Executive Summary
Introduction
This document reports on the activities of the “Symposium and Workshop on
Technology Roadmaps to Promote Industry 4.0 in Developing APEC Economies”
and comprises two main sections:
1. The first one, “policy recommendation paper”, analyses the speakers’
presentations, the panellists’ discussions, and the reactions of the public to draw
conclusions about the Public Policies that APEC economies may implement to foster
SME adoption of I4.0 (Industry 4.0) technologies and the role of Roadmapping in this
process.
2. The second one, “workshops results” analyses the workshops outcome to draw
conclusions on how Roadmapping can be used for the purpose of fostering I4.0
technology adoption in SME in APEC economies.
Summary
The summary of the findings is presented in the form of a roadmap. This “Roadmap
for implementing a roadmapping programme for I4.0 in SMEs” summarises in a
visual structure the key findings of the Symposium and the workshops.
You can see the Roadmap in the next page.
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