Trends Identified
In-memory revolution
As in-memory technologies move from analytical to transactional systems, the potential to fundamentally reshape business processes grows. Technical upgrades of analytics and ERP engines may offer total cost of ownership improvements, but potential also lies in using in-memory technologies to solve tough business problems. CIOs can help the business identify new opportunities and provide the platform for the resulting process transformation.
2014
Tech trends 2014 - Inspiring Disruption
Deloitte
Urban Oasis
As in the Middle Ages, cities rapidly assume increased importance, as national governments cannot deliver on overall economic growth. Cities are a magnet for the brightest and most talented. Well-run cities spawn and use new technologies, helping to make them self-sufficient in terms of resources. They seek special political privileges and autonomy.
2016
Global risks 2035- the search for a new normal
Atlantic Council
Power
As Harvard University political scientist Joseph Nye has pointed out, power in geopolitics will shift from West to East. And in business and society, power will shift from the centre to the margins, in both the West and East. While shifts in power occurred in the past, we need to watch the particulars of the upcoming shifts: the return of the East as leaders in science and technology, not just as major economies; and the empowerment of marginal actors, such as social minorities and new platform businesses, who may grow into influential actors and even take on lead roles one day.
2017
Foresigth
Singapore, The Centre for Strategic Futures
Concentration of Wealth
As global wealth inequities grow, the divide between the rich and the poor gets greater, coupled with stagnating middle class incomes and the rise of the luxury consumer.
2017
Beyond the Noise- The Megatrends of Tomorrow’s World
Deloitte
Molecular self-assembly and self-organisation of nanomechanical systems
As for the distant future it is worth mentioning molecular self-assembly. Products in this group will find the greatest use. Thus, self-assembling microchips will be especially cost-effective, productive and energy-efficient. There is serious potential for medical applications, in particular to develop diagnosis methods and targeted drug delivery systems.
2016
Russia 2030: science and technology foresight
Russia, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Trends in ageing
As fertility declines and life expectancy rises, the proportion of the population aged 60 or over increases. In 2015, there were 901 million people aged 60 or over, comprising 12 percent of the global population. While the Asia-Pacific region has the world’s largest number of people aged 60 or over (7 percent, or 508 million), Europe has the largest percentage of its population of this age (24 percent, or 177 million). In the coming years, rapid ageing will occur in many parts of the world, with older persons expected to account for more than 25 percent of the population in Europe and Northern America, 20 percent in Oceania and 17 percent in Asia and in Latin America and the Caribbean, as opposed to only 6 percent in Africa by 2030.
2017
Global trends
UNDP
Climate change and planetary boundaries
As evidence mounts that the impacts of human-caused climate change are already upon us, the future of international development cannot be considered in isolation from the need to adapt. Furthermore the Earth’s natural systems are under enormous pressure, with huge consequences for the world’s most vulnerable people. As UNep’s 2012 Global Environment Outlook assessment concludes: “Scientific evidence shows that Earth systems are being pushed towards their bio-physical limits, with evidence that these limits are close and have in some cases been exceeded”.
2015
Tomorrow’s world: seven development megatrends challenging NGOs
The Guardian
The Internet of Me: Our world, personalized
As everyday objects are going online, so too are experiences— creating an abundance of digital channels that reach deep into every aspect of individuals’ lives. Forwardthinking businesses are changing the ways they build new applications, products, and services. To gain control over these points of access, they are creating highly personalized experiences that engage and exhilarate consumers—without breaching the customer’s trust. The companies that succeed in this new “Internet of Me” will become the next generation of household names.
2015
Accenture Technology Vision 2015
Accenture
Enterprise data sovereignty- if you love your data, set it free
As every organization recognizes data as a key asset, there is an increasing demand to “free” it—to make information accessible, understandable, and actionable across business units, departments, and geographies. This requires modern approaches to data architecture and data governance that take advantage of machine learning, natural language processing, and automation to dynamically understand relationships, guide storage, and manage rights. Those same capabilities are needed to navigate changing global regulatory and legal requirements around data privacy and protection.
2017
Tech trends 2018
Deloitte
Militarization following industrialization
As economic power tilts toward Asia, political and military power will shift as well. In China, where defense spending has trended upward in recent years, both in dollar terms and as a proportion of GDP. The stepped up spending is prompting China’s neighbors to respond with bigger defense budgets, increasing the risk of conflict over shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
2011
The great eight: Trillion-dollar growth trends to 2020
Bain and Company