Nanotechnology – has the UK dropped the nano-ball?

by Andrew Maynard | Jul 8, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Policy

I must confess to being rather saddened this morning to read Roger Highfield’s New Scientist blog on the state of nanotechnology in the UK.  Hot on the heels of reports that the company Nanoco is threatening to leave Britain for more fertile grounds, it left me...

Technology innovation and human health risk – rethinking the intersection

by Andrew Maynard | Mar 10, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy, Technology Innovation

As anyone who has followed my work over the past few years will know, I have a deep interest in the potential benefits and risks associated with emerging technologies, and in particular whether we can swing the balance towards benefits by thinking more innovatively...

Davos 2011 – Committed to changing the state of the world

by Andrew Maynard | Feb 1, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Policy, Recommended, Technology Innovation

Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog. As it did last year, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos has left me with a daunting task – how do I summarize the highlights of the meeting in a single, short post? The answer of course is that I can’t...

Davos 2011: Global Risks permeate conversations this year, but where’s the science?

by Andrew Maynard | Jan 29, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Policy, Technology Innovation

Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog. Take a metaphorical slice through this year’s annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, and Global Risk would be writ large through every part of it.  Hot on the heels of the sixth Global Risk report, this...

Davos 2011: Desperately seeking Google

by Andrew Maynard | Jan 24, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Policy

It’s that time of year again – 2000+ of the worlds top movers and shakers are beginning to descend on the Swiss ski town of Davos for this year’s Annual World Economic Forum meeting.  Political heavyweights like Clinton, Annan, Sarkozy and Cameron...

Building a sustainable future: World Economic Forum tackles the opportunities and challenges presented by technology innovation

by Andrew Maynard | Jan 19, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Future, Policy, Technology Innovation

“Technology doesn’t just happen” – people must be sick of hearing me say this.  Yet as chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, it’s something I seem to end up saying rather a lot as we strive to...