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Explore how nations can achieve competitive advantage through the strategic integration of multiple advanced technologies in this 48-minute conference talk from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026. Discover why future economic success depends not on single technological breakthroughs but on countries' ability to weave together AI, advanced computing, robotics, materials science, and energy technologies into coherent industrial strategies. Learn about the essential capabilities and governance structures nations must develop to achieve reindustrialization and build economic resilience in an interconnected technological landscape. Gain insights from expert speakers Abdullah AlSwaha, Vimal Kapur, Andrew McAfee, Sassine Ghazi, and Laura D'Andrea Tyson as they examine how the convergence of these technologies will determine which countries can successfully scale and sustain future growth, moving beyond AI headlines to understand the critical interplay between emerging technologies that will shape global competitiveness.
