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Introduction:

Acknowledgements

    The building of the 2022 GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar was possible thanks to the engagement of a large number of institutions, networks and individuals.

    In particular we acknowledge the leadership of GESDA's Academic Forum co-chaired by:

    Michael Møller

    former Under Secretary-General of the UN, Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva from 2013 to 2019Chairman, GESDA Diplomacy Forum

    Joël Mesot

    PresidentETHZ

    Martin Vetterli

    PresidentEPFL

    and GESDA's Diplomacy Forum chaired by:

    Michael Møller

    former Under Secretary-General of the UN, Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva from 2013 to 2019Chairman, GESDA Diplomacy Forum

    This enabled the development of a product of sufficient breadth and depth to become a useful tool for multilateralism.

    We would like to thank here all those involved, with particular attention to:

    • The Fondation pour Genève as main strategic partner of the Science Breakthrough Radar.
    • GESDA’s Founders and Public Contributors: the Swiss Confederation, the Republic and Canton of Geneva, the City of Geneva.

    The Members of the Scientific Advisory Board:

    Michael O. Hengartner

    PresidentETH Board

    Sir Peter Gluckman

    2014-2021 Foundation Chair of the Advisory Group of the International Network of Government Science Advice (INGSA)President International Science Council

    Michel Mayor

    Representative of the Fondation pour Genève, Professor Emeritus and 2019 Physics Nobel Prize LaureateUniversity of Geneva

    Marie-Laure Salles

    DirectorGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies

    Academic Partners:

    The Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, the University of Geneva, and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies as well as the community of academics from Switzerland for their engagement, support and time investment in discussing science and technology trends and breakthroughs at 5, 10 and 25 years.

    The open science publisher Frontiers for allowing us to disseminate the breakthrough radar survey to a global network of scientists.

    The International Science Council (ISC) and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Science for relaying our global consultation to their networks of scientists and affiliated institutions.

    The Project Team: led by Martin Müller and the GESDA Executive Team with the support of:

    Michael Brooks

    Sumit Paul-Choudhury

    Alternity

    Scott David

    Shapeable

    Adrian Shawcross

    Shapeable

    Travis Hensgen

    Shapeable

    Carolina de Jong

    EVA

    Michael Hanley

    The Content Engine

    We extend our gratitude to their team members and colleagues.

    We would particularly like to thank the commitment of the contributors to the different parts of the report. Their names and profiles are provided below.

    Martin Müller

    Executive Director Science AnticipationGESDA

    GESDA would like to gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals:

    The scientific moderators of the breakthrough briefs on the 28 scientific emerging topics.

    Rüdiger L. Urbanke

    Dean for Communication and Computer SciencesEPFL

    Matthias Troyer

    Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice-PresidentMicrosoft

    Steve Furber

    Professor of Computer EngineeringUniversity of Manchester

    Yulia Sandamirskaya

    Senior ResearcherIntel

    Ángel Goñi-Moreno

    Head of the Biocomputation LabTechnical University of Madrid (UPM)

    Alexander Ilic

    Executive Director and Co-FounderETH AI Center

    Geoff Mulgan

    Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social InnovationUniversity College London

    Olaf Blanke

    Bertarelli Foundation Chair of Cognitive NeuroprostheticsEPFL

    Samira Kiani

    Co-FounderSafeGen Therapeutics

    Brian Kennedy

    Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of MedicineNational University of Singapore

    Giulio Tononi

    Professor / DirectorWisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness

    Alysson Muotri

    ProfessorUniversity of California, San Diego

    Simon P. Hoerstrup

    Founding Co-DirectorWyss Zurich

    Gerald Haug

    PresidentGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

    Berend Smit

    Professor of Chemical EngineeringEPFL

    Wendy Queen

    Assistant Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Functional Inorganic MaterialsEPFL Valais Wallis

    Neil Davies

    Director, Gump South Pacific Research Station on Moorea (French Polynesia)University of California

