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	==== Co-Chairs ====		==== Co-Chairs ====
	[https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjords/ Michèle Ledgerwood], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertgehorsam/ Robert		[https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjords/ Michèle Ledgerwood], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertgehorsam/ Robert Gehorsam], and [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymichalski/ Jerry Michalski] jointly chair the Highlands Forum's portfolio of activities. They each bring different substantive expertise to the table and are engaged in facilitating global networks of experts in emerging areas of policy or technology. They also have deep experience in planning, executing, and directing high-level, multidisciplinary meetings for government, nonprofit, and business clients.
	Gehorsam], and [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymichalski/ Jerry Michalski] jointly chair the Highlands Forum's portfolio of activities. They each bring different substantive expertise to the table and are engaged in facilitating global networks of experts in emerging areas of policy or technology. They also have deep experience in planning, executing, and directing high-level, multidisciplinary meetings for government, nonprofit, and business clients.

	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====

Michèle at 16:59, 30 December 2024

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	==== Board of Directors ====		==== Board of Directors ====
	The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[Bylaws]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, following the rules set in the [[Bylaws]].		The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[Bylaws]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, following the rules set in the [[Bylaws]].

			==== Co-Chairs ====
			[https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjords/ Michèle Ledgerwood], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertgehorsam/ Robert
			Gehorsam], and [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymichalski/ Jerry Michalski] jointly chair the Highlands Forum's portfolio of activities. They each bring different substantive expertise to the table and are engaged in facilitating global networks of experts in emerging areas of policy or technology. They also have deep experience in planning, executing, and directing high-level, multidisciplinary meetings for government, nonprofit, and business clients.

	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====

Michèle at 16:50, 30 December 2024

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	==== Public ====		==== Public ====
	The public has access to Highlands Forum [[reading lists]], meeting highlights, and reference sources (coming soon!), and may contact us to engage with our Active Participants at any time.		The public has access to Highlands Forum [[reading lists]], meeting highlights, and reference sources (coming soon!), and may contact us to engage with our Active Participants at any time.

	~~== Other Misc. Pages ==~~
	* [[Participants]]
	* [[Past Meeting Topics]]

Michèle: /* Public */

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Public

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	==== Public ====		==== Public ====
	The public has access to Highlands Forum [[reading lists]] and ~~published articles~~.		The public has access to Highlands Forum [[reading lists]], meeting highlights, and reference sources (coming soon!), and may contact us to engage with our Active Participants at any time.

	== Other Misc. Pages ==		== Other Misc. Pages ==
	* [[Participants]]		* [[Participants]]
	* [[Past Meeting Topics]]		* [[Past Meeting Topics]]

Michèle: /* Active Participants */

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Active Participants

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	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====
	"Active Participants" are individuals in our network who are engaged in organizing current and future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who have participated in the most recent virtual or in-person sessions, and who contribute to furthering our educational mission in other ways (online or within their respective organizations). The Forum regularly welcomes new participants with insights around our current and forthcoming areas of focus.		Active Participants are individuals in our network who are engaged in organizing current and future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who have participated in the most recent virtual or in-person sessions, and who contribute to furthering our educational mission in other ways (online or within their respective organizations). The Forum regularly welcomes new participants with insights around our current and forthcoming areas of focus.

	==== Alumni ====		==== Alumni ====

Michèle: /* Active Participants */

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Active Participants

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	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====
	~~The [[~~Active Participants]] are ~~those~~ who are engaged in organizing future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who participated in the most recent ~~meetings~~. The Forum ~~constantly~~ welcomes new participants with insights around our current and forthcoming ~~educational~~ areas of focus.		"Active Participants" are individuals in our network who are engaged in organizing current and future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who have participated in the most recent virtual or in-person sessions, and who contribute to furthering our educational mission in other ways (online or within their respective organizations). The Forum regularly welcomes new participants with insights around our current and forthcoming areas of focus.

	==== Alumni ====		==== Alumni ====

Michèle: /* Active Participants */

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Active Participants

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	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====
	The [[Active Participants]] are those who are engaged in organizing future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who participated in the most recent ~~meeting~~.		The [[Active Participants]] are those who are engaged in organizing future Highlands Forum meetings, as well as those who participated in the most recent meetings. The Forum constantly welcomes new participants with insights around our current and forthcoming educational areas of focus.

	==== Alumni ====		==== Alumni ====

Michèle at 16:42, 30 December 2024

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	==== Board of Directors ====		==== Board of Directors ====
	The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[Bylaws]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, following the rules set in the [[Bylaws]].		The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[Bylaws]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, following the rules set in the [[Bylaws]].

	~~==== Members ====~~
	The [[Bylaws#3.01._Membership\|Members]] are a self-maintaining steering group which annually elect the [[Board of Directors]] and act as the program committee for Highlands Forum [[Past Meeting Topics\|meetings]] and publications.

	==== Active Participants ====		==== Active Participants ====

Michèle: /* Board of Directors */

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Board of Directors

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	== Organizational Structure ==		== Organizational Structure ==
	==== Board of Directors ====		==== Board of Directors ====
	The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[~~bylaws~~]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, by the [[Bylaws~~#3.01._Membership\|Members~~]].		The [[Board of Directors]] consists of five individuals who collectively hold day-to-day governance responsibility for the organization, within the constraints of the [[Bylaws]]. The board is elected annually, to one-year terms, following the rules set in the [[Bylaws]].

	==== Members ====		==== Members ====

Michèle: /* Purpose */

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Purpose

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	== Purpose ==		== Purpose ==
	The purpose of the Highlands Forum is to ~~educate and~~ facilitate ~~peace-building~~ and international cooperation.		The core purpose of the Highlands Forum is to facilitate educational programming and conversations aimed at fostering international cooperation and peacebuilding around the world's most critical challenges.

	More ~~broadly: The~~ Highlands Forum is an informal, cross-disciplinary network with a common interest in information, science, and technology and their ~~impact on~~ global security and ~~societal activities~~. ~~For more than twenty-five years, participants~~ from industry, academia, the arts, ~~and~~ government, as well as professionals in a variety of fields~~, have shared~~ their knowledge and insights~~. Some of the thematic areas explored by the Forum include: emerging technologies~~, ~~networks and risk~~, ~~organizational development, economic competition~~, and ~~the changing concept of security~~. The Forum’s process ~~is informal and~~ seeks to provoke, to stimulate, and ~~to bring~~ ideas from the edge to the core through in-depth conversations ~~we call "~~strategic ~~listening~~."		More specifically, the Highlands Forum is a global, informal, cross-disciplinary network of experts with a common interest in information, science, and technology and their relevance to global security, societal transformation, and areas of existential risk. Participants from industry, academia, the arts, government, and nonprofits - as well as professionals in a variety of fields - come together to share their knowledge and insights through small, multi-day meetings, focused virtual sessions, and online interactions. The Forum’s process of “strategic listening” seeks to provoke, stimulate, and transform by bringing ideas from the edge to the core through in-depth conversations among nonobvious partners. Its current focus is on areas of extreme fragility around the globe, with an emphasis on identifying innovative, collaborative, and replicable solution sets.

			The Highlands Forum is not a formal policy group and thus does not issue consensus recommendations or engage in either lobbying or advocacy. Rather, it aims to educate and to build strategic relationships among participants that will effectively reframe their analytic thinking and increase their organizations’ impact.

	== Organizational Structure ==		== Organizational Structure ==