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.
Emerging Technologies
How businesses should respond to the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act
The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act aims to regulate AI technologies. How can businesses better prepare and avoid the expensive risk of non-compliance?
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia, on how technology can drive economic growth
The President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, sat down to discuss the ambitions of the newly announced Centre for the Fourth Indu...
Education and Skills
4 trends that will shape the future of higher education
Higher education needs to reform by moving towards active learning, teaching skills that will endure in a changing world, and adopting formative assessment. Here are 4 higher education tr...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
3 issues to address before we dive into the metaverse
Despite the metaverse becoming increasingly common, there are a number of issues that still need to be addressed, including governance and the protection of data.
Nature and Biodiversity
How markets can help spur innovation to solve the water crisis
As climate change threatens our water resources, we need to turn to tech to ensure that this precious commodity is protected and properly managed for everyone's benefit
Emerging Technologies
3 technologies that will shape the future of the metaverse – and the human experience
The metaverse will be shaped by the technology we use to access it, which could include virtual reality, augmented reality, and brain-computer interfaces
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These 6 trends are shaping the businesses of the future
Forward-thinking business leaders are capitalizing on the disruption that characterizes today’s global marketplace to build pathways to future success.
Geographies in Depth
FIRST Cancer Care: Leveraging Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies for cancer care
The FIRST Cancer Care initiative based out of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India explores how technological advances can revolutionize cancer care, and drives action...
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID and cancer: how the pandemic created another health time bomb - this week's Radio Davos podcast
COVID meant delays for diagnosing and treating cancer. Radio Davos explores the problem and asks if the pandemic has lessons for fighting the disease.
Health and Healthcare Systems
6 experts reveal the technologies set to revolutionize cancer care
We need to transform the quality of cancer care by harnessing emerging technologies like AI and ML. We asked experts which technologies will shape the future of cancer care.
Arts and Culture
What’s the best way to tackle COVID and climate change? Anthropology, says the woman who predicted the global financial crisis
From pandemics to the pitfalls of AI, journalist Gillian Tett joins the Book Club Podcast to explain how an anthropologist’s view of global risks can help understand and solve them.
Energy Transition
What are low-carbon emitting technologies? An expert explains
Low-carbon emitting technologies such as carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen, solar photovoltaics, etc can enable the net-zero transition. We need to create the marke...