311 Institute codex
What happens when everyone and everything is connected?
Our society, and the devices and things around us, are becoming smart and connected. That is a paradigm shift in how we develop, consume and innovate products and services.
In short
The Future of the Connected World is a 69-page codex by Matthew Griffin, Founder, President and Futurist of the 311 Institute, on the future of communications and the connected society. The second edition, published in January 2022, explores the Cognitive 6G Era and the Nano 7G Era, and what they mean for global culture, industry and society.
Who it is for: It is for telecoms, technology and infrastructure leaders, strategy and innovation teams, and any executive whose products, services or operations depend on connectivity.
Connection changes everything
Technology has changed how we connect with one another, what we can connect with, and how we experience the world and our own potential.
This codex explores the future of communications and the connected society, and their impact on culture, industry and society.
What you will explore
The future of communications technologies.
Smart devices and a world where everything connects.
What it means for culture, industry and society.
Key findings
Bring the codex to your organisation
Book a keynote session, executive briefing or foresight workshop session built on this codex, or start with a free 15-minute expert call with Matthew Griffin.
Questions and answers
The connected world is a society in which people, devices and things are increasingly smart and connected. The codex describes this as a paradigm shift in how we develop, consume and innovate products and services, and argues that technology has changed how we connect, what we can connect with, and how we experience the world and our own potential.
The future of connectivity runs from 5G to 6G and then 7G. The codex expects 6G mass commercialisation around 2030, with speeds of 1 to 2 terabits per second, 0.1ms latency and coverage across land, sea and space, followed by a Nano 7G Era in which quantum technologies are likely to play a greater role.
The codex expects the 6G standard to be completed in 2028, with mass commercialisation around 2030 and mass deployment in the five years after that. It also expects the ITU to complete its IMT-2030 standard by the end of 2030, with 3GPP finalising 6G Release 23 around the same time.
6G will support more than ten million devices per square kilometre and enable use cases such as smart cities, digital twins, tele-surgery, holographic communications and immersive entertainment. The codex also expects enterprises, industry and government to become micro-operators that run their own private networks and extend services to others in their supply chains.
Matthew Griffin, keynote speaker and Founder, President and Futurist of the 311 Institute, wrote the codex as part of his Codex of the Future series. The 311 Institute runs keynote sessions, executive briefings and foresight workshops on the future of connectivity that help leadership teams turn these trends into strategy.
The codex is free to download from this page after a short form. It is a 69-page PDF, the second edition, published in January 2022. You can also book a free 15-minute expert call with Matthew Griffin to discuss what 6G and the connected world mean for your organisation.
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