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Ensuring that innovation is human- In the face of transformative change, The Annual Meeting of the New centred requires nurturing an a global summit on innovation, Champions has been designed to be entire ecosystem of innovators, entrepreneurship, science and a transformative learning experience: entrepreneurs and decision-makers technology has never been more a wide range of working sessions, from all sectors of society. All of us instrumental for preparing to create thought-provoking installations and must contribute to the process of new opportunities for economic, interactive discussions will expand technological innovation because it social and personal development. your thinking and help you make a allows companies, communities and difference in your community and citizens around the globe to create A diverse group of Co-Chairs for the country. We hope the following W. Lee Howell, value in entirely new ways. However, meeting reflects this focus: programme, related essays and Head of Global Programming, if the benefits of this ingenuity and accompanying materials will help Member of the Managing Board, effort become concentrated among Jay Flatley, Executive Chairman, you navigate more than 175 just a few, social cohesion and Illumina, USA sessions with these goals in mind. public trust will dissipate. This is why Suzanne Fortier, Principal and the 12th Annual Meeting of the New Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Champions is designed under the Canada theme, Shaping Innovative Societies Matt Hancock, Secretary of State in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom A truly human-centred model of economic growth should be guided Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman and by moral and ethical considerations Rotating Chairman, Huawei that are shared by multiple Technologies, People’s Republic of stakeholders. If not, the Fourth China Industrial Revolution could increase Liu Qitao, Chairman, China social marginalization, exacerbate Communications Construction David Aikman, economic inequality and undermine Group, People’s Republic of China Chief Representative Officer, China fundamental human relationships. Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Member of the Executive Committee Achieving the former and averting Research, Science and Innovation, the latter is why nearly 2,000 European Commission, Brussels business leaders, policy-makers Abi Ramanan, Chief Executive and experts have come together in Officer, ImpactVision, United Tianjin for the next three days. Kingdom

4 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 5 Read Forum Agenda for the latest perspectives on the as they relate to its core areas future debate on new technologies. Fourth Industrial Revolution. The following two articles of work: international peace and Guterres is adamant that these security, development and human discussions should be transparent are among the most read blogs about this topic. rights. It also recommends that and inclusive. He also believes that the UN intensify innovation efforts, the design and deployment of new appoint tech-savvy champions, technologies should be oriented convene a panel of leaders from toward advancing peace, sustainable the private, public and non-profit development and human rights. sectors, and accelerate learning The UN has long subscribed to the among UN member states. The UN precautionary principle: avoid doing Expert insight chief has already put agencies on unintentional harm. notice, requesting that they scale up innovation. So what, practically, can the organization do next? The UN’s Six ways to ensure All of this is good news – assuming, chief needs no convincing – he has of course, the UN and its secretary- already made engagement with AI and new tech work for – general have the capacity and new technology a major pillar of resources to deliver. his tenure. What is more, there is already considerable experimentation not against – humanity Guterres is already bringing some underway within the UN, especially urgently needed focus within the among humanitarian and human organization. He has acknowledged rights agencies, such as the UN some of the “known unknowns” – High Commissioner for Refugees, By Robert Muggah, Co-Founder, shape the future direction of that there is still comparatively limited the UN Office for the Coordination of Igarape Institute and SecDev Group; humanity. Finding ways to maximize awareness and understanding of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Women and technology, both old and new, across the World Food Programme, among and Camino Kavanagh, Department the benefits and minimize the harms the UN system. His office’s first order others. Still, much more can be done. of War Studies, King’s College of these new tools can be surprisingly of business, then, is to expand digital London difficult. literacy across the organization. And Here are six nudges – some of them while expressing humility, the new already outlined in the forthcoming Most technologies are dual use: The United Nations secretary-general, strategy is also ambitious. Among strategy – to get things moving even take the case of digital technologies António Guterres, takes this duality other things, it intends to harness faster. that are fundamentally transforming seriously. He sees the potential new technology to accelerate governance, markets and of new technologies to deliver achievement of the 2030 Sustainable 1. Scale up UN exposure to and development for the better. Yet positive change but also to unleash Development Goals (SDGs). It is also understanding of new technologies the malicious use of these same serious harm. At least this is what looking to strengthen member states’ The UN is not an innovative technologies also poses serious his soon-to-be-released strategy capacity to interpret the opportunities organization, nor should it seek to challenges to global stability. In on new technologies will claim. and risks of new technologies, by emulate savvy private and non- the current international climate, Conscious of the world’s growing fostering cooperation on principles, governmental actors working with the potential for miscalculation dependence on a vast array of new values and norms. new technologies. That does not and destabilization is real. Online technologies (often described as crime is already costing the global mean it should not help promote the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”), The strategy provides a set of broad awareness. Some UN agencies – economy hundreds of billions of the UN is preparing to do what it dollars a year and appears to be principles to frame how the UN (and including the Office for Disarmament does best: issue new reports and its member states) might think about Affairs, the Institute for Disarmament worsening. Meanwhile, the race is set up committees to ruminate on on to dominate and in some cases new technologies. These principles Research (UNIDIR), the Office of the the subject. The secretary-general’s are firmly anchored in the UN High Commission for Human Rights, weaponize frontier technologies – strategy calls for expanding the Charter and the Universal Declaration the Office for Drugs and Crime and including artificial intelligence (AI) – organization’s knowledge base of Human Rights and are intended the International Telecommunication with implications that will undoubtedly on new technologies, particularly to help positively shape ongoing and Union (ITU) – have accumulated real

6 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 7 experience. Yet new ways of working 3. Take stock of existing and (ICTs), and helped build trust and 5. Deepen understanding of the 6. Develop a more sophisticated in the design, development and are required, including thinking emerging normative, regulatory cooperative measures to reduce effects of new technologies on engagement with the private sector deployment of new technologies about more agile processes that and cooperation processes to the risk of conflict arising from their sustainable development and New, disruptive technologies are in order to help promote the UN’s can keep pace with technological harness the opportunities and misuse. Despite facing setbacks, human rights generally not designed or developed core mandate and avoid locking in change. The new strategy advocates lessen the risks posed by new these processes generated important Many new technologies offer the by nation states. It is the tech inequality and power imbalances. He the creation of an innovation technologies results and can serve as a framework potential to speed up and scale sector and research communities, understands that this will require new lab, presumably to complement The UN’s normative bodies for global stability. Meanwhile, efforts opportunity, growth and wellbeing. not governments, that set the and creative ways of working with the Global Pulse initiative, along with cannot and most likely should not should be redoubled to address the But they can also negatively disrupt pace, including when it comes to outsiders. While many private sector a technology envoy, to promote take the lead in setting norms, challenges posed by autonomous markets and jobs, undermine establishing the basis for formal or actors are keen to engage with the improved understanding, better rules and standards across all lethal weapons and emerging privacy and digital liberties, and be self-regulation. Witness the Asilomar UN, they are wary of getting bogged collaboration and new partnership technology agendas. For the most risks associated with advances in harnessed for ill intent. Take the case principles, the new Google AI down in bureaucratic processes. models with member states and part, significant work is already biotechnology. Of course, geo- of social media, which can connect principles or the IEEE standards, Supporting efforts to sandbox new others. underway outside the UN: from strategic calculations will frame people but also amplify hate speech, among other voluntary guidelines. technologies and experiment with the leading role of the technology states’ decisions on whether to facilitate child sexual exploitation and Key ethical decisions with far-reaching new regulatory responses is essential. 2. Bring the discussion on community in elaborating internet cooperate or compete. After all, undermine democratic processes. implications for humanity are being innovation and new technologies standards and protocols to civil these technologies are shaping grand Or consider mass automation made by a small number of private The UN secretary-general can to all UN member states society-led campaigns against strategy: Russian President Vladimir and robotics, which can create entities. That said, technology play a critical role in advocating for There are vastly different so-called “killer robots”, as well Putin famously warned that “whoever greater economies of scale while companies are eager to engage with the principled development and understandings and capacities as voluntary principles and codes wins in AI will rule the world”, while also contributing to significant the UN. They realize that a level global application of new technologies. He across countries to harness new of conduct developed by biotech China has published a national unemployment. The UN can play playing field is critical, lest they be cut can foster knowledge around and technologies. While some are engineers and others. The UN should plan for “AI leadership” by 2025 and a role helping states and societies out or held to ransom by powerful promote adherence to existing and building vast smart cities, others find ways to support and enable “dominance” by 2030, and the US anticipate and mitigate the negative states. In offering its services to emerging norms and principles. are still working to deliver the most promising processes, while breathing and European Union are following effects of new technologies. A good convene players and build consensus, He can advocate for basic ethical rudimentary services. UN entities, in life into those that are moribund but suit. The reality is that the UN and example of this were the ITU-led AI the UN will need to step up its standards in the design, development partnership with private and non- may still be relevant. A soon-to-be- its secretary-general must tread very for Good summits in 2017 and 2018. game. This will require a significant and deployment of new technologies. profit partners, can help accelerate announced panel co-chaired by a delicately on many of these issues. organizational and cultural shift – and He can broker partnerships within the transfer of knowledge of “what globally renowned entrepreneur and more of the type of mixing events and beyond the system to strengthen works” through information sharing, a leading philanthropist is expected the UNIDIR, the United Nations dialogue and greater cooperation awareness raising and disseminating to help advance these goals, University and the International Peace around both the opportunities good ideas with a track record. particularly as they relate to new Institute have already held. and risks of our growing digital The newly established technology challenges associated with advances dependence. What’s more the banks for SDG attainment and the in technology. Taken together, these six steps UN can, and already is, building UN Development Programme’s amount to a conservative plan partnerships across the technology partnership with IBM to apply AI 4. Support member states to of action. This is not surprising: sector to advocate for more agile to evaluate national development address the most immediate appetite for major new agendas is solutions and scale up impact plans are a good start. A number threats posed by the malicious use comparatively limited among UN investments. The road ahead will be of UN country teams are already of ICTs and new technologies to member states and the organization difficult. There are structural obstacles incorporating the latest thinking international peace and security will struggle to gain traction on many – not least how the UN system itself is on new tech into development Since the 1990s, the UN General fronts. Some of the organization’s hierarchically organized. To his credit, financing and national development Assembly has served as a platform major donors are retreating, though the secretary-general has made these action plans. for states to debate these issues. a handful of smaller and more issues a priority: he has a work plan, For example, a series of groups technologically advanced states and work is underway. He’ll need all of governmental experts agreed are showing more enthusiasm. The the help he can muster. on the applicability of international secretary-general’s new strategy will law to cyberspace, recommended not fundamentally change the game. Read it online: norms on state use of information That said, Guterres is serious about https://www.weforum.org/ and communication technologies bringing together people involved agenda/2018/07/united-nations- artificial-intelligence-social-good/

8 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 9 Read Forum Agenda for the latest perspectives He envisioned an open society power in the past; it has turned entire that aims to “unite the principle of industries upside down. You know on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. the free market with that of the fair the saying, “The internet cuts out distribution of prosperity”. This vision the middleman”. Digital technologies is more relevant today than ever enable completely new business before because it points the way to models – and now we see that they an inclusive form of capitalism and to enable new social models. One of a sustainable model of economic and these is the sharing economy. It social well-being. I believe that the challenges one of the fundamental next step on the path to inclusiveness precepts of our economic order: the is to significantly raise standards for prominent role of property. Whether Expert insight business as far as social responsibility you consider this good or bad, it’s and sustainability are concerned. reality.

