The SATW's Technology Outlook 2025 is now available. The national foresight study highlights 31 technologies that will shape Switzerland's future. The focus is on the circular economy, CO₂ utilization, and new manufacturing processes, as well as the opportunity to develop sustainable business models based on these innovations.
Technologies drive innovation and shape global competition. Technology Outlook 2025, published by the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW, analyses and evaluates 31 technology fields that will become relevant for the Swiss economy and society over the next three to five years. The study pays increasing attention to technologies that contribute to a sustainable (circular) economy, including recycling technologies that return valuable materials from waste into manufacturing processes, or technologies that harness CO2, a greenhouse gas, as a resource. Experts’ assessments show that environmental issues will have a decisive impact on companies’ future viability. Compared to the 2023 study, the number of technologies from Manufacturing Processes and Materials has increased, particularly those enabling energy-saving and resource-conserving processes. In contrast, the number of digitalisation technologies has decreased, because some of these technologies – such as artificial intelligence applications – are now market-ready and are unleashing their disruptive potential through innovative products and services across industries.
Read more about the study and the results: Technology Outlook 2025
Technology Outlook: a national study
Technology Outlook is the only national foresight study that assesses the potential of promising technologies specifically for Switzerland. The foresight committees and the foresight team at SATW select the technologies to cover, based on their technological maturity.
The analysis is based on standardised interviews with experts from all over Switzerland. These discussions also gathered quantitative data on research capabilities and economic potential in Switzerland. SATW conducts technology foresight on behalf of the Swiss federal government. Published every two years since 2015, Technology Outlook targets representatives from the worlds of business, academia, politics and administration, not to mention technology enthusiasts.
David Spichiger, SATW
30.09.2025