Industry 4.0

That was the title of the session I joined at the 2021 Inclusive Innovation Conference (IIC) organized by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry. The IIC aims to “discuss and track changes and progress in the country’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem and seek to harmonize strategies towards new goalposts that can further elevate the country’s innovation and competitiveness.”

Dec 18, 2021

This is a workshop on the development of the AFP integrated missile system. The activities include briefing on industry and foreign perspectives from Israel, Sweden, India, and South Korea, among others. I was tasked to talk about the Fourth Industrial Revolution with special focus on the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence and how they can impact the future of defense.

Jun 5, 2019

JCI-Marilaw, together with the Marilao City government, has organized an event in support of the International Women’s Month. Topics Livelihood and Skills Development by EF Legara Women’s Health Today by Kate Leyritana Women’s Empowerment by Christine Garcia

Mar 23, 2019

Event Description The Philippine Competition Commission (“PCC”) will organize the 2019 Forum on Competition in Developing Countries (“2019 F-CDC”) to discuss competition issues faced by the Philippines and other developing economies amid disruptive technological change. As countries climb the development ladder, innovations that drive the emergence of Industry 4.0 offer many unique opportunities to fast-track progress towards the technological frontier. Although platform technologies and applications boost market access and productivity especially for small market players or traditional sectors such as agriculture, innovations may also strengthen the market power of incumbent or dominant players.

Feb 1, 2019

The keynote address will discuss two closely-related challenges in Asia: rising inequality and the impact of technologies. As to the first challenge, growing income inequality is a global concern. Especially in the aftermath of the Asian and global financial crises, widened inequality has received a great deal of public attention. While income disparities across countries including Asia have narrowed significantly over the past several decades—thanks to the robust economic growth achieved by many low- and middle-income economies—income gaps within countries, both advanced and developing, have widened. As a source of increasing inequality, there are a number of factors listed in the literature: 4th industrial revolution, globalization, and market deregulation. Notably, on arrival of new technologies, demand for jobs that require non-routine cognitive tasks has grown faster than jobs requiring routine and manual tasks, widening wage disparities. A detailed analysis of selected Asian economies shows that over the past decade, wages have also grown faster in non-routine/cognitive types of jobs. This would create further income inequality. Hence, there are many ways in which governments can achieve inclusive growth. Supports to infrastructure investments are also critical in setting “enabling” environment of inclusive growth.

Nov 9, 2018