by Andrew Maynard | Feb 14, 2013 | Emerging Technology
The World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies has just published its annual list of the top ten emerging technology trends. Based on expert assessment from council members and others, the list provides insight into technologies that have the...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 16, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
For the past few months, the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies has been working on identifying some of the most significant trends in technology innovation. Published yesterday by WEF, these represent ten areas that we as a council...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 11, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Environment, Nanotechnology, Policy, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report is one of the most authoritative annual assessments of emerging issues surrounding risk currently produced. Now in its seventh edition, the 2012 report launched today draws on over...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 10, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Policy
In his opening remarks at this year’s Summit on the Global Agenda, World Economic Forum founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab placed the need for new models to support effective use of technology innovation firmly on the table. This is the fourth year I...
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...
