Global networks connect places through business, communication, transport, production, and demographic flows. Technology has increased global connectivity, "switching on" wealthy places highly connected through goods/services production and consumption, while less contributing places remain "switched off." Recent inventions like the internet and mobile phones have further connected the world, allowing greater communication, information sharing, and economic opportunities through platforms like email, social media, e-commerce, and mobile banking. This has contributed to a smaller, more interconnected global community.
Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolut...Ainsley Brown
How can a small island developing state like Jamaica thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The answer is simply: having and implementing a vision that will allow it to secure its future in this age of disruption — the Global Logistics Hub Initiative. Jamaica’s Global Logistics Hub Initiative is Jamaica’s response for building a resilient and sustainable nation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots, automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT) — the Fourth industrial Revolution — are all tech terms that have moved into the mainstream of our everyday conversations. Unfortunately the talk is usually one of doom and gloom, punctuated by predictions such as: Robots could displace 800 million jobs. With such grim predictions, who would not pay attention? So what can a small island developing state like Jamaica do to get ready for this future?
It’s important to understand that, as William Gibson stated: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” The Fourth industrial Revolution is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed. And this represents an opportunity for Jamaica.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can be boiled down to three things:
1. Connectivity
2. Flows
3. Management of connectivity and flows.
In a word: logistics.
Competitiveness, in our globalized world is increasingly based on one’s ability to understand, connect and manoeuvre within and between the various networks that make the world work. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2014 put it succinctly: “Improving logistics performance is at the core of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.”
The big European sort? The diverging fortunes of Europe's regions - John Spri...OECD CFE
Presentation by John Springford, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, UK at the fifth meeting of the Spatial productivity Lab of the OECD Trento Centre held on 10 October 2019.
More info http://oe.cd/SPL
Harnessing Opportunities for Young People in a Fast-Changing World: The Futur...IdowuKunlereMNESMScH
A short presentation on the threats posed by technological disruptions to traditional jobs in developing economies like Nigeria’s, and how workers in various affected sectors can adapt and flourish in the emerging economy.
Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolut...Ainsley Brown
How can a small island developing state like Jamaica thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The answer is simply: having and implementing a vision that will allow it to secure its future in this age of disruption — the Global Logistics Hub Initiative. Jamaica’s Global Logistics Hub Initiative is Jamaica’s response for building a resilient and sustainable nation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots, automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT) — the Fourth industrial Revolution — are all tech terms that have moved into the mainstream of our everyday conversations. Unfortunately the talk is usually one of doom and gloom, punctuated by predictions such as: Robots could displace 800 million jobs. With such grim predictions, who would not pay attention? So what can a small island developing state like Jamaica do to get ready for this future?
It’s important to understand that, as William Gibson stated: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” The Fourth industrial Revolution is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed. And this represents an opportunity for Jamaica.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can be boiled down to three things:
1. Connectivity
2. Flows
3. Management of connectivity and flows.
In a word: logistics.
Competitiveness, in our globalized world is increasingly based on one’s ability to understand, connect and manoeuvre within and between the various networks that make the world work. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2014 put it succinctly: “Improving logistics performance is at the core of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.”
The big European sort? The diverging fortunes of Europe's regions - John Spri...OECD CFE
Presentation by John Springford, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, UK at the fifth meeting of the Spatial productivity Lab of the OECD Trento Centre held on 10 October 2019.
More info http://oe.cd/SPL
Harnessing Opportunities for Young People in a Fast-Changing World: The Futur...IdowuKunlereMNESMScH
A short presentation on the threats posed by technological disruptions to traditional jobs in developing economies like Nigeria’s, and how workers in various affected sectors can adapt and flourish in the emerging economy.
A presentation that I was paid to give in the Netherlands in 2000.
I came across it when I imported an archive from an external drive. As a futurist I'm intrigued by what I said in the past.
La presentazione del Dott. Romeo Orlandi esplora gli aspetti operativi del marketing internazionale focalizzandosi sul caso Cina.
Qual era la situazione storica di partenza, in questo Paese? Quali sono i vantaggi che è possibile intercettare nella sua emersione economica? Rappresenta una minaccia o un’opportunità? E, ancora: cosa possono fare le imprese italiane? Sono solo alcune delle domande a cui, nel corso della trattazione, si fornisce una risposta.
