---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: April Rinne <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:39 PM Subject: WEF/YGL sharing economy update To: Dear all, I'm delighted to share some updated information about the World Economic Forum's efforts around the sharing economy. First, there is now a WEF/YGL Sharing Economy Innovation website<http://www.weforum.org/reports/young-global-leaders-sharing-economy-innovation>. This means there's a home for publications, updates, etc. (which didn't exist before). Second, the WEF/YGL position paper has been updated and formatted by the WEF team, including an introduction by David Aikman (Managing Director and Head of the New Champions). The paper is downloadable on the site above and directly here: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_YGL_CircularEconomyInnovation_PositionPaper... Note this is the same paper that was originally released over the summer, so you don't need to re-read if you saw the first version. Nonetheless it's is an exciting milestone as it marks WEF's acknowledgement of, and entry, into this space. The paper is relevant for businesses, cities, foundations, universities, brands and many more stakeholders across verticals and geographies. Speaking of cities, it also includes a section on Shareable Cities -- which makes it part of an early and exciting new set of opportunities for public sector engagement, urban planning in the 21c, and civic innovation worldwide. I am honored to have led the charge to complete this paper; it was a truly collaborative effort by the working group and with Collaborative Lab. Extra thanks to WEF and YGL for enabling this to happen. If any questions, just let me know. Next steps include getting these topics featured in future WEF summits and dialogues, and expanded collaborations. And of course, please feel free to share this far and wide! Kind regards, April PS: There is an ongoing conversation about terminology -- sharing economy, collaborative economy, collaborative consumption, peer economy, etc. WEF opted to stay out of that debate and stick with the sharing economy for now. * APRIL RINNE* Chief Strategy Officer Collaborative Lab San Francisco | Sydney thecollaborativelab.com Phone +1 (415) 694 3114 Twitter @aprilrinne <https://twitter.com/aprilrinne> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/