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Cool Materials

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Megatrend Materials are fundamental to everything we use and consume on a daily basis. Advancements in materials science is being driven by machine intelligence and nanotechnology, as well as increased research activity amid recognition of the massive potential in improving what things are made of — and how. Sectors spanning industry, technology, and consumer goods will experience a material transformation.

Materials Revolution

Trends
ESG & Beyond GDP Mobilising Innovation Net Zero +3 More New Materials Urban Design
Year:

2025

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Beyond Classification

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Megatrend Human potential is unlimited. With advanced machine intelligence, brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), technological developments in science and medicine, and an increasingly borderless world, people’s understanding and expectations of self-realisation, including work, education, and what it means to thrive, will shift. Personal development, how individuals and communities innovate and communicate, and new definitions of self-esteem, autonomy, and stability will bring forth new ideas about parenting, care, love, belonging, inclusion, and community.

Future Humanity

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Cross-sectoral Partnerships ESG & Beyond GDP Government Agility +2 More International Collaboration
Year:

2025

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Public Publications

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend Increasingly unmediated transactions in finance, health, education, trade, services, and even space are leading to the blurring of jurisdictional boundaries, changing liabilities, and increased numbers of cross-border communities. Advances in communications, computing, and advanced machine intelligence will accelerate a borderless world that will change the way we work, live, and connect.

Borderless World Fluid Economies

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Cross-sectoral Partnerships Future Of Education International Collaboration +3 More Mobilising Innovation Open Data
Year:

2025

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Nutrition Spray

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend Progress in advanced machine intelligence, nano- and biotechnology, additive manufacturing, and the IoT will change both what we mean by health and nutrition and how they are experienced. Stemming from the unprecedented developments that will be required to respond to climate change, resource scarcity, and the desire for longevity, this megatrend will improve health in both the younger and the older years. It will reduce, if not eradicate, some communicable and non-communicable diseases and enhance the sustainable use of and access to water and food.

Advanced Health and Nutrition

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Food-water-energy Nexus Mobilising Innovation New Materials +2 More Personalised Medicine
Year:

2025

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Dynamic Power Mix

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend Energy is imperative to everyday life and will continue to be so in the future. Technological advances and the growing demand for energy will drive exploration and the pursuit of new and alternative sources of energy. Novel materials and machine intelligence will enhance the generation of existing sources of energy and their transmission and distribution to any place on Earth or in space, pushing the boundaries of the energy ecosystem to levels previously unseen.

Energy Boundaries

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Air Pollution Cross-sectoral Partnerships Food-water-energy Nexus +3 More Government Agility Transforming Energy
Year:

2025

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Adaptive Patent

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Visionary

Megatrend Increasingly unmediated transactions in finance, health, education, trade, services, and even space are leading to the blurring of jurisdictional boundaries, changing liabilities, and increased numbers of cross-border communities. Advances in communications, computing, and advanced machine intelligence will accelerate a borderless world that will change the way we work, live, and connect.

Borderless World Fluid Economies

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Cross-sectoral Partnerships Ideation International Collaboration +4 More Ip & Entrepreneurship Mobilising Innovation Open Data
Year:

2025

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Perfect Chains

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend While a robot is a machine designed to sense, process, act, and communicate, automation refers to technology that executes tasks with minimal human input; enabling the functioning of robots, as well as reasoning and decision-making systems. Driven by profound progress in engineering design, materials science, advanced machine intelligence, and advanced communication networks, robots and automation will increasingly enter many, if not all, industries beyond the automotive, manufacturing, supply chain logistics, and services sectors. This will provide opportunities for efficiency and innovation although there will also be ethical and societal challenges.

Life with Autonomous Robots and Automation

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Automation Cross-sectoral Partnerships Future Of Purpose & Work +1 More
Year:

2025

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Global Sandbox

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Within Reach

Megatrend Increasingly unmediated transactions in finance, health, education, trade, services, and even space are leading to the blurring of jurisdictional boundaries, changing liabilities, and increased numbers of cross-border communities. Advances in communications, computing, and advanced machine intelligence will accelerate a borderless world that will change the way we work, live, and connect.

Borderless World Fluid Economies

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Cross-sectoral Partnerships Government Agility Ideation +4 More International Collaboration Ip & Entrepreneurship Legal Transformation
Year:

2025

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Renewable Asset Loop

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Visionary

Megatrend Driven by resource scarcity, climate change, and shifts in social values, environmental impact management will increasingly move towards the holistic management of ecosystems. Approaches to conservation will be more interdisciplinary and future-focused, taking into account both societal and environmental factors and with the goal of maintaining biodiversity while meeting basic human needs.

Evolving Ecosystems

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Cross-sectoral Partnerships International Collaboration New Materials +3 More Sustainable Waste Management Transforming Energy
Year:

2025

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Nature Shield

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend Biotechnology, gene editing, new therapies in medicine and agriculture, ubiquitous digitalisation and automation, and the spread of IoT-enabled wearables are all ripe for exploitation. Vulnerabilities and risks will become more complex as they cross industries, technologies, and geographies, directly impacting every aspect of life and work.

Technological Vulnerabilities

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Biomimicry Cross-sectoral Partnerships Cybersecurity +3 More Government Agility Mobilising Innovation
Year:

2025

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The Responsible Robot

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Category Improve and build more effective and resilient systems underpinning advancements to services and solutions at various levels of business, government and society.

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Transitional

Megatrend While a robot is a machine designed to sense, process, act, and communicate, automation refers to technology that executes tasks with minimal human input; enabling the functioning of robots, as well as reasoning and decision-making systems. Driven by profound progress in engineering design, materials science, advanced machine intelligence, and advanced communication networks, robots and automation will increasingly enter many, if not all, industries beyond the automotive, manufacturing, supply chain logistics, and services sectors. This will provide opportunities for efficiency and innovation although there will also be ethical and societal challenges.

Life with Autonomous Robots and Automation

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Automation Cross-sectoral Partnerships Human–machine +3 More International Collaboration Mobilising Innovation
Year:

2024

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Balanced Books

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Visionary

Megatrend An evolution of the Megatrend ‘Devaluation of Raw Data’ in 2022 and 2023, the rise of quantum computing, blockchains, the IoT, edge computing, automation, and digital realities, are all contributing to a data environment that is both constant and multi-dimensional. There is unprecedented volume and speed when it comes to the data available today. Enhanced by 5G, 6G, and advanced connectivity through multiple networks, and with an expected increase in the number of multilateral agreements focused on information interoperability, raw data will continue to increase in both quantity and variety. Under the right conditions, widespread access to immediate insights and real-time analysis will become commonplace.

Boundless Multidimensional Data

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Artificial Intelligence Cross-sectoral Partnerships Edge Computing +3 More Fintech Government Agility
Year:

2024

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