Contrary to Milton Friedman’s maxim, Fourth, as leaders we must summon the business of business should not the courage to address the tough The world is changing. just be business. Shareholder value questions. And there are plenty alone should not be the yardstick. of them. How can we secure the Here’s how companies Instead, we should make stakeholder future of those whose jobs will be value, or better yet, social value, eliminated by machines? Do we need the benchmark for a company’s a guaranteed basic income? Should must adapt performance. we impose taxes on software and robots? Do companies that provide Today, stakeholders – customers, global IT platforms have to comply shareholders, suppliers, employees, with national rules and regulations? political leaders, society as a whole If so, how can they be enforced? – rightfully expect companies to What freedoms and rights should By Joe Kaeser, President and Chief sites. Today, practically every human Nevertheless, we humans define the This seamless integration of the virtual assume greater social responsibility, individuals have in the digital age? Executive Officer, Siemens being can connect to a network that algorithms that govern machines and and the physical worlds in so-called for example, by protecting the spans the entire globe and provides not the other way around. And make cyber-physical systems – that is the climate, fighting for social justice, These are the tough questions we Although we have only seen the access to the greatest repository no mistake about it: we are now giant leap we see today. It eclipses aiding refugees, and training and face today. And I don’t think longing beginning, one thing is already clear: of information and knowledge ever writing the code that will shape our everything that has happened educating workers. The business of for the alleged “good old days” will the Fourth Industrial Revolution is created by humankind. collective future. in industry so far. As in previous business should be to create value yield good answers. In his book the greatest transformation human industrial revolutions but on a much for society. At Siemens, we call this “Retrotopia”, the Polish sociologist civilization has ever known. As far- Enormous power entails enormous That’s happening in manufacturing larger scale, the Fourth Industrial “business to society”. and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman reaching as the previous industrial risk. Yes, the stakes are high. If we right now. What we call Industrie Revolution will eliminate millions of maintains that many have lost all faith revolutions were, they never set free get the revolution right, digitalization 4.0 enables manufacturers to jobs and create millions of new jobs. Second, because the Fourth Industrial in the idea of building a future society such enormous transformative power. will benefit the nearly 10 billion create a “digital twin” of the entire And because manufacturing accounts Revolution runs on knowledge, we and turn to the ideas of the past, humans inhabiting our planet in manufacturing environment – from for 70% of global trade, this really need a concurrent revolution in buried but not dead. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the year 2050. If we get it wrong, lab to factory floor, from showroom is about “the wealth of nations”, to training and education. Here, both transforming practically every human societies will be divided into winners to service. Manufacturers can design, quote Adam Smith. That raises the government and business must join Instead, we should look forward, activity: the way we make things; and losers, social unrest and simulate, and test sophisticated question: what can we do to make forces to provide workers with the point out both the opportunities the way we use the resources of our anarchy will arise, the glue that holds products in the virtual domain before sure as many citizens as possible skills and qualifications they need to and risks of the Fourth Industrial planet; the way we communicate and societies and communities together making the first physical prototype, benefit from the Fourth Industrial participate in the digital economy, Revolution, and then roll up our interact with each other as humans; will disintegrate, and citizens will no before setting up production lines, Revolution? for instance, by being able to tap sleeves and create answers that really the way we learn; the way we work; longer believe that governments are and before starting actual production. the opportunities created by artificial work for us and future generations. the way we govern; and the way we able to fulfil their purpose of enforcing First, we can learn from the past and intelligence. If the workforce doesn’t do business. Its scope, speed and the rule of law and providing security. Software helps optimize every lay the conceptual foundation for an keep up with advances in knowledge Read it online: reach are unprecedented. process and every task, whether inclusive society. In the middle of the throughout their lives, how will the https://www.weforum.org/ That’s why the Fourth Industrial performed by humans or machines. 20th century, thought leaders such as millions of new jobs be filled? agenda/2018/01/the-world-is- Think of it: Just 10 years ago, there Revolution is not just about Once everything works in the virtual the economist Alfred Müller-Armack changing-here-s-how-companies- was no such thing as a smartphone. technology or business; it’s about world, the results are transferred to developed the so-called social market Third, we must encourage innovation must-adapt/ Today, no one leaves home without it. society. It is fascinating when a the physical world, the machines, and economy, Germany’s model of and the ability to adapt. Digitalization computer beats the best human they close the loop by reporting back success to this day. has demonstrated its disruptive Just a few decades ago, the internet GO player, when bots write texts, to the virtual world. connected computers at just a few and machines “talk” to each other.

10 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 11 How is this transformation publish on the future of jobs will their global aspirations. This year, with reflected in this year’s Annual also provide insight into what the so many new companies joining us Meeting of the New Champions? workforce of the future will look like. for the first time, it will be especially Forum Q&A The meeting has always brought rewarding. together the most influential leaders There are so many other subjects from the worlds of politics, global that deserve a mention: electric and Since we inaugurated our Centre for business and science. This year, autonomous vehicles have risen up the Fourth Industrial Revolution in A conversation with the we are adding to this mix by inviting the agenda in the past months, as San Francisco in 2017, there’s been a a large number of leaders from has the impact of 5G technology. tremendous amount of collaboration the world’s most exciting start-up I’m also very interested in the here in China, culminating in a series Forum’s Chief Representative and early-stage businesses. This televised session looking at the of China Business Roundtables vibrant ecosystem of world-class emergence of China’s Greater Bay throughout out the past months. Officer in China talent mirrors the tech scene here in Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and We now have a network of centres, China, where the latest generation Macau as a tech hotspot and how it for which the Annual Meeting of the of tech companies is focused much compares to Tokyo Bay and Silicon New Champions is the annual focal more on international markets rather Valley, as I think this context has been point. I expect this will translate into David Aikman sits down to talk about the meeting, China’s transformation than solely on the domestic one. under-appreciated outside China. some very solid outcomes as we seek and the Fourth Industrial Revolution In the past few years, China has to ensure a more human-centric, incubated more “unicorn” technology What are your personal highlights inclusive and sustainable Fourth companies than any other country in for this year’s meeting? Industrial Revolution. the world except the United States. I am always very proud to welcome our Members and Partners to China. Lastly, I’m excited about the role that This is your third Annual Meeting Every year, certain topics dominate For those outside China, there is young people will play at the meeting of the New Champions as Chief the meeting agenda; what do you no better way to understand this this year. I helped launch the Global Representative Officer in China. expect they will be this year? country’s transformation than to Shapers community in 2011 and am How would you describe your Trade has hardly been out of the visit and speak with their Chinese very proud to see it continue to grow experience? headlines this year. It will certainly be peers. For our Chinese Members from strength to strength. Nearly China’s transformation over the past covered from a number of angles, and Partners, the Annual Meeting 200 of the most entrepreneurial and 25 years has been unmatched in such as the obvious question of the of the New Champions introduces innovative among them will join us in human history; literally lifting hundreds China-US relationship and its impact them to the depth and diversity of the Tianjin, helping the newest generation of millions of people out of poverty. on the global economy, but also Forum’s platform, providing insights of leaders to play a role in shaping our Since moving here in 2015, I have in more subtle ways, for example, and relationships that will help them in future. witnessed the emergence of the how e-commerce is helping smaller world’s most dynamic economy businesses grow beyond their where innovation is increasingly I see China today as being at a borders. outstripping the more traditionally fascinating juncture in its history. On Another huge topic is artificial developed economies of Europe and one hand, it remains an emerging intelligence, which influences so many North America, especially in sectors economy, facing the same challenges strands of the Annual Meeting of the such as consumer internet and as other developing countries that New Champions programme this financial technology. seek to make progress up the value year. The good thing is that we have chain. On the other, the dawn of China has made incredible strides moved beyond the simplified, zero- the Fourth Industrial Revolution has sum view that artificial intelligence in advanced manufacturing such as created a “Year Zero”, where China’s and robotics represent an existential consumer electronics, shipbuilding, huge investments in science and threat to human labour: this year solar panels and high-speed rail technology (representing some 21% the conversation will be far more systems, whereas it has yet to of the total global R&D spend) are constructive and solution-oriented, develop a successful indigenous helping it leapfrog and outcompete and focused on human-machine microchip industry. more industrialized peers. collaboration. New research we will

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A follow-up to our inaugural If technology is the greatest In a bid to help the world’s Upgrading businesses to The full potential of the internet With a large number of mayors study in 2016 on the Future agent of change in the modern producers overcome the many compete in the Fourth Industrial of things is held back by the participating in the Annual of Jobs, this latest report from world, each year brings bottlenecks involved when Revolution is fraught with fact that so many attempts to Meeting of the New Champions the Forum’s Centre for the with it the promise of new tooling up for the Fourth Industrial challenges. According to some deploy it end in failure. Some this year, the Forum’s Global New Economy and Society breakthroughs to fundamentally Revolution, the Forum’s Future of sources, last year over $1 estimations put the failure rate at Future Council on Cities and pinpoints the jobs that will be alter the way we work, live and Production team will publish the trillion was invested globally 75%. The Forum’s Centre for the Urbanization has produced most in demand as well as interact. The Forum’s Expert names of the first members of its in new digital transformation Fourth Industrial Revolution, in an a white paper on how cities those most at risk from the Network has compiled a list of Lighthouse network. Lighthouses efforts; however, only 5% of all attempt to break this impasse, can adopt the agility needed transformation brought on by the most important emerging are super-factories, singled out businesses declared themselves has collected the most effective to succeed in the Fourth the Fourth Industrial Revolution. technological trends to raise from a worldwide search for satisfied with the outcome. This and scalable IoT solutions in industrial Revolution. From By drawing on the Forum’s awareness of their potential and their innovative deployment of paper seeks to help businesses order to provide a roadmap for voter engagement in Rio de unrivalled access to chief contribute to closing the gaps in emerging technologies – and make sense of the rapidly better government and private- Janeiro to climate adaptation in human resources officers at investment, regulation and public the savings and gains they have changing business landscape by sector investment in the years Copenhagen and Education in major global corporations, we understanding that so often been able to achieve as a result. providing a framework for digital ahead. Moscow, this paper is packed are confident that the Future of thwart progress. transformation. with case studies to help Jobs 2018 will provide the most mayors build the cities of the complete picture of the future future. human workforce yet.

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Societies must innovate to prosper and be resilient in the face of rapid technological and economic change. This requires leaders from all walks of life to hone their innovative capabilities and apply them equally to exciting economic opportunities as well as complex societal challenges.

The following pages describe the four pillars of the programme and On the agenda provide sample participant journeys. Unlocking an Experimental Mindset How do we make piloting and prototyping a more common practice Shaping Innovative in pursuing new ventures, policies and partnerships? Expanding Innovation Ecosystems Societies in the Fourth How do we scale up innovation more effectively in universities, incubators, cities and regions?

Industrial Revolution Designing Human-Centred Technology How do we develop a new, global “operating system” to ensure that advanced technologies benefit all stakeholders and not just a privileged few? When we imagine the societies of tasks and 5% of full-time jobs. technologies, from the livestreaming objectives but can be turned to the future, we often rely on visions Companies are responding by filling of crimes on social media to the military advantage. Accelerating Innovation for Inclusive Growth of ingenious technologies supplied more than half of talent gaps through uptake of amateur drones and How do we systematically integrate innovation and inclusion into by science fiction. We picture flying internal retraining and employee cognitive-enhancing drugs. How we will solve challenges value chains and growth models? cars, lunar colonies and cures for all development, up from 20% just two Advances in cloud computing, diseases. Rarely do we spend time years ago. And yet, old patterns How we will grow satellite imagery and machine learning imagining what the structures of of gender discrimination may be Since the early 1980s, China has have the potential to improve risk society, economy and government exacerbated by these shifts; the managed to achieve in one generation preparedness, food production and Meaningful interaction is the key to generating insight, sharing will look like in those future scenarios, Global Gender Gap Report estimates what took five or more in the West. It resource management. China has ideas and finding collective solutions to the world’s most pressing nor do we imagine the pathways it will take another 217 years to is now the second-largest economy launched the world’s largest carbon challenges. The programme is designed around four types of that led to revolutionary technologies achieve gender parity at today’s rate in the world and a leading force in market and increased its targets to interaction: being incrementally and then of change. the Fourth Industrial Revolution. installing 680GW of renewable power universally adopted. Globally, Fourth Industrial Revolution capacity by 2020. Yet, despite all the Experience – Immerse yourself in thought-provoking How we will live technologies are expected to create up growth in low-carbon energy sources, experiences across time, space and emotions Here are some startling facts about Social network penetration is to $3.7 trillion in value for companies 81% of our global energy supply what this future society may look like, expected to reach more than 3 billion and countries across global supply comes from fossil fuels – exactly the Discover – Expand your thinking with powerful data indeed what it may already be like for users globally by 2021, opening chains by 2025, and yet many people same as 30 years ago. visualizations and spectacular visual narratives those in the vanguard: fear missing out on the benefits of the new avenues to track and rate social behaviour and preferences. new technological age. This is evident In our capacity as leaders of Debate – Join insightful conversations bringing together How we will work Algorithms that power everyday particularly in developed countries. organizations and governments, as diverse perspectives on today’s most relevant issues Artificial-intelligence-derived digital consumption – from product citizens and as stewards of this planet businesses are forecast to reach a recommendations to search results Due to escalating trade tensions, for future generations, we must all Collaborate – Join hands-on sessions where leaders market value of as much as $3.9 – are also being used for insurance global foreign direct investment fell contribute to the process of shaping come together to shape collective solutions trillion in 2022, indicating massive benefit assessments, credit decisions last year. Geopolitical tensions are innovative societies that are capable potential to impact industries, and talent recruitment. However, emerging alongside geo-economic of harnessing and benefiting equally societies and individuals. Automation crucial societal conversations and tensions, and technologies are from technological innovation that is based on this technology is poised safeguards are lagging behind increasingly “dual use”, meaning that creating value in entirely new ways. to take over 45% of workers’ current unanticipated public uses of new they are developed with commercial

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Unlocking an Expanding Innovation Experimental Mindset Ecosystems

How do we make piloting and prototyping a more common practice in How do we scale up innovation more effectively in universities, pursuing new ventures, policies and partnerships? incubators, cities and regions?

