The document discusses several key ICT trends worldwide:
1. Open innovation and crowdsourcing, where companies collaborate with outside partners and the public to generate ideas. Examples given include a juice company collaborating on new flavors and an open smartphone platform.
2. Reality sensing, which analyzes existing data like mobile phone and sensor data to measure events in real-time. Examples include traffic monitoring and flu tracking.
3. Empowering energy efficiency, with consumers and businesses seeking more sustainable energy solutions. Examples include devices that generate power from human motion and smart homes that monitor energy usage.
4. Human interface trends like emotions in robots, brain-wave controlled devices, and new semantic search engines