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DESCRIPTION:[]Predictions have always attracted interest\, because seeing t
 he future could be useful\, powerful\, and fun. Those who can predict are 
 ahead of others — they have a strategic advantage. Predictions are essen
 tial in business\, technology\, and science. With COVID and recent wars\, 
 predictions became critical to humankind’s survival. However\, predictio
 ns are also very hard because they depend on many factors\, including tech
 nological\, economic\, social\, and ecological. Technology predictions may
  be simplest\, but technology also depends on business\, i.e. economics. T
 eams in the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Future Directions Committee (FD
 C)\, led by the presenter\, have conducted technology predictions for more
  than a decade. FDC has identified three key megatrends: digital transform
 ation\, sustainability\, and artificial general intelligence. Our predicti
 ons have gained a lot of interest in the community\, resulting in annual p
 ress releases\, five special issues of IEEE Computer\, and quarterly colum
 ns.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dejan Milojicic\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ie
 ee.org/m/432927
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/432927
ORGANIZER:p.wesling@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:14
SUMMARY:Technology Megatrends
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/432927
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="float: right\;" src="https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/4c2009c6-062c-4e58-8104-f7e4
 f34bfed8" alt="" width="500" height="250">Predictions have always attracte
 d interest\, because seeing the future could be useful\, powerful\, and fu
 n. Those who can predict are ahead of others &mdash\; they have a strategi
 c advantage. Predictions are essential in business\, technology\, and scie
 nce. With COVID and recent wars\, predictions became critical to humankind
 &rsquo\;s survival. However\, predictions are also very hard because they 
 depend on many factors\, including technological\, economic\, social\, and
  ecological. Technology predictions may be simplest\, but technology also 
 depends on business\, i.e. economics. Teams in the IEEE Computer Society a
 nd IEEE Future Directions Committee (FDC)\, led by the presenter\, have co
 nducted technology predictions for more than a decade. FDC has identified 
 three key megatrends: digital transformation\, sustainability\, and artifi
 cial general intelligence. Our predictions have gained a lot of interest i
 n the community\, resulting in annual press releases\, five special issues
  of IEEE Computer\, and quarterly columns.</p>
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