The following is a sample of sessions in the programme related to this track to illustrate the range of experiences you can choose from The following is a sample of sessions in the programme related to this track to illustrate the range of experiences you can choose from as you plan your agenda. To find more sessions in this track and to create your own journey, use the TopLink app. as you plan your agenda. To find more sessions in this track and to create your own journey, use the TopLink app.

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Meditation / 08.15 IdeasLab / 13.15 Interactive Panel / 17.30 Institutional Session / 13.15 Installation / all day Hub Session / 16.30 Televised Session / 15.45 xChange / 11.00 Morning Tai Chi Personalizing Brain and Earth Data: A Remedy Governance by Design Manus The Future Workplace Innovation Nation China Outbound Start the day with an Communication Health for Environmental Risk? How will government What if robots were As technology transforms From large-scale investment Investment: A New introduction to the with McGill University How can data collection experimentation with policy designed to relate to the nature of work, how announcements to military- Playbook? philosophy and practice of Discover new ideas and and analysis tools help prototyping and design us in ways we wouldn’t can traditional employers driven R&D platforms, what Given that the technology Tai Chi to improve health, insights with leading leaders achieve better thinking reshape interactions expect from a factory integrate temporary, best practices and pitfalls industry and consumer goods

Tues mental clarity and overall researchers in the policy outcomes? between the public sector Tues machine? Experience remote, freelance and can governments learn from in Eurasia and America are 18 Sept 18 Sept well-being. IdeasLab. and wider business and Manus, an alternative “gig” workers into their to accelerate innovation in being favoured by Chinese society? vision for human-robot company culture? strategic industries? investment, what partnerships relationships. and practices yield the most promising results?

Meditation / 08.00 BetaZone / 15.30 Interactive Panel / 15.30 xChange / 12.30 Installation / all day BetaZone / 13.30 Arena / 08.45 The Centre Space / 16.00 Morning Tai Chi Finding Your Voice Local Solutions for Founders xChange: Manus Harmonious Design Strategic Outlook on Fostering Female Start the day with an Join voice artist and Global Challenges Scaling Culture What if robots were Join China’s leading Europe Entrepreneurship introduction to the beatboxer Harry Yeff in How are mayors and local How can a quickly growing designed to relate to architect as he balances The European Union is How can China’s example philosophy and practice of an interactive workshop governments tackling company withstand the us in ways we wouldn’t nature, time and space the world’s second-largest of large numbers of Tai Chi to improve health, that will reveal the hidden global challenges through test of expansion without expect from a factory when designing the economy; but Brexit in 2019, female founders in internet

Wed mental clarity and overall potential of the human city-to-city collaboration? compromising its core Wed machine? Experience future city. persistent anti-European companies be scaled up to 19 Sept 19 Sept well-being. voice. values and culture? Manus, an alternative rhetoric and global power foster female entrepreneurship vision for human-robot shifts are putting the union around the world? relationships. to the test. What are the implications for business?

Meditation / 08.15 Hub Session / 10.15 Interactive Session / 11.00 WorkStudio / 09.00 Installation / all day Hub Session / 09.30 Interactive Panel / 12.00 Institutional Session / 09.15 Morning Tai Chi Being Human: Curiosity Blockchain for Supply Corporate Agility in Manus Disrupting Energy Shaping China’s Innovative Laying the Groundwork for Start the day with an What do a bioethicist and Chains the Fourth Industrial What if robots were Technology Society in the Fourth Autonomous Vehicles in introduction to the a robot designer have What is needed to Revolution designed to relate to From advances in Industrial Revolution China philosophy and practice of in common? Join the accelerate blockchain and What lessons from digital us in ways we wouldn’t nuclear power generation How will China shape the What is needed for China to Tai Chi to improve health, unlikely duo to investigate other distributed ledger transformation over the past expect from a factory and hydrogen technology trajectory of emerging successfully launch, develop

Thurs mental clarity and overall and challenge how we technologies to bring two decades can be applied Thurs machine? Experience to the promise of technologies for business and scale autonomous 20 Sept 20 Sept well-being. embrace curiosity. efficiency, transparency by companies thinking Manus, an alternative wireless electricity, which and society? vehicles? and interoperability to ahead to the emerging vision for human-robot technologies are set to global supply chains? technologies of the Fourth relationships. disrupt energy systems Industrial Revolution? of the future?

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Designing Human-Centred Accelerating Innovation for Technology Inclusive Growth

How do we develop a new, global “operating system” to ensure that How do we systematically integrate innovation and inclusion into advanced technologies benefit all stakeholders and not just a privileged few? value chains and growth models?

The following is a sample of sessions in the programme related to this track to illustrate the range of experiences you can choose from The following is a sample of sessions in the programme related to this track to illustrate the range of experiences you can choose from as you plan your agenda. To find more sessions in this track and to create your own journey, use the TopLink app. as you plan your agenda. To find more sessions in this track and to create your own journey, use the TopLink app.

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Installation / all day One-on-One / 13.15 Televised Session / 10.45 WorkStudio / 13.15 Installation / all day BetaZone / 09.45 Televised Session / 12.45 xChange / 15.00 Digital Traces An Insight, An Idea with Governing Dual-Use Shaping the Mobility Tree VR Redesigning Social China’s Financial Opening The Reskilling Imperative Novel recognition Jiang Yilei Technology Ecosystem Enter the rainforest Systems What does this new phase in How can investment in the technologies can Join a conversation with How should the How can a transition and become a tree, Social innovator Hilary China’s financial reform entail upskilling of employees be uniquely identify us. Chinese director and online development and diffusion to integrated mobility experiencing growth Cottam proposes a human- and what will be the impact embraced as a long-term Explore how advances in short-video producer Jiang of dual-use technologies systems be realized? and decline first-hand centred design approach on global capital markets? competitive advantage?

Tues computational imaging Yilei on her personal journey to be managed? Tues in a 15-minute multi- to reinvent social systems 18 Sept 18 Sept and artificial intelligence- cope with the effects of cyber- sensory virtual reality for the Fourth Industrial driven forensic technology bullying. experience. Revolution. are shaping our future.

Installation / all day Hub Session / 13.30 Interactive Panel / 17.30 WorkStudio / 13.15 Installation / all day BetaZone / 09.15 Arena / 13.00 Institutional Session / 08.45 Digital Traces Agile Ethics Hidden in the Algorithm Healthcare Systems of Tree VR In Innovation’s Shadow Climate Technologies Fourth Industrial Novel recognition How can the adoption of How can societies Tomorrow Enter the rainforest What are the hidden and From satellite-based Revolution Haves and technologies can an “agile” ethics framework mitigate the risk of How can the world and become a tree, human costs of innovation? methane detection to carbon Have-Nots uniquely identify us. ensure that values are algorithmic bias and deliver affordable and experiencing growth Join photojournalist Rena dioxide removal and solar What is needed to ensure Explore how advances in aligned before technological discrimination? quality healthcare for and decline first-hand Effendi and architect Mokena engineering, what are the the Fourth Industrial

Wed computational imaging innovations are deployed? nearly 9.7 billion people Wed in a 15-minute multi- Makeka to explore what lies opportunities and pitfalls of Revolution mitigates 19 Sept 19 Sept and artificial intelligence- by 2050? sensory virtual reality in innovation’s shadow. technologies that hold the inequalities between driven forensic technology experience. promise of opening new economies rather than are shaping our future. avenues in the fight against exacerbating them? climate change?

Installation / all day Global Situation Space / 11.30 Televised Session / 09.00 xChange / 10.45 Installation / all day Hub Session / 09.15 Arena /12.00 Institutional Session / 10.30 Digital Traces The Big Picture on Cyber- What If: Smart Drugs Ensuring Ethics Keep Tree VR Alleviating Poverty in the Getting Digital Impact Connect: Driving Novel recognition Resilience Become as Common as Pace Enter the rainforest Modern World Globalization Right Energy Innovation to technologies can From soaring numbers of data Coffee? What can innovators and and become a tree, With a decreasing population The digital economy and Scale uniquely identify us. breaches to future-proofing What if using cognitive- scientists learn from each experiencing growth and increasing income e-commerce are powerful How are entrepreneurs Explore how advances in the internet of things, explore enhancing drugs other about creating a and decline first-hand levels in China, what are contributors to development defining new ways

Thurs computational imaging the causes and consequences – claimed to improve common culture with Thurs in a 15-minute multi- the driving forces for rural and growth. But can the next of collaborating that 20 Sept 20 Sept and artificial intelligence- of cyber-attacks through performance at school ethical norms at its sensory virtual reality development and how can wave of globalization avoid can accelerate energy driven forensic technology geospatial and econometric and work – becomes the heart? experience. the government’s Precision the mistakes of the first? innovation to scale? are shaping our future. data with predictive modelling. new norm? Poverty Alleviation policy address the challenges?

20 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 21 Digital Traces Manus Novel recognition technologies can uniquely identify us, telling the story of How sentient machines should engage in our daily lives is an active area our abilities, minds and bodies, and predicting their outlook for the future. of debate. However, part of the problem – and perhaps the root of our What if the sound of your voice could tell an algorithm that now is the collective anxiety – is that people have very little agency to participate perfect time to advertise that new car or expensive holiday? What if your in making this decision. We are told at best that robots are coming telephone could tell if you are being lied to? What if a video camera could for our jobs and at worst that they will physically harm us. But what if identify you from 500 metres away or diagnose you with Parkinson’s disease robots were designed to relate to us in ways we wouldn’t expect from a long before symptoms are obvious? Join researchers from Carnegie Mellon factory machine? Manus presents an alternative vision for human-robot University and Aqueti to explore how advances in computational imaging relationships. Using the robot’s body language and posturing to broadcast and artificial intelligence-driven forensic technology are shaping our future. a spectrum of emotional states, Manus’ behaviour acts as a medium for cultivating empathy between her human visitors and 10 interconnected, sentient industrial robots. Experience Manus, an interactive installation created by designer Madeline Gannon and made possible through the Special experiences generous support of ABB and NVIDIA.

Large-scale installations and immersive experiences in the convention centre serve to shift our understanding of our responsibilities vis-à-vis some of the most important issues on the agenda.

Closing Performance Travelling the world and meeting people with remarkable voices, artist, composer and world champion beatboxer Reeps One endeavours to discover the communication tools human beings have beyond words – the music behind our common tool, the human voice. Join us for the closing Tree VR performance by Reeps One with his new piece, Beyond Words, in which he will move through some of his most spectacular vocal techniques paired What is it like to be a tree? The award-winning Tree VR takes participants on with award-winning voice-activated visuals. a journey into the rain forest to become a tree. With your arms as branches and your body as the trunk, you’ll experience the tree’s growth from a seedling into its fullest form and witness its fate first-hand in a 15-minute multisensory virtual reality experience. With Tree VR, film directors Milica Zec and Winslow Porter merge art and technology into a groundbreaking and emotional experience that pushes the boundaries of both storytelling and our relationship with the natural world.

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09.00 - 10.15 Interactive Panel 09.15 - 10.15 Interactive Panel 09.45 - 10.15 Hub Session San Francisco Arena Hub C The Future Is Platforms Increasing Resilience in Energy Is Your Organization Ready for the Experts believe that digital Systems Next Cyber Crisis? ecosystems could account for more E-mobility, decentralized generation Come and learn the top three moves than $60 trillion in revenue by 2025, and outdated infrastructure are your organization needs to make Unlocking an Designing Expanding Accelerating and yet only 3% of companies have putting unprecedented pressure on when a cybersecurity crisis hits. adopted an active platform strategy. energy systems, while increased Experimental Human-Centred Innovation Innovation for How can executives prepare for connectivity and complexity are Mindset Technology Ecosystems Inclusive Growth digital transformation? raising the exposure to cyberattacks 09.45 - 10.15 Hub Session and cascade failure. How can Hub B business and government work The See-Through Me 09.15 - 10.15 Televised Session together to build future-proof, resilient Social network penetration is Studio energy systems? expected to reach more than 3 billion China’s Opening-Up: 40 Years On users globally by 2021, opening new Tuesday Forty years after embarking on avenues to track and rate social an open-door policy, China has 09.15 - 10.15 Interactive Panel behaviour and preferences. Where 18 September become the world’s second-largest xChange do we draw the line as the individual economy based on purchasing power Stormy Markets and relationships become ever more parity. What lies ahead for Chinese Trade skirmishes, a diverging global transparent? enterprises in the context of the interest rate environment and new 08.15 - 09.00 Meditation 09.00 - 09.45 Hub Session Fourth Industrial Revolution? data policy standards all contribute BetaZone Hub A to uncertainty in the markets in 2018. 09.45 - 11.00 IdeasLab Morning Tai Chi Ask About: New Pathways to What are the implications for investing IdeasLab Start the day with an introduction to Better Mental Health 09.15 - 10.15 Interactive Panel and for financial stability? Eliminating Air Pollution with the philosophy and practice of Tai One in four people will experience Salon Imperial College London Chi. mental illness in their life, costing the Cracking the Crypto Code: Discover new ideas and insights with global economy an estimated $6 How to Manage Crypto Assets? 09.45 - 10.15 BetaZone leading researchers in the IdeasLab. trillion by 2030. Explore the latest With global digital payment volumes BetaZone 09.00 - 09.30 Hub Session research into innovations in mental predicted to increase by an average Redesigning Social Systems Hub B health treatments. of 10.9% to 2020, regulators have Against a backdrop of longer lives, 10.00 - 10.30 Hub Session Ask About: Smart Cyber Defences issued a range of responses to globalization and the changing nature Hub A Smart network surveillance can the crypto-asset craze. How can of work, social innovator Hilary Ask About: Seamless Health identify and pre-emptively block regulators work with businesses and Cottam proposes a human-centred Sensing malicious network activity through the consumers to support burgeoning design approach to reinvent social The internet of things may enable use of artificial intelligence. Explore crypto markets while safeguarding the systems for the Fourth Industrial much earlier diagnosis of health the latest research into securing financial order? Revolution. problems via in-home sensors. networks. Explore the latest research on seamless health sensing.

