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10 เทคโนโลยี อิมแพกโลก เปลี่ยนชีวิตปี 2030 | Executive Espresso EP.445
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The video (Executive Espresso EP.445) promotes an events-and-supply ecosystem approach in Thailand (Secret Summit 2023). It then summarizes a World Economic Forum (WEF) research brief on 10 emerging technologies likely to drive economic/social change in the next 3–5 years, with an emphasis on how businesses and organizations should prepare across operations, workforce readiness, infrastructure, and ethics.
1) Secret Summit 2023 (Thailand): go-to-market + capability-building playbook
“Secret Source Summit 2023” is positioned as a comprehensive pipeline for entrepreneurs and business leaders to update strategy and execute amid change.
Core offers / operating model
- In-depth conferences on business trends for 2024:
- Economic trends
- Strategic trends
- Marketing trends
- Technology framed as shifting from sustainability to human resource management
- Case studies / success stories
- Executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals—including failures
- Workshops to upskill
- Equip people with technical/legal knowledge, including topics like:
- Carbon
- Quantum mechanics
- Data attribution (DAT)
- IPO readiness
- Equip people with technical/legal knowledge, including topics like:
- B2B marketplace / solution hub for SMEs
- Networking lounge categories:
- Finance
- Enterprise solutions
- Branding & marketing
- People & workplace
- Target outcome:
- Build partnerships, close deals, and grow a business community (3,000+ people)
- Networking lounge categories:
Dates & logistics
- Sep 9–10, 2023 (Sat–Sun)
- Venue: Broom 1 & 2, National Convention Center Sirikit
Pricing / timeline
- Early Bird: 2,990 THB
- Discounted rate: 1,990 THB until Aug 20
Actionable recommendations implied
- Treat “trend learning” as:
- Capability development (workshops)
- Deal execution (marketplace/networking)
- Prepare cross-functional readiness (legal, data, carbon, HR), not just technology adoption.
2) WEF “Top Ten Emerging Technologies of 2030” (impact framework + business preparation)
The host frames adoption decisions using WEF criteria and an “impact scoring” model, ranking technologies by expected impact within 3–5 years.
WEF selection / rating framework (as described)
- Novelty requirement
- Not an already-existing, mature commodity technology (e.g., “electricity” isn’t treated as emerging)
- Practical availability
- Mature enough to implement
- Likelihood of adoption
- Not overly far-fetched
- Expected to generate excitement if developed by more than one company
- Time horizon
- Experts expect impact in 3–5 years
- Impact measurement via 5 dimensions (organization-style KPI model)
- People: safety/dignity; access to essential resources; quality of life
- Planet: surround/restore/protect/revive; biodiversity; waste/emissions
- Prosperity: quality; jobs; new markets; disruption and equity
- Peace / partnership-like dimension: connection/equity; “prospering together”
- A 5th dimension is referenced indirectly via a “5D model,” with the video emphasizing organizational use of these scores
KPI-style takeaway from the scoring
- Flexible batteries rank #1 by prosperity/industry impact.
- Dimension scores shown numerically (example values given):
- Planet ~9
- People ~8
- Industry ~8
- Prosperity ~8
- Equity ~7.5
3) The 10 emerging technologies (business execution lens)
Below are the ranked technologies (high level) and the operational implications described.
#1 Flexible batteries
What it enables (execution use cases)
- Lighter, wearable, bendable electronics (e.g., smart clothing, medical wearables, flexible screens/smartwatch components)
- Wearable medical sensing for health monitoring and remote tracking
Market signals mentioned
- Global flexible battery market:
- Expansion of +$240.47M (2022–2027)
- CAGR 22.79%
- Example companies mentioned:
- LG, Samsung, Apple, Nokia
- Suppliers cited: Frontage Technology, SGM Micro Electronics
Operational / management caveats
- End-of-life disposal and lifecycle management are highlighted (recycling/lifecycle handling required)
- Manufacturing and standards must adapt to flexible form factors
Business recommendation
- If adopting wearable tech/sensors, build product lifecycle + compliance planning (standards + disposal + maintenance), not just R&D.
#2 Generative/AI
- Treated as already close to life and expanding quickly, with near-term application potential (examples referenced later include drug/architectural design concepts).
#3 Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
Why it matters operationally
- Aviation decarbonization is portrayed as harder than ground transport due to energy requirements and operational constraints.
- SAF is positioned as a near-term lever rather than expecting immediate full structural change.
Targets / numbers mentioned
- SAF currently around 1% of global total
- Target to reach 13–15% by 2044 to support aviation toward net-zero by 2050
- IATA involvement referenced
- Sustainable aviation reportedly increased to about 300 million liters in 2021 (wording suggests growth to that level)
Business recommendation
- For airlines/aviation suppliers: treat SAF like staged deployment—start with testing, then scale as supply and cost improve.
