This quantity goals to record an important around the world accomplishments in converging wisdom and know-how, together with converging structures, tools of convergence, societal implications, and governance within the final ten years. Convergence in wisdom, expertise, and society is the accelerating, transformative interplay between probably designated clinical disciplines, applied sciences, and groups to accomplish mutual compatibility, synergism, and integration, and during this strategy to create extra price for societal gain. it's a circulate that's well-known via scientists and suggestion leaders around the globe as having the capability to supply far-reaching strategies to a lot of today’s complicated wisdom, know-how, and human improvement demanding situations. 4 crucial and interdependent convergence systems of human task are outlined within the first a part of this record: nanotechnology-biotechnology-information know-how and cognitive technological know-how (“NBIC”) foundational instruments; Earth-scale environmental structures; human-scale actions; and convergence equipment for societal-scale actions. The record then offers the most implications of convergence for human actual strength, cognition and conversation, productiveness and societal results, schooling and actual infrastructure, sustainability, and cutting edge and dependable governance. As a complete, the file offers a brand new version for convergence. To successfully make the most of this strength, a proactive governance technique is suggested.  The examine identifies a world chance to boost and observe convergence for technological, fiscal, environmental, and societal benefits.  The panel additionally indicates a chance within the usa for imposing a application aimed toward focusing disparate R and D energies right into a coherent job - a "Societal Convergence Initiative”. This research bought enter from top educational, undefined, executive, and NGO specialists from the U.S., Latin the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.