INVESTIGADORES
ESTEVEZ Elsa Clara
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Pannel: Digital Transformation Impact on Society
Autor/es:
NUNO LOPES; H.R. RAO; SEAN A. MCKENNA; SOONAE YANG; ELSA ESTEVEZ; MORTEN NIELSEN
Lugar:
Quito
Reunión:
Conferencia; 2019 Sixth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment; 2019
Institución organizadora:
University of Fribourg
Resumen:
In this panel, we are going to discuss the impact of digital transformation will have on society. Digital technologies are rapidly and profoundly changing the world in promising and threatening ways. Technologies such as Big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, 3D promise to have aprofoundly disruptive effect on the industry, business models, governance models and on the way we interact with each other in society. These unprecedented speed, scale and scope of change can provoke inequalities favoring world?s richest people become wealthier than ever and a social shock where people lose their oldreferences and competences. Which influence the globalization, circular economy, sharing economy and climate change will have on this digital transformation ? How they will shape it? (1) Left this transformation unmanaged, the technologies will shape us and in the age of artificial intelligence and biotechnologies, thiscan be very dangerous ? How we can counteract it? (2) Norms and rules are needed on different domains and levels, strategies to respond to technologies dark side and risks, leaders must be more conscious of their acts and consequences on the environment and social stability ? Can these measures help to achieve sustainabledevelopment? (3) The changes provoked by this digital transformation will affect governments, industry, and society as a whole ? How governments shall design their e-Government and Smart Cities strategies to be better prepared? (4) How industry shall design its Industry 4.0 strategy to be better prepared?