Policy Recommendation Paper
The “Symposium and Workshop on Technology Roadmaps to Promote Industry 4.0
in Developing APEC Economies” consisted of 4 sessions. In each session, a
Speaker made a 45–60-minutes presentation followed by a panel discussion (with 23 panellists in each session). The session was finalised by a Q&A sub-session in
which the public was able to raise questions to the speaker and panellists.
The sessions topics (see table 1) were focused on two key subjects: a) Industry 4.0,
and b) Roadmapping. The analysis of the speakers’ presentation, the panellists’
discussions, and the reaction of the public in this report are analysed and presented
following these two key subjects.
Session and topic
Speaker(s) & panellists
Session 1
Speaker: Thorsten Korner (Robert Bosch GmbH) – GERMANY
Industry 4.0: Types,
Technology Transfer, Global
trends
Panellist 1: Willson Deng (ArcStone Pte.) - SINGAPORE
Panellist 2: Jonathan Blanchard Smith (Sami Consulting) –
UNITED KINGDOM
Panellist 3: Andres Arias (Vector Consulting) – COLOMBIA
Speakers: Rob Phaal & Eoin O'Sullivan (Cambridge University)
UNITED KINGDOM
Session 2:
Importance of Roadmap,
Public Policies and
Collaboration between
Stakeholders
Session 3:
Panellist 1: Yuta Hirose (Cambridge University) - JAPAN
Panellist 2: Jonathan Castillo Alvarez (Quintil Valley) - CHILE
Panellist 3: Bernard Killian (Incae Business School) – GERMANY
Speaker: Ricardo Gonzalez (IfM Engage – Cambridge University)
– MEXICO
Roadmapping Case Studies
Session 4:
Industry 4.0 for SMEs
Panellist 1: Alfonso Avila Robinson (Tecnologico de Monterrey) MEXICO
Panellist 2: Pamela Antonioli (Hub de Innovacion Minero) - PERU
Panellist 3: Rocio Fonseca Chamorro (InnovaChile - CORFO) CHILE
Speaker: Chao-Chiun Liang (Industrial Technology Research
Institute - ITRI) – CHINESE TAIPEI
Note: In this session there were no panellists.
Table 1: Sessions & participants
Industry 4.0
Sessions 1 and 4 focused on Industry 4.0, the former on “Industry 4.0: Types,
Technology Transfer, Global trends” and the latter on “Industry 4.0 for SMEs”. The
key learnings from these sessions are summarised below:
From Session 1:
Industry 4.0 Definitions (human participation & connectivity)
Mr Korner proposed the following definition of I4.0 contrasting what it is and what it is
not (see table 2):
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