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Francesca Spigarelli Vice Rector for Entrepreneurship and Technological Transfer, and for European Research Policy University of Macerata. The Issue and the Paradox Silicon Valley and Washington consensus & globalization... structural changes but no attention to the process.
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Francesca Spigarelli Vice Rector for Entrepreneurship and Technological Transfer, and for European Research Policy University of Macerata
The Issue and the Paradox Silicon Valley and Washington consensus & globalization... structural changes but no attention to the process Reverse the trend (with a Keynesianapproach) Local/nationalgovernments... promoteupskilling of jobsand facilitatinginstitutionalenvironment to prepare the labor force to meet the new paradigm: era of big data, artificial intelligence, mass customized production. The impact on local communities No alternative employment opportunities & ancillary economic activities destroyed. A missing solution... a missing partnership? HEIs failed to provide training/retraining to workers displaced by globalization. A new industrial renaissance, based on multi-level policies for local development grounded on EU policies and H2020priorities
Smart Specialization Strategy Sustainability Co Creation paradigm Factory of Future Circular Economy Economic and Managerial skills Humanities skills Engineering and Technical skills Legal skills Introduce new Product engineering processes (promote CE by design) Leverage on Internet of Things Design New business models (logistics, customer care, Industry 4.0) Understand human needs and community needs Support privacy by design Tackle data storage issues and use of big data Design collaborative consumption models Understand consumer behavior Data mining and data management
University and scientists: • work to produce transformative knowledge; • provide concrete solutions to specific societal challenges. sustainability co-creation role Universities “collaborate with diverse social actors to create societal transformations in the goal of materializing sustainable development in a specific location, region or societal sub-sector” [Trencher, 2016]