Summary Report
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 2 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.
The background of the project is:
Emerging APEC economies face challenges
to adopt industry 4.0 technologies and to
engage into technology intensive global
value chains.
Coordination and alignment of key
stakeholders (from government, academia
and industry) within the sector is essential to
face these challenges.
In that context, Technology Roadmapping
(TRM) is a widely known methodology that
can be used to align the public and private
agenda for technology, innovation and
public policies planning with a common
vision developed between stakeholders.
This project aims to encourage SMEs to
adopt 4.0 technologies in strategic
industries for APEC economies, in order to
make them more competitive and
productive.
The structure of the report is shown below:
•
Policy recommendation paper
o Industry 4.0
o Roadmapping
•
Workshops results
o Methodology
o Drivers
o Value
o Resources
o Roadmap for implementing a roadmapping programme for I4.0 in
SMEs
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