Trend Opportunity Profiles: Technology (4th Edition)

Key Transformations Toward Enabling Growth and Innovation to 2030

This trend opportunity profile examines emerging digital technologies worldwide, highlighting key trends across various industries, including ICT, security, industrial, business & financial services, health & medicine, aerospace & defense, and retail. It identifies opportunities in sectors like AI, cybersecurity, decentralized systems, and human-computer interaction.

The profiles highlight medium- to long-term trends that are transforming growth and innovation, including advanced material-based electronics, robots, and technologies that integrate with the human body to restore or enhance physical abilities. The development of space technologies is becoming essential as R&D in space exploration grows. Smart homes are being equipped with reflective surfaces integrated into walls, ceilings, or furniture that dynamically adjust light reflection, display data, or respond to environmental stimuli. Advanced AI capabilities can be leveraged for deep space missions that often require intermittent disconnection from mission control, making automation and AI essential for autonomous functioning.

This series guides organizations in adopting these technologies through real-world use cases and emerging business models to drive growth.