Industry Events Highlighting Next Generation Trends
And Technologies
The twenty-first century is a period of unprecedented change in economic terms reflecting important societal, industrial and technological developments.
Our industry events bring together policy makers, business leaders and technology innovators and help you to understand the generational trends that are now developing.
International trade has experienced significant growth, enabled and accelerated by technology, and this has had a major impact on societies and industries. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded to a more balanced 21st century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. We now live in a time where multiple players are competing, including emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. We believe that these changes lead to enlarged opportunity sets for business and industry, though we also face serious societal challenges that, if not addressed through balanced governance, will limit the realization of these opportunities.
Technological innovation has had a profound impact on human societies in every sphere of activity, such as industry, government and academia. The early part of this century witnessed the initial formation of internet commerce whilst the past decade has seen the dramatic rise of mobile telephony, e-commerce and cloud computing. Information technology now reaches every aspect of business strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, digital marketing and supply chains, social media, and email. Marketing, manufacturing, and distribution processes are managed by sophisticated real-time information systems. The natural dynamics of business and industry have shifted, with increasing competition and new avenues for cooperation. This has profoundly affected the attitudes, values, motivations, aspirations, and fears of customers and employees. These many changes have also altered human societies, with the promise of a coming decade of unpredictable and unprecedented change.
Business leadership has continued to adjust and is likely to become more about shaping and nurturing innovation based communities that are robust and dynamic enough to respond to the exciting opportunities that will emerge in the coming decades.
