A presentation I delivered at ETC Ames at Iowa State University as well as the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds. If I could figure out how to include the notes and audio, I would.
Ride the Storm: Navigating Through Unstable Periods / Katerina Rudko (Belka G...
Emerging Technology 2020
1. Emerging
Technology:
The Next 10
Years
Thursday, April 30, 2009
2. People Planet
Society Technology
Thursday, April 30, 2009
3. People
7.8B
6.7B to
in 2009 in 2020
Thursday, April 30, 2009
4. People
1 out of 5
people in the world
live in China
Thursday, April 30, 2009
5. People
India’s
GDP will exceed
Europe by 2020
Thursday, April 30, 2009
6. People
In some African
countries
1 in 10
children are
orphans
Thursday, April 30, 2009
7. People
When the Social
Security age was
set at
65
the average life
expectancy was
61
Thursday, April 30, 2009
8. People Planet
Society Technology
Thursday, April 30, 2009
9. Planet
39
1%
years is the longest
of the earth’s
recorded interval
water is
between pandemics
available for
human use
40
years since the
1969 Hong Kong
Influenza Pandemic
Thursday, April 30, 2009
10. People Planet
Society Technology
Thursday, April 30, 2009
11. 70-80%
of energy generated
Society
is wasted
Thursday, April 30, 2009
12. That new employee
you hire in 2020
fresh out of college
was born in
1997
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009
13. Only 5%
of US students earn
undergraduate
degrees in science
and engineering
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009
14. Spanish-speaking
Internet use
grew
571%
2000-2008
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009
15. There are over
200 Million
blogs worldwide
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009
16. 100M
US workers will
partially or
exclusively
Telecommute by
2010
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009
17. 16M
Kenyans have
mobile Phones
850K
Society Kenyan homes
have electricity
Thursday, April 30, 2009
18. The world
economy will be
80%
larger in 2020
Per Capita Income
will be
50%
higher
Society
Thursday, April 30, 2009