This report is a combined effort based on numerous interviews, discussions, workshops and research. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the individuals or organizations involved in the project or listed below. Sincere thanks are extended to those who contributed their insights via interviews and workshops, as well as those not captured below.

World Economic Forum

Mattia Damati
ECP Fall, Technology Convergence Initiative

Connie Kuang
Lead, Technology Convergence Initiative

Technology Convergence Project Fellows

Kary Bheemaiah
Vice-President and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO), Capgemini

Mylo Kidwell
Principal Analyst, Cambridge Consultants, Capgemini

Antoine Tillette de Mautort
Managing Consultant, frog, Capgemini

Simone Xinyi Qiu
Consultant, frog, Capgemini

Sincere appreciation is extended to the following working group members, who spent numerous hours providing critical input and feedback to the drafts. Their diverse insights are fundamental to the success of this work.

Moritz Baier-Lentz
Partner; Head of Gaming and Interactive Media, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Maria Basso
Head, AI Applications and Impact, World Economic Forum

Pete Bernard
Chief Executive Officer, EDGE AI FOUNDATION

Brian Berzin
Chief Executive Officer, Thea Energy

Jehangir Byramji
Emerging Technology and Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group

Frincy Clement
Head, North America Region, Women in AI

Ena Cratsenburg
Chief Business Officer, Ginkgo Bioworks

John Cumbers
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SynBioBeta

Santanu Dasgupta
Honorary Professor, Amity University

Umeshwar Dayal
Senior Fellow and Senior Vice-President; Corporate Chief Scientist, Hitachi

Allison Dring
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Made of Air

Felix Ejeckam
Chief Executive Officer, Akash Systems

Liv Erickson
Senior Product Lead, Mozilla Data Collective, Mozilla

Mark Esposito
Faculty Associate, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Edwina Fitzmaurice
Corporate Vice-President, Industry Solutions Delivery, Microsoft

Andreas Forsland
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cognixion

Heike Freund
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Marvel Fusion

Arti Garg
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technologist, AVEVA

Kian Gohar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Geolab

Valentin Golovtchenko
Lead, Planetary Solutions Strategy, World Economic Forum

Olaf Groth
Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Ylva Hansdotter
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Flowtropolis

Cortney Harding
Chief Executive Officer, Friends with Holograms

Guy Harmelin
Chief Investment Officer, Advanced Technology, MGX Fund Management

Amy Hebert
Chief Executive Officer, Arcadia eFuels

Roberto G. Hernandez
Chief Innovation Officer, Customer Transformation, PwC

Greg Jackson
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Octopus Energy

Haojun Jia
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deep Principle

Ralph Jodice
General Manager of North America; Global Head of Partnerships and Publicity, Xreal

Philip Johnston
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Starcloud

Alex Joseph
Chief Technology Officer, Microsure

Anthony Jules
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Robust.AI

Gaurav Kakati
Chief Technology Officer, Artificial Intelligence, KPIT Technologies

Jose Jacob Kalayil
Director and Curator, Future ICT Forum for Sustainable Cities

Peter Koerte
Member of the Managing Board; Chief Technology Officer; Chief Strategy Officer, Siemens

Fabio La Franca
Founding Partner, Blueverse Ventures

Alan Ka Ming Lau
Chief Business Officer, Animoca Brands

Stefan Leichenauer
Vice-President, Engineering, SandboxAQ

Jake Loosararian
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gecko Robotics

Alok Medikepura Anil
Managing Director, Next Big Innovation Labs

Konstantinos Meichanetzidis
Head of Scientific Product Development, Quantinuum

Julien Mialaret
Operating Partner, Eurazeo

Amy Peck
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, EndeavorXR

Susan Persky
Director, Immersive Simulation Program, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Gerald Podobnik
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Bank, Deutsche Bank

Vijay Ravindran
Chief Executive Officer, Floreo

Yonatan Raz-Fridman
Chief Executive Officer, Supersocial

Nayat Sanchez-Pi
Executive Director and Director, Binational Franco- Chilean Center on Artificial Intelligence (INRIA)

Roland Scharrer
Partner and Managing Director; European Data and AI Leader, Kearney

Francesco Scibilia
Head of Technology Foresight and Intelligence, Equinor

Francesco Sciortino
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Proxima Fusion

Himanshu Shrivastava
Chief Technology Officer, Al-Futtaim Group

Landry Signé
Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program; Editor-in-Chief, Foresight Africa 2025- 2030, The Brookings Institution

Lewis Smithingham
Principal Product Manager, Media2, NVIDIA

Brandon Sorbom
Chief Science Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Araz Taeihagh
Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Anna Tunkel
Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Impact

Dustin Tyler
Arthur S. Holden Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Fumiko Uraki
Director, Frontier and Open Innovation Division, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation

Jeremy Utley
Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

Milo Werner
General Partner, DCVC Management

Samantha G. Wolfe
Adjunct Professor, Steinhardt School, New York University

Reena Dayal Yadav
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Ecosystems and Technology Council of India

Qasar Younis
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Intuition

Yuxiang Zhou
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Black Lake Technologies

Laurence Denmark
Creative Director, Studio Miko

Charlotte Ivany
Designer, Studio Miko

Jay Kelly
Designer, Studio Miko

Will Liley
Editor, Studio Miko

Maxwell Hall
Creative Editorial Lead

Floris Landi
Design Lead

Gayle Markovitz
Head, Written and Audio Content

Sybile Penhirin
Head, Video and Design