Globalization of Information Technology
How
can the globalization and convergence of information and communications
technologies work for everyone? [Challenge 6]
Energy
How
can growing energy demand be met safely and efficiently? [Challenge
13]
Science and Technology
How
can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve
the human condition? [Challenge 14]
-- Indicators --
1. Volume of e-business
2. Percentage of people with telephones,
TV, computers, and Internet
3. Measures of the state of information
and communications technologies (e.g. average annual internet user cost,
progress of
Moore’s law, cost of
bandwidth, modem speeds, etc.)
4. Investments in information/ communication
projects that foster local developments
5. Results of research that demonstrates
the social consequences of TV and Internet programming
6. Measurements of the extent and properties
of international networks
7. Number of robots
8. Monopolization rate of the communications
industry
9. Number of students per computer(s)
10. Computer instruction; quantity and assessment
of quality of information technologies taught at all levels in schools
11. Levels of Internet security, cases of on-line
fraud
12. Measurements that depict the concentration
of the telecommunications industry
13. Number of public libraries with free Internet
access
14. Assessment of the levels of regulation over
Internet content
15. Worldwide adoption rate of information technology
The indicators most highly rated as per their
usefulness and availability were:
[The numbers in brackets represent the order
number of the indicator in the original (above) list.]
1. Percentage of people with telephones, TV, computers,
and Internet (2)
2. Number of public libraries with free Internet
access (13)
3. Volume of e-business (1)
4. Number of students per computer(s) (9)
5. Investments in information/ communication
projects that foster local developments (4)
6. Measures of the state of information and communications
technologies (e.g. average annual internet user cost, progress of
Moore’s law, cost of bandwidth,
modem speeds, etc.) (3)
-- Indicators --
1. Energy/GDP ratio
2. Total and per capita energy consumption by type of user
3. Total and per capita energy usage by category of source (fossil,
wind, solar, nuclear, etc.)
4. Energy production by source, including particularly the amount
generated by fossil, hydro, nuclear and alternate energy
sources (e.g. wind, solar)
5. Percentage of recycling by category (metals, etc.)
6. Number of nuclear plants waiting to be closed
7. The number and extent of limitations placed on the use of
various forms of energy
8. Transportation energy by source (petroleum, natural gas, electricity,
etc.)
9. Level of social dependence on energy to maintain the existing
structures
10. Efficiency and production of non-polluting energy generation technologies
11. Expenditures on energy related R&D, including disposal of nuclear
wastes and advanced energy systems
12. Type and amount of initiatives to change behavior, rather than
just reducing energy consumption
13. Types of active and retired plants: nuclear, hydropower, etc.
14. Environmentally adjusted net domestic product
15. Share of manufactured goods in total merchandise exports
16. Share of natural-resource intensive industries in manufacturing
17. Environmental protection expenditures as a percent of GDP
18. Level of support being given by governments to actively encourage
renewable sources
19. Energy prices and levels of subsidies by governments that affect
energy prices artificially
20. Projected future energy demand by category of user and source,
and potential energy capacity from renewable and
non-renewable sources
The indicators most highly rated as per their usefulness and availability
were:
(The numbers in brackets represent the order number of the indicator
in the original (above) list.)
1. Energy/GDP ratio (1)
2. Total and per capita energy usage by category of source (fossil,
wind, solar, nuclear, etc.) (3)
3. Energy production by source, including particularly the amount generated
by fossil, hydro, nuclear and alternate energy
sources (e.g. wind, solar) (4)
4. Total and per capita energy consumption by type of user (2)
5. Transportation energy by source (petroleum, natural gas, electricity,
etc.) (8)
6. Number of nuclear plants waiting to be closed (6)
-- Indicators --
The suggested indicators for this challenge were:
1. Investments in R&D (both basic and
applied) by governments and companies, counting particularly expenditures
in
advanced areas including solar,
health; in a) absolute terms, b) percentage of GDP, and c) per capita
2. Expenditures for research into consequences
of technology (e.g. the ethics component of the Human Genome Project)
3. Measurement of the pace of new announcements
in popular and scientific media and assessment of their applicability to
major and mega problems
4. Number of patents in selected fields
5. Assessment of emphasis on 'quality'
of life issues in popular and scientific media
6. Number of researchers and percentage,
by field and country
7. Count of new problem solving technologies
and their use (e.g. ecological technologies, hectares of reanimated soil,
levels of
public health, reduced number
of working days, etc.)
8. Number of students following science
and technology careers, and the level of “ethics” education these students
receive
9. Level of technological investments outside
of large companies and large cities
10. Income from R&D investment per capita
11. Number of scientists having papers in well-known
publications in the world; number of papers published on international
journals each
year
12. Number of countries or corporations adopting
the "Bootstrap" strategy (analogous to number of companies adopting
"Total Quality
Management" strategies
13. Standard of life indicators (public health,
reduced number of working days, aged population socially active, etc.)
14. Level of funding to adapt inventions to local
conditions
15. Level of social and participatory approaches
involved in assessing and funding technology
16. Assessment of progress on all technological
frontiers
17. Science road maps depicting the likely future
course of several disciplines
18. Extent of international scientific collaboration
19. The cost of transportation to orbit
The indicators most highly rated as per their
usefulness and availability were:
[The numbers in brackets represent the order
number of the indicator in the original (above) list.]
1. Investments in R&D (both basic and applied)
by governments and companies, counting particularly expenditures in advanced
areas including solar, health; in a) absolute terms, b) percentage of GDP,
and c) per capita (1)
2. Number of researchers and percentage, by field
and country (6)
3. Extent of international scientific collaboration
(18)
4. Number of scientists having papers in well-known
publications in the world; number of papers published on international
journals each year (11)
5. Number of patents in selected fields (4)
6. Standard of life indicators (public health,
reduced number of working days, aged population socially active, etc.)
(13)
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