As we reflect on what’s to come in 2019, consider this: If you think the tech advances you’ve experienced since the 1990s are significant—and they are—the next couple of decades are likely to bring even bigger breakthroughs, many of which will disrupt entire industries, from energy to manufacturing, water treatment and more.

That was the message that attendees at TRSA’s recent Annual Conference & Exchange in Napa, CA, heard from futurist Vivek Wadhwa, an author and distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University. Wadhwa gave a keynote address at the conference on Oct. 17. The question he ...