    Ralph Graichen

    Director of Food and Nutrition and Consumer Care / Associate ProfessorAgency for Science Technology and Research

    Adriana Marais

    DirectorFoundation for Space Development Africa

    Govindasamy Bala

    Professor at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesIndian Institute of Science

    Wanda Markotter

    Director of the Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Professor, NRF-DSI South Africa Research ChairUniversity of Pretoria

    Michael Ambuhl

    Professor at the Chair of Negotiation and Conflict ManagementETHZ

    Nora Meier

    Managing Director, ETH Zurich Swiss School of Public GovernanceETHZ

    Nicolas Levrat

    Professor and Director of the Global Studies InstituteUniversity of Geneva

    Didier Wernli

    Senior Researcher/LecturerUniversity of Geneva

    Marga Gual Soler

    FounderSciDipGLOBAL

    Anja Kaspersen

    Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI)Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

    Camino Kavanagh

    Nonresident ScholarCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Eileen Donahoe

    Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Cyber Policy CenterStanford University

    Dirk Helbing

    Professor of Computational Social ScienceETHZ

    Amy Ogan

    Thomas and Lydia Moran Associate Professor of Learning ScienceCarnegie-Mellon University

    Jean-Pierre Danthine

    Executive DirectorE4S

    Betül Kaçar

    Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin

    Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy

    Associate Professor of Chemistry Scripps Research

    The authors of invited contributions:

    Invited Contributions

    The invited contributions explore areas of science with high anticipation potential that will be further developed in future editions of the Science Breakthrough Radar.

    Johan Rochel

    Co-FounderEthix – Lab for Innovation Ethics

    Pushmeet Kohli

    Head of ResearchDeepMind

    Sarah Kenderdine

    Professor of Digital MuseologyEPFL

    Anders Meibom

    Professor, Laboratory for Biological GeochemistryEPFL

    Michael Levin

    Distinguished Professor, Vannevar Bush ChairTuft University Department of Biology

    Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen

    Professor of Northern Studies, Barents Chair in PoliticsThe Arctic University of Norway

    Rajna Gibson Brandon

    Full Professor Geneva Finance Research InstituteUniversity of Geneva

    César A. Hidalgo

    Director Center for Collective LearningUniversity of Toulouse

    Riel Miller

    Head of Futures LiteracyUNESCO

    The Contributors to the geopolitical lens and the future of peace and war:

    Jean-Marie Guéhenno

    Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs; Director of SIPA’s Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution; Director of International Conflict Resolution SpecializationColumbia University

    Thomas Greminger

    DirectorGeneva Center for Security Policy

    Tobias Vestner

    Head of Research and Policy Advice DepartmentGeneva Center for Security Policy

    Nayef Al-Rodhan

    Head of Geopolitics and Global Futures ProgrammeGeneva Center for Security Policy

    Jean-Marc Rickli

    Head of Global and Emerging RisksGeneva Center for Security Policy

    The Contributors to the philosophical lens and workshop moderators:

    Mark Hunyadi

    Professor for Moral, Social and Political PhilosophyUniversité Catholique de Louvain

    Wendell Wallach

    ScholarYale University Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioethics

    The 774 members of the global scientific community that contributed via survey, workshops and interviews.

    For the Actions & Debates section:

    The Editors of the Pulse of Society

    Nicola Forster

    PresidentSwiss Society for the Common Good

    Valentine von Toggenburg-Bulliard

    Global ShaperWorld Economic Forum

    For the Opportunities section:

    Opportunities

    The GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar presents an overview of some of the world's most anticipated scientific disruptions and how the world's citizens are discussing, perceiving and acting in response to them. These breakthroughs and the related discussions contribute to our evolving understanding of what makes us human and how we relate to each other and to our ecosystem. The key question now is what can and should be done about them.

    Enrico Letta

    Italian Democratic Party; President, Jacques Delors Institute; Former Prime-Minister of ItalyFormer Dean, School of International Affairs, Science Po

    Gérard Escher

    Senior Advisor to the BoardGESDA