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10.30 - 11.00 Hub Session 10.30 - 11.15 Hub Session 10.45 - 11.45 Interactive Panel 11.00 - 12.00 Televised Session 11.30 - 12.45 IdeasLab 12.45 - 13.45 Televised Session Hub C Hub B Salon Studio IdeasLab Arena Building Consumer Trust with the Ask About: Cognition New Frontiers in Physics Ushering in a New Mobile Era Securing Cyberspace with the A Global Conversation on Artificial Internet of Things From developing better artificial Six years ago CERN scientists From connected cities to the industrial National University of Singapore Intelligence From personalized smart assistants intelligence to treating developmental proved the existence of the Higgs internet of things, reaping the vast Discover new ideas and insights with Artificial-intelligence-derived to wearable devices, the internet disorders, knowledge of human boson particle – the missing piece in economic benefits of fifth generation leading researchers in the IdeasLab. businesses are forecast to reach a of things offers new products and cognition is vital. Explore the latest physicists’ model of how the universe (5G) networks will require $4 trillion market value of as much as $3.9 services to connect with consumers research into brain function. works. What is next in the hunt for a in R&D and capital expenditures trillion in 2022, indicating massive in their homes and on the go, but only deeper theory of reality? by 2020. How can business and 11.45 - 12.45 Community Lunch potential to impact industries, if companies can earn consumers’ government pave the way for a 5G The Village societies and individuals. How could a trust. How can companies build trust 10.45 - 11.15 Hub Session future? Community Lunch global framework promote the ethical in the age of smart devices? Hub A 10.45 - 11.45 Televised Session development of artificial intelligence Ask About: Smart Vaccines Arena while safeguarding against potential Vaccines are estimated to prevent Governing Dual-Use Technology 11.00 - 12.15 xChange 12.00 - 12.30 xChange abuse? 10.30 - 11.00 Hub Session 2.5 million deaths each year. Explore Technologies are increasingly xChange The Centre Space Hub D the latest research into how big data “dual use”, meaning that they China Outbound Investment: A FoundersxChange: Raising Capital Gentrification: Traditional vs can be harnessed for smart vaccine are developed with commercial New Playbook? and More 12.45 - 13.45 Televised Session Modern? design for preventable diseases. objectives but they can be turned to Outbound investment by Chinese From venture capital to accelerators Studio From prefabricated house-building military advantage. How should the state-backed enterprises and the and initial coin offerings, financing can China’s Financial Opening techniques to real-time congestion development and diffusion of dual- private sector is estimated to reach be found through many channels, China has pledged to open its monitoring in traditional blocks, 10.45 - 11.45 Institutional Session use technologies be managed? $2.5 trillion in the next 10 years. and yet the benefits of investment financial markets even wider to modern technologies are rewriting The Centre Space Given that the technology industry are often more than monetary. What foreign investors by the end of 2018. the story of China’s urban space. Strengthening the SME Sector and consumer goods in Eurasia and should entrepreneurs consider What does this new phase in China’s How can this technology be made Measured on return on invested 10.45 - 11.45 Interactive Panel America are being favoured by this besides money from investors? financial reform entail and what will be accessible, in an efficient manner, to capital and their intangible assets, San Francisco investment, what partnerships and the impact on global capital markets? the people in greatest need? SMEs often beat large firms in growth Enabling the Production Workforce practices yield the most promising and profits. How can economies of the Future results? 12.30 - 13.15 Interactive Panel nurture a thriving SME sector? Fourth Industrial Revolution Salon 13.15 - 13.45 One-on-One 10.30 - 11.00 Hub Session technologies are transforming Standing Up for Science BetaZone Hub E manufacturing across geographies From street level activism to running An Insight, An Idea with Jiang Yilei Building the Care Economy and industries. How can innovative for public office, the scientific A conversation with Chinese director Care work and care jobs have been approaches leverage new community is finding its political voice. and online short-video producer Jiang widely identified as a key area of new opportunities for the production How can scientists engage in politics Yilei on her personal journey to cope high-quality job creation in the Fourth workforce? without politicizing science? with the effects of cyber-bullying Industrial Revolution. How can we shape a robust market for the care economy?

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13.15 - 13.45 Hub Session 13.15 - 14.30 IdeasLab 13.15 - 14.30 Institutional Session 14.15 - 14.45 Hub Session 14.15 - 14.45 Hub Session 14.15 - 15.15 Interactive Panel Hub B IdeasLab xChange Hub B Hub C Arena A History of China Explained: Personalizing Brain and From Online to Offline: The Retail Fiction Prototyping for the Future World in Transformation: Human Navigating a Multiconceptual Confucianism Communication Health with McGill Renaissance Science fiction has long predicted Enhancement World Order With Chinese millennials’ growing University Digital platforms have mastered the arrival of particular technologies Technological advances have The world is transitioning from a fascination for the country’s heritage, Discover new ideas and insights with consumer business models by before they became a reality. How enhanced functional abilities by multipolar order with multiple power Confucianism is experiencing leading researchers in the IdeasLab. using unprecedented quantities of is science fiction interpreting today’s manipulating and extending our centres to a multiconceptual order, a nationwide revival. How has consumer data. How are they using rapid innovation and prototyping for bodies and brains with hardware, where a diverse range of world views Confucian philosophy shaped the these insights to beat emerging the future? and manipulating our environment will co-exist. What opportunities and world as we know it? 13.15 - 14.30 Institutional Session markets’ brick-and-mortar businesses in a way that potentially boosts dangers does it hold? WorkStudio at their own game? performance. However, the related Shaping the Mobility Ecosystem 14.15 - 14.45 Hub Session risks and ethical concerns can be 13.15 - 13.45 Hub Session The benefits of autonomous vehicles, Hub E daunting. This session will explore 15.00 - 15.30 Hub Session Hub A ride-hailing services and electric 13.45 - 14.30 Interactive Panel Powering Development through how the use of human-enhancing Hub D Ask About: Vision Impairment trains will be lost if the supporting Salon Platforms technologies is affecting well-being, Unveiling Fintech in China One-quarter of a billion people live infrastructure is not efficient and The Blue Economy In China, one in 10 urban jobs is in autonomy, equity and justice. Although mobile payments reached with vision impairment, 36 million of connected. How can a transition By 2030, China is projected to the sharing economy. How might approximately $22.8 trillion-worth of whom are blind. Explore the latest to integrated mobility systems be account for 37% of global fish the emergence of platform-based transactions in 2016, this represents research into novel treatments for eye realized? production. How can leaders build on companies in low- and middle-income 14.15 - 15.15 Televised Session only the tip of the iceberg in China’s disease. China’s new marine economy targets economies replace manufacturing-led Studio wider fintech industry. What makes to ensure greater sustainability in development strategies? China’s Bay Area Economy China stand out at this unique 13.15 - 14.30 Workshop fishing and aquaculture operations? China’s initiative on the Great Bay intersection of technology and 13.15 - 14.30 Institutional Session The Centre Space Area – spanning 11 cities in the financial services? San Francisco The Playful Entrepreneur 14.15 - 14.45 Hub Session Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Governance by Design How does playing at work help 14.15 - 14.45 Hub Session Hub D region with a GDP of $1.5 trillion in How will government experimentation innovators and entrepreneurs to see Hub A Ask About: Quantum-Enabled 2017 – has the vision to benchmark 15.00 - 15.30 Hub Session with policy prototyping and design new opportunities and take better Ask About: Bio-Inspired Materials Cybersecurity Tokyo Bay and Silicon Valley in Hub E thinking reshape interactions between risks? From helical DNA to seashell spirals, Quantum mechanics may hold the the near future. How will this new Bridging Governance Gaps the public sector and wider business symmetry is a key feature of nature. key to unbreakable cybersecurity. regional development initiative provide Join an in-depth exploration of and society? Explore the latest research on Explore the latest research into investment impetus and deepen governance approaches and harnessing this feature for novel quantum key distribution for international collaboration? tools, such as youth circles, with materials. encrypted communication. the greatest potential to advance solutions through a dialogue between youth and government.

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15.00 - 15.45 Interactive Panel 15.00 - 16.15 Workshop 15.15 - 15.45 Hub Session 15.45 - 16.45 Televised Session 16.15 - 17.00 Interactive Panel 16.45 - 17.15 Hub Session Salon WorkStudio Hub B Studio Salon Global Situation Space Precision Medicine: Progress and Living Longer: Redesigning What Under the Radar: Cyber Bullying Innovation Nation The Sports Effect The Big Picture on Asia’s Power Promise and How We Invest Globally, more than half of 8-12 year From large-scale investment While the cost of hosting the World Shifts As genomic technologies move from The highest proportion of health olds are exposed to some form of announcements to military-driven Cup or the Olympics regularly runs Both hard and soft power are shifting lab to clinic, how can business and expenditure comes after the age of cyber bullying. What steps should R&D platforms, what best practices into double-digit billion dollar sums, in the Asia-Pacific region, but how do government bridge the gap between 60, with growing healthcare costs be taken to curtail such cyber-risks and pitfalls can governments learn the long-term economic and societal we measure it? availability and access? eating up retirement funds. What and their negative impact on young from to accelerate innovation in returns are disputed. How do we radically new approaches are needed people’s mental health? strategic industries? assess the return on investment from to redistribute investments over a international sport mega-events? 16.45 - 17.30 BetaZone 15.00 - 16.15 IdeasLab lifetime? BetaZone IdeasLab 15.30 - 16.15 BetaZone 16.15 - 16.45 Hub Session The Future of Computing The Science of Language and BetaZone Hub B 16.30 - 17.00 Hub Session Imagine a future where computers Music with the European Research 15.00 - 16.15 Institutional Session New Frontiers of Creativity Being Human: Communication Hub C are no longer rectangular objects Council xChange How are emerging technologies What do a beatboxer and a forensic Agile Society on our desks or in our pockets but Discover new ideas and insights with The Reskilling Imperative fuelling new artistic creations? Join voice analyst have in common? Join A recent study surveyed top non- in virtually everything we touch, all leading researchers in the IdeasLab. More than half of talent gaps within VR filmmaker Milica Zec and robot the unlikely duo to investigate and profit leaders on innovation capacity day long. Join Kirk Bresniker, Chief companies are being filled through whisperer Madeline Gannon to challenge how we understand our and found that, while 80% wanted Architect at HP Labs, to learn about internal retraining and employee explore the new frontiers of creativity. ability to communicate. to introduce innovations, just 40% the transformations in computing 15.00 - 16.15 Interactive Panel development, up from 20% just two of their organizations had the you need to know about to stay San Francisco years ago. How can investment requisite capacity. How can the competitive in the Fourth Industrial The Internet of Toys: Artificial in the upskilling of employees be 15.45 - 16.15 Hub Session 16.15 - 16.45 Hub Session social sector attract the top talent Revolution. Intelligence and the Next Generation embraced as a long-term competitive Hub D Hub A and technological expertise needed Smart toys, powered by artificial advantage? Driving New Development Dynamics Ask About: Human Augmentation to be effective and agile advocates intelligence, offer promising China spent more than $350 billion From advanced prostheses to for strong societies in the Fourth 16.45 - 17.45 Institutional Session educational tools while raising ethical on foreign aid and concessional loans improving cognition, augmentation Industrial Revolution? San Francisco questions about privacy, bias and 15.15 - 15.45 Hub Session between 2000 and 2014. How is is challenging what it means to be Embracing Digital Trade surveillance. How can we empower Hub A China’s growing role in international human. Explore the latest research Digital trade accounts for 12% of yet protect the next generation with Ask About: Biohybrid Robotics development changing the field of into human augmentation. 16.30 - 17.00 Hub Session international trade, while data flows AI? Traditional industrial robots are humanitarian action? Hub E have increased ninefold in the past 10 powerful and robust but lack the The Future Workplace years and are predicted to increase dexterity needed for delicate tasks. As technology transforms the another fivefold by 2022. What is Explore the latest research into nature of work, how can traditional needed to overcome the remaining building flexible robots with living employers integrate temporary, barriers to reach seamless global tissue. remote, freelance and “gig” workers digital trade? into their company culture?

