Drones have helped fight COVID-19, creating more resilient supply chains and socially distanced delivery. Now, policy is catching up to the technology.

Harrison Wolf · Forbes 06 Jul 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19: What are the biggest risks to society in the next 18 months?

It's important to look at the biggest risks to society following COVID-19. These include the economic, societal and geopolitical problems that could emerge.

Iman Ghosh · Visual Capitalist 03 Jul 2020

Blockchain

How governments can leverage policy and blockchain technology to stunt public corruption

A new World Economic Forum report looks at the feasibility and value of blockchain technology for eliminating corruption in the public procurement process.

Rachel Davidson Raycraft and Ashley Lannquist 15 Jun 2020

The Great Reset

The Great Reset - this week's World Vs Virus podcast

This week, the World Economic Forum joined with HRH The Prince of Wales to launch the Great Reset, a plan to build a greener, smarter, fairer world after COVID-19.

Robin Pomeroy 04 Jun 2020

The Great Reset

Now is the time for a 'great reset'

The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible. Professor Klaus Schwab outlines how to achieve it.

Klaus Schwab 03 Jun 2020

COVID-19

How AI and machine learning are helping to fight COVID-19

Organizations have been quick to apply AI and machine-learning in the fight to curb the pandemic - and here are some of the most exciting applications.

Swami Sivasubramanian 28 May 2020

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This was the year automation started taking over the workforce

A study finds that robots in the workplace are driving employment inequality. Jobs are being lost at a far higher rate than opportunities are available.

Peter Dizikes · MIT News 26 May 2020

COVID-19

How the Fourth Industrial Revolution can help us beat COVID-19

The tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, from Big Data to AI, combined with the right leadership have helped many countries respond to COVID-19.

David Alexander Walcott 07 May 2020

COVID-19

Robots have demonstrated their crucial role in pandemics - and how they can help for years to come

Due to the highly infectious nature of the coronavirus, robots provide an advantage through contact-free alternatives for anything from healthcare to delivering food.

Robin R. Murphy, Justin Adams, and Vignesh Babu Manjunath Gandudi · The Conversation 06 May 2020

Future of Health and Healthcare

5 ways collective intelligence can help beat coronavirus in developing countries

As COVID-19 threatens less developed countries, collective intelligence and technology can help by offering insight into the pandemic and how to respond.

Kathy Peach and Ian Gray · The Conversation 01 May 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

COVID-19: Emerging technologies are now critical infrastructure – what that means for governance

Tech tools have become essential infrastructure under lockdown and reveal opportunities for governance.

Kimmy Bettinger 10 Apr 2020

COVID-19

How China’s industrial internet is fighting COVID-19

The industrial internet, focusing primarily on business and industry, has worked to protect society’s normal operation during China's COVID-19 outbreak.

Lau Sengyee 08 Apr 2020

COVID-19

How personal data could help contribute to a COVID-19 solution

Companies are turning to technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Murat Sönmez 23 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus: seven ways collective intelligence is tackling the pandemic

Digital technology is allowing people to come together and generate important new insights on the coronavirus outbreak.

Aleks Berditchevskaia and Kathy Peach · The Conversation 15 Mar 2020

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