Industrial Internet of Things: Safety and Security Protocol
The IIoT Safety and Security Protocol generates an understanding of how insurance can facilitate the improvement of IIoT security design, implementation and maintenance practices.
White Papers
Agile Governance: Reimagining Policy-making in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by the unprecedented advances in technology transforming the way individuals and groups across society live, work and interact. New princ...
Blockchain Beyond the Hype
This common sense and practical framework is designed to assist executives in understanding whether blockchain is an appropriate and helpful tool for their business needs. It starts from ...
Artificial Intelligence Collides with Patent Law
AI’s technological advances are expected to disrupt numerous legal frameworks, including various aspects of US patent law.
Behavioural Strategies to Strengthen Health Programmes and Policies Six Behavioural Insights to Increase Impact and Efficiency
This report discusses how behavioural economics can be leveraged to achieve the ends of healthcare practitioners, administrators and programme designers. It explores a handful of the many...
Frameworks for the Future of Electricity: Leading the Transformation Through Multistakeholder Cooperation
In 2016, the World Economic Forum examined three major trends transforming the energy system: decentralization, digitalization and electrification. Building on this work, in 2017 a genera...
How to Prevent Discriminatory Outcomes in Machine Learning
Machine learning applications are already being used to make many life-changing decisions – such as who qualifies for a loan, and whether someone is released from prison. A new model is n...
Circular Economy in Cities: Evolving the model for a sustainable urban future
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Urban Development and Services Initiative has released its new whitepaper on the Circular Economy in Cities: evolving the model for a sustainable urba...
Innovation-Driven Cyber-Risk to Customer Data in Financial Services
The framework described in this white paper provides a toolkit to identify cyber-risk management improvements in the innovative and fast-changing Financial Services environment through pu...
The Global Future Council on Energy: Policy Recommendations
Global investment in clean energy amounted to more than 333 billion dollars in 2017 and households, businesses and governments are increasingly seeking new energy solutions due to the rea...
Transformation of the Global Energy System
As an integral part of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Energy, the Global Future Council on Energy provides vision and thought leadership. Since 2016, ...
Creative Disruption: The impact of emerging technologies on the creative economy
Artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality and blockchain are changing the way the content is produced, distributed and consumed. The impacts are not just changing the creative ec...