Tech poised to change the world: Top Ten Emerging Technologies of 2025
For the 13th consecutive year, the World Economic Forum has released its report on the top ten technologies set to change the world for the better. These technologies will speed our efforts to tackle everything from the energy transition to neurodegenerative diseases and more. Based on expert nominations and rigorous examination, the solutions drive home to leaders the increasing ways that technologies are converging and building on each other and showcase the importance of technology foresight as a key strategic tool to make meaningful change, integration and investment happen. Guests guiding us through this report for the fifth year include Bernie Meyerson, chief innovation officer emeritus at IBM, and Mariette DiChristina, Dean and professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University College of Communication. This interview was recorded in May 2025 in the New York office of the World Economic Forum. Top 10 Emerging Technologies for this year: - Structural Battery Composites - Collaborative Sensing - Green Nitrogen Fixation - Generative Watermarking - Engineered Living Therapeutics - GLP-1s for Neurodegenerative Diseases - Autonomous Biochemical Sensing - Next-Gen Nuclear Energy - Osmotic Power Systems - Nanozymes About this episode: Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2025: These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025: Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-ten-emerging-tech-2025 Mariette DiChristina, Boston University: Bernie Meyerson: https://www.ibm.com/history/bernard-meyerson Related podcasts: Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2024: Beyond AI: the top-10 tech of 2023 set to change our lives: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-10-emerging-technologies-2023/
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A Gen Z founder on breaking down big stigmas and surviving hustle-culture burnout
Nadya Okamoto launched her nonprofit Period as a teenager at the height of startup mania, hustle culture and girlboss memes. It grew to become one of the largest youth nonprofits in the world, but the fast growth led to burnout and a harsh cost to her well-being. She talks about how she learned to value rest, set boundaries and get 10 hours of sleep a day – and the moment she decided to pass the leadership torch for the organization’s next phase. Her non-profit Period, one that got started distributing menstrual pads to the homeless in San Francisco, and her current startup August, a menstruation care brand, both deal with tackling access to women's health products, health equity and ending period poverty. She discusses the unique challenges leaders face in this space and the boundary pushing ways she leverages social media and grassroots organizing to bridge gaps in awareness and funding and drive positive conversations and change. She also shares her lessons from her work in non-profits, policy work and startups on how any leader can be more accountable to what their organization needs right now. About this episode: August: Period: Related report: Prescription for Change: Policy Recommendations for Women’s Health Research: Blueprint to Close the Women's Health Gap: How to Improve Lives and Economies for All: Related podcasts: 7 women leaders on the books that shaped their lives: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/7-women-leaders-books-recommendations/ Bridging the gap in women's health research, policy and innovation: Kearney https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/paula-bellostas-muguerza-kearney-womens-health/ How bridging design gaps in science and tech can tackle gender bias:
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What to expect from the 'Summer Davos' AMNC; and what the West gets wrong about China
The Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025 - AMNC25 - will bring together leaders from government, business and academia, along with innovators and representatives from international organizations, media and civil society. In this special episode produced in collaboration with Caixin Global, World Economic Forum Managing Director Mirek Dusek sets the scene for the 'Summer Davos' in Tianjin, China. And Jen Zhu Scott, founding partner of IN. Capital, gives an insider's view of China and its place in the world. Co-hosted by Li Xin, managing editor of Caixin Global. Catch up on all the action from AMNC25 at and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC25. Links: AMNC25: Caixin Global: Related podcasts: Check out all our podcasts on : - - : - : - : Join the :
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How Africa is harnessing tech to deliver healthcare
Cuts to aid budgets are having a huge impact on the delivery of healthcare in Africa, the Forum's Lora du Moulin tells Radio Davos. And the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, says why tech and regional collaboration give him hope for the future of the continent and the health of its people. Links: World Economic Forum Centre for Health and Healthcare: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative: Check out all our podcasts on : - : - : - : Join the :
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Bridging the gap in women's health research, policy and innovation: Kearney
Women's health is under-researched and under-funded, leading women to live longer in poor health than men. However, tackling this gap can boost lifespans and GDP, a fact Paula Bellostas Muguerza understands well. This global head of healthcare and life sciences at consulting firm Kearney, discusses the role that policy and collaboration can play in creating incentives for real change, and driving awareness and education. She'll talk about [w]Health, a special platform she helped found that has grown into a community of 350 organizations sharing best practices to bridge gaps and what leaders can do to make change happen for their own organizations. About this episode: Kearney: [w]Health: Prescription for Change: Policy Recommendations for Women’s Health Research: Related podcasts: How bridging design gaps in science and tech can tackle gender bias: Tackling these surprising blindspots can bridge gender gaps in health, opportunity and more:
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