Business leaders on how data can help tackle the world's biggest challenges, including climate change, inequality, global health and economic resilience.
Data only has value when it is shared – a process that could be accelerated by creating stock exchange-style markets where it is freely traded.
New diagnostic capabilities promise to make healthcare more personalized and pre-emptive – if the right technology and incentives are put into place
Better data sharing can boost economic growth and better protect the ocean. Here's how more transparency across ocean industries can build trust and a sustainable blue economy.
A majority of users are realising that companies are benefitting more from their data than they do. This means consent management needs to be changed.
The UNFPA's kNOwVAWdata initiative has continued to collect data on the prevalence of violence against women in a safe and reliable way during COVID-19.
US companies are not yet called to report their exposure to climate risk – but the rapidly advancing field of climate intelligence makes that increasingly feasible
Knowledge gaps in countries that produce or host large populations of displaced people make some of the most vulnerable in society invisible to the policy-makers.
Until recently, concerns about data privacy have thwarted AI research. Tech advances that don't require data sharing are set to revolutionize healthcare.
A new World Economic Forum paper proposes a fresh approach to data governance in the field of elderly care that can improve wellness outcomes for the aged.
Highly individualized medicine is now within reach. We highlight three examples that support the contact between patients and doctors using digital tools.
Data regulation should be updated to empower workers to access and use their data to further their careers – and not just enable data-hoarding corporations.
E3CI is a new tool which uses AI to more accurately measure weather-related risks. Could it change the way financial and insurance markets operate?
It's time that companies and regulators strengthened data privacy and enhanced transparency to build trust and protect the benefits of digital innovation.
Government regulatory bodies rooted in the 20th century must get to grips with overseeing giant digital companies who span geographical and industry boundaries