When Tom Murphy was Pittsburgh’s Mayor, the City launched an aggressive strategy to leverage its higher education and place-based assets to fuel and sustain its economic recovery. At the Urban Land Institute, Tom has been gathering insights on transformational best practices throughout the world. As Pittsburgh is again about to launch a new vision for the City, Tom will look back and forward on the City’s continued development and the lessons it can share with and learn from others.
• Hon. Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land
Institute and Former Mayor of Pittsburgh
It is a known fact that the history of South Africa is a journey from destructive racialism to corrective deliberation to tremendous diversity. As the day goes the realisation of unity has increased to a major level. However, there is still a huge disparity.Find how South Africa could find Solace through Inclusive Growth.
Learn about the top 5 factors to consider when investing in Toronto, and why Toronto might just be the best place to invest!
About the presenter:
Matthew Lee is an expert in Toronto Investment Real Estate, and the Managing Director at Volition Properties Inc. matthew@volitionprop.com
slides used during my intervention at the Future Urban Legacy Lab (FULL) event "innovation & startups in African cities"
http://urbanlegacylab.net/events/innovation-and-startups-in-african-cities/
A presentation that I was paid to give in the Netherlands in 2000.
I came across it when I imported an archive from an external drive. As a futurist I'm intrigued by what I said in the past.
La presentazione del Dott. Romeo Orlandi esplora gli aspetti operativi del marketing internazionale focalizzandosi sul caso Cina.
Qual era la situazione storica di partenza, in questo Paese? Quali sono i vantaggi che è possibile intercettare nella sua emersione economica? Rappresenta una minaccia o un’opportunità? E, ancora: cosa possono fare le imprese italiane? Sono solo alcune delle domande a cui, nel corso della trattazione, si fornisce una risposta.
When Tom Murphy was Pittsburgh’s Mayor, the City launched an aggressive strategy to leverage its higher education and place-based assets to fuel and sustain its economic recovery. At the Urban Land Institute, Tom has been gathering insights on transformational best practices throughout the world. As Pittsburgh is again about to launch a new vision for the City, Tom will look back and forward on the City’s continued development and the lessons it can share with and learn from others.
• Hon. Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land
Institute and Former Mayor of Pittsburgh
It is a known fact that the history of South Africa is a journey from destructive racialism to corrective deliberation to tremendous diversity. As the day goes the realisation of unity has increased to a major level. However, there is still a huge disparity.Find how South Africa could find Solace through Inclusive Growth.
Learn about the top 5 factors to consider when investing in Toronto, and why Toronto might just be the best place to invest!
About the presenter:
Matthew Lee is an expert in Toronto Investment Real Estate, and the Managing Director at Volition Properties Inc. matthew@volitionprop.com
slides used during my intervention at the Future Urban Legacy Lab (FULL) event "innovation & startups in African cities"
http://urbanlegacylab.net/events/innovation-and-startups-in-african-cities/
Topics Covered
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Computer and Computer Network
Introduction to Internet, Web & Their Growth
What is E-commerce?
Define E-commerce and Describe How it Differs From E-business
Why Study E-commerce?
Unique Features of E-commerce
Major Types and Dimensions of E-commerce
The unravelling of the 'modern infrastructural ideal' ? Holes in the networks...Fionn MacKillop
The advent of neo-liberalism and the development of new technologies have led to a weakening of the MII, in the developed and developing worlds, with varying social and spatial consequences
New technologies, especially IT, allow to discriminate between users and diversify the range and level of services offered like never before
We will analyse the problems emerging from these changes, as well as the potential positive opportunities
A key point here is the increasing differentiation of service: where before the aim was to roll out a universal and uniform system, in search of economies of scale and public policy goals, now we see attempts to occupy niches and break down users into as many categories as can be profitable
The new millennium is beginning to realize the continual efforts Africa is making in quest for greater connectivity. Internet connectivity is very crucial to make Africa engage competitively in the global economy because we are in an emerging Internet age in which information equals power. This paper presents how the Internet, the Information Superhighway, can help in developing countries in Africa. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Adedamola A. Omotoso | Sarhan M. Musa ""Africa's Connectivity"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-2 , February 2020,
URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30042.pdf
Paper Url : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/30013/obtaining-modal-parameters-in-steel-model-bridge-by-system-identification-using-artificial-neural-networks/hakan-aydin
On 2 and 3 October 2013, the GTP hosted a series of seminars and scenario planning workshops to capture ideas. In attendance at the "Imagine the Future" Seminar was a cross-sector mix of people including councillors, City and Provincial government officials, planners and urban designers, researchers, NGOS, built environment professionals, and members of the media.
