Top 50 Disruptive Technologies & Innovations You Need to Know About

Key takeaways:
· Identify the hottest technologies that will change the direction and landscape of multiple industries over the next five years and beyond
· Learn best practices for convincing internal stakeholders to pursue technology convergence strategies
· Receive action steps to leverage the ecosystem of technology partners to enable convergence

Chinese entities are aggressively innovating in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, supercomputing, quantum technologies, and genomics. Governments, policymakers and multinational corporations outside of China face challenges competing with the Chinese advancements as well as opportunities to level the playing field.
This session will explore answers to crucial questions:

• Where does China stand on various innovation indices globally?
• What does China’s considerable growth in its innovation ranking mean for other leading economies and companies that have business interests in China?
• Which policy initiatives were taken by the Chinese government resulted in improving the innovation ecosystem?

Expert Insights You Will Not Want to Miss:

• Learn about emerging technologies and their potential impacts on government and industry investments
• Understand what e-Commerce and P2P economies mean for financial services
• Discover the macroeconomic effect of mobility transformation
• Determine what opportunities smart cities present in the investment community
• Find out the value of bringing connectivity to global populations, particularly regarding economic well-being

Expert Insights You Will Not Want to Miss:

• Develop a deeper understanding of the top economic trends that will shape the global economy in 2018.
• Learn more about the growth outlook for major economies such as the United States, China, and India.
• Understand how negotiations related to Brexit and NAFTA are expected to impact participating countries and the global economy.
• Identify the implications of the recent extension of oil production cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC allies.

This webinar will explore answers to key questions:
• What are the strategic benefits of 3D printing to medical device manufacturers, material suppliers, and patients?
• Why is 3D printing important for the future of the healthcare industry?
• What are some of the exciting companies/organizations involved in 3DP in the healthcare industry?
• What is the state of the 3D bioprinting industry? How many products are available commercially, and how does the pipeline look for continued market growth?

Select cities in Latin America and North America have been at the forefront of the smart city movement. However, until relatively recently, the majority of cities in the Americas had been slower to adopt a smart city approach than their counterparts in Europe and, to some extent, Asia-Pacific. The past few years, though, have seen the smart city movement expand significantly, particularly in the United States, where mid-tier cities have become increasingly interested in smart solutions to drive new efficiencies and invigorate their local economies.

Cities such as Vienna, Barcelona, and Amsterdam (as well as numerous others) have embraced different approaches to the smart city concept, with some preferring a bottom-up approach and others demonstrating more top-down strategies. The European Union, as a centralized regional body, has also played an important role in maturing and advancing the smart city concept throughout the region. While beginning to evolve, the smart city movement is still in a nascent stage, and both city leaders and vendors are determining how best to approach development, adoption, and delivery of smart city services. Cities and vendors must learn from best practices being developed in other cities, while also creating tailored approaches to meet the unique needs of each city and its citizens.

In recent years, there have been many innovative products and evolving new technologies for consumer electronics. These disruptions are boosting the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries to the next level, especially with the advent of Internet of Things (IoT). A smart electronic system is identified as a broad class of miniature and intelligent devices that are ubiquitously connected and energy efficient. They incorporate functionalities like sensing, actuation, and control. The convergence scenario of smart electronics systems and IoT will enable emerging technologies, such as smart home, smart city, Industry 4.0/smart factories, smart mobility, smart packaging, and smart health and wellness.

APAC has cities that have been early adopters of the smart city concept. Seoul and Singapore, for instance, are smart city pioneers in the region and the world. India and China have both unveiled national plans to support widespread implementation of their smart city visions. While beginning to mature, the smart city movement is still in a nascent stage, and both city leaders and vendors are determining how best to approach development, adoption, and delivery of smart city services. Cities and vendors must learn from best practices being developed in other cities, while also creating tailored approaches to meet the unique needs of each city and its citizens.

3 Critical Takeaways:
· Innovation: The Smart Cities highlighted in this webinar prioritize cultivating a spirit of innovation within their communities, businesses, and government. They do this by involving citizens, businesses, and academia in the Smart City conversation; attracting innovation centers and dedicating living labs; and supporting local startups.

· Goals & Adjectives: For Smart Cities to progress, initiatives must align with a strategy that has a clear vision and goals. All Smart Cities have three meta-goals: maintaining citizen well-being, ensuring resource and environmental sustainability, and securing a bright economic future.

