Food and Water
Leveraging technology and innovation to transform food systems
Through six country-led hubs and a Food Innovators Network, this work accelerates technology and innovations to secure a positive food future.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was founded in 1975. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. It develops, licenses and supports a wide range of software products, services and devices that deliver new opportunities, greater convenience and enhanced value to people's lives. It operates worldwide and has offices in more than 100 countries.
Impact
Cybersecurity
Partnering on cybercrime is taking the fight against cyber threats to new levels
Cybercrime impacts everyone, from individuals to global corporations, and affects critical infrastructures and governments. It causes immense, though not always visible, damage to economi...
Education and Skills
Reskilling Revolution: Preparing 1 billion people for tomorrow’s economy
The Reskilling Revolution has mobilized an impressive multistakeholder community of over 350 organizations. The Forum is working to provide 1 billion people with better education, skills ...
Industries in Depth
Digital safety: We are shaping a more secure digital future
New Global Principles on digital safety are driving multistakeholder alignment and enabling positive behaviours and actions across the ecosystem.
Forum Institutional
Closing gender gaps in the private sector benefits over 850,000 women
Gender Parity Accelerators have significantly improved a legislative and societal drive for women’s workforce participation and reduced the gender gap.
Climate Action
First Movers Coalition: over 95 members send world's largest clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies
FMC has grown to over 95 members, representing the world’s largest private sector clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies.
Cybersecurity
IoT security: We are keeping consumers safe from cyber threats
A collaboration convened by the World Economic Forum has formed a global consensus for baseline IoT security measures to protect consumers.
Emerging Technologies
The power of AI in wildfire prediction and prevention
The FireAId initiative is addressing the increasing frequency of wildfires in Türkiye, This initiative is using AI in wildfire prediction and prevention.
Jobs and the Future of Work
How we are fighting systemic racism in the workplace and beyond
The Forum is working to eradicate all strands of systemic racism in the workplace against professionals with underrepresented racial and ethnic identities.
Urban Transformation
Our Alliance is creating smart city governance
Led by the Forum, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative of its kind, promoting smart city governance
Jobs and the Future of Work
Closing the disability inclusion gap with business leadership
Our Valuable500 initiative helps companies close the disability inclusion gap by facilitating change to unlock business, social and economic value of the 1.3 billion people with disabilit...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
We are closing the gap between technology and policy
The C4IR Network centres are building scalable models to positively pilot and integrate regulations in law and industry standards.
Publications
31 articles from Microsoft
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Sustainable Development
This start-up is using microgrids to bring reliable electricity to Nigeria
Forum Institutional
How frontier technology is unlocking the potential of young leaders
Jobs and the Future of Work
Browse more, take your space, know how you thrive: 9 leaders from Microsoft, Intel, IKEA and more share advice for new grads
Trade and Investment
Digitalization is disrupting global trade – here's how AI can help customs and businesses to respond
Climate Action
How immersive technology is helping us and our leaders engage in climate dialogue
Emerging Technologies
Confused about AI? Here are the podcasts you need on artificial intelligence
Emerging Technologies
How will conversational computing change our work and lives?
Social Innovation
Social innovation needs $1.1trn – these companies just committed to act
Forum Institutional
Davos 2024 Day 3: Some of the key moments
Emerging Technologies
Microsoft’s CEO on AI and limiting ‘unintended consequences’
Social Innovation
5 examples of responsible technology: a new initiative puts AI to work for communities
How collective action will secure the metaverse
Forum Institutional
Building a resilient future: The power of data and AI for food and water security
Cybersecurity
Generative AI for small-medium-sized business: cybersecurity chaos or empowerment?
How does the inventor of the metaverse envision its future?
Industries in Depth
Consumer, enterprise or industrial? The 3 main ways we are using the ‘metaverse’ explained
Forum Institutional
Smallholder farmers could help fix global food systems with the right technology. Here's how
Forum Institutional
How ‘Positive Leaders’ can deliver sustainable, equitable economic impact
Forum Institutional
A new set of global principles is advancing digital safety and tackling harmful content
Jobs and the Future of Work
4 ways businesses can support the rights and wellbeing of employees with disabilities
First Movers Coalition backs deal for low-carbon concrete and cement at COP27
Emerging Technologies
AI in healthcare: India's trillion-dollar opportunity
Forum Institutional
How digital tech can turbo-charge the social economy
Forum Institutional
How to disrupt cybercrime networks
Is data privacy a thing of the past in a digital world?
