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The presentation touches upon issues of strategic futures, digital twins, blockchain and the development of skills in the context of investment policy.
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Digital Economy and Investment Policy Randeep Sudan Global Lead for Digital Strategy and Government Analytics World Bank
Outline • The What • Strategic Foresight • Strategizing around data – example of a keystone initiative • Creating digital twins – leapfrog strategies • Blockchain – a platform opportunity • The How • Digital Infrastructure • Skills development
Strategic Foresight (An illustrative list of organizations) • UK Foresight Office • Policy Horizons Canada • Center for Strategic Foresight (Korea) • European Strategy and Policy Analysis System • Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization - CSIRO Futures (Australia) • Committee for the Future (Finland) • Centre d'Analysestratégique (France) • Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) • Center for Strategic Futures (Singapore)
Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 • Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Machine Learning • Intelligent Apps • Intelligent Things • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality • Digital Twins • Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers • Conversational Systems • Mesh App and Service Architecture • Digital Technology Platforms • Adaptive Security Architecture
Exponential growth of data • Volume of data flows has increased 45 times since 2005 (McKinsey). • Annual global IP traffic reached 1.1 ZB per year by the end of 2016 (Cisco). • A zettabyte is equal to one sextillion (1021) or 270 bytes. • Need for a National Policy/Strategy on Data
Cyber risk insurance • AIG: requests for cyber insurance policies increased by 87 per cent in Asia year on year compared to the same period following WannaCry: Financial Times, August 9, 2017 • WannaCry affected organizations in 150 countries, including Britain’s National Health Service, FedEx, Renault and Telefónica. • 2015 OECD Council Recommendation on Digital Security Risk Management for Economic and Social Prosperity: National strategies could include incentives for businesses to measure and manage their exposure to cyber risk. Source: Cyber insurance market expected to grow after WannaCry attack FT, May 16, 2017
Keystone Initiative on Cyber Risk Insurance • Take stock of data, assign a monetary value to data and secure data assets. • Market mechanism to ensure data security • Better information on data and data valuations could help creation of data markets, and better regulation of data flows. • Country could emerge as a secure data location internationally. • Potential test bed and learning platform for global insurance companies in cyber-risk insurance. • The initiative could also provide opportunities for the development of blockchain based insurance models that track data assets thereby lowering costs of insurance and supporting innovation.
‘Digital Reality’ • Rapid reskilling of workforce • eCommerce: • $4 trillion in merchandise abandoned in online shopping carts in 2014 (RetailNext) • AR applications • Lego: AR powered kiosks and product boxes • Converse: virtual shoes • Ikea: AR catalog app • Urban planning • Major players: Microsoft (Hololens), Facebook (Oculus), Apple (ARKit), Samsung, Magic Leap…
The Internet Major Milestones Internet of Data Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn TCP/IP protocol allowing data to be sent from one computer to another Internet of Content Tim Berners Lee The World Wide Web allowed for content to be shared between computers on a network Internet of Value Satoshi Nakamoto Blockchain allows value to be shared in a Trustless environment
Blockchain • By 2027 10% of global GDP will be stored on Blockchain (World Economic Forum) • Dubai • 100% government transactions by 2020 • 1000 companies • 27 countries: travel (ObjectTech)
International Outreach Vietnam may need to focus more systematically on the opportunities in Blockchain
Bandwidth • 8K TV: 300 Mbps • Pacific Light Cable Network (Google, Facebook, TE SubCom and Pacific Light Data Communication) • HK to Los Angeles: 120 Tbps • Marea (Facebook) • Virginia Beach to Bilbao: 160 Tbps • Network slicing: European Union financing $8.9 million for 5G
Labor Market Analytics • Better understanding of demand • Job postings, Patent filings, venture capital investments, stock markets, journals, unstructured data Jobs posted by Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers
Skills Development: Two Examples (University 42 and Flatiron School)
In conclusion • Need for a strategic futures approach at the highest level • Keystone initiatives for attracting investments • Next generation digital infrastructure • New approach to skills development • New institutional structures for policy making