{"id":282521,"date":"2020-10-20T18:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=282521"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T15:22:07","slug":"industry-4-0-and-pandemic-bring-countries-closer-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/industry-4-0-and-pandemic-bring-countries-closer-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry 4.0 and pandemic bring countries closer together"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 While travel costs used to make foreign relations more difficult, new agreements and deals are now taking place online. Lecturers on the second day of the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries<\/a> discussed the competitive advantages of the post-pandemic world and how urgent it is to adopt the concepts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0.<\/p>\n

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Hanafy moderated the panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis online forum is a good example to show how digital relations are stronger in the last few months,” Orient Planet director-general Nidal Abou Zaki said from his office in the United Arab Emirates. \u201cWe have new rules in place, new laws. Previously we had to sign the same page of a contract. Now we sign it remotely. The world has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The secretary-general of the Union of Arab Chambers and moderator at the panel \u201cA New Order in International Business,\u201d Khaled Hanafy from Egypt observed that the changes from the last five years have further accelerated during the pandemic. \u201cIn 1995, we started talking about globalization and internet,\u201d Hanafy said. \u201cNow we are witnessing the Industry 4.0, a concept first introduced by economist Klaus Schwab in his book The Fourth Industrial Revolution from 2016. But everything will be much faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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C\u00e2mara: Technologies flow freely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

C4IR Brasil (Center for the Forth Industrial Revolution) executive director Lucas C\u00e2mara pointed out that the pandemic has made it even more urgent for countries to regulate emerging technologies that are the pillars of the Industry 4.0, including Internet of things, artificial intelligence, robotics, and 3D printing.<\/p>\n

According to C\u00e2mara, the main point is the need for collaboration between the countries. \u201cJust as the virus doesn\u2019t see geographic barriers, the technologies \u2013 particularly the data \u2013 flow freely between the countries,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must leave the individualism aside, find new success metrics besides the GDP and build confidence between the people so that the technologies can properly get in the society.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Martinelli: Interest in collaboration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

InovaHouse3D founder Juliana Martineli of Brazil said that the technology of her company, which developed Latin America\u2019s first concrete 3D printer for civil construction, aims at collaborating with other countries. \u201cOur mission is putting this technology out into the world,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are open to share our technology and expertise in materials and machinery.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pandemic has brought countries closer together and fast-tracked the adoption of digital tools. Export Autonomous Establishment of Exports Control and Coordination (EACCE) secretary-general Najeeb Al-Azouzi pointed out that the economy in his country, Morocco, was also unexpectedly affected by COVID-19. \u201cTo keep doing business, we streamlined the digital program to perform inspection in food products and took agricultural trade shows to the virtual environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Azouzi participated from Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After all, event and leisure tourism were some of the most impacted markets. \u201cHow will the traveler\u2019s behavior change in the short to medium term?\u201d CrescentRating CEO and founder Fazal Bahardeen from Singapore wondered. One priority now is providing security. According to the executive, the recovered will be divided into four phases: domestic tourism, \u201ctravel bubbles\u201d \u2013 partnerships between neighboring countries with low infection levels \u2013 regional tourism, and only then international tourism.<\/p>\n

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Bahardeen talked bout the tourism market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The talks of all participants in the panel showed how the pandemic has accelerated the paradigm shift that this new revolution imposes on business and how people interact, produce, purchase and learn. \u201cWe are very confident that the pandemic will pass,\u201d C4IR Brasil executive director said. \u201cBut the fourth industrial revolution will not pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Union of Arab Chambers and the Arab League, the online event started on Monday (19) and runs until Thursday (22). Journalist and TV anchor Renata Maron is the forum’s host. In addition to the panels, there is a virtual exhibition where Brazilian and Arab companies showcase their products and services.<\/p>\n

Check out the full coverage on ANBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Special report by Camila Balthazar for ANBA.<\/em><\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rodrigo Rodrigues\/ABCC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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