Things Happening In 2030. At the same time, the experts responding to questions about civic and social innovations also foresee scores of innovations between now and 2030 that they think might. The world population is expected to reach 8.5 billion people by 2030.

Here are ten predictions of technologies that will almost certainly eventuate in this decade, as well as ten more that could emerge based on industry research. It explores how technology advances and how relevant challenges will be addressed by the year 2030.