Off the top of my head, starting from some course notes on "Digital Transformation" : Big Data - "I wish I had more data literacy" will be considered desirable

Off the top of my head, starting from some course notes on "Digital Transformation" : Big Data - "I wish I had more data literacy" will be considered desirable by more people of the educated population. Although many people would like to have more (coding and data analysis) skills, often it will be wishful thinking like "Next year I'll be losing weight and get fitter". Shift to the Cloud - This will continue slowly but steadily through the next 10 years. For IT pros, some classic sysadmin skills - such as patching cables, administering RAID devices, physically ordering PC components and configuring PC operating systems- will become obsolete (because it gets also more complicated. I'm looking at you Windows 10). These skills need to replaced with a "cloud literacy skillset". The tech giants will be pushing their cloud based offerings (because it's all pay-per use or subscription based) Internet of Things - This will slowly also but steadily continue, as more wireless devices are released into the public space (LoRaWAN). Consequently IPv6 will become more mainstream. Many IoT devices will have many capabilities and see forms of integration, just like smartphones are powerful multitools today. Innovative Manufacturing - 5G local grids, 3D printing and biotech innovations (tissue growth?) will become more mainstream in all parts of the globe where there is still a middle class. Cyber Security - In most respects it will get worse, because nobody is able to understand modern processors and microcontrollers anymore. Even the smallest devices will have powerful CPUs in them because it's cheaper than secure special-purpose SoCs. Protecting Your real online identity will be super-important. Artificial Intelligence - Spectacular applications and discoveries will continue to make national news, as will creepy misuse cases such as instant Face Recognition and deep-fakes. Blockchain technologies - will become mainstream, as a mechanism to ensure authenticity of digital assets of any kind (e.g. "Live footage" videos). Many people will use it but few will understand it. Cryptocurrencies will find more widespread acceptance, as some central banks adopt them, tech giants promote them, and they can also be used for private banking. Public health crisis - it continues as society ages. The opioid crisis, obesity and diabetes epidemics, and antibiotics resistance increasingly take their toll. Might also happen during the 2030s. The healthcare market will become more important and see some bizarre developments. Long term global environmental problems - they will lead to economic collapse in many parts of the globe and to continental-scale dystopia (in Africa, Near/Middle East, Australia). The 2020s will be completely unlike the 2010-2020 years.