyers and bureaucrats, and a hindrance to the builders. The burgeoning bureaucracy is the shoggoth on the face of America.
As with cellular ag, the regulatory chokehold on innovation and progress is coming in the new industry's infancy. I would hope the government would look back on the early days of the Internet and all that blossomed in the unregulated domains. Innovation is what makes America great, again and again, but for the ignorant impulse to preemptively regulate that which we don’t understand.
The regulators do not understand that which they regulate… and they never will. This may make them uneasy, but we are routinely building complex systems that exceed human understanding. We cannot regulate the product if we cannot understand the product. The locus of learning and progress is the process, not the product of creation.
This session, organised by IRU, explores the growing importance of competitiveness in the transport sector and its impact on decarbonisation and international cooperation. It takes place during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” held on 21 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. The session is moderated by Vincent Erard, Senior Director of Strategy and Development, IRU and speakers include Radu Dinescu, President, IRU; Andreas Dempf, Chief Sales Officer, Member of the Board of Bosch Mobility; Marina Lussich, Principal Program Manager, European Operations Sustainability, Amazon; Thomas Noto, Head of Commercial Road Freight, DP World; and Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge, Global Director of Transport, World Bank.
This session, organised by the International Road Federation (IRF), Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), will focus on how low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and emerging economies can build resilient transport networks while managing limited resources. Mike Evans, Director, Global Roads and Streets Leader, Europe Transport Leader, ARUP moderates this session and speakers include Gonzalo Alcaraz, Acting Director General, International Road Federation; Francesc Carbonell, Head of Sector for Transport, Union for the Mediterranean; Reinaldo Fioravanti, Group Head of Transportation, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Dhouha Najjar, Acting Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development, Union for the Mediterranean; Nicolas Peltier, Global Director for Transport, World Bank; Susanna Zammataro, CEO, International Federation of Consulting Engineers. This session takes place during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” held on 21 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany.
Summit President Juan Carlos Muñoz, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunication of Chile, will report on key discussions and decisions taken by the Council. The press conference also marks the official handover of the ITF Presidency from Chile to Azerbaijan for 2025/26, with the participation of Rahman Hummatov, Deputy Minister of Transport of Azerbaijan. It takes place during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit on “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” held in Leipzig on 22 May 2025.
Spotlight on Research sessions organised jointly by the International Transport Forum, European Commission, European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), Transportation Research Board (TRB) and World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) at the International Transport Forum Summit on 23 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. Speakers include Mauricio Orozco-Fontalvo, Transport Researcher and Lecturer, Specialising in MaaS, User Behavior, and Urban Mobility, Luciano Agustin Pana Tronca, Phd researcher, University of Trieste and IUSS Pavia, Gernot T.Liedtke, Acting Director, Institute of Transport Research, DLR and Aseem Kinra, Prof. Systems Transition Engineering, Heriot-Wattt University, Scotland. Victoria Sheehan, Executive Director of the US Transportation Research Board – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, moderates the session.
This media event is held during the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 22 May 2025 showcasing recent innovations in European rail driven by EU-Rail, the European Union's partnership for rail research and innovation.
Sustainable and Resilient Transport in South America session hosted by Chile as President of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the International Transport Forum Summit on 23 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. Panellists include Ricardo Montecino, Director of Development, Engineering and Projects Division, State Railways Company of Chile (EFE); Guillermo Muñoz, President, Metro de Santiago; Cristóbal Pineda, Head of Regional Public Transport Division, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile; Paola Tapia, Board Director, Port of San Antonio (EPSA); Joaquín Urrutia, CEO, Red Global S.A. (BancoEstado); Eduardo Zbikoski, Director, Metropol Group and Juan Carlos Muñoz, Minister, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile. Shokraneh Minovi, Senior Partnership Specialist, Global Transport Department, World Bank moderates the panel.
Am 68. Social Media Gipfel zeigten Beatrice Kübli, Projektleiterin bei der Schweizerischen Kriminalprävention (SKP), und Sophus Siegenthaler, Gründer, Managing Partner und IT-Security Engineer bei der Berner cyllective AG, wie Cyberattacken auf Organisationen und Unternehmen ausgeübt werden, welche Vorkehrungen für einen guten Schutz nötig sind und wie Mitarbeitende wirkungsvoll sensibilisiert werden können.
Photocredits: Samuel Letsch, s.letsch@outlook.com
ITF Secretary- General meets with Rodrigo DA COSTA, Executive Director, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) during the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 21 May 2025.ITF Secretary- General meets with Rodrigo DA COSTA, Executive Director, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) during the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 21 May 2025.
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim meets with Eugenijus Sabutis, Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania during the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 21 May 2025.
