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Technology Pioneers 2007 - Innovation reinvented: a more open approach   The world is facing unparalleled challenges. How will we deal with issues such as the increasing demand for energy, ageing populations and the socioeconomic challenges and opportunities brought about by advances in information technology? The key ...
Technology Pioneers 2009 - Talent for innovation: Getting noticed in a global market 2009 marks the 10th edition of the Technology Pioneers Award of the World Economic Forum. In the past decade, we have identified close to 400 of the most innovative companies in the fields of biotechnology and health, energy and the environment, and ...
Technology Pioneers 2008 - Crowd wisdom: user-centric innovation     In line with its commitment to improving the state of the world, the World Economic Forum has created the Technology Pioneers Community. Technology Pioneers ...
Technology Pioneers 2010 - Embracing Disruption: Redesigning the Future   Entrepreneurship, innovation and technology have always played a key role in shaping and improving society. This proves to be even more the case during times of crisis, similar to the one the world faced this past year during the biggest recession ...
Water Security: The Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus Business leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2008 set out a Call to Action on Water, to raise awareness and develop a better understanding of how water is linked to economic growth across a nexus of issues and to make clear the water ...
Technology and Innovation: The Next Wave  "Distant water will not put out a fire close at hand," goes the Chinese proverb - a reminder that the urgent will easily overshadow the important in the time of crisis. For companies grappling with decreased lending and declining consumption, the ...
Biodiversity and Business Risk: A Global Risks Network Briefing Tue, 2010-06-15 15:06 (agricultural supply chains, Biodiversity loss, coastal flooding, desertification, ...
Technology and Innovation in Financial Services: Scenarios to 2020 - Preface and Executive Summary Three scenarios explore how innovation will transform access to, and delivery of, financial services by 2020, in a globalized world. Will innovation be incremental or fundamental, will it be driven by ...
Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010: Driving Growth through Sustainability The World Economic Forum’s fourth Annual Meeting of the New Champions returned to Tianjin in 2010.     This report aims to summarize the ideas and insights that emerged during ...