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1. iTogether for Business Innovations
Innovating together benefiting all
By Tariq Alam
Date : November 2021

2. Technological Trends > Mega Convergence
● Technologies
● Emerging Technologies
■ Automation - Robotics and AI; 5G and IoT; 3D Printings and New materials; Metaverse; Self Driving Cars
● Clean Technologies due to climate focus
■ Solar and wind energies; Storages -batteries; Electric Vehicles; Precision Farming; Lab-grown agri-products;
Compostable materials;
● Blockchain and Digital Currencies
■ Blockchain technologies
■ Crypto Currencies - Bitcoin, Etherium, Digital Yuan
● Speed of Change / Development
○ Volume - number of people and companies; Investment, Computing Power, Internet- knowledge share,
● Technology power shift towards East by 2025 - 2030
○ China and Asia

3. Background - Impacts of Emerging Technologies
● Economy
○ Higher economic growth and productivity;
○ Digital Economy
○ Gig / Freelance workforce
○ Local vs Global
● Business
○ Digital Transformation
○ Cost reduction and efficiency improvement;
○ Customer expectations are shifting towards online, real-time, and on-demand
○ A platform business model creates value by facilitating exchanges between consumers and producers
● Social
○ Online / Virtual Community is based on interest and ideology;
○ Social media based culture shift - political, religion, social cause, issues
● Individual
○ Virtual identity; virtual interaction;
○ Google memory; attention deficit; less creativity and more copy paste

4. Data driven innovation and business models
Industrial Revolution Economy Powered By Energy Economy Managed By
Communication
Economy Developed By Innovation
1st Revolution (1750-
1850)
Coal Telegraph Steam Engine powered machines for
factories
2nd Revolution
(1851-1960)
Coal, Oil Telephone, Radio, TV Oil/gas engine powered machines for
heavy industries
3rd Revolution
(1961-2015)
Mix- Coal, Oil, Renewable
Energies and others
Telephone, Radio, TV, Computer and
Internet, SmartPhone
Computers, Software-automation,
Websites
4th Revolution
(2016 -)
Renewable Energies, Batteries
and Others
Internet 2, 5G Network, Computer,
SmartPhone
Data Driven, Cloud based AI Service
- Agriculture,
- Health care
- Education
- Finance
- Factories

5. Background - Opportunities and Threats of Technologies
Area Opportunity Threats / Risks
Social and Economic Equality Inequality
Health and Environment Improve Damage
Business Development Small Business / Decentralized Platform Large Corporation / Centralized Platform
Job Style Freedom - Entrepreneurship Control - Job
Human Interaction Privacy and Innovation Surveillance and Suppression
iTogether Approach - to minimize risks and negative impacts of technology on society and economy

6. Bangladesh 2030 - Technology Impacts and Opportunities
Risks
● Garments export will declined drastically
○ Economic downturn
○ Nationalism, local economy for job creation
○ Automation, sustainable fashion and new materials
● Remittance will be much lower
○ Lower oil price
○ Automation and tech savvy skilled human
resources
Opportunities
● Affordable Healthcare Service for all
○ AI , and IoT, wearable devices
○ Telehealth
● Smart Agriculture for self-sufficient and self reliance
○ AI and IoT
○ Vertical Agriculture
● Online Education for skilled human resources
○ Self learning with AI assisted
○ Skill based certification for continues evolving job
markets
● Renewable energy everywhere
○ Solar and batteries technologies

7. iTogether for Business Innovations
The aim of iTogether is to
● Develop sustainable innovative business
models utilizing emerging technologies
● Create and support social entrepreneurs through
resources and training
● Build and support collaborative and learning
platform to develop skilled human resources in the
field of emerging technologies
Primary Business Areas
● Software (Opensource)
● Healthcare
● Data and Analytics
● Agriculture
● Energy

8. Business Projects
● Software (Opensource) as a Service
The plan of the project is to build a Software as a Service platform for providing various software services to Small and Medium
enterprises for improving operational efficiency through social entrepreneurs.
● Training as a Service (with AI assistance)
The plan of the project is to build a Training as a Service platform for providing practical skills and knowledge to build technical savvy
workforce, problem solver and social entrepreneurs.
● Data and Analytics as a Service
The plan of the project is to build a data innovation enablement platform for enabling business innovations through new ideas;
supporting better decision-making through insights and dashboards, and impacting operational efficiency improvement.
● Smart Healthcare as a Service
The aim of the project is to build a smart healthcare service platform for monitoring vital health signs, suggesting healthy lifestyle;
delivering healthcare services using smart health products, AI and mobile devices.
● Smart Agriculture as a Service
The plan of the project is to build a smart agriculture service platform for monitoring crop quality, soil conditions; detecting weeds and
pests; and delivering actionable recommendations using smart IoT, AI, and mobile devices.
● Energy as a Service

9. Success and Benefit
Why the businesses will be successful
● Free Open Source Software - very low upfront costs
to build service
● Platform business model for lowering operating
costs and network effect for scale
● AI applications for reducing service costs and
creating new revenue streams
● Subscription based service for recurring revenue
● Global partners for knowledge and resources
sharing
● Local and global network for service design,
continues innovation and resource sharing
Business Benefits / Social Impacts
● Technology benefits to all
● Entrepreneurship and job opportunities
● Tech-savvy workforce
● Awareness and policy advocates
● Continues social innovations through network
and collaboration
● Knowledge gain and social capital building
● Unlock new sources of value creation
● Create meaningful trustworthy connections
between customers and producers