Overview
University of Sydney in collabouration with Accenture offered an interdisciplinary project to research on 'Regulatory Framework to address Disruptive Technologies - Autonomous vehicles as an example'
Disruptive technologies are reshaping the world. There is an urgent need for regulators and industry experts to come together and think about possible ways to address them. We had a chance to work in interdisciplinary teams to come up with this unique framework to tackle this complex upcoming problem in the society.
About Research Project
The politicising of matters to do with disruptive technologies and government bureaucracy in Australia has meant that current regulatory approaches have been designed and implemented in such a way that they are highly inflexible and restrictive.
This report provides an analysis of disruptive technologies within society over the last 20 years, in particular the impacts and long term effects seen as a result of the implementation of these technologies within society at large.
This analysis is used to inform an optimal framework for approaching the regulation of disruptive technologies in an Australian context - with a specific focus on autonomous vehicles (AVs).
Case studies are presented on AV and human bionics respectively and, alongside background research have been used to form the regulatory framework at large.
Timeline: 12 Weeks - 2018
Role: Researcher, Project Manager, Digital Designer, Presenter
Team: Abhinav Bose, Jesse Botella, Hanqi Wu (Vicky), David Abraham, Kundie Khuleya, Andrew Meppem, Edmond Hua
The Approach
This brief aims to identify the key problems with digital
disruption as part of the final framework for the industry partner with the end user (Government) in
mind.
Digital disruption has innovated and changed the way
the modern person moves through the world. Whilst
the private sector has found profitable ways to meet
these problems, governments are still being caught
by surprise when new technologies, crimes, social
and economic issues arise. Solving this problem will
allow governments to be better prepared for digital
disruption.
The link to the research below analyses problems brought about
by digital disruption and outlines the approach used by the team.
About Framework
The proposed regulatory framework seeks to enact regulatory measures
that will help governments, authorities, companies, citizens and all relevant
stakeholders navigate the design, distribution and utilisation of new
technologies in a proactive manner, as well as mitigate the potential risks
and harness the potential benefits of disruptive technologies.
The adaptive
framework proposed involves; a blacklisting system, In which dangerous
technologies are banned outright, a co-regulation system based on
establishing peer-relationships with stakeholders of disruptive technologies
as well as giving emergency jurisdiction to the High Court of Australia. The
authors recommend a compensation scheme in which compensation is
shared by the government, manufacturer and consumer in the case of any
emergency arising from the malfunction or misuse of a particular technology.