At the Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, the World Economic Forum’s Global
Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies asked some of the world’s leading
minds within the entire GAC Network which technology trends would have the
greatest impact on the state of the world in the near future and following list has emerged as the technological trends expected to
have major social, economic and environmental impacts worldwide in 2012. They are listed in order of greatest potential to provide solutions to
global challenges:
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| Source: ReViews |
- Informatics for adding value to information
- Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
- Green Revolution 2.0 – technologies for increased food and biomass
- Nanoscale design of materials
- Systems biology and computational modelling/simulation of chemical and biological systems
- Utilization of carbon dioxide as a resource
- Wireless power
- High energy density power systems
- Personalized medicine, nutrition and disease prevention
- Enhanced education technology
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