#4 Microbiome engineering / phase-engineering + virus engineering
Business relevance
- Personalizing treatments by modifying microbiome/biological processes
- Potential disease treatment pathways linked to microbiome-linked conditions
#5 VR/AR + mental health
Market/workflow implications
- VR/AR for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, information, and research in mental healthcare
- Example tools/companies referenced:
- Deepwelling
- A company referenced as TRIP / My Full Meterverse
- Wearable “emotion” headsets described:
- Electrodes measure emotional state
- Adjust music based on readings
Execution recommendation
- Build a “technology-based care center” capability:
- Integrate tools into clinical workflows
- Measure outcomes
#6 Plant sensor / variable “pants sensor” for agriculture
Operational KPI targets
- Goal: food security and production resilience
- UN reference:
- Need 70% more food by 2050 than today (core message: production uplift)
How adoption changes operations
- Reduce costly multi-step monitoring with lower-cost plant-level data capture
- Evolve beyond satellites/drones toward embedded sensors for:
- Temperature, humidity, nutrients
- Reducing water, fertilizer, pesticide usage
- Disease risk detection (orchard disease risk noted)
Constraints / adoption barriers
- Sensors are described as expensive and hard to maintain, requiring expertise
Business recommendation
- For agritech and farm operators:
- Start with hybrid models (drones/tractors + sensor pilots)
- Build maintenance/service capability
- Track ROI using yield and input-reduction metrics
#7 Special omics (cell/tissue biological intelligence)
Business impact
- Better mapping of molecular/biochemical processes
- Applications referenced:
- Understanding disease biological states
- Potential treatment pathways (examples include Alzheimer’s and post-COVID organ/tissue changes)
Market signal
- $232.6M (2021) → ~$500.87M by 2030 (presented as roughly doubling)
#8 Flexible neuroelectronics (brain–machine / BMI-style interfaces)
Operational implications
- Flexible materials reduce scarring/displacement risk
- Potential uses:
- Communication devices
- Medical devices (epilepsy treatment mentioned)
- Prosthetic limb control
Business risks
- Ethics + privacy emphasized (data disclosure and protections needed)
#9 Sustainable cloud computing (data center energy efficiency)
Execution details (operations playbook)
- Data centers/cloud consume electricity; claims include:
- data storage/processing can use up to ~1% of world electricity (as stated)
- Business levers:
- AI-based cooling control
- Heat reuse (example: turning excess heat into household insulation; Scandinavia referenced)
- Demand-based operation (turning off/sleep mode when not in use)
Concrete performance claim
- AI systems for data center optimization can reduce electricity usage by up to 40% (as stated)
- Emphasis on “flexible data center models” (utilization + demand-based controls)
Business recommendation
- If operating/selling cloud workloads:
- Implement energy KPI dashboards
- Run optimization loops (cooling + workload scheduling)
#10 AI-facilitated healthcare
Operational outcomes
- Faster triage/diagnosis support
- Reduced waiting times
- Imaging assistance (CT/radiology-like tasks)
- Medical decision support and improved resource allocation in underserved regions/shortages
Example company
- Medical Confidence (AI supports patient treatment needs based on facility availability)
Business/system strategy
- Mentions pandemic preparedness via machine learning forecasting
- Repeated themes:
- privacy and public acceptance
- ethical governance for adoption
Business recommendation
- Treat AI healthcare deployment as a compliance + trust program:
- data privacy + transparency
- integration into clinical workflows
- measurable KPIs (waiting time, diagnosis time, resource allocation efficiency)
Cross-cutting leadership themes / “how to adopt” guidance (implied)
- Workforce upskilling as a core mitigation lever for job replacement
- Disclosure and ethics
- Disclose goals to prevent misuse and address negative consequences
- Organizational impact scoring
- Use the 5-dimensional impact “gauge” to evaluate technologies before committing
Presenters / sources
Source organization
- World Economic Forum (WEF) — research referenced (subtitle wording suggests “Top Ten Emerging Technologies of the 2030 Center for the First Industrial Development”, though wording may be imprecise due to auto-captions)
Presenter / host(s)
- The video appears hosted by Executive Espresso (EP.445) and includes speakers at Secret Summit 2023
- Individual names were not clearly stated in the provided subtitles
Named external figures / brands mentioned
- Jerry (described as MD of the World Economic Forum in subtitles)
- Cross Walk (described as founder of the World Economic Forum; name likely garbled)
- Companies/brands referenced:
- LG, Samsung, Apple, Nokia
- Deepwelling, TRIP, Covera, FitTech
- Medical Confidence, Google (DeepMind referenced), NASA
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