· Learning while Striving to Lead: Many cities wait to implement an initiative after its success has been proven elsewhere. Smart Cities learn from best practices, but they also take the lead in finding novel ways to address city challenges.

The Czech Republic stands amongst the leaders in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region in regards to FDI attraction, with investors benefiting from incentives such as access to the EU Single Market and an educated workforce for a reasonable cost. Moreover, investors can also be assured of the country's economic stability, as evidenced by factors such as robust GDP growth, a sound fiscal position, and a low unemployment rate.

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a severe eye disease and major cause of vision loss in elderly. AMD inhibits the ability to see objects directly ahead and causes irreversible, progressive decline in an individual’s independence and ability to perform daily activities. Across the EU, 17.1 million people are living with AMD, of which 2.5 million cases are the costlier late stage AMD. The total cost of managing the consequences is expected to be € 89.46 billion per year. New research found that savings of € 6.20 billion a year could be generated through the daily consumption of lutein and zeaxanthin.

Are you curious to know how biological augmentation will drive developments in anti-aging solutions and the reduction or elimination of infectious diseases? Are you interested in understanding what technologies will drive human thought evolution? Are you covering the innovation in implants and wearable’s that could have what may seem to be superhuman capabilities? Are you anxious to better understand new growth opportunities from industry experts on the future of humanity and what our world could look like in the next 30 years?

O Brasil está passando por um momento de profunda transformação com diferentes reformas sendo discutidas no Congresso e políticas públicas sendo debatidas para aumentar a competitividade do país.

Qual é a estrutura econômica e política na crise brasileira atual? Quais variáveis vão determinar as tendências futuras?

Nesse webinar iremos discutir:
O cenário político e econômico atual do Brasil
A crescente fragmentação do sistema político
Perspectivas para o Brasil para 2017 e 2018 focando nas eleições do próximo ano

In an era of personalized medicine, the current trajectory of growth across the microbiome industry parallels the growth that took place across genomics. Some of the milestones that have occurred in the microbiome field include the application of next-generation screening toward identifying and assessing microbial levels within the human gut. Using these microbial biomarkers, scientists are pushing the boundaries by identifying novel drug targets as well as probiotic or prebiotic products that could aid in balancing the microbial ecosystem within the human body.

Online business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce is at a retraction point. The B2B market will outgrow the business-to-consumer (B2C) market by 2025, marking the beginning of an important transformation for B2B. The focus area for B2B vendors has shifted from procurement tools and electronic data interchange (EDI) to hypermarkets and an omni-channel presence, thereby creating a unique and personalized service experience. B2B growth strategies will include investing aggressively in born-in-the-cloud platforms that are increasingly selling speed, scale, and simplicity. The value proposition of B2B models (one-to-many and many-to-many) will depend on the impact of mobility and the role of digital channels.

Over the past 50 years there has been unparalleled economic growth among the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and they now rank among the world leaders in per-capita income. However, recent price fluctuations have caused complications in these oil-dependent economies. GCC nations have recognized that oil resources alone cannot support economic prosperity over the long term, and they have shifted toward economic diversification. Almost all GCC countries will undertake social and political reform by 2020 to increase non-oil revenue and the private sector’s contribution to GDP. In the next decade, GCC will see tremendous growth in mobile connectivity; internet usage, online retailing and cities will create larger economies than countries.

Nepal is undergoing significant economic transformation, uncovering investment opportunities across a wide array of sectors. The Government of Nepal intends to achieve GDP growth of 7.2% in 2017-18 and aims to do so through increased momentum in post-earthquake reconstruction and significant spending on infrastructure projects. The current budget has allocated $600 million for the execution of National Pride Projects, which include key large infrastructure projects such as the Gautam Buddha International Airport and the 456MW Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project. Infrastructure investment will be lucrative for private sector investment given the government focus on adopting the public-private partnership (PPP) model for large projects, including hydropower, smart cities, new towns, railways and roadways.

Why You Must Attend:

•Learn more about economic growth trends, domestic policy changes and associated implications for industry and investments.
•Gain an understanding of key trends influencing major industries such as energy, infrastructure, and iron and steel, and identify related engagement opportunities.
•Develop growth ideas and actionable insights from the information shared by market leaders and policymakers.
•Engage in a live Q&A session with the panel of presenters.