Foreword 3

Executive summary 4

Introduction: The new competitive battleground 5

1 The building blocks: five design domains 6

1.1 Defining boundaries that protect without constraining 7

1.2 Designing learning systems that turn evidence into evolution 8

1.3 Opening market access so innovation reaches users safely 9

1.4 Building shared infrastructure that levels the playing field 10

1.5 Keeping the law adaptive, so trust and relevance endure 11

2 Regulatory pathways: from building blocks to strategic models 12

2.1 Three routes regulators are taking to design the future 12

2.2 Strategic coherence will define the next generation of regulation 13

3 Designing regulation: a source of advantage and trust 14

3.1 Regulation as strategic advantage in a changing geopolitical order 15

3.2 Regulation as a public good for innovation and society 15

4 Shaping what comes next: priorities for regulators and chief executive officers 16

Conclusion 17

Contributors 18

Endnotes 19