The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value and even what it means to be human. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centred future. The real opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the ability to positively impact their families, organisations and communities.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Health and Healthcare Systems
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From robot waiters to transparent face-masks for lip-readers - COVID-19 has proved to be a mother of invention for both simple ideas and high-tech gadgets.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Meet the world’s newest architects: algorithms
Algorithms have been used to design a care home in a configuration that improves the experience of dementia patients.
Emerging Technologies
Here’s what the first coronavirus “swab robot” can teach us about fast innovation
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Health and Healthcare Systems
EU states agree a tech spec for national coronavirus apps to work across borders
European Union countries and the Commission have agreed on a technical framework to enable regional coronavirus contacts tracing apps to work across national borders.
Health and Healthcare Systems
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Emerging Technologies
How governments can leverage policy and blockchain technology to stunt public corruption
A new World Economic Forum report looks at the feasibility and value of blockchain technology for eliminating corruption in the public procurement process.
Trade and Investment
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Cross-border trade in digital services such as videoconferencing and entertainment is booming, but there are still too many barriers limiting its reach.
Emerging Technologies
How cutting-edge AI is helping scientists tackle COVID-19
Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialist Pascale Fung explains how technologies like Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning can help us stop the coronavirus pandemic.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Klaus Schwab and Prince Charles on why we need a Great Reset - listen to the podcast
The World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab joins HRH The Prince of Wales to launch the Great Reset, to seek a greener, smarter, fairer world after COVID-19.
Sustainable Development
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The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible. Professor Klaus Schwab outlines how to achieve it.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How AI and machine learning are helping to fight COVID-19
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