This presentation by the Project Manager of the GTP considers the development drivers of the Voortrekker Road corridor for 2020, 2030 and 2040 under the theme of "the Network Society", a topic that has received a lot of attention of late.
Chaim Yudkowsky, CPA, CITP, CGMA - Byte of Success
Delivered in 1998 at an event in rural Kentucky with many dignitaries including Commissioner Furchgott-Roth of the FCC at the time.
Chp 7 lect 7 - social context of computing (shared)YUSRA FERNANDO
considers the three main social issues in computing namely, the digital divide, workplace issues like employee monitoring, and health risks, and how these issues are changing with the changing computer technology
1. Global Networks
• Learning objectives
– Know how the world is ‘connected’ through its economies,
people and environments and how technology has played
a key role
– Understand why some places are ‘switched on’ and others
‘switched off’
6. Global Networks
• There are many types of global networks;
• business and trade
— physical and financial flows
• communication networks
— e.g. the internet
• transport networks
— e.g. air travel and container/bulk shipping
• production networks
— particularly those of transnational corporations (TNCs)
• political networks
— especially those that focus on economic/trade ties
• demographic networks
— flows of people
7. Switched On and Switched Off
locations?
• ‘Switched on’ locations shows where wealth can be found,
most connected globally through the production and
consumption of goods and services.
• These areas are referred to as the Core (areas that are highly
connected). They are often fed by flows of labour from middle
and low income nations and are rich and powerful.
• Lit up at night make them both metaphorically and literally,
Switched On.
• Examples include Japan, USA and the UK
8. Switched On and Switched Off
locations?
• ‘Switched off’ locations don’t really exist,
almost nowhere is totally cut off from the rest
of the world. Expect perhaps remote
wilderness areas, eg. Indigenous populations
in the Amazon.
• Some locations make less contribution to the
global economic processes of production and
consumption. Those contributing less remain
poor.
9. 2. The role of technology in
increasing global connectivity
• New technology has always helped global
networks to operate more efficiently.
• Recent inventions in the internet and mobile
phones has meant that the world we live in is
more connected
• Easy jet are a good example of a global
network builder by using the internet and the
jet airplane.
10. How does technology lead to a smaller
world?
Turn to p112 and see how these factors have
created a smaller world.
1. Internet
2. Tourism
3. Telephones
4. Air Travel
13. 1. The internet
• 1.9B users by 2010
• Growing digital divide as require certain key
features (e.g. PC/Laptop, ISP, telephone
infrastructure, etc.)
• Growth of email and Sykpe to all improved
communication globally.
• Africa still switched off as a continent, only 10%
of population using internet.
• Benefits of internet in a development capacity
are vast (e.g. educations, business opportunities,
communication with branch plants, etc.)
19. 2. Telephones
• First telephone cable across the Atlantic replaced
need for a 3 week boat journey. TNC’s suddenly
could grow quickly.
• In parts of Africa, technical leapfrogging has taken
place as land lines have never been installed and
mobiles now are the main phone
connections.
• In 2005 a system was put in place
to allow buy cash vouchers and
transfer credit to businesses or family
via mobiles in Africa.
22. 3. Air Travel
• Airplanes have been growing in size and now
the largest can carry 550 passengers – the
Airbus A380.
• Low cost travel form companies like Easyjet
has allowed more and more people to travel.
• Airplanes have also got faster and faster.
• Concorde cut the time it took to get from
London to New York to 3hr 30mins.
23. 4. Tourism
• The internet allows exploration of more far away places. It
also allows booking of flights, holidays and tours.
• Tourism industry is therefore growing faster in developing
economies than it is in developed economies. There is a bug
desire for ‘something different’.
• Some developing countries receive 40% of GDP through
tourism (e.g. St Lucia)
• Some tourist hotspots that have received rapid growth are
Vietnam, Cuba and Madagascar.
• ‘Switching on’ by tourism requires less physical infrastructure
than hi-tech industry. However the very environment needs to
be managed so it is not loved to death.