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16.45 - 17.45 Institutional Session 16.45 - 18.00 Interactive Panel 17.15 - 18.15 Televised Session 18.15 - 19.30 Transfer The Centre Space xChange Arena Meijiang Convention Center and The Secret to Corporate Longevity Realizing Universal Health Coverage The Rise of Data-ocracy Official Hotels and Resilience At least half of the world’s 7.3 billion History is replete with examples of Transfer to Soirée With the average age of corporations people still do not have access over-reliance on metrics leading to just 28 years, what can century-old to essential health services and unfortunate outcomes. As big data companies teach us about longevity, 100 million people every year are and artificial intelligence become 19.00 - 21.00 Reception dynamism and long-term innovation? pushed into poverty because of central tools for decision-makers, Renaissance Tianjin Lakeview Hotel health spending. How can innovative how can we upgrade our judgment, Cultural Soirée financing models expand access too? The Tianjin Municipal People’s 16.45 - 18.00 Institutional Session to affordable healthcare and help Government warmly welcomes WorkStudio achieve Sustainable Development participants and their spouses to Towards a Stronger Cybersecurity Goal 3.8 on universal health 17.15 - 18.15 Televised Session the Renaissance Lakeview Hotel to Workforce coverage? Studio experience inspirational performing More than half of all data and China’s Pop Power arts and the fine taste of the local security breaches are caused by What values and narratives is China’s cuisine. human error; and by 2021 there 17.00 - 17.30 Hub Session expanding culture and entertainment are predicted to be up to 3.5 million Hub A industry projecting globally? unfilled global cybersecurity posts Ask About: Designing Healthy Cities 20.00 - 22.00 Transfer worldwide. If the human factor is the Around 80% of people living in urban Renaissance Tianjin Lakeview Hotel weakest link in cybersecurity and the areas experience poor air quality. 17.30 - 18.15 Interactive Panel Transfer to Hotels need for expertise is so great, how Explore the latest research on holistic Salon can governments and businesses approaches to improving the health Earth Data: A Remedy for generate a cybersecure workforce? and well-being of city dwellers. Environmental Risk? From cloud computing to satellite imagery and advanced machine 16.45 - 18.00 IdeasLab 17.15 - 17.45 Hub Session learning, today’s technologies IdeasLab Hub C have the potential to improve risk Engineering Solutions for Public World in Transformation: Migration preparedness, climate adaptation, Health with Hong Kong University The number of international migrants food production and resource of Science and Technology has grown constantly for three management. How can data Discover new ideas and insights with decades, reaching a peak of 258 collection and analysis tools help leading researchers in the IdeasLab. million people in 2017. This session leaders achieve better policy explores the impact of technology outcomes? on managing migration today and on new solutions technology may provide in the future.

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09.00 - 10.00 Televised Session 09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session 09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session Wednesday Studio Hub C Hub E China’s Green Leadership Delivering on Blockchain’s Promise Rethinking Platform Dynamics 19 September China has launched the world’s for Inclusion How can innovation and open largest carbon market and increased As a distributed, decentralized and competition from new industry players its targets to installing 680GW public ledger, blockchain offers a new continue to be nurtured despite the 08.00 - 08.45 Meditation 08.45 - 10.00 Interactive Panel of renewable power capacity by channel for economic empowerment. concentration of market power in the BetaZone Arena 2020. As the concept of ecological How can distributed ledger platform economy? Morning Tai Chi Strategic Outlook on Europe civilization becomes the core tenet of technologies realize their potential for Start the day with an introduction to With a combined GDP of €15.3 China’s development strategy, how social inclusion? the philosophy and practice of Tai trillion, the European Union is the can other nations come up to par? 09.15 - 10.00 BetaZone Chi. world’s second-largest economy; BetaZone but Brexit in 2019, persistent anti- 09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session In Innovation’s Shadow European rhetoric and global power 09.00 - 10.15 Institutional Session Hub D Our thirst for technological innovation 08.45 - 09.45 Interactive Panel shifts are putting the union to the WorkStudio AI in Cybersecurity: Worst Enemy as a tool for social good often Salon test. What are the implications for Gender Parity in the Future of Work or Best Friend? prevents us from recognizing its Scaling Up Electric Mobility business? The Global Gender Gap Report Does the use of artificial intelligence in potential for exclusion. What are China accounts for roughly half of estimates it will take another 217 cybersecurity help the offense or the the hidden and human costs of electric vehicles produced worldwide. years to achieve gender parity at defence more? innovation? Join photojournalist Rena How can electric mobility be scaled 08.45 - 10.15 Institutional Session the current rate of change. What Effendi and architect Mokena Makeka up globally? xChange workplace interventions are needed to explore what lies in innovation’s The Future of Intelligent now to change the game for gender 09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session shadow. Manufacturing inclusivity? Global Situation Space 08.45 - 10.00 Institutional Session From the internet of things to The Big Picture on Asia’s Power San Francisco 3D printing, technologies driving Shifts 09.30 - 10.00 Hub Session Fourth Industrial Revolution Haves intelligent manufacturing are boosting 09.00 - 10.15 IdeasLab Both hard and soft power are shifting Hub B and Have-Nots flexibility and productivity, and are IdeasLab in the Asia-Pacific region, but how do Being Human: Movement Fourth Industrial Revolution expected to create up to $3.7 trillion Redesigning Human-Machine we measure it? What do a Tai Chi master and an technologies are expected to in value by 2025. How can global Interaction with the University exercise biologist have in common? create up to $3.7 trillion in value for partnerships accelerate this transition of Tokyo Join the unlikely duo to investigate companies and countries across and make it work for all? Discover new ideas and insights with and challenge how we move. global supply chains by 2025, and leading researchers in the IdeasLab. yet many people could miss out on the benefits of the new technological age. What is needed to ensure the Fourth Industrial Revolution mitigates inequalities between economies rather than exacerbating them?

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09.30 - 10.00 Hub Session 12.45 - 13.45 Interactive Panel 13.00 - 14.00 Televised Session 13.15 - 14.30 Institutional Session 13.30 - 14.00 Hub Session 14.00 - 14.30 Hub Session Hub A Salon Studio WorkStudio Hub E Hub B Ask About: Eating Smarter Educating Innovative Societies Global Innovation Outlook Healthcare Systems of Tomorrow Investing in Our Green Future A History of China Explained: Up to one-half of all food produced is The global e-learning market is Ten of the top global 100 companies With a widening gap between supply The renewables and green assets The Maritime Silk Road wasted. Explore the latest research projected to exceed $243 billion in terms of spending on R&D and demand of care delivery, ageing market is rapidly expanding, with China’s rich maritime history spans on improving nutrition while cutting by 2022. What key elements and now come from China, offering populations and a clinical workforce China alone financing $30 billion in millennia of navigation, trade and waste. hybrid models will characterize an cutting-edge business models and shortage, how can the world deliver green bonds in 2017, and Europe piracy. How has the ancient Maritime adaptive and effective education technologies to meet the needs of affordable and quality healthcare for looking to add €180 billion of capital Silk Road shaped the world as we system capable of shaping innovative the global marketplace. What are the nearly 9.7 billion people by 2050? annually to achieve climate and know it? 10.30 - 10.40 Plenary Session societies? benefits and challenges to this more energy targets by 2030. What types Plenary Hall global and inclusive approach? of green assets should this money be Welcome to the Annual Meeting of 13.30 - 14.00 Hub Session chasing? 14.15 - 15.00 Interactive Panel the New Champions 2018 12.45 - 14.00 Institutional Session Hub C Salon Please be seated by 10.15 as the xChange 13.15 - 14.30 Institutional Session Agile Ethics Weathering a Trade War doors will be closed at the scheduled Europe and the Race for Innovation San Francisco From the livestreaming of crimes on 13.30 - 14.00 Hub Session Global foreign direct investment time. Leadership Drones, Delivery and Data social media to the uptake of amateur Hub D fell last year and is threatened Europe is home to five of the world’s China issued its first drone delivery drones, crucial societal conversations Launching China’s Space Economy by escalating trade tension. With top 10 university computer science permit this year and flying-taxi and safeguards are lagging behind In 2016, China launched 22 rockets, economic repercussions of an all-out 10.40 - 11.30 Opening Plenary departments and to 13 of the top 20 programmes are scheduled to launch unanticipated public uses of new equalling the United States. As China trade war estimated in the trillions of Plenary Hall talent pools for software developers. in the United States and the Middle technologies. How can the adoption triples spending on space science, dollars, how can businesses navigate Opening Plenary with Li Keqiang How can Europe leverage its human East by 2020. As the sky becomes of an “agile” ethics framework is this the beginning of a new space growing risks in global markets? Please be seated by 10.15 as the capital, R&D strength and large the new highway, how will aerial ensure that values are aligned race? doors will be closed at the scheduled industrial base to be a leader in mobility move people, packages and before technological innovations are time. innovation in the Fourth Industrial data? deployed? 14.30 - 15.00 BetaZone Revolution? 14.00 - 14.30 Hub Session BetaZone Hub A The Globotics Upheaval 11.30 - 12.30 Community Lunch 13.15 - 14.30 IdeasLab 13.30 - 14.00 BetaZone Ask About: Language Acquisition The global instant machine translation The Village 13.00 - 14.00 Interactive Panel IdeasLab BetaZone More than 7,000 spoken languages market is projected to reach nearly $1 Community Lunch Arena Rethinking Cognition with Fudan Harmonious Design exist today but, regardless of billion by 2024, and improvements in Climate Technologies University Can we live in true harmony with our grammatical complexity, children machine translation and connectivity From satellite-based methane Discover new ideas and insights with environment? Join China’s leading learn their mother tongue at similar are opening first-world service jobs 12.30 - 13.15 xChange detection to carbon dioxide removal leading researchers in the IdeasLab. architect as he balances nature, time rates. Explore the latest research on to non-native speakers the world The Centre Space and solar engineering, what are and space when designing the future the universal mechanisms of language over. Join Richard Baldwin as he Founders xChange: Scaling Culture the opportunities and pitfalls of city. acquisition. explores the consequences of today’s How can a quickly growing company technologies that hold the promise “globotics” upheaval. withstand the test of expansion of opening new avenues in the fight without compromising its core values against climate change? and culture?

