Critical elements of successful industry 4.0 policy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Session 288
This session will explore the information and communications technologies that are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); how countries, can especially developing ones, can maximize their potential to extract value from ICTs and industries in 4IR; and what policies policymakers should implement in their countries to take optimal advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
Stephen Ezell is Vice President, Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and Director of ITIF’s Center for Life Sciences Innovation. He also leads the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance. His areas of expertise include science and technology policy, international competitiveness, trade, and manufacturing. Ezell is the coauthor of Innovating in a Service-Driven Economy: Insights, Application, and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012).
- AL C1 logo C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
- AL C2 logo C2. Information and communication infrastructure
- AL C3 logo C3. Access to information and knowledge
- AL C4 logo C4. Capacity building
- AL C5 logo C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
- AL C6 logo C6. Enabling environment
- AL C7 E–BUS logo C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business
- Goal 1 logo Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Goal 3 logo Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
- Goal 7 logo Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- Goal 8 logo Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
- Goal 9 logo Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
- Goal 10 logo Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
- Goal 11 logo Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Goal 13 logo Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts