| | | Rhydderch, Alun | | Glenday, Peter | | Dudhwala, Farzana | | Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre, UK | | Government Office for Science, UK | | | Technology and Innovation Futures: UK Growth Opportunities for the 2020s | | | London | | 2010 | | | "(...) Historically, periods of sustained economic growth are associated with the development of new
industries built around clusters of innovations. These developments are dependent on factors
such as the availability of complementary technologies and infrastructures, skills and training,
and a favourable regulatory environment. In many cases the role of the state as an early
purchaser and user has been important. (...)
Technology and Innovation Futures is a forward look at a range of developments which have the potential over the next 20 years to support sustained economic growth in the UK. Based on interviews and workshops with 180 representatives from industry, research, international institutions and social enterprises, the report identifies 53 technologies which are likely to be important to the UK in the 2020s, because of the UK?s comparative advantage today, its future needs, or the size of the potential market. As the UK comes out of the economic downturn, it seems likely that future economic prosperity will derive in large part from seizing opportunities offered by technologies such as these. The 53 individual technologies identified in this report can be readily grouped into 28 clusters, as described in Chapter 4. From these, seven cross-cutting areas have been identified, which are likely to be particularly important to the UK in the 2020s, regardless of how far individual technologies mature in that timescale. (...)" | | | hier klicken (PDF 825 KB) | | UK-Foresight | |
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