Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
From energy and defence to digital infrastructure, materials have become critical drivers for national competitiveness. With copper demand alone projected to outstrip supply by 30% in 2035, access to materials is increasingly shaping industrial policy, trade relations and security alliances.
How can economies strike a balance between securing their materials needs while remaining open and innovative?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
AI is disrupting the traditional entry point into professional careers by automating junior roles from law to finance to creative fields, positions that graduates have long relied on to gain experience. As a result, 40% of workers are worried about job security and whether AI will eliminate the pathway to a long-term career.
How can companies and workers adapt to ensure that career growth is still possible despite disruptions?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Central banks are facing growing pressure from digital currencies, trade-offs between growth and inflation and the politicization of their role.
How are central banks rethinking the monetary tools needed to meet this moment and ensure economic stability?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Organizations with inclusive practices tend to outperform their peers on innovation, decision-making and employee engagement, and closing workforce gaps could add $28 trillion to global GDP. Yet many corporate agendas have shifted their focus.
As organizations move beyond DEI, what does the next generation of fair workplaces look like?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
As the youngest continent with a rapidly urbanizing population, Africa is leapfrogging traditional infrastructure and deepening regional integration through initiatives such as the Lobito Corridor and the African Continental Free Trade Area. Its reserves of critical minerals are taking on new strategic significance, positioning the continent as an essential partner in global supply chains and industrial growth.
However, as AI and shifting geoeconomics redefine competitiveness, can Africa fully participate or risks being sidelined?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
An unpredictable operating environment is weighting on global growth and traditional engines such as trade are expected to expand by just 0.9% in 2025. With debt-to-GDP reaching a record 95%, there is increasingly limited space for leaders to make drastic policy and operational changes. At the same time, AI is emerging as a key driver of growth in some economies, improving productivity, enabling new business models and accelerating innovation across industries.
What will be the new sources of growth and how can we ensure that the benefits are shared broadly?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Digital embassies offer an emerging model that allows nations to extend sovereign digital infrastructure beyond their borders while maintaining control over data, compute and governance. However, establishing such arrangements requires political alignment, legal clarity and robust technical and operational safeguards.
The Digital Embassy Framework, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum and co-developed with stakeholders, will provide a shared baseline for designing, governing and operating trusted digital embassies worldwide.
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Nature-based solutions have moved from aspiration to necessity as climate shocks and biodiversity loss intensify. Every $1 invested in restoring degraded land can generate an estimated $7-$30 in economic benefits, making the case for scaling natural infrastructure in land and ocean ecosystems both urgent and compelling.
As economies tighten and priorities compete, what does it mean to seek a meaningful return on nature?
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Historically, the predominant means of assigning statistical weight to many DNA mixtures in the U.S. has been the combined probability of inclusion, or CPI. Accordingly, many forensic DNA analysts, as well as attorneys and judges, are well-versed in the CPI as a match probability. In the fifth module of this workshop series devoted to probabilistic genotyping, the presenters will help DNA analysts and legal professionals understand degrees of statistical weight and properly communicate likelihood ratios and their meaning. The SWGDAM recommendations for reporting likelihood ratios will be discussed, along with an explanation of the empirical basis for its verbal scale that may be used in reports and testimony along with the likelihood ratio. Participants’ ears will also be tuned to lines of questioning that could lead to a fallacious statement about the statistic.
This webinar is part 5 of of the Probabilistic Genotyping Of Evidentiary DNA Typing Results Webinar Series and was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on June 8, 2019.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)
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