The Fourth Industrial Revolution
David Aikman
Chief Representative Officer, Greater China
Managing Director, World Economic ForumThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
David Aikman
Chief Representative Officer, Greater China
Managing Director, World Economic ForumThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
David Aikman
Chief Representative Officer, Greater China
Managing Director, World Economic ForumAgendaThe Fourth Industrial Revolution

Key Questions for Leaders
Shaping the Future4World Economic Forum Our mission

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The Forum engages the foremost political, businessand other leaders of society to shape global, regional
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connect and collaborate to improve the state of theworld6

Leaders search for answers
to increasingly complex questionsAt Annual Meeting in Davos 2017

BEFORENOWWhen is disruption
coming?

Will my organization
be disrupted?

What form will it take?
How can I prepare myself
and my organization?
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The Fundamental Transformation

New technologies
New powers
New responsibilities

9Think systems,
not technologies

Empowering,
not determining

Photo Credit: Andrew McConnell / Panos© Antoine ImbertBy design,
not by default

Values as a feature,
not a bugKey thoughts for Japan
Think systems,
not technologies

Products become means to shape
the society, not purpose.

Empowering,
not determiningThe possible consequences ofproducts to the market matter.

By design,
not by default

There is no single future. Multiple
future options with scenario
thinking.

Values as a feature,
not a bug

Enriching the human dignity at yourcenter of the solutions

The Forum’s 14 Key Strategic Focuses

Consumption

Economic
Growth andSocialInclusion

Education,
Gender andWork

EnergyEnvironment
and Natural
Resource
Security

Financial andMonetary
Systems

Food Security
andAgriculture

Health andHealthcare

Information
andEntertainmentInternational
Trade andInvestment

Long-Term
Investing,InfrastructureandDevelopment

MobilityProduction

The Digital
Economyand SocietyFundamental Transformation in Production
Production is more than manufacturing:
DesignSource

Manufacture

Assemble

Distribute

ConsumeService

End ofuse-cycle

Why production matters:~30%+850 million

>70%

~30%

Global GDP
contribution

Jobs worldwide

Global innovation(patents)

Global GHG
emissions23

Drivers Shaping the Future of Production

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Future Scenarios to design Next Models
In the space of adecade (from 2020to 2030) AI moves
to the epicenter ofthe production
calculus

Massivesupercomputers
and AI mobilized insupport ofaddressing globalchallenges

Rampant populism
and unbridledprotectionism
translate into a
profoundly unevenlandscape for
global production

Pressure is forstrong support oflocal production,customization andthe pursuit of thecircular economyFrameworks to manage the Fourth
Industrial Revolution’s waves oftransformation
Think systems, not technologies
Empowering, not determining
By design, not by default
Values as a feature, not a bug

Are you ready?

Thank you.

David Aikman
World Economic Forum
david.aikman@weforum.org

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