Business Desk :
Planning Minister M A Mannan has assured full support of the government to formulate and implement a national strategy and action plan for making Bangladesh 4IR responsive.
He was addressing as the chief guest at a webinar titled ‘Post COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Employment in the context of the current status of Skill Development and readiness for Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’, jointly organised by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and France Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB), held on Sunday, said a press release.
The misnister emphasised collective efforts of the academia, industry and the government to use the different tools of 4IR to address the challenges and harness the opportunities to promote innovations, investments and growth in line with sustainable development goals and Bangladesh’s aspirations to become a developed country by 2041.
President of CCIFB and event moderator Syed Mahmudul Huq said that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought immense pressure on individuals, enterprises and societies, and pushed them to accelerate the pace of using different 4IR tools.
He mentioned that China, South Korea and Taiwan successfully managed and mitigated the fallout of the pandemic by utilising different 4IR tools, namely artificial intelligence, big data and other emerging technologies.
“Deploying the same tools and technologies, we can create new products, new industries and new jobs”, Mr Huq said, adding these would warrant enhanced investments in science, technology and innovations in the form of a more structured national strategy and approach.
Huq urged the planning minister to lead this initiative from the front by integrating the planning and the development targets in line with 4IR and urged him to accord the highest priority for their implementation, especially in consideration of attaining sustainable development goals by 2030 and achieving the status of a developed country by 2041.
Dr Mehdi Anwar, professor of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut and keynote presenter of the event highlighted the challenges posed by cyber-enabled 4IR and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic which require industries in Bangladesh to re-orient themselves and adopt online platforms to remain globally competitive. A clear understanding of the challenges facing our industry and designing a strategy to be successful in the world dominated by internet-of-thinks (IoT), automation, deep learning and machine learning, will require a thorough understanding of all possible challenges facing our industries and global competition, establishing relevant communications and related infrastructures and generating a qualified workforce.
Planning Minister M A Mannan has assured full support of the government to formulate and implement a national strategy and action plan for making Bangladesh 4IR responsive.
He was addressing as the chief guest at a webinar titled ‘Post COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Employment in the context of the current status of Skill Development and readiness for Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’, jointly organised by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and France Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB), held on Sunday, said a press release.
The misnister emphasised collective efforts of the academia, industry and the government to use the different tools of 4IR to address the challenges and harness the opportunities to promote innovations, investments and growth in line with sustainable development goals and Bangladesh’s aspirations to become a developed country by 2041.
President of CCIFB and event moderator Syed Mahmudul Huq said that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought immense pressure on individuals, enterprises and societies, and pushed them to accelerate the pace of using different 4IR tools.
He mentioned that China, South Korea and Taiwan successfully managed and mitigated the fallout of the pandemic by utilising different 4IR tools, namely artificial intelligence, big data and other emerging technologies.
“Deploying the same tools and technologies, we can create new products, new industries and new jobs”, Mr Huq said, adding these would warrant enhanced investments in science, technology and innovations in the form of a more structured national strategy and approach.
Huq urged the planning minister to lead this initiative from the front by integrating the planning and the development targets in line with 4IR and urged him to accord the highest priority for their implementation, especially in consideration of attaining sustainable development goals by 2030 and achieving the status of a developed country by 2041.
Dr Mehdi Anwar, professor of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut and keynote presenter of the event highlighted the challenges posed by cyber-enabled 4IR and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic which require industries in Bangladesh to re-orient themselves and adopt online platforms to remain globally competitive. A clear understanding of the challenges facing our industry and designing a strategy to be successful in the world dominated by internet-of-thinks (IoT), automation, deep learning and machine learning, will require a thorough understanding of all possible challenges facing our industries and global competition, establishing relevant communications and related infrastructures and generating a qualified workforce.
