Every time a person or object connects to the digital world, they contribute to the explosive growth of a new shared global commons. The unprecedented opportunities and benefits from new infrastructure, applications and data are, however, paired with new problems to solve and dilemmas to manage.

Society has often struggled to reach consensus on how to manage our global commons. Existing institutions and norms may need to be redesigned to respond effectively to the fast pace of digital change and its unfamiliar, distributed nature. The decisions made today will shape the world for future generations. Collaboration and innovation are required to shape society’s collective destiny.

The System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society is a global platform for cooperation to build a digital economy that is sustainable, inclusive and trustworthy.

Lié Projets

Digital Transformation

The Digital Transformation of Industries (DTI) project, launched by the World Economic Forum in 2015, is a multi-year engagement with the aim to analyse the impact of digital technologies...

Mitigating Risks in the Innovation Economy

In order to enable innovation to continue to enhance the lives of society, we must understand and develop resilience against the interconnected risk build-up inherent in the Fourth Indust...

Digital Arab World

Focusing on the intersection of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and entrepreneurship, the Digital Arab World Initiative will offer a platform for the activities of the Regional Business ...

Cyber Resilience

Cyber risk is a systemic challenge and cyber resilience a public good. Every organization acts as a steward of information they manage on behalf of others. And every organization contribu...

Creating Market Incentives for Secure Industrial IoT

The challengeIndustrial IoT is expected to transform manufacturing, energy, agriculture, transport and other industrial sectors of the economy, which together account for nearly two-third...

Protocol Design Networks on National Digital Policy

The digital revolution is transforming all the aspects of business and society. The internet has been a principal contributor to evolution and growth in the global economy over the past d...

Digital ASEAN

ASEAN is the fastest growing Internet market in the world. With 125,000 new users coming onto the Internet every day, the ASEAN digital economy is projected to grow significantly, adding ...

Platform for Good Digital Identity

As more people, devices and associated personal data get online, there is growing focus on a foundational element of this new digital environment – our identities. The ability to prove we...

Data Collaboration: Innovations and Privacy

OpportunityOne of the most promising opportunities for social good lies in how the volumes of data being generated through all facets of society is leveraged. Relief organizations could i...

5G - Next Generation Networks

Vision: Intelligent connectivity, enabled by 5G, will be the catalyst for the socio-economic growth in the Fourth Industrial RevolutionGoal: The World Economic Forum, as the International...

Aligning the IoT Ecosystem

Guiding Question: How can we maximize the opportunities created by the Internet of Things while minimizing and mitigating negative externalities? Goal: Accelerate the responsible adoption...

Internet for All

The ChallengeThe internet is a pervasive, fundamental part of daily life that continues to deliver massive economic and social benefits around the world. Yet some 3.9 billion people – mor...

Developing Transformation Roadmaps for a Digital Enterprise

Over the past two years, the Digital Transformation project has succeeded in raising awareness on the impact of digitalization on business and society and built significant momentum acros...

Platforms and Ecosystems – Enabling the Digital Economy

For the private sector, digital platforms come with the promise of exponential growth, scale through network effects and no assets needed. The biggest digital platforms outperformed the S...

Coalition for Digital Intelligence

Each year, the world economy invests billions of dollars in developing digital literacy and digital skills. However, these efforts are not well coordinated, with many companies, governmen...

Lié Rapports

Data Collaboration for the Common Good: Enabling Trust and Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships

This report, done in collaboration with McKinsey and Company, represents a year-long effort with business, government, civil society leaders, experts and practitioners to advance public-p...

20 mai 2019

Platforms and Ecosystems: Enabling the Digital Economy

This briefing paper forms part of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society, initiated against a backdrop of complexities brought abo...

25 mars 2019

Our Shared Digital Future: Responsible Digital Transformation - Board Briefing

By 2022, 60% of global GDP will be digitized. Yet today, only 45% of people trust that technology will improve their lives. Every sector is beginning to face deep questions about what the...

6 février 2019

Our Shared Digital Future Building an Inclusive, Trustworthy and Sustainable Digital Society

Our Shared Digital Futures is a publication shaped by leaders from business, government, academia and civil society who collectively acknowledge the need for shared goals and coordinated ...

10 décembre 2018

Identity in a Digital World: A new chapter in the social contract

All over the world, a growing number of organizations –from the public and private sectors –are advancing systems that establish and verify digital identities for people, devices and othe...

25 septembre 2018

The Digital Enterprise: moving from experimentation to transformation

While enormous resources are being spent on digital transformation programs by the private sector, the results are underwhelming. According to estimates, this year over $1.2 trillion will...

18 septembre 2018

Industrial Internet of Things: Safety and Security Protocol

The industrial internet represents one of the most promising and transformative applications of the Internet of Things (IoT).

25 avril 2018

Internet of Things: Guidelines for Sustainability

Our analysis of over 640 Internet of Things (IoT) deployments worldwide suggests that IoT has development benefits that could be maximized without compromising the commercial viability.

17 janvier 2018

Advancing Cyber Resilience: Principles and Tools for Boards

A first-of-its-kind resource to support board of directors and CEO to take action on cybersecurity and cyber resilience strategy.

18 janvier 2017

Digital Transformation Initiative

The Digital Transformation Initiative offers unique insights into the impact of digital technologies on business and wider society over the next decade. Our research supports collaboratio...