Transhumanism

• [New] As both domestic and Dutch gas supplies fall further in coming years, Germany will need to rely exclusively on high-calorific gas (H-gas), which makes up the rest of its supply, including from Norway, Denmark and Russia.
• The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the retail sector and transformed consumers as it is rapidly changing the $25 trillion global retail landscape, so much so that global e-commerce sales are set to grow from $4.13 trillion in 2020 to $4.8 trillion in 2021.
• By the end of 2021, we expect 30% of Global 2000 companies to have a significant digital product portfolio and 20% to stand up digital divisions dedicated to launching disruptive products to accelerate their transformation to full ecosystem participation.
• Organizations are projected to spend nearly $2 trillion on digital transformation in 2022, spurred by a proliferation of new technologies and a fear of disruption by tech-enabled competitors.
• Close to US$ 3.8 trillion is expected to be invested by businesses in digital transformations in 2019, up 3.2 percent on the previous year, as companies try to transform the way they work in the face of technological change, market disruption, and unrelenting competition.
• Infrastructure changes and disruptive technologies will underpin the transformation of the energy system from a failing carbon economy to a successful clean economy by 2050.
• Digital transformation to improve customer experiences and online purchasing, fintech banking, blockchain, augmented reality and virtual reality are some of the technologies that will disrupt the South African ICT industry in 2019.
• The upward trajectory of SDN solutions will carry over into next year as digital disruption and transformation will continue to challenge customers in 2019.
• Banking seems to be more attracted to digital disruption, given that investments in digital transformation initiatives are expected to surpass $2.7 trillion by 2020 according to Fintech Innovation.
• In 2019 and beyond, expect digital transformation to further disrupt industries, companies, and jobs, pressuring more people to enhance their digital skill set.
• 100% of players in the energy market expect it to be completely turned upside down by digital disruption within the next five years, and 86% are said to already be transforming their business model as a result.
• Artificial intelligence will contribute close to US$16 trillion to the global economy by 2030 and is set to be the key source of transformation, disruption and competitive advantage in the world's fast-changing business arena.
• 78 percent of executives believe AI will disrupt their industry over the next three years and transform the nature of competition.
• Over half of firms have already experienced disruption to their industries as a result of new digital technologies and digital transformation processes.
• In a few years, QC applications will disrupt finance just as much as the DCs transformed our business decades ago.
• Three "internets" - a communications internet, energy internet, and transportation internet - that will disrupt or decentralize essentially every industry on Earth and will transform national economies that have been reliant on inefficient and expensive fossil fuels.
• CFOs will now be expected to don multiple hats to monitor changing global regulations, drive technology adoption, manage emerging risks and become custodians of sound governance practices.
• VPs from Global & Regional companies will discuss the strategies for transformation of Supply chain, Logistics & Procurement in the disruptive business environment.
• Digital disruption will hit every industry at some point over the next five years and change the global business landscape.
• 94% of insurers expect digital transformation to have the biggest impact on how they do business with customers over the next five years.
• Two in five UK businesses expect their organisation's sector to be moderately or significantly disrupted by digital transformation within the next two years.
• The impact of technological, demographic and socio-economic disruptions on business models will be felt in transformations to the employment landscape and skills requirements.

Last updated: 24 January 2021