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14.30 - 15.30 Interactive Panel 14.45 - 15.15 Hub Session 15.00 - 16.15 Institutional Session 15.30 - 16.00 Hub Session 15.30 - 16.30 Workshop 16.00 - 17.00 Televised Session Arena Hub B San Francisco Hub B BetaZone Arena Building Regional Cyber-Resilience Under the Radar: Disability Shaping the Future of Artificial Being Human: The Senses Finding Your Voice Tech Leadership in an Era of Digital A single cyberattack last year caused According to the World Health Intelligence in China What do a virtual reality filmmaker and Join voice artist and beatboxer Harry (Mis)Trust $4 billion of economic damage. What Organization, more than 1 billion Between 2010 and 2015, artificial a neuroscientist have in common? Yeff in an interactive workshop that From China’s Cybersecurity Law to are the most effective strategies disabled people - 85 million in China intelligence-related patent Join the unlikely duo to investigate will reveal the hidden potential of the the European Union’s General Data to reduce, deter and contain alone - disproportionately live in the applications in China grew to over and challenge how we engage with human voice. Protection Regulation, new policies cyberthreats? shadows of stigma. What changes 8,000 submissions, up 190% from our senses. aim to protect the privacy and are needed to foster a culture of the previous five years. What is the security of personal data. How can disability inclusion? role and responsibility of Chinese 16.00 - 17.00 Televised Session trust be strengthened in the digital 14.30 - 15.30 Interactive Panel businesses to accelerate the 15.30 - 16.00 Hub Session Studio economy? Studio technology’s potential while mitigating Hub A Decoding Today’s Chinese Strengthening Innovation across 15.00 - 15.30 Hub Session potential negative impacts for the Ask About: Bio-Inspired Robotics Consumers Belt and Road Hub E world? After 3.5 billion years, nature has With average household income 16.15 - 16.45 Hub Session The Belt and Road initiative aims Managing Climate Migration developed ingenious solutions to a growth estimated to grow 5% Hub B to strengthen connectivity among An estimated 200 million people vast number of problems. Explore the annually in the next 10 years, Being Human: Imagination member countries and promote globally will be displaced for 15.00 - 16.15 Institutional Session latest research on harnessing nature’s China is facing both opportunities What do a science fiction writer inclusive growth. What is the role environmental reasons by 2050, xChange innovation for micro-robotics. and challenges to transform and a physicist have in common? of technological innovation in with the Asia-Pacific region being Optimizing Energy Efficiency in from a production-oriented to Join the unlikely duo to investigate accelerating the process? particularly badly affected due to Cities consumption-oriented economy. As and challenge how we develop sea level rises and extreme weather Energy demand from air conditioning 15.30 - 16.15 Interactive Panel an important buffer zone under the imagination. events. What measures can leaders is expected to triple by 2050. How Salon current economic cycle, how will 14.45 - 15.15 Hub Session take today to respond to the can leaders leverage technology Local Solutions for Global consumption become the mainstay of Hub A migration crises of the future? planning and urban design to respond Challenges the economy? 16.15 - 16.45 Hub Session Ask About: Neuroplasticity to rising demand and increase In a time when global cooperation is Hub A Neuroplasticity plays an essential role efficiency? dwindling, city-to-city collaboration Ask About: The Neuroscience of in brain development and healing, but 15.00 - 16.15 WorkStudio has become even more critical. How 16.00 - 17.00 Interactive Panel Hearing can also contribute to degenerative WorkStudio are mayors and local governments The Centre Space Emotive information embedded in brain disease. Explore the latest Building a Bio-Economy 15.00 - 16.15 IdeasLab tackling global challenges? Fostering Female Entrepreneurship sound is present throughout our research into understanding the From bio-based plastics to fuels and IdeasLab Research indicates that efforts to everyday lives, governing how we dynamic nature of the brain. building materials, the bio-economy Discovering New Pathways to promote female entrepreneurship engage with both people and places. promises to increase competitiveness Better Mental Health with Zhejiang in China are highly effective, with Explore the latest research into how and reduce the environmental University large numbers of women founders emotion is transmitted and perceived footprint of production. Which policy Discover new ideas and insights with in Chinese internet companies. How in sound. tools have the greatest potential to leading researchers in the IdeasLab. can China’s example be scaled up to scale up markets and accelerate a foster female entrepreneurship around transition to renewable biological the world? resources?

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16.30 - 17.00 Hub Session 16.45 - 18.00 Institutional Session 16.45 - 18.00 Institutional Session 17.15 - 17.45 Hub Session 17.30 - 18.15 xChange 18.00 - 18.45 Interactive Panel Hub D San Francisco xChange Hub E The Centre Space Salon Digital Discovery Building the Cities of Tomorrow Planet-Friendly Food Ask About: The Music of Speech FoundersxChange: The Rise of The New Silk Road In batteries, fuel cells, turbines China leads the world’s urbanization Emerging markets account for Controlling the pitch of our voices Corporate Venturing For millennia, the ancient Silk Road and supercapacitors, advanced trend with over 150 cities topping around 40% of global demand for allows us to convey critical Global corporate venturing investment allowed unprecedented exchange materials are at the heart of the 1 million people. How can previous deforestation-linked commodities, information such as mood, emphasis, has increased from $17 billion in 2012 between cultures through the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How experience of smart city technologies including soy and beef. How can statements, questions or entirely to $111 billion in 2017, resulting in an movement of ideas, goods and are technologies such as artificial help China to pave the way in scaling the rise of alternative protein and different meanings for otherwise explosion of corporate accelerators, people. How will the Belt and Road intelligence, advanced robotics and up for an inclusive and sustainable changing consumer behaviours identical words. Explore the latest incubators, and start-up labs and Initiative, or the New Silk Road, machine learning opening avenues for growth? reduce the environmental footprint of research into the neuroscience of partnerships. Is this a good thing? redefined by China, change cultural accelerating discovery in the field of the food we eat? speech. and historical dynamics along its material sciences? routes? 16.45 - 18.00 Workshop 17.30 - 18.30 Interactive Panel WorkStudio 17.00 - 17.30 Hub Session 17.15 - 17.45 Hub Session Studio 16.30 - 17.00 Hub Session Defusing Demographic Time Hub A Hub C Hidden in the Algorithm Hub E Bombs Bio-Inspired Drug Delivery World in Transformation: Blockchain Algorithms that power everyday Learning Ultrasonic Lessons from By 2075, there could be more New methods of delivering drugs to Blockchain technologies, particularly digital consumption from product Bats people over 60 than under 20 the body are speeding up treatment those that rely on “mining” digital recommendations to search results Bats perceive their environment globally, but the social and economic of diseases such as cancer. Explore currency, now consume as much are also being used for insurance by emitting ultrasonic signals and impact of demographic changes is the latest research on bio-inspired energy as the entire nation of benefit assessments, credit decisions receiving reflections from the objects already starting to be felt. Can the drug delivery. Switzerland requires annually. This and talent recruitment. How around them. How can ultrasound demographic time bomb be defused session explores the impact of can societies mitigate the risk of sensors make robots and machines and, if not, where will it explode first? blockchain on economic, social algorithmic bias and discrimination? work better, from factory floors to 17.00 - 17.30 Hub Session and environmental structures and streets? Hub B questions how we can organize 16.45 - 18.00 IdeasLab Pride in STEM economy and society around this 17.30 - 18.30 Televised Session IdeasLab Building on the first LGBT STEM day technology. Arena 16.45 - 17.30 Interactive Panel Improving Sleep and Nutrition for in 2018, how can science embrace What If: 50% of Today’s Jobs Salon Healthier Lives with ETH Zurich the full creative potential of all Disappear? Biometrics World Discover new ideas and insights with scientists? Automation based on today’s Advances in voice, facial and DNA- leading researchers in the IdeasLab. technology is poised to take over recognition technology could create 45% of workers’ current tasks and a future without keys, wallets, ID 5% of full-time jobs. What if 50% of cards or passports. As biometric workers cannot be reskilled quickly technologies mature, how can enough to find new kinds of work? business and society deploy them responsibly?

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09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session 09.15 - 10.30 IdeasLab 10.15 - 10.45 Hub Session Thursday Hub D IdeasLab Hub D Alleviating Poverty in the Modern Harnessing Nature for Technology Ask About: Voice Rehabilitation 20 September World with Seoul National University One in three working adults will be Since 2014, almost 14 million people Discover new ideas and insights with affected by a voice disorder over the annually have moved within China leading researchers in the IdeasLab. course of their lives. Explore the latest 08.15 - 09.00 Meditation 09.00 - 10.00 Televised Session from rural areas to cities. With a research into personalizing voice BetaZone Studio decreasing population and increasing rehabilitation. Morning Tai Chi Global Economic Outlook: A View income levels, what are the driving 09.30 - 10.00 Hub Session Start the day with an introduction to from Asia forces for rural development and Hub A the philosophy and practice of Tai Global economic growth is soaring by how can the government’s Precision Ask About: Smart Clean Air 10.30 - 11.00 Hub Session Chi. nearly 4% (IMF) but rising US interest Poverty Alleviation policy address the Policies Hub A rates, high levels of debt from the challenges? Pollution kills 4.2 million people each Ask About: Exercise as Medicine low-rate era and trade skirmishes year globally, and this figure is set Since 1980, the worldwide 09.00 - 10.00 Institutional Session cast a shadow on the outlook. How to rise. Explore the latest research prevalence of adult obesity has more WorkStudio will economic leaders navigate the 09.15 - 09.45 Hub Session on developing data-driven clean air than doubled despite the well- Corporate Agility in the Fourth new context? Hub B policies to combat this issue. known benefits of regular exercise. Industrial Revolution Ask About: Solar Singapore Explore the latest research into how What lessons from digital Perovskite could enable Singapore exercise can offer a replacement for transformation over the past 09.00 - 10.00 Interactive Panel to be 25% solar-powered by 2025. 09.30 - 10.15 Hub Session medicines. two decades can be applied by Salon Come explore the latest research Hub C companies thinking ahead to the Mining the Materials for Tomorrow driving this city state’s journey Disrupting Energy Technology emerging technologies of the Fourth Increasing recycling rates and towards harnessing solar power. From advances in nuclear power 10.30 - 11.00 Hub Session Industrial Revolution? modular building technologies generation and hydrogen technology Hub C are changing the way we source to the promise of wireless electricity, Ask About: Secure Data Sharing materials, from cobalt to steel. How 09.15 - 10.30 Institutional Session which technologies are set to disrupt In 2020, the average cost of a 09.00 - 10.00 Televised Session can material industries adapt to the San Francisco energy systems of the future? data breach will exceed $150 Arena Fourth Industrial Revolution? Laying the Groundwork for million, and yet only 38% of global What If: Smart Drugs Become as Autonomous Vehicles in China companies claim they are prepared Common as Coffee? China is on track to be a global leader 10.15 - 10.45 Hub Session for a sophisticated attack. Explore A 2018 study suggests that up 09.00 - 10.15 Interactive Panel in autonomous mobility, with plans Hub B the latest research into secure data to 14% of the population may be xChange to deploy 30 million autonomous Being Human: Curiosity sharing. experimenting with off-label use Ending E-Waste vehicles within a decade. What is What do a bioethicist and a robot of cognitive enhancing drugs, or Globally, only 20% of electronic waste needed for China to successfully designer have in common? Join nootropics. What if using such drugs is recycled. As technology companies launch, develop and scale the unlikely duo to investigate and – claimed to improve performance at commit to more ambitious targets, autonomous vehicles? challenge how we make decisions. school and work – becomes the new which measures hold the greatest norm? potential to achieve closed-loop life cycles for electronics?

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10.30 - 11.30 Televised Session 10.45 - 12.00 Workshop 11.00 - 12.15 Institutional Session 11.30 - 12.00 Hub Session 12.00 - 13.00 Interactive Panel 13.40 - 14.00 Reception Arena xChange San Francisco Hub C Studio The Village Virtues and Vices of a Digitally Ensuring Ethics Keep Pace Blockchain for Supply Chains Agile Service Delivery Shaping China’s Innovative Society Farewell Reception Connected Society From the Hippocratic Oath to the While 90% of goods in global trade Governments are looking to new in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Join old friends and new at the Studies indicate that young people emergence of big data, what can are carried by the shipping industry, partners and technology providers Since the early 1980s, China farewell reception in the Village, spend an average of nine hours innovators and scientists learn from the cost of processing documents to increase the efficiency and has managed to achieve in one co-hosted by the Tianjin Municipal a day consuming media, fuelling each other about creating a common and information for a container sustainability of healthcare, education generation what took five or more in People’s Government and the World unprecedented growth for information culture with ethical norms at its heart? shipment is estimated at more than and transport. How can hybrid the West, and is now the second- Economic Forum. and gaming platforms. What role twice the cost of the transport. What models of collaboration provide the largest economy in the world and a do digital companies have to play is needed to accelerate blockchain most agile delivery of needed public leading force in the Fourth Industrial in supporting a healthy society that 11.00 - 11.30 BetaZone and other distributed ledger services? Revolution. How will China shape the remains digitally literate, digitally BetaZone technologies to bring efficiency, trajectory of emerging technologies productive and digitally aware? From Bioluminescent Jellyfish to transparency, and interoperability to for business and society? the Next-Generation of LEDs global supply chains? 11.30 - 12.00 Hub Session Energy-efficient LED bulbs Hub A 10.30 - 11.45 Institutional Session revolutionized how we light our Ask About: Mapping the Brain 13.00 - 13.30 Plenary Session The Centre Space homes but rely on rare-earth metals, 11.15 - 11.45 Hub Session The human brain is made up of 86 Studio Impact Connect: Driving Energy trading one form of environmental Hub B billion neurons, forming a network of Closing Performance Innovation to Scale harm for another. What if A History of China Explained: 100 trillion connections. Explore the The Annual Meeting of the New Despite all the growth in low carbon bioluminescent jellyfish held the key Martial Arts latest research on how mapping the Champions 2018 draws to a close energy sources, 81% of our global to breaking this cycle? Join material From the dawn of Kung Fu films, brain can predict patterns of disease. with a multisensory performance by energy supply comes from fossil scientist Rubén Costa to explore martial arts are known to be one vocal artist and beatboxer ReepsOne, fuels – exactly the same as 30 years the unlikely branches of science that of the most recognizable symbols blending never-before-heard sounds ago. How are entrepreneurs defining could power the next generation of of Chinese culture. How has this 12.00 - 13.00 Interactive Panel with audio-reactive visuals. new ways of collaborating that can green LEDs. traditional practice shaped the world Arena accelerate innovation to scale? as we know it? Getting Digital Globalization Right The digital economy and e-commerce 13.30 - 13.40 Plenary Session 11.00 - 12.15 IdeasLab are powerful contributors to Studio IdeasLab 11.15 - 11.45 Hub Session development and growth. But can the Closing Remarks Scaling Up Next-Generation Space Hub D next wave of globalization avoid the Technologies with Australian Ask About: Real-Time Emissions mistakes of the first? National University Tracking Discover new ideas and insights with Cars are a major polluter, the effects leading researchers in the IdeasLab. of which are exacerbated by urban driving. Explore the latest research on real-time emissions tracking.

