A list of The 2012 Top Ten Most Important Technologies was
released by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on
Emerging Technologies. It highlights technology trends most
likely to impact on the state of the world in the near future.
The list was deveopled by a panel of experts from science,
businesses and public policy, led by Council Chair Professor
Sang Yup Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST), and Editor-in-Chief of the Biotechnology Journal. Lee
explained that “accelerating progress in science and technology
has stimulated a new age of discovery, and many of the
technologies identified by the council are critical to building
a sustainable and resilient future.” Regarding job creation
through emerging technologies, Council Vice-Chair Javier Garcia
Martinez, University of Alicante, Spain, said, “There are no
generally applicable shortcuts in the path that goes from
emerging technologies to new industries and job creation. This
path includes sufficient and sustained fu