World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, focuses on the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' and its systemic impacts on production, distribution, and consumption. The event features over 2,500 participants and addresses ten Global Challenge Initiatives, including climate action, food security, and the future of health. Key report launches include 'Global Risks 2016', 'The Future of Electricity', and 'The Future of Jobs', alongside interactive projects exploring biodiversity and climate change.

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by the fusion of physical, digital, and biological technologies, distinguished by the "speed, scale and force at which it transforms entire systems of production, distribution, consumption".
• The meeting's 'Environment and Natural Resource Security' initiative seeks to accelerate climate action by scaling "public-private collaboration, new business models and technological innovations".
• The 'Future of Electricity' report focuses on emerging markets and provides recommendations for attracting investment, specifically using the power markets of India and Mexico as case studies.
• The 'Global Risks 2016' report notes that environmental, economic, geopolitical, and societal risks are all increasing, emphasizing the "interconnections between risks" to build resilience.
• The 'Agriculture and Food Security' initiative aims to revamp the global food system to provide "70% more food than is consumed today" to support a population of 9 billion by 2050.
• The 'Employment, Skills and Human Capital' initiative addresses the need to create "470 million new jobs by 2030" in response to technological disruptions to work.

APA

World Economic Forum (2016). World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM16/AM16MediaFactSheet.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 2016. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM16/AM16MediaFactSheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2016world, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2016}, month = jan, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM16/AM16MediaFactSheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }