Business leaders on how data can help tackle the world's biggest challenges, including climate change, inequality, global health and economic resilience.

Rebecca King 19 Jan 2022

Davos Agenda 2022

3 strategies to responsibly scale the manufacturing industry

The manufacturing industry must transform in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This will require leadership support and learning from industry collaborations.

Sharan Burrow, Maria Basso, Jonas Boehm, and Maja Bärring 19 Jan 2022

Davos Agenda 2022

3 ways digital technology can be a sustainability game-changer

Digital technology is a sustainability game-changer – but there are risks, too. Here are three areas organisations should consider.

James Anderson and Gregory Caimi 19 Jan 2022

Middle East and North Africa

4 ways the Middle East can become more resilient in 2022

Here's how MENA region stakeholders can collaborate to shape an effective COVID-19 recovery and create an inclusive, sustainable and resilient Middle East.

Mirek Dusek and Maroun Kairouz 18 Jan 2022

Davos Agenda 2022

3 reasons why industrial automation matters

The fourth industrial revolution is transforming manufacturing. By educating society and preparing workers we can allay fears about industrial automation.

Barbara Frei 17 Jan 2022

Davos Agenda 2022

8 innovations in advanced manufacturing that support enhanced ESG reporting

Eight advanced manufacturing leaders share their insights on technological innovations that can help other industries measure and report ESG metrics.

Felipe Bezamat and Alexandra Leona Schwertner 17 Jan 2022

Davos Agenda 2022

Predictions 2022: Business leaders on how can we ensure a safe and equitable digital transformation

Ahead of the Davos Agenda 2022, we asked leaders at the forefront of the digital transformation of business and society how they're managing the change.

Sarita Nayyar 17 Jan 2022

3D Printing

Get a grip: How geckos are inspiring robotics

Researchers have taken inspiration from geckos to develop a new robot gripper that can handle a wide range of objects - from raw eggs to an angle grinder.

Taylor Kubota · Futurity 15 Jan 2022

The Ocean

4 reasons ocean industry should embrace data sharing

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.

Mogens L. Mathiesen 03 Jan 2022

Biotechnology

3 ways to accelerate the biomanufacturing revolution

The biomanufacturing revolution is one of the most promising solutions to our biggest global problems, from plastic pollution to preventing pandemics.

Prakash Iyer and Felipe Bezamat 22 Dec 2021

Hydrogen

What is green hydrogen and why do we need it? An expert explains

Current momentum on green hydrogen is unprecedented. Green hydrogen derived from water electrolysis using renewable electricity can help us achieve net zero emissions

Abhinav Chugh☆ and Emanuele Taibi 21 Dec 2021

Fourth Industrial Revolution

When AI tries to make sense of nonsense: why 'overinterpretation' is a problem for machine learning

Machine learning systems can make confident predictions based on data that doesn't make sense to humans - an issue known as overinterpretation.

Rachel Gordon · MIT News 21 Dec 2021

Artificial Intelligence

How to keep the 'human' in human resources with AI-based tools

Organizations are increasingly using AI-based tools but HR professionals have ethical concerns. A new HR toolkit provides practical guidance on AI ethics.

Matissa Hollister 21 Dec 2021

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How 4IR is encouraging the development of people, not just machines

The future of manufacturing in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is not just about technology innovation, it's also about developing people.

Francisco Betti and Radu Palamariu 20 Dec 2021