After many years, not working in entertainment, Daniel Karpantschof was named Denmark's New Creative Elite in 2013 by renowned think tank Mandag Morgen. He was in 2016 appointed to the White House' and US Department of State' joint Council of Experts for Entrepreneurship.
In 2016 he, with Soeren Haraldsted, co-founded Copenhagen Industries, a technology company developing innovative new technologies for special effects.
Daniel Karpantschof is a member of Her Majesty's British Government's Futures Analyst Network and is contributing to the British legislative agenda and initiative by mapping out future consequences of any given legislation or policy.
Daniel Karpantschof is a part of The United States Federal Emergency Management's (FEMA) Strategic Foresight Initiative and is working on "worst case scenarios" for future disasters.
Daniel Karpantschof was born and raised in Denmark, but moved to New York City, through proxy of Washington, DC.