Organised by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), this session reflects on the global impact of the TUMI E-Bus Mission, which works with cities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America to accelerate the shift to electric buses. Speakers include Rabea Schmecht (GIZ), Tu-My Tran (ICLEI) and Ben Welle (World Resources Institute). This session is held during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit on “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” in Leipzig on May 20, 2025.
Speakers include Joy Pasquet, Transport Strategy & Policy lead at Amazon Logistics, and representatives from Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. The Table moderators include, Rui Miguel Amorim de Velasco Martins, Head of the Studies, Assessment and Foresight Service, Institute for Mobility and Transport, Portugal; Tim Dallmann, Director of International Partnerships Program, International Council on Clean Transportation; Priyansh Doshi, Jr., Technical Manager, Smart Freight Centre; Sita Holtslag, Europe Director, CALSTART/Drive to Zero; Sonja Munnix, Senior Advisor Sustainable Mobility, Netherlands Enterprise Agency; Esther Perrin, Senior Associate, Project Manager, Transport and Mobility, WBCSD; Dominic Phinn, Head of Transport, Climate Group; Claude Renard, ZFE and IRVE Deployment Coordinator, Ministry of Ecological Transition, France; and Naomi White, Head of the Global Transition, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom. The event fosters collaboration across sectors to accelerate decarbonisation, promote zero-emission adoption, and ensure equitable access to sustainable mobility.
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FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech
December 1st, 2021
Half Moon Bay, CA
9:05 AM
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS
Morgan Stanley alumnus and military vet Jen Easterly is the second person to lead the U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She's got her work cut out for her as she attempts to secure U.S. cyberspace in the face of so many espionage campaigns, ransomware, and cyberattacks. Hear how she plans to tilt the balance in favor of the defenders.
Speaker:
Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Interviewer: Robert Hackett, a16z Crypto
Photograph by Nick Otto for FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH
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Organised by Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, this open-stage session introduces the concept of airport metabolism a framework that goes beyond airport decarbonisation to explore how circular economy principles can drive systemic change. As global greenhouse gas emissions and material use rise, the session invites an interactive discussion on making airports more sustainable. Speaker include MarÃ-a Santos Alfageme, Researcher, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon.
Integrating Resilience into Urban Planning and Transport Network Design event at the International Transport Forum Summit on 23 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. Speakers include Benjamin de la Peña, CEO of the Shared-Use Mobility Center, Bruno Batista, Technical Consultant Former Executive Director, CNT; Burkhard Jung, Mayor of the City of Leipzig; Chiara Corazza, President of CCC and French Representative to the G20 EMPOWER Alliance and Hasan Almousa Senior General Manager of the Transportation Department, Riyadh Public Transport, The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC). The session is moderated by Geraldine de Bastion, Political Scientist. The session explores frameworks and strategies for integrating resilience into urban transport planning, promoting multi-modal solutions, demand management, and stakeholder cooperation.
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FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech
December 1st, 2021
Half Moon Bay, CA
9:05 AM
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS
Morgan Stanley alumnus and military vet Jen Easterly is the second person to lead the U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She's got her work cut out for her as she attempts to secure U.S. cyberspace in the face of so many espionage campaigns, ransomware, and cyberattacks. Hear how she plans to tilt the balance in favor of the defenders.
Speaker:
Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Interviewer: Robert Hackett, a16z Crypto
Photograph by Nick Otto for FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH
Team Group pictures, the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 21 May 2025.
Organised by the National Confederation of Transport, Brazil (CNT), this session addresses the growing need for risk management and infrastructure resilience in the face of global disruptions such as pandemics, extreme weather, and geopolitical conflicts. Speakers include Tiago Veras, Transport Development Manager, CNT. This session is held during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit on “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” in Leipzig on May 21, 2025.
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim meets with the Journalists of the ITF Media Travel Programme during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit in Leipzig.
The session “We Rely On Each Other: Building Partnerships and Transport System Resilience presents voices from those working in modes such as maritime, inland waterways, aviation, rail, road and public transport to explore examples of challenges and crises and discuss potential solutions and best practices. Moderator: Lucie Anderton, Director Sustainability, UIC. Speakers: Miguel Caso Florez, Technical Director, PIARC; Arthur Cormier, Sustainable Development & Design and Culture Committee Manager, UITP; Laure Herbert, Project Director, SETEC and Chair, Adaptation Working Group, PIANC; Francisco Esteban Lefler, President, PIANC. Lukasz Wyrowski, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Transport Division, UNECE.
Digital Infrastructure for Resilient Supply Chains and Competitive Economies session organised by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands and the Directorate-General for Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility of France at the International Transport Forum Summit on 22 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. Marieke Smit, Head of Strategy for Mobility, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands moderates the session and speakers include Kristof Almasy, Policy Officer, Euripe Nico Anten, Secretary-General International Affairs at Connekt; Sharon Davies, VP Public Affairs EU at DHL Express; Adriana Diaz, Innovation Director at EIT Urban Mobility Foundation; Vincent Erard, Senior Director – Strategy & Development at IRU; Jon Kuiper, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands and Kees van der Burg, Director-General at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands.