44 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 45 Duan Xuexin Alison Hill Po-Shen Loh Professor, Tianjin University Research Fellow, Harvard University Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon Duan Xuexin is developing micro Alison Hill is building mathematical University and nano devices and systems and computational models to help Po-Shen Loh is advancing core for biosensing and biomedical design better treatments and control theory in mathematics to deploy applications such as early cancer programmes for infectious diseases practical solutions such as delivering diagnosis and gas detection. such as HIV/AIDS. free personalized learning systems #biomedicine #biosensing #computationalmodelling #HIVAIDS through smartphones. #mathematics #learningtech Yabebal Fantaye Daniel E. Hurtado AIMS ARETE Research Chair, African Associate Professor, Pontificia Julia Makinde Institute for Mathematical Sciences Universidad Catolica de Chile Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yabebal Fantaye is applying artificial Daniel Hurtado is developing Imperial College London intelligence to cosmological data sets novel computational tools that can Julia Makinde is using next generation in order to unravel the formation of dramatically improve the diagnosis computational and immunological Meet the the universe and to satellite images of and management of respiratory tools to aid the design of vaccines the Earth in order to monitor African diseases. and therapies against pathogens development progress. #computationalmodelling such as HIV. Young Scientists #cosmology #Africandevelopment #respiratorydiseases #immunology #vaccines

Tomislav Friscic Michael Janus Bojdys Matthew McKay Associate Professor, McGill University Assistant Professor, Functional Professor, Department of Electronic Fiona Beck Tomislav Friscic is developing novel Nanomaterials Group, Humboldt and Computer Engineering, The Researcher, Nanophotonics for The Young Scientists community brings together solvent-free chemical alternatives University of Berlin Hong Kong University of Science and Renewable Energy, Australian National that will provide clean, energy- Michael Janus Bojdys is developing Technology the most forward-thinking and celebrated scientific University efficient routes for the manufacturing materials for the next generation Matthew McKay is applying big data minds in the world. Each year, the World Economic Fiona Beck is converting light into of chemicals across a range of of electronics that combine useful and modelling to inform intelligent other forms of energy to develop more industries, from pharmaceuticals to electronic properties without the need vaccine design, which has the Forum selects extraordinary scientists under the efficient solar fuels and photodetection fuels. for rare, hard-to-come-by resources. potential to speed up the search age of 40 for their contributions to advancing the technologies with enhanced #materialschemistry #cleanenergy #nanoengineering #nanomaterials for effective HIV and Hepatitis-C functionalities. frontiers of science and passion for integrating vaccines. #nanophotonics #solarfuels Aoife Ann Gowen Lamis Jomaa #computationalimmunology scientific knowledge into society for the public good. Associate Professor, University Assistant Professor, American #vaccines Rona Chandrawati College Dublin University of Beirut Scientia Fellow; Senior Lecturer, University Aoife Ann Gowen is using imaging Lamis Jomaa is examining the Prineha Narang of New South Wales (UNSW) techniques that detail the spectrum linkages between food insecurity, Professor, Harvard University Rona Chandrawati is developing of each pixel to better understand migration and human health Prineha Narang is designing materials Ding Ai Class of 2018 nanotechnology sensors to simplify biological systems, with applications outcomes to influence community- at the smallest scale, using single Professor, Tianjin Medical University the early detection of life-threatening ranging from food safety to the based nutrition interventions. atoms, to make the leap to quantum Ding Ai is researching the Enass Abo-Hamed diseases and to alert consumers to food diagnosis of prostate cancer. technologies that will enable faster, mechanisms responsible for the #nutritionalscience #foodsecurity Fellow, Royal Academy of contamination. #biomaterials #health smaller and more-energy efficient development of cardiovascular Engineering, Imperial College London #nanotechnology #lifesavingsensors devices. disease, in particular the still-unclear Pierre Karam Enass Abo-Hamed is developing safe Janet Gutierrez-Uribe Assistant Professor, American #quantum #energyefficiency development of atherosclerosis, a and low-cost hydrogen production Vinet Coetzee Department Head, Bioengineering University of Beirut major cause of death worldwide. and storage technologies to increase Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria and Science, Monterrey Institute of Pierre Karam is integrating biosensors Sidy Ndao #physiology access to clean and reliable power Vinet Coetzee is developing fast, Technology and Higher Education into smartphones in order to monitor Associate Professor, University of #cardiovasculardiseases across the globe. affordable and accurate diagnostic tools (ITESM) and control waterborne and infectious Nebraska, Lincoln #nanoengineering #energystorage that can be used to screen for health Janet Gutierrez-Uribe is identifying diseases in real time in resource- Sidy Ndao is developing the world’s Jill Baumgartner conditions such as malaria in a non- and characterizing the chemical limited settings. first thermal computer which – using Associate Professor, Department Shahzada Ahmad invasive fashion and that do not require composition of bioactive compounds heat rather than electricity to power of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and #analyticalchemistry #biosensors Ikerbasque Professor, Basque blood, electricity or highly skilled people at in foods to better prevent chronic and it – could one day allow data to be Occupational Health, McGill University Center for Materials, Applications & the point of care. degenerative diseases. recorded on the surface of planets Jill Baumgartner is using Sang Ah Lee Nanostructures #biomedicine #malaria #foodengineering #nutrition Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced close to the sun or deep beneath the measurements and models to Shahzada Ahmadhahzada is Institute of Science and Technology surface of the Earth. evaluate environmental risks in cities designing materials for energy Rubén Costa He Guojun (KAIST) #nanoengineering and rural areas to provide evidence conversion, conservation and storage, Senior Researcher, Madrid Institute for Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Sang Ah Lee is studying how spatial #thermalcomputing to design better energy, climate and and is pioneering a new generation Advanced Studies of Materials University of Science and Technology intelligence and memory changes health interventions. of light harvesters to advance the Rubén Costa is developing the next- He Guojun is applying cutting-edge over time and is developing methods #environmentalhealth fabrication of cost-effective solar cells. generation of bio-LEDs, aiming to econometric and statistical models to enhance and supplement #sustainability #novelmaterials #energyconversion eliminate the need for toxic, polluting to quantify the health impacts of air cognition for early treatment of and finite rare-earth metals in the world’s pollution in China. Alzheimer’s disease and various artificial lighting. #mathematicalmodelling neurodevelopmental disorders. #nanotechnology #bioLEDs #healthpollution #neuroscience #Alzheimer’s 46 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 47 Michael Niemack Søren Hauberg Yang Na Ding Xianting Yoshihiro Kawahara Tammy Ma Associate Professor of Physics, Associate Professor, Technical Professor, State Key Laboratory of Professor, School of Biomedical Associate Professor, The University Lead, Inertial Confinement Fusion, Cornell University University of Denmark Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong of Tokyo X-Ray Analysis Group, Lawrence Michael Niemack is studying the Søren Hauberg is researching University University Yoshihiro Kawahara is using machine Livermore National Laboratory birth and evolution of the cosmos by machine learning and computer vision Yang Na is researching how Ding Xianting is working on a range learning technology to design Tammy Ma is building a miniature sun designing and building telescopes in order to build artificial intelligence environmental factors cause heritable of solutions to advance personalized applications such as smart home on Earth to harness thermonuclear that measure the oldest light in the that allows humans to comprehend changes in DNA and how this relates and precision medicine, such as controllers and wireless power fusion, which will provide a clean, universe. why an intelligent system performs to diseases in humans in order to biosensors for the early detection transmission. carbon-free, limitless energy source #cosmology #quantumsensors a given action, increasing better identify drug targets. of disease, optimizing drug #computerengineering for humankind. accountability. #biophysics #drugdesign combinations and interactions, and #internetofthings #experimentalphysics Juan Pedro Ochoa Ricoux #artificialintelligence modernizing traditional Chinese #fusionenergy Assistant Professor, Pontificia #machinelearning medicine. Rym Kefi Universidad Catolica de Chile Class of 2017 #biomedicine #precisionmedicine Associate Professor, Institut Pasteur Kristen Marhaver Juan Pedro Ochoa Ricoux is studying Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam de Tunis Associate Scientist, Caribbean neutrinos – ghost particles that Academic Fellow, University of Katherine Kinzler Kyle Elliott Rym Kefi is investigating the genetic Research and Management of permeate the space around us – in Sydney Associate Professor, Cornell Assistant Professor, McGill University basis of type-2 diabetes in order Biodiversity (CARMABI) the hope to learn more about the Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam University Kyle Elliott is investigating what Arctic to improve the healthcare of more Kristen Marhaver is working to protect events and processes that produced is developing ultra-low power Katherine Kinzler is investigating seabirds can tell us about climate than 400 million diabetes patients and restore coral reefs by developing them, both inside and outside our communication strategy for green the developmental origins of social change in the Arctic, with a view to worldwide. coral probiotics, 3D printed planet. and sustainable internet of things to understanding and how early designing marine policies that benefit #genetics #diabetes settlement surfaces, and advanced #particlephysics #neutrinos replace batteries with piezoelectric experiences influence later social wildlife and ensure the sustainability reproductive technologies to increase materials – materials that accumulate behaviour, such as prejudice and of food, water and the environment in Andrey Kruglov the survival rates of juvenile corals. Amy Ogan charge from vibrations in their xenophobia. Arctic communities. Senior Staff Scientist, M.V. #marinebiology #coralreefs Assistant Professor of Human- environment. #psychology #socialbehaviours #ecology #Arctic Lomonosov Moscow State University Computer Interaction, Carnegie #electricalengineering Andrey Kruglov is developing tools Marianna Obrist Mellon University #internetofthings Nicola Allen Gregory Engel to understand how interactions Professor of Multisensory Amy Ogan is delivering culturally Assistant Professor, The Salk Institute Professor, University of Chicago between the immune system and the Experiences, Informatics, University relevant, adaptive learning Marcos Simoes-Costa for Biological Studies Gregory Engel is developing new microbiome may inform the treatment of Sussex technologies that could help educate Assistant Professor, Cornell University Nicola Allen studies astrocytes, or quantum technologies that are and management of autoimmune Marianna Obrist is researching millions of underserved learners every Marcos Simoes-Costa is decoding brain glue – the cells that make up inspired by design principles found diseases such as diabetes and how touch, taste and smell can year. the molecular programming involved half of the brain but are often ignored in nature and that have the potential multiple sclerosis. be integrated into interactive #computerscience #learningtech in early human development to better – to develop new treatments for to inform new methods of controlling #immunology #microbiome technologies and how this could inform stem cell therapy for the brain conditions such as autism and and steering chemical reactivity. bring about new insights into the Rodney Dewayne Priestley repairing and regeneration of organs Alzheimer’s disease. #biophysics #quantumtech Jenny Lee Hyun-Joo experiential dimensions underlying Associate Professor, Princeton and tissues. #neuroscience #braindisorders Assistant Professor, School of neurological processes and human University #molecularcellbiology #organrepair Rafael Guido Electrical Engineering, Korea perception. Rodney Dewayne Priestley is Marta Cerruti Assistant Professor, University of São Advanced Institute of Science and #informatics #interactivetech developing sustainable processes to Alex Thompson Associate Professor, McGill University Paulo Technology (KAIST) engineer the function and properties Lecturer, Imperial College London Marta Cerruti is studying the process Rafael Guido is employing Jenny Lee Hyun-Joo is using neuro- Wang Liming of nanostructured colloids that will Alex Thompson is developing of bone formation and using these computational and experimental engineering to develop solutions that Professor and Investigator, Zhejiang improve the delivery and efficacy of light-based sensors to improve the insights to develop materials that methods to discover and develop could help autistic children interact, University active molecules in drug delivery and diagnosis and monitoring of gut mimic the body, thus enabling better new drugs for infectious diseases delay the onset of Alzheimer’s Wang Liming is identifying genes healthcare formulations. conditions ranging from malnutrition implant integration and drug delivery. such as malaria and Zika. disease, or enable amputees to walk and neural circuits that regulate body #nanoengineering #novelmaterials to cancer. #chemistry #drugdelivery #biophysics #malaria without pain. energy and nutrients in order to #biophotonics #diagnostictools #neuroengineering #disabilities understand why people suffer from Simone Schuerle diseases such as eating disorders, Assistant Professor, Head of Angela Wu Sheng Li obesity and type-2 diabetes. Responsive Biomedical Systems Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced #neuroscience #nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Translational University of Science and Technology Institute of Science and Technology Medicine; Branco Weiss Fellow, ETH Angela Wu is studying the genetic (KAIST) Yang Fan Zurich information in individual cells to Sheng Li is combining artificial and Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Simone Schuerle is developing generate new insights into complex natural polymers to create materials Physics micro- and nanorobots that could biological systems such as embryonic with unique functionalities, such as Yang Fan is designing a next- be introduced to the body, helping development, sepsis and cancer. quickly detecting viruses in airports or generation catalyst capable of greatly to diagnose and treat diseases more #bioengineering #geneediting hospitals. reducing the environmental pollution locally and effectively. #novelmaterials #nanomaterials produced by current industrial plants. #biomedicine #nanorobots #chemicalphysics #catalysts

