Sorry, it will be an other virtual meeting, but COVID-19 still alive… so! Go and lets go with the World Economic Forum initiative to organize the first Global Technology Governance Summit on 6-7 April 2021, as a virtual meeting, hosted by Japan. Organized in close collaboration with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Network. The inaugural gathering of the GTGS, with more than 40 governments and international organizations as well as 150 companies, will cover many key topic areas in detail.
Industry Transformation
No industry has been untouched by the global response to COVID-19. The world can no longer operate as it has, and as such markets will have to respond to its new and evolving needs. To survive, every business in the world will have to become a technology company.
Government Transformation
The transformation of government will be front-and-center in the area of digital infrastructure as technology services become an essential public utility comparable to electricity, water, or roadways.
Global Technology Governance
The extent to which the benefits of technology are maximized, and the risks mitigated depends on the quality of governance protocols – policies, norms, standards, and incentives that shape the development and deployment of technologies.
Frontier Technologies
Embracing frontier technologies will be essential across all sectors. Technologies such as 3D printing can revolutionize supply chains, enabling mass customization and offering new pathways to increase the circularity of products. or halt environmental damage caused by climate change.
Ethical artificial intelligence, blockchain
data privacy…
this Summit, builds on the work of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan and the Forum’s global Network of centres in 13 countries shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan was established in July 2018 as the first global centre in the Network outside San Francisco. Its goal is to contribute to the global development of technology governance.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of modern society. I believe that the solution to overcome these vulnerabilities are Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies,” said Akira Amari, Chairman of Parliamentary Association for the World Economic Forum, Member of the House of Representatives. “A new framework of technology governance based on the shared values of human rights and the rules of law is pressing issue for our society.”
All sessions are livestreamed on the Forum’s website.
For more information about the projects, explore the Centre’s portfolio of work.