b'Member News November 2022 21Solving societal challengesEngaging with parliamentariansThe IET has been leading calls for Westminster legislators to wake up to the risks that the metaverse poses, particularly for children and vulnerable users.Ahmed Kotb, IET Digital Lead, said: ThePrior to the parliamentary recess, we metaverse is a major milestone on theheld a drop-in event, hosted by Rosie digital media timeline, representing vastDuffield MP, where we briefed MPs and opportunities for users to benefit fromtheir staff on the metaverse and our the immersive virtual environment.concerns.The Online Safety Bill was delayed due to the ballot for the next Prime With these opportunitiesMinister. The IET will continue to comes risks and challengesadvocate on behalf of the changes that we believe are required to ensure which need to be managedthe Bill keeps everyone safe.Following publication of our recentwith the right structures, laws report, Safeguarding the Metaverse,and processes in place toFurther engagement with Membersthe IET has been engaging with MPs,ensure the safety of all usersof the Houses of Parliament and Lords peers and civil servants, to highlightincluding, and especially,is being planned for autumn 2022.that the metaverse is also bringingyoung people. To read our new threats and vulnerabilities thatSafeguarding the must be addressed at industry,Metaverse report, visit: regulatory and government levels. The Apollo Protocol When it comes to innovation, the manufacturing and built environment sectors often work with similar processes, only in different ways. That is why our newest white paperThe Apollo Protocol: Unifying digital twins across sectorsexamines the potential for developing environmental performance and commercial growth across these sectors. To break the sectorial divide, the paper finds that this would be achieved bytechnology industriespolicy makers developing a cross-sector approachThere are many steps to improvingwill only meet their sustainability to integrating digital twins intoinformation managementfrom thegoals if they can provide clarity industrial practice named the Apollomanufacturers and their productduring procurement for the market Protocol. It will be written by theinformation and frameworksto respond effectively, so it will cross-sector Apollo Forum, which willto technology companiestake a whole system approach.explore a range of opportunities fromproducing in the digital twinThe authors of this report represent both the potential for circularity to the sharing of human capital resources. space who need the availabilitythe manufacturing and built environment of data to construct models. sectors, as well as the digital twin and Rick Hartwig, IET Built Environment Lead,cyber-physical technology industries.said: Digital twins offer huge benefits for society but only a coordinatedIt goes much further than just theTo read the full white approach to the language used willmanufacturing, built environment andpaper, visit: allow those benefits to be realised.'