Industry Agenda

COVID-19 and working from home: 5 ways to reduce procrastination and boost productivity

Many businesses are responding to the threat of COVID-19 by asking employees to work from home - yet your house can be full of distractions.

Fuschia Sirois · The Conversation 26 Mar 2020

United States

This is how many jobs are at risk in the U.S. due to the coronavirus outbreak

Research predicts more than 37 million jobs in the United States may be vulnerable to short-term layoffs due to the COVID-19 crisis and the response to it.

Felix Richter · Statista 26 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Virtual world races to fill sporting void left by coronavirus

As sports events are cancelled across the globe, e-sports are helping fill the gap.

Alan Baldwin · Reuters 22 Mar 2020

COVID-19

This chart shows how airlines are being grounded by COVID-19

A combination of flight cancellations and country restrictions due to coronavirus has had a massive impact on the health of the global airline industry.

Imam Ghosh · Visual Capitalist 21 Mar 2020

Global Health

Social media giants warn of AI content moderation errors, as employees sent home

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing businesses to shut doors or have employees work from home, social media giants are following suit. So what does this mean for content moderation?

Paresh Dave · Reuters 18 Mar 2020

Digital Economy and Society

Digital platforms must recognize gig workers' rights

Discontent is brewing among gig workers, with growing pressure for digital platforms to recognize them as full employees

Tim Noonan 13 Mar 2020

Future of Energy

Global CO2 emissions from power sector fell 2% last year. Here’s how

The fall was the largest since at least 1990, driven by reduced coal usage in Europe and the US.

Nina Chestney · Reuters 09 Mar 2020

Oil and Gas

Big oil's climate pledges will fail without workforce equality

The energy sector is lagging behind on female representation - but a more diverse workforce would help it innovate its way to beating climate change

Katie Mehnert 06 Mar 2020

Gender Parity

From the boardroom to the consulting room: pharma's role in curing gender bias

The need to rebalance healthcare for women and girls extends far beyond the C-suite into drug development and access to treatment

Jayasree K. Iyer 06 Mar 2020

Gender Parity

Building a more sustainable world will need more women engineers

Women are seriously under-represented in the engineering world – but they can problem-solve from a uniquely impactful perspective

Ania Lopez 04 Mar 2020

Future of Economic Progress

Are private equity buyouts good for business?

Private equity buyout effects vary widely depending on whether the target firm is publicly or privately held, and on the external economic conditions, researchers find.

Lauri Scherer · NBER Digest 27 Feb 2020

Future of Health and Healthcare

This algorithm is fighting antibiotic resistance - and winning

The algorithm identified a new drug that, in lab tests, was able to kill bacteria strains that had previously shown resistance to all known antibiotics.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 26 Feb 2020

Oceans

Here's how transparent global fisheries can be a reality

The WEF's Tuna Traceability Declaration comes into force this year – a crucial step towards stemming illegal fishing that harms both ecosystems and economies

Tom Pickerell 25 Feb 2020

3D Printing

These 4 simple solutions can help make the manufacturing industry more sustainable

From 3D printing to plastic alternatives, here's how manufacturing can change to protect the environment.

Ric Fulop 24 Feb 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Lab-made molecules store image of Picasso drawing

The Brown University researchers stored more than 200 kilobytes of data - significant progress in terms of small molecule storage.

Kevin Stacey · Futurity 24 Feb 2020

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