What an honour to work with Peter Lanctot, Dr Yinbiao Shu, IEC President, Dr Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, IEC Vice President and MSB Convenor, Dr Dietmar Reinert, Dr Coen van Gulijk, Dr Toshihiro Fujita, Dr Toshiyuki Kajiya and Mr. Philippe Juhel at the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Market Strategy Board at the 85th IEC General Meeting held as a hybrid event from Dubai. We discussed the Safety in the Future Whitepaper we developed along with other amazing electrotechnical experts from around the globe. My session was highlighting that the Fast-Forward-Future is here right now and safety in design and product safety is in the hands of engineers and designers - they have a part to play and an opportunity to lead the world before the laws and standards catch up to the speed of technological advancement! We can make the difference! Keynote 1: The Power of Digitalisation: Collaborative Safety as an Element of Safety Dr Dietmar Reinert, Director, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Keynote 2: Why is Safety in the Future important? Significance of writing the white paper. Dr Coen van Gulijk, Researcher/Professor and Expert in Digital Transformation of Safety Management Systems, TNO, The Hague, Netherlands Presentation: Collaborative Safety: New Holistic Approach for Realizing Vision Zero which promotes Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Work Dr Toshihiro Fujita, Director at The Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP), Osaka, Japan Presentation: Application of Tripartite System to Workplaces - Standardization learning from Conformity Assessment Practice Dr Toshiyuki Kajiya, Director at The Institute of Global Safety Promotion (IGSAP), Osaka, Japan Presentation: IEC Advisory Committee on Safety (ACOS): Technical development and standardisation in IEC related to safety in the future Mr. Philippe Juhel, Standardization Manager, Schneider Electric, Grenoble, France