What are 'elastocalorics' or 'reconfigurable intelligent surfaces'? In a few years' time these emerging technologies may have transformed the way we heat and cool our homes, and how we transmit ever greater amounts of data.

They are among the technological innovations identified in the World Economic Forum's annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report, which picks the tech that could transform the world in the coming years.

In this video-podcast, the two lead authors of the report take us through each of the 10 on this year's list.

The report is produced in collaboration with Frontiers.

Mariette DiChristina, Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University College of Communication

Bernie Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/top-10-emerging-technologies-2024/

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

Beyond AI: the top-10 tech of 2023 set to change our lives

Top-10 Emerging Technologies 2021

The Top 10 Tech of 2020 - our podcast with Scientific American

2023 was the year we all got to know AI - so where will it take us in 2024?

Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero

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Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity's ability to tackle climate change.

Two experts from the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics look at the diplomacy and real-world reality of climate change politics and economics, with a particular focus on the global South.

This episode is published to coincide with the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, find out more here: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-global-future-councils-2024/

Arun Sharma, senior advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group

Varun Sivaram, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Jessica Margolis, Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils: https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils/ Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-geopolitics/

Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World: https://www.weforum.org/publications/shaping-cooperation-in-a-fragmenting-world/

Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics

How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

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"The global economy - it's a complicated picture, in the sense that it's doing better than we expected just six months ago but it's doing much worse than what it was doing six years ago."

World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill gives his assessment of the 'glass half-full' global economy.

And as the World Economic Forum publishes the latest edition of its Chief Economists Outlook, the Forum's Head of Economic Growth, Revival and Transformation, Aengus Collins, talks us through the highlights.

Chief Economists Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-world-bank-indermit-gill

How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

Globalization is in transition - not retreat, says this analyst of global trade

The long game: how to understand China and how it sees its role in the world

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A new, critically acclaimed documentary follows the fortunes of online investors, including one who made - and lost - $3 million in cryptocurrency. The director of This Is Not Financial Advice hopes his movie will help people understand the risks and potential benefits of investing, and how they can educate themselves.

Co-host: Meagan Andrews, Lead, Capital Market Initiatives, World Economic Forum

Guest: Chris Temple, Film Director at Optimist

Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-financial-and-monetary-systems/home

Film website: https://optimist.co/films/thisisnotfinancialadvice/

Apps, bots and 'finfluencers': how to navigate the changing world of investing

Financial inclusion - how increased access to banking is lifting people out of poverty

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As investors pour money into companies developing or deploying artificial intelligence, what are the steps they should be taking to ensure that AI is safe and responsible?

The Responsible AI Playbook for Investors published by the World Economic Forum and pension fund CPP Investments, sets out real-world examples of how investors can - and must - use their position to promote responsible AI.

Judy Wade, Managing Director, Head of Strategy Execution & Relationship Management, CPP Investments

Responsible AI Playbook for Investors: https://www.weforum.org/publications/responsible-ai-playbook-for-investors/

AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health

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How can cities - with ever growing populations - tackle air deadly pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Breathe Cities is a global network of cities sharing data, expertise and experience to do just that.

Guest: Jaime Pumarejo, Executive Director of Breathe Cities.

Breathe Cities: https://breathecities.org/

GAEA - Giving to Amplify Earth Action: https://initiatives.weforum.org/giving-to-amplify-earth-action/

Alliance for Clean Air: https://initiatives.weforum.org/alliance-for-clean-air/

World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-nature-and-climate/

What are the 'positive tipping points' that could help us accelerate out of climate disaster?

It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism

COP26: How cities are tackling pollution, congestion and the climate

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Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and helping people who live with severe disabilities.

But AI also has the potential, if used wrongly or governed badly, to make life worse for people dealing with health problems.

In this episode, we hear from people on the front lines of the technology.

This episode was first published on 29 May, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024.

Victor Pineda, president and founder of the Victor Pineda Foundation/World ENABLED

Alexandra Reeve Givens , CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology

Chris Mansi, CEO, Viz.ai

Daphne Koller, founder and CEO of Insitro

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home

AI Governance Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home

Centre for Health and Healthcare: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/

AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments

Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care'

Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap

Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries

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Theatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about women, men and feminism.

WOW is now a global phenomenon, but does the rise of online misogyny pose a threat to progress on gender equality.

Jude Kelly, who spoke to Radio Davos on World Women's Day 2024, says why it is vital to include men in the conversations about an issue that affects us all.

This episode was first published on 28 March, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024.

WOW Foundation: https://thewowfoundation.com/

Gender Gap Report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2023/

How COVID and cost of living hit progress on equality: the Global Gender Gap Report 2023

The future of jobs requires a ‘skills-first’ mindset - for employers and for you

Democracy can’t flourish if women are excluded: Nazanin Boniadi on Iran at Davos 2023

Below the Belt: the movie that lifts the taboo on endometriosis

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What's Dwight from The Office doing in the metaverse?

Actor Rainn Wilson joins us in avatar form to check out a virtual world created by the World Economic Forum that aims to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on the Arctic and the rest of the world.

We also hear from Gail Whiteman, Professor of Sustainability at the University of Exeter Business School, and Executive Director of Arctic Basecamp on her hopes for action to stop the Earth reaching disastrous tipping points.

And Rebecca Ivey, head of the Global Collaboration Village, tells us how the metaverse can bring people together in a unique way.

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu0CO8qT53E

This episode was first published on 15 January, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024.

Global Collaboration Village: https://www.globalcollaborationvillage.org/

Arctic Basecamp: https://arcticbasecamp.org/

For a longer interview with Rainn Wilson and Gail Whiteman, listen to our sister podcast, Meet the Leader:

Reach your changemakers: Arctic Basecamp's Gail Whiteman and Rainn Wilson

Our visit into an earlier version of the Global Collaboration Village:

Davos 2023 Day 3: global collaboration in the metaverse

And more...

Not just for gamers: how the metaverse might impact your life

The metaverse: how to build something we can all gain from

What 20 years of Second Life can teach us about the future of the metaverse

So just what is the metaverse? Meta’s Nick Clegg at Davos 2022

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For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells us the definition of an artist: someone whose work "speaks to the souls of a million strangers".

But what if generative AI can make music that's just as good? Is AI a threat or a blessing to art and human expression?

We also hear from the head of the Hollywood actors' union on why moviemakers went on strike over the threat posed by AI. And from Refik Anadol, a leading light in AI-generated art.

This episode was first published on 4 April, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024.

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA

Refik Anadol, Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio

Nile Rodgers, musician and founder of the We Are Family Foundation

Nile Rodgers interview: https://www.weforum.org/videos/ai-nile-rodgers/

What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments

AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

AM24: The Expanding Universe of Generative Models

'AI will either compete with us or augment us' - so how do we pick the right path?

Davos 2024: Technology in a Turbulent World

AI - What could possibly go wrong?: Professor Stuart Russell

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