Sponsored by Porzio Life Sciences, LLC, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., and the Seton Hall Law Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy. Exploring data in the life sciences industry. Life sciences companies at all stages are increasingly becoming targets for external cyberattacks and data incidents. Industry leaders agree that the risk profile for companies in the life science industry is significant, citing high levels of revenue, significant investments in R&D, a reliance on technology systems and providers, and internal risks as driving factors in the trend. Attendees will hear from industry leaders who will discuss multiple aspects of cybersecurity, data privacy, and global compliance that are unique to life sciences companies.
This interactive session marks the launch of the joint ITF–FIA Foundation study on gender and transport resilience and brings together ITF stakeholders from government, international organisations, business and academia, including participants of the ITF 2025 Annual Consultation on Gender and the Women in Transport Network. The breakout sessions will be moderated by the session speakers, Emiko Araki, Director of International Cooperation Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan; Mario Tartaglia Leader of FS Research Centre, FS Italiane, Member ITF CPB; Keisha Alena Mayuga, Advisor, Gender and Inclusivity, TUMI/ Women Mobilize Women; Joo Hyun Ha, Sustainability Strategy and Climate Advocacy, UIC; Heather Allen, Independent Consultant; Philippe Crist, Senior Advisor, Innovation & Foresight, ITF and Magdalena Olczak-Rancitelli, Senior Manager, ITF This session is held during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit on “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” in Leipzig on May 22, 2025.
Enhancing Cooperation for a Resilient, Sustainable, and Digital Middle Corridor session organised by the World Bank at the International Transport Forum Summit on 22 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany.
CEO of DHL Group Dr. Tobias Meyer presents their brand new "Extended Range Electric Vehicle" (EREV), which has just undergone a three month test in parcel transport between Berlin and Hamburg. This takes place during the International Transport Forum's 2025 Summit on "Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig, Germany on 22 May 2025.
028
FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech
December 1st, 2021
Half Moon Bay, CA
9:05 AM
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS
Morgan Stanley alumnus and military vet Jen Easterly is the second person to lead the U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She's got her work cut out for her as she attempts to secure U.S. cyberspace in the face of so many espionage campaigns, ransomware, and cyberattacks. Hear how she plans to tilt the balance in favor of the defenders.
Speaker:
Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Interviewer: Robert Hackett, a16z Crypto
Photograph by Nick Otto for FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH
ITF Secretary-General meets with Korean Minister Sang-Woo Park, International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit in Leipzig.
Learning From the Data: Recommendations to Reduce Non-exhaust Emissions in Cities session organised by EIT Urban Mobility at the International Transport Forum Summit on 22 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. This session addresses the growing issue of non-exhaust emissions (NEEs) from road transport, focusing on the impact of brake, tyre, and road wear particles on air quality and public health. Speakers include Laura Dyett, Senior Strategy and Policy Manager – Air Quality Transport Policy at Transport for London; Phoebe Stockton, Senior Policy and Programme Officer, Air Quality Team at Greater London Authority, and Yoann Le Petit, Thought Leadership Manager at EIT Urban Mobility.
Presidency Reception at the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” held on 21 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany.
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The Council of Ministers of Transport is held during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit on “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks" in Leipzig on 22 May 2025.
028
FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech
December 1st, 2021
Half Moon Bay, CA
9:05 AM
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS
Morgan Stanley alumnus and military vet Jen Easterly is the second person to lead the U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She's got her work cut out for her as she attempts to secure U.S. cyberspace in the face of so many espionage campaigns, ransomware, and cyberattacks. Hear how she plans to tilt the balance in favor of the defenders.
Speaker:
Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Interviewer: Robert Hackett, a16z Crypto
Photograph by Nick Otto for FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH
(Editor note: This Monday, May 1, at 10 AM EST, Futurist Jim Carroll will be interviewed by an AI about the impact of AI. You won't want to miss it! It will go out LIVE to his LinkedIn channel, Youtube, and personal and corporate Facebook pages. He'll post more details in his Monday morning Daily Inspiration. If he can make it work, it will also be streamed live on his blog.)
Most organizations are going to need a Senior Vice-President of Artificial Intelligence Risk Management within a year.
