Ms Lauren Anderson | Co-Founder & Chief Knowledge Officer
Collaborative Lab | Australia

Lauren Anderson has played an instrumental role in building collaborative consumption into a global economy and movement over the last four years.  Over this time, she has developed Collaborativeconsumption.com to become the leading source of news, resources and examples about the space globally, and built a curator network covering news and research from more than 30 countries.

As Co-Founder of Collaborative Lab, a source of information and support for organisations wishing to embrace the collaborative economy, Lauren is a globally renowned expert about the collaborative economy for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporations and government leaders around the world.  She has worked alongside Rachel Botsman – Author of What’s Mine is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live, taking the key principles of the collaborative economy to help clients determine the implications and opportunities, and develop strategies to take advantage of this societal shift.

With a deep understanding of the unique potential of collaborative businesses and the communities that drive them, based on her years of experience researching thousands of entrepreneurs and advising high-growth start-ups around the world, Lauren is passionate about harnessing the power of the collaborative economy to shape a more efficient, sustainable and connected future.