Advancing materials innovation to unlock next-generation materials solutions and strengthen resilient, sustainable and productive materials systems.
Materials innovation underpins technological progress across sectors – from energy and mobility to construction, healthcare and digital industries. Today, it is being reshaped by rising demand for higher-performance, lower-carbon solutions, stronger expectations around circularity and responsible sourcing, and pressure to accelerate commercialization cycles.
While advances in computational modelling, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing are expanding what is scientifically possible, scaling breakthrough innovations into cost-competitive, sustainable applications remains complex.
As global transitions accelerate, materials innovation is emerging as a strategic enabler of more accessible, sustainable and productive materials systems.
across materials innovation, drawing on cross-industry experience and frontier applications
to accelerate responsible discovery, scale-up and deployment of next-generation materials solutions
to inform the Future of Materials programme’s publications and thought leadership, shaping the broader agenda on resilient and sustainable materials systems
Transitioning Materials Systems
A World Economic Forum Initiative