The Future of Emerging Information Technologies and the Responsibilities of Policymakers, Higher Education, and Managers

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Professor, Tarbiat Modares University

10.22091/stim.2025.4199

Abstract

Emerging information technologies are expanding at an amazing speed. The main feature of new technologies is their impact on all technologies and their application in all aspects of life. All areas of life, work, society, politics, and governance are related to new information technologies. The development of artificial intelligence and its convergence with information technology has given this technology a hundredfold power. Utilizing the capabilities of other technologies and disciplines has prepared the field for one of the amazing developments, “the virtual transformation”. It is very difficult to predict what events will occur in the distant future. However, trends can be outlined for the relatively near future. This article was written with the aim of reflecting on the progress of information technology in the next ten years and the requirements for policymaking and management. The outlined musts for policymakers, higher education, and administrators can serve as a basis for thought, research, and action.

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