48 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 49 Belun Technology Drivemode Betterplace Driver BioDrone Droobi Health Technology Bitgenia econduce Blaer Motors EDP - Energias de Portugal BluAct Technologies EduK Bobcare Group Eko-Geste Dari Brightsign Element AI Brontech Element42 Management Solutions Calcey Technologies Elum Cambridge Innovation Center ENRUPT Capital Technology EQuota Energy Carepod Euler Genomics Careteam Technologies Eunimart Crossborder Meet the start-ups Catch It Play Eversec Technology Corporation Cellestia Biotech Evolve Sports Cerebian EXA.io CertChain FACTOR10 Start-ups possess unique advantages to shape the future Charmboard Falcon VIZ and convert constant disruption into positive outcomes. Checkr Firmen-KFZ.de Chengdu Yiyun Keji Fixposition These young companies are the source of many of China Datang Corporation Fliprobotics the technologies emerging from the Fourth Industrial China Everbright Group FOLDAWAY Revolution and are best placed to enable its benefits. China Film & Television Culture Media Co. ForwardGameAR China National Chemical Engineering fos4X Meet the start-ups, incubators and accelerators taking Group Corporation Fresh Check part in the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Chisel Fresh Minds Services Climedo Health Futureplay programme, located in The Centre Space. Clinivantage Healthcare Technologies Gear Translations Communitech Gearbox Congenica Geltor Crenovator Lab GetBaqala CTM360 Global Gene Corp. 1871 Aquassay CureApp Glowee 1QB Information Technologies (1QBit) arculus CureVac Green Tomorrow 2020 Armor Autonomous Systems Research Cyclica GreenCom Networks 500 Startups Ava Cyclops Medtech GridCure Acro New Materials (Dalian) Awair Data Delivery (Rocketdata.io) GRZ Technologies ACTO Bagel Labs Dearest Gyrogear Ada Digital Health Beijing Botsing Tech. Co. Decentralized Autonomous Charity Haelixa Agricxlab Private Beijing Hongfan Liquid Metal Energy Saving Organization Hello Tractor AID:Tech Technology Co. DeepCode Hengchang Litong Investment Aipai Technology Beijing Huaqing Intelligent Technology Co. Deeping Source Management (Beijing) Co. Airlift Beijing Huixian Technology Co. Delivery Hero Heretik akly Beijing Hyperion Technology Co. Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures High-Tech Gründerfonds ALGAMA Beijing Luckey Technology Co. Dext Technology HitFox Group AlRawi Media Beijing PereDoc Technology Digital Surgery Homoola anect Inc. Beijing Qi-hui Biopharmaceutical Co. DistalMotion Hong Kong Science and Technology Anitrack Beijing Startest Technology Company DMZ Parks Corporation (HKSTP) Anomalix Beijing Xloong Technologies Co. DNA Script Horizons Ventures

50 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 51 Humanising Autonomy Meteo*Swift R-NOX TCK Investment Management Hyperganic Technologies MICIN ROBOSEA Technology Thales Lab iamYiam Millidrop Saina Biotechnology (Beijing) Co. Thawani Pay Iceotope Minerac Sedicii Innovations The GIST Incas Diagnostics MinionLabs India sendjobs ThinAir Water INFIMIND Mirror Visual Technology Co. Senseta Thirdwatch Data Innohub Ghana Mitt Prostheses Sensome Tonetag InstaVR Money Forward Sesi Technologies Topadur Pharma Intelligent Industrial Internet Systems MotherApp Shanghai Telebio Biomedical Co. Toposens InterAx Biotech Müller Medien Shanghai Xi Shi Information TraCoMo Camera System Intergalactic Industries Mune Technology Co. Truzt Mobility Invento Makerspaces muru-D Asia Shecare Turn8 InvestBraga Navya Shiftah United-AI (Tianjin) Ionic Security Near Motion ShipA Delivery UnternehmerTUM iPLATO Healthcare Nearthlab ShopUp Venturelab IPV Capital Netki shyftplan Veranos Technologies IVIM Technology NEXT Future Transportation Sigfox Viridis Learning JEPLAN. Nomisma Mobile Solutions SimplicityBio what3words Jiangyin Chengxing Industrial Group Nomoko Simplifai WHILL Jiminis Nota Nota Sirab Technologies India Wuhan Antiy Information Technology Co. JingChi Technology NSDB Skiplino XentStudios JobsForHer Nxtp Labs Skriware XLPAT KA Imaging Odd Concepts SmarTech Technology Co. Xtelligent Kaitaiming Technology (Beijing) Oman Technology Fund Smarten Spaces Yi Cai (Beijing) Network Technology Co. Kami Intelligence Omie SOS Lab YIDA Information Technology Co. Kiot OneEleven Sparkus Ynsect Kitzo Insights Outcomes Based Healthcare Stratio Zhejiang Ouren New Materials Co. Klook Travel Technology PanIntelligence Studio 1 Labs Zhen Robotics Know Parx Plastics StudySmarter Zhongtian Construction Group Kumasi Hive PaySwitch Sunfox Technologies Zilico La marocaine des e-services PingFin swissnex China Zuoyebang LCX Pluvo Takas.lk leAD International Sports Accelerator Polipop Lennar Corporation Protix LiBEST Purdian Technologies Linkers Qbots AI Liv Up QFPay Load Me FZE Qiancheng International Import & Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Export LYNK Qijia Youdao LYS Technologies QuickPharm Madup QUOINE Magicast Technology Co. RADAR maiot Redcrow Intelligence Mand.ro Remagine Ventures Mappedin REnergy Electric Tianjin MassRobotics RetinAI Medical Medopad RiceQuant

52 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 53 Centres in the spotlight

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Centre for Cybersecurity Centre for Innovation and Revolution and Its Global Network Entrepreneurship

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution The Centre for Cybersecurity mobilizes the Innovation and entrepreneurship are key factors focuses on shaping the governance protocols for capabilities of businesses, governments, in shaping the future of economic systems, Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies through international organizations, academia and civil driving growth job creation and social impact. co-design efforts with leading businesses, society to shape the future of cybersecurity. Start-ups possess unique advantages to shape governments, international organizations, Its mission is to lead a coordinated defence of the future and convert constant disruption into academia and civil society. Due to strong innovation, prosperity and growth, and to support positive outcomes. These young companies are demand from governments around the world, a the resilience of the institutions upon which the source of many of the technologies emerging network of affiliate centres is being built, allowing economies and society rely. from the Fourth Industrial Revolution and are best an existing public institution to host a local Centre placed to enable its benefits. for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The launch of The centre is governed by the foremost eight affiliate centres is envisioned. cybersecurity experts. They provide advice, Through the Centre for Innovation and guidance and validation throughout the Centre’s Entrepreneurship and its digital platform, UpLink, The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution work to shape the future of cybersecurity. the World Economic Forum aims to support start- Network will establish a new operating system ups in their quest for success and measurable for international technology governance and global impact. By connecting start-ups from every cooperation by creating an ongoing dialogue and part of the world with key stakeholders, UpLink working dynamic among government, corporate, enhances their ability to expand, create jobs, scientific/academic and civil society stakeholders, strengthen economic growth and prepare society demonstrating how such technologies can be for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. governed in an agile, human-centred manner.

54 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 55 Centre for Global Industries Centre for Regional and Centre for Global Public Goods Centre for the New Economy Geopolitical Affairs and Society The Centre for Global Industries provides a The Centre for Global Public Goods brings platform for industries to shape their agenda The Centre for Regional and Geopolitical Affairs innovation and frontier approaches to the The Centre for the New Economy and Society and advance sector-related public-private maintains the World Economic Forum’s long- agenda of international institutions, in particular aims to provide leaders with a platform to cooperation. The centre comprises all industry- standing commitment to delivering regional and their processes and agreements related build catalytic public-private partnerships and related activities of the Forum, including industry- country-level impact, and helps stakeholders to implementing the 2015 UN Sustainable proactively shape a future in which people are focused System Initiatives and community decipher and navigate the transformations in the Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris at the heart of economic growth and social curation. In 2017-2018, progress was made international system. More than ever, platforms Agreement on climate change. The centre aims progress. The centre brings together a forward- on strengthening communities, which covers allowing dialogue and collaboration among to improve management of the global commons thinking community of committed leaders, over 20 industries and impacts industry-related stakeholders within and between countries are and build sustainable markets to meet the 2030 equipping them with frameworks, insights and issues through various initiatives and collaborative needed. Facilitating this kind of engagement SDGs. tools to promote productivity and innovation, projects. Technology is firmly embedded in remains at the core of the World Economic foster social mobility and inclusion, adapt policies people’s lives, making consumption simpler, more Forum’s mission, with regional meetings and to the new economic context, understand and accessible, highly personal and more enjoyable, initiatives an indispensable locus for insight and shape markets for data, and redefine the nature while also imbued with trust and in harmony with action. As national and global institutions come of competitiveness in the Fourth Industrial nature. under mounting pressure, regions have become Revolution. It also furnishes leaders with the latest an increasingly important tier of international frameworks, insights and tools to understand collaboration. today’s and tomorrow’s labour markets, close skills gaps through education, reskilling and upskilling, close gender gaps through workforce integration and future-ready practices, and prepare for the future of work across sectors and society.

56 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 57 Acknowledgements

The World Economic Forum would like to thank the following Morgan Stanley Strategic Foundation Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) companies for their valuable support of the Annual Meeting of the MSD Partners Sea Nestlé Seplat Petroleum Development New Champions 2018. Novartis Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Company Omnicom Group The Sekunjalo Group PayPal Novo Nordisk Foundation Tokopedia PepsiCo The Rockefeller Foundation Yida China Holdings Pfizer Wellcome Trust Zoneco Group Strategic Partners Dentsu Group Procter & Gamble Deutsche Bank Publicis Groupe Strategic Technology A.T. Kearney Deutsche Post DHL PwC Partner Service Provider ABB Ericsson Qualcomm Reliance Industries Accenture EY Salesforce Ogilvy Public Relations Adani Group Facebook Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Fluor Corporation Royal DSM The Adecco Group Forum Member Advisers Host Broadcaster African Rainbow Minerals Goldman Sachs Royal Philips Google SAP Agility Tianjin Radio & TV Station Alibaba Group Hanwha Energy Corporation Saudi Aramco Advantage Partners Allianz HCL Technologies Saudi Basic Industries Corporation AppNexus ArcelorMittal Heidrick & Struggles (SABIC) BoodaiCorp Company WLL Bahrain Economic Development Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sberbank Channel IT Board Hitachi Schneider Electric Circle Internet Financial Bain & Company HSBC Siemens AG Cloudflare SK Group Banco Bradesco Huawei Technologies Diamond Bank IBM Corporation SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Bank of America ER-Telecom Barclays IHS Markit Azerbaijan Republic) Fullerton Health BlackRock Infosys Standard Chartered Bank Giriraj Renewable Private Limited Boston Consulting Group Itaú Unibanco Suntory Holdings BP JD.COM Swiss Re GLOBIS Bridgewater Associates JLL Takeda Pharmaceutical Grab BT JPMorgan Chase & Co. Tata Consultancy Services Grupo Mega Burda Media Koç Holding Thomson Reuters Hepsiburada CA Technologies KPMG TPG IDEO Centene Corporation Kudelski Group Tsinghua Holdings Co. illycaffè Centrica Lazard UBS LCY Chemical Corp. Unilever Chevron LIXIL Group Lenzing LUKOIL UPS China Minsheng Investment Group LRN Cisco Luksic Group USM Holdings Moderna Therapeutics Citi ManpowerGroup VEON My Money Bank Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Marsh & McLennan Companies Visa The Coca-Cola Company Mastercard Volkswagen Group Paytm Credit Suisse McKinsey & Company Wipro Planetary Holdings LLC Dangote Group Microsoft WPP Proteus Digital Health Dell Technologies Mitsubishi Corporation Zurich Insurance Group Deloitte Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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