The World Economic Forum’s annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report showcases the hope technology offers amid global uncertainty.
This year’s report, launched at the Forum’s “Summer Davos” event in Dalian, China, underlines that technology is at the heart of the unprecedented change the world is undergoing – but can also offer solutions to some of the most pressing issues.
“The technologies we bring forward are chosen for their novelty, their development progress, and their potential for impact,” say the authors, Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director of the Forum’s Centre for Frontier Technology and Innovation, and Fred Fenter, Chief Executive Editor, Frontiers Media.
“Above all, they are chosen for the signals that suggest they are approaching the moment when decisions made by governments, industry, and research institutions will meaningfully shape how they arrive in the world.”
