Global Technology Governance Summit 2021

As the world undergoes a great reset, our ability to harness and disseminate the new technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will play a key role in ensuring our recovery from the pandemic and the avoidance of future crises. However, if not directed with purpose, the 4IR has the potential to exacerbate inequality. We must take proactive steps to ensure technology adoption does not heighten abuse of power, bias, wealth disparities, exclusion and loss of livelihoods.

The World Economic Forum is convening the first Global Technology Governance Summit in Tokyo and virtually on 6–7 April 2021 in close collaboration with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Network. This global network comprises more than 40 governments and international organizations as well as 150 companies.

The inaugural gathering of the GTGS will cover the following key topic areas in detail:

  • Industry Transformation: No industry has been untouched by the global response to COVID-19. The world can no longer operate as it has, and as such markets will have to respond to its new and evolving needs. To survive, every business in the world will have to become a technology company.

Collaborating for impact

The inaugural Global Technology Governance Summit will convene leaders from more than 50 governments and 600 companies worldwide.

Among the stakeholders are senior public figures, policy- makers, executives and experts from:

  • Government

More than 40 working sessions will engage stakeholders in:

  • Developing, piloting and scaling up agile and human-centred tools that can be adopted by policy- makers, legislators, businesses and regulators worldwide

En Español

A medida que el mundo experimenta un gran reinicio, nuestra capacidad para aprovechar y difundir las nuevas tecnologías de la Cuarta Revolución Industrial (4IR) desempeñará un papel clave para garantizar nuestra recuperación de la pandemia y evitar crisis futuras. Sin embargo, si no se dirige con un propósito, el 4IR tiene el potencial de exacerbar la desigualdad. Debemos tomar medidas proactivas para garantizar que la adopción de tecnología no aumente el abuso de poder, los prejuicios, las disparidades de riqueza, la exclusión y la pérdida de medios de vida.

El Foro Económico Mundial está convocando la primera Cumbre de Gobernanza Tecnológica Global en Tokio y virtualmente del 6 al 7 de abril de 2021 en estrecha colaboración con la Red del Centro para la Cuarta Revolución Industrial (C4IR). Esta red global comprende más de 40 gobiernos y organizaciones internacionales, así como 150 empresas.

La reunión inaugural del GTGS cubrirá en detalle las siguientes áreas temáticas clave:

  • Transformación de la industria: Ninguna industria se ha visto afectada por la respuesta global a COVID-19. El mundo ya no puede funcionar como lo ha hecho y, como tal, los mercados tendrán que responder a sus necesidades nuevas y cambiantes. Para sobrevivir, todas las empresas del mundo deberán convertirse en empresas de tecnología.

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Dr Gabriel Rebollón G.

Turn ideas into action and prepare to persevere. — Doctor, Social Entrepreneur and Founder. — gabrielrebollon.com