Draghi Report: ‘CERN’s Technologies have Generated Significant Societal Benefits’

CERN and its cutting-edge technologies have contributed greatly to society in important areas such as healthcare and tackling climate change, a report on the future of European competitiveness by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi states.

The report singles out CERN as a European success story due to its nature of bringing together European countries, institutes and organisations to provide sustained investment for high-energy physics research. As a by-product of this collaboration, CERN has been at the heart of many technological advancements beneficial for the world.

“CERN’s technologies have generated significant societal benefits, including advancements in cancer therapy, medical imaging, autonomous driving with artificial intelligence, and environmental applications of superconducting cables.”

The examples given in the Draghi report include how CERN technology has opened up new possibilities in specialised cancer treatment, improved medical imaging, contributed to advancing autonomous driving with artificial intelligence, or helped tackle climate change through environment-focused projects such as superconducting cables to transport renewable energy over long distances.