KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- Asian Productivity Organization (APO) has incorporated strategic foresight-based approach and practices to enable member countries adopt digital technologies in the industry, agriculture, public and service sectors for socioeconomic development.
APO Secretary-general, Dr. Santhi Kanoktanaporn at the APO Sustainable Productivity Summit said accelerating economic and technological changes had generated multiple global challenges ranging from climate change to emerging crises in food, energy, water, financial markets and the global economy.
He added that these changes also brought development and prosperity to much of the world. Central to this story of change has been productivity in the form of new ideas, technologies and skills that drive growth as it will remain the key engine of growth in the future.
"The rise of the Internet of Things, big data, robotics and AI had resolved social issues by creating innovative businesses and services, " said Deputy Director general of the International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Dr. Minoru Masujima in his opening remarks.
APO had set up a futures team and started using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify emerging global trends and driving forces to develop initiatives that promote not only traditional productivity but also sustainable productivity, a statement said.
The summit in Tokyo, Japan was followed by a two-day Strategic Planning Workshop where APO directors and Heads of National Productivity Organizations reviewed specific requirements and drafted future development programs. More information at http://www.apo-tokyo.org.
-- BERNAMA
APO Secretary-general, Dr. Santhi Kanoktanaporn at the APO Sustainable Productivity Summit said accelerating economic and technological changes had generated multiple global challenges ranging from climate change to emerging crises in food, energy, water, financial markets and the global economy.
He added that these changes also brought development and prosperity to much of the world. Central to this story of change has been productivity in the form of new ideas, technologies and skills that drive growth as it will remain the key engine of growth in the future.
"The rise of the Internet of Things, big data, robotics and AI had resolved social issues by creating innovative businesses and services, " said Deputy Director general of the International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Dr. Minoru Masujima in his opening remarks.
APO had set up a futures team and started using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify emerging global trends and driving forces to develop initiatives that promote not only traditional productivity but also sustainable productivity, a statement said.
The summit in Tokyo, Japan was followed by a two-day Strategic Planning Workshop where APO directors and Heads of National Productivity Organizations reviewed specific requirements and drafted future development programs. More information at http://www.apo-tokyo.org.
-- BERNAMA
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