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Published December 27, 2020 | Version v1
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Windows to the future around Top trends in Emerging Technologies. Roadmapping exercise Top 20 trends in technology aiming at shaping the world in the coming decades, structured into 'Dreams' and potential 'Nightmares'

  • 1. RTDI
  • 2. Linknovate
  • 3. Trilateral Research

Description

The purpose of this roadmapping exercise was to offer a vision of future and emerging technologies of greatest relevance that are inspiring, easy to understand and visual to an audience of laymen and non-scientists, yet sufficiently meaningful to be useful as an exercise of technology foresight for researchers and policymakers. The document compiles top 20 trends in future and emerging technologies, and provides roadmapping scenarios, clusters, great opportunities ('dreams') and risks ('nightmares') around them.

These trends have been foresighted and prioritized following an evidence-based multi-layer (human, AI, crowd) and widely participatory knowledge method called PREFET Methodology. We thank all contributors and supporters during this process, particularly the members of the Expert Committee, who have directly helped in the preparation of this document.

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PREFET_Future Technology Trends Roadmapping Exercise.pdf

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Related works

Is identical to
10.13140/RG.2.2.11020.54409 (DOI)

Funding

PREFET – Proactive FET Observatory for early trends, project building and social responsibility 824748
European Commission