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Safeguarding life, property and the Environment
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has since its creation nearly 150 years ago developed into a world leading third-party standard-setting, certification, and risk-management body in areas such as maritime transport, energy production and climate change related services.
DNV is a Norwegian based self-owned foundation with the purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, as well as a vision of having a global impact for sustainable development.
Today DNV has become a truly international organisation employing approximately 9.000 highly skilled experts at 300 offices in more than 100 countries. In all areas of engagement DNV’s approach is based on deep understanding of the technologies involved and a long term view on what the future may hold.
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DNV - Technology Outlook 2020 Megatrends
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'A glimpse into the future'
DNV has a tradition for every now and then conducting internal research projects looking into the "crystal ball" on key development trends at the global level. Such an internal project has just been completed and has now resulted in the Technology Outlook 2020 (TO2020) report.
The adoption of future technologies is heavily dependent on how the world will develop. Many factors influence which technologies will be implemented and in use by 2020. Some factors may exert only a brief, but strong, influence, whereas other may have a weaker, but more prolonged effect.
Technology Outlook 2020 identifies and summaries seven global megratrends that are generally considered as certain. In DNV's view, these seven megatrends have an enormous potential for impacting on the development and uptake of new technologies.
Posted on : 15/12/11
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