The position, reporting to the Board of Directors, will be responsible for monitoring, assessing, and interpreting an ever-increasing flood of new AI-based risks and preparing scenarios for management to counter them; quarterbacking the deep ethical and moral issues that come with the increasing use of AI within the organization; coming up with and working with HR to monitor a company-wide "AI Code of Conduct," applicable to all staff; working with the Chief Legal Officer on the never-ending number of new AI-related copyright, trademark, and intellectual property issues hitting the organization; spending time with the corporate IT department to come up with policies, strategies, and structure to firewall corporate information sources so that they don't become fodder for content within large-language models (and hence, become a part of the answer than AI chatbot offers up); ensuring that any new products or services developed utilizing AI are based on an appropriate quality, reliability and ethical frameworks; and working with HR to ensure that workforce skills and capabilities are enhanced and developed so that the organization has a proper sills-base for the artificial intelligence era. Not only that, but the individual will have to continually modify and adjust these responsibilities in the face of new AI risks not yet identified and yet to come.
The individual will be required to report on this initiative, their responsibilities, and their findings, to the Board on a quarterly basis, to the public annually or semi-annually, and to the CEO weekly - if not daily. They must have effective media and PR skills, as they will have to quickly become the public face of the response by the organization to the forthcoming flood of new corporate PR disasters that will threaten to do significant damage to the organization.
All of this is going to be necessary sooner than you think.
Think about it - many companies did such a lousy job in preparing for cyber risk and computer security issues that we live in a world of constant security attacks and IT. penetrations, relentless cyberattacks, privacy breaches, and more. Even though we'd been telling them for years that IT security should be a Board level issue, funded with the p[proper resources, companies haven ignored this risk.
They will do an equally lousy, if not worse job, dealing with AI.
Isn't this all far-fetched?
Not at all - as the latest 'shiny new object,' every organization is rushing to get into this new world with wild enthusiasm but few strategic, moral or ethical guardrails. AI-based deep fake technology already allows us to create entirely false images and videos. The Senior Vice-President of Artificial Intelligence Risk Management better makes sure that the public relations department isn't using such technology to create disparaging comments about a competitor, or that the marketing department isn't using it to make fanciful product claims!
After all, our fake future is already here, one in which ethical boundaries have disappeared and a moral sense of right and wrong is already gone.
Bottom line - you can try and ignore AI-related risk, but AI-related risk won't ignore you.
In fact, it's going to make your life pretty miserable at times!
Original post: jimcarroll.com/2023/04/daily-inspiration-if-everyone-is-t...
Ministers’ Roundtable on Strategic Public Transport Funding: Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Mobility at the International Transport Forum Summit on 22 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. Geraldine de Bastion, Political Scientist moderates the session and speakers include Jill Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Federal Cyclists' Federation (ECF);Antonia Höög, Chief Sustainability Officer, Keolis; Billy Hann, CEO, Dublin Bus; Joseph Bukari Nikpe, Minister of Transport, Ghana, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile; Liubov Schachtner, CEO, Siemens Mobility Latin America and Brazil; Maja Vukićević, Minister of Transport, Montenegro; Marc Rozendal, CEO of EIT Urban Mobility; Pablo Camacho, Vice Minister of Infrastructure, MOPT Costa Rica; Philippe Tabarot, Minister of Transport, France; Rahman Hummatov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Azerbaijan; Seán Canney, Minister of State, Ireland; Sylvain Haon, Senior Director Strategy and Transformation at UITP and Tomas Serebrisky, Manager at the Infrastructure and Energy Sector, IDB. The session addresses sustainable public transport funding and strategies for equitable mobility.
This session, organised by the Israel Ministry of Transport and Road Safety and the Israel National Cyber Directorate, explores Israel’s leadership in cybersecurity for connected and digitalised land transport systems. It showcases the work of CyITS, the national centre for intelligent transport systems’ cybersecurity, and highlights technologies that protect communication networks, traffic control systems, and EV charging infrastructure. The session is moderated by Tamir Goren, Director of Strategic Programs, Israel National Cyber Directorate and speakers include Avi Atzur, Cybersecurity Researcher at CyITS; Kobi Ben-Aharon, Head of Cyber, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, Israel; Dr. Matthias Lenk, Sales Engineering Manager, Upstream; Yaniv Oz, VP Strategic Partnerships, Cylus; Miri Regev, Minister, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, Israel; Giuseppe Serio, VP market Development, Upstream Security and Eddy Thesee, VP Cybersecurity at Alstom. This session takes place during the International Transport Forum’s 2025 Summit “Transport Resilience to Global Shocks” held on 21 May 2025 in Leipzig, Germany.
Sponsored by Porzio Life Sciences, LLC, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., and the Seton Hall Law Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy. Exploring data in the life sciences industry. Life sciences companies at all stages are increasingly becoming targets for external cyberattacks and data incidents. Industry leaders agree that the risk profile for companies in the life science industry is significant, citing high levels of revenue, significant investments in R&D, a reliance on technology systems and providers, and internal risks as driving factors in the trend. Attendees will hear from industry leaders who will discuss multiple aspects of cybersecurity, data privacy, and global compliance that are unique to life sciences companies.