Cybersecurity
The average ransomware demand is now $170K. Here's how we can fight back
Health and Healthcare Systems
Ageing: Looming crisis or booming opportunity?
Civil Society
How to stop modern slavery
Health and Healthcare Systems
How do we beat COVID-19 cybercrime? By working together
Emerging Technologies
How global tech companies can champion ethical AI
Videos
Podcasts
Forum Institutional
Davos 2023 Day 3: global collaboration in the metaverse
On Day 3 at Davos 2023, we enter the metaverse to experience the Forum’s Global Collaboration Village, hear why inflation may have peaked, but prices haven’t, and speak to astronaut Matth...
Davos 2023: A conversation with Satya Nadella
Does tech need a new business model? How will computing power drive the energy transition? What’s ahead for the tech skills gap? In a special conversation, the CEO of Microsoft talks to K...
Emerging Technologies
A common good? The companies making the AI products we'll soon all be using
In the second a special series on generative artificial intelligence, we hear from two companies involved in the AI revolution - one of the biggest and oldest names in computing, Microsof...
Climate Action
Meeting in the metaverse: Actor Rainn Wilson joins us on the virtual polar ice
What's Dwight from The Office doing in the metaverse? Actor Rainn Wilson joins us in avatar form to check out a virtual world created by the World Economic Forum that aims to raise awaren...
Leadership
Davos 2024: A conversation with Satya Nadella
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks to World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab in a special wide ranging conversation covering how AI will transform scienc...
Emerging Technologies
Davos 2024: 360° on AI Regulations
Leaders around the globe have called for international collaboration to steer AI's development to human and planetary development rather than exploitation. Harmonizing diverse views will ...
Davos 2024: How to Trust Technology
AI and immersive technologies will fundamentally change how humanity interacts with society, government and even the environment. How can we meet the challenge presented by the complex...
Leadership
Microsoft’s Brad Smith on tech blindspots and the key lesson that changed how he leads
As Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith leads a team of professionals across business, legal and corporate affairs, tackling issues that stand at the crossroads of technology ...
Jobs and the Future of Work
9 leaders from Microsoft, IKEA and more share advice for new grads
Today's grads will live longer, face faster cycles of technological change and drive careers like we've never seen. This special compilation episode taps top leaders from companies like I...
Microsoft contributors
Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry; Chief Technology Officer, Agri-Food
Jean-Philippe Courtois
Executive Vice-President and President, National Transformation Partnerships
Natasha Crampton
Chief Responsible AI Officer
Daniel Akinmade Emejulu
Program Manager, UN Affairs
Courtney Gregoire
Chief Digital Safety Officer
Amy Hogan-Burney
General Manager, Cybersecurity Policy and Protection; Associate General Counsel
Tim Maurer
Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy
Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerSteve Sweetman
DirectorRelated Centres
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
The Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains is enabling more resilient, sustainable and inclusive manufacturing ecosystems and supply chains.
Centre for Cybersecurity
The Centre for Cybersecurity is reinforcing the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic priority and drives global public-private action to address systemic cybersecurity challenges.
Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems
The Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems is designing and developing a financial system that effectively allocates capital and investment in support of planet, people, and communities.
Centre for Nature and Climate
The Centre for Nature and Climate is accelerating net-zero climate action, regenerates food, water and ocean systems, and promotes circular economies.
Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics
The Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics is helping stakeholders shape progress on global and regional priorities within the most complex geopolitical and geo-economic landscape in d...
Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is advancing the application of human-centred and society-serving technologies.
Centre for the New Economy and Society
The Centre for the New Economy and Society is providing a platform for leaders to shape inclusive and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all.
Centre for Urban Transformation
The Centre for Urban Transformation is advancing public-private collaboration in cities, enabling more resilient and future-ready communities and local economies.