1. The world of
Tomorrow

2. 40 years ago, we were 4 Billion.
Today, we are 7 Billion human beings
on Earth
World population
(in Billion)
7
+3
6
Billion
5
4
3
2
1973
2013
1
0
10,000 BC
8000 BC
6000 BC
4000 BC
2000 BC
0
1000
2013

3. In
40 years
People living below
the poverty line
Life expectancy
-60%
+15years
Average revenue
per person
x3
Illiteracy rate
-50%

4. UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGICAL
REVOLUTIONS DISRUPTED
PEOPLE’S LIFESTYLES
Medical
diagnosis
MICRO
PROCESSOR
1970
1971
NMR
Mass market
computer
hardware &
software
Localization
MICROCHIP
1974
Personal data
and privacy
1978
GPS
HIGH-SPEED
TRAINS
1981
People
transportation
and train freight

5. HOMO-NUMERICUS
IS ON
?
Digital pictures
mass creation
and replication
1983
MOBILE
PHONE
WORLD WIDE
WEB
1989
e-commerce,
mass
information
storage and
sharing
1992
DIGITAL
CAMERA
2005
Ipod, Iphone,
Itunes and IPad
2013

6. Predicting the future is
impossible, but we are
allowed to envision it.

7. 4 OVERARCHING TRENDS
1.
2.
3.
4.
People’s
emancipation
Political and
economic
power
redistribution
Disrupted
Water, Food,
Demographics Energy: natural
resources
under strain

8. People are
emancipating

9. …A FAST-PACED GROWTH OF
THE MIDDLE-CLASS SEGMENT…
15%
40%
2013
2030

10. REDUCED
POVERTY

11. Number of people living with less than 1.25$
of revenue per day worldwide
REDUCED
POVERTY
1 000
Million
2013
500
Million
2030

12. ACCESS TO
EDUCATION

13. Average number of years of the academic cycle
in North Africa and the Middle-East
8.7
years
7.1
ACCESS TO
EDUCATION
years
2013
2030

14. BETTER
ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE

15. Transmissible diseases contribution to world
mortality (AIDS, paludism, B hepatitis, etc.)
BETTER
ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE
- 30%
2013 through 2030

16. …FASTER ADOPTION OF
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Number of years needed for a
technology to be adopted by
25% of the US population
Internet
Mobile phone
Color television
Radio
1870
Telephone
Electricity
46
35
31
7
13
18
2013

17. Political and
economic power is
being redistributed

18. • In 2030, Asia will be bigger than Europe and the
US in terms of:
• GDP
• Population
• Military and defence expenditure
• Investments in R&D

19. • China alone will be bigger than the US in economic
terms before 2030
• India and Brasil will keep up with their current growth
rates
• Colombia, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria and Turkey
will become key players of the world economy
• The European, Japanese and Russian economies will
stay on the decline

20. THE WORLD WILL BE MULTI-POLAR
THE US HEGEMONY WILL COME TO AN END.
AGILITY
COOPERATION
TRANSPARENCY

21. Demographic
disruptions will
shake up the way
we live

22. In 2030:
8,4 Billion
individuals will live
on our planet:

23. A global aging of the population,
especially in western countries (but not only)…
GERMANY & JAPAN
Year : 2013
Median age ≈ 45 y.o.
EUROPE / KOREA / TAIWAN
Year : 2013
Median age ≈ 38 y.o.
100+
100+
0
0

24. ….that will lead to a gradual impoverishment and to
more migrations from these countries.
GERMANY & JAPAN
Year : 2030
Median age ≈ 50 y.o.
EUROPE / KOREA / TAIWAN
Year : 2030
Median age ≈ 45 y.o.
100+
100+
0
0

25. …URBANIZATION WILL NOT
SLOW DOWN…
30%
1960
X2 IN 70 YEARS
60%
2030

26. 5 cities the
size of London will
be built on a
yearly basis
and maybe more

27. Natural resources
are under strain

28. THE WORLD OF TOMORROW,
ALSO IS…
A WORLD OF THREATS

29. POLITICAL
1
2
3
Iran’s isolation
Global military
withdrawal of the US
Cyberterrorism and
use of weapons of
mass destruction

30. PUBLIC HEALTH
1
Severe pandemic

31. ECONOMICAL
1
2
China’s collapse
European Union and/or
Eurozone’s collapse

32. CLIMATIC
1
2
Geomagnetic
Uncontrollable
solar storm
global warming

33. THE WORLD
OF TOMORROW