“The Society of the Future”
“The Mega Trends of the 21st Century and their Implications on the Global Research Community”
We are approaching a very interesting era in which Digital Consumer Electronics and Life Sciences will drive a lot of the high technology research and products. Both waves will have major impacts on our society and will create an environment in which people’s lives will be prolonged and improved and they will be able to communicate better with each other.
Photonics and Electronics will have major impacts on both waves: Digital Electronics and Biosciences. The integration of Photonics and Electronics, with the utilization of micromechanics, will allow us to develop sophisticated systems never achievable before. Examples are Lab-on-a-chip, instrument-on-a-chip, communication circuits, terabit optical interconnects, to name a few. We see tremendous possibilities for the “Communicator of the Future,” the “Home of the Future,” the “Car of the Future,” the “Lab of the Future,” and the “Office of the Future.”
The talk will cover the Mega Trends in demographics, environment, security and safety, health care, and the convergence of computers, communications & consumers. In addition, the impact of these trends on the research communities around the world will be discussed in details.
