If you think you are having a hard time now keeping up with the pace of change in technology then get ready to move to an even higher speed.
At the 23rd IFIP World Computer Congress 2016 Industry Prospect Conference in Daejeon, South Korea delegates were warned of an impending Digital Quake driven by disruptive mega trends. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. Significant support was provided by a number of hosts:
- Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion (IITP);
- Korea Electronics Association (KEA);
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI);
- Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI);
- Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI);
- National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA);
- Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA)
Among the presentations, Gartner provided the attendees with tips about the top trends for 2016 and warnings of an impending digital quake were received from a globally respected industry pioneer.
Disruptive Megatrends
Canadian industry pioneer, founding Chair of the Global Industry Council with IFIP IP3, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Stephen Ibaraki, gave a keynote presentation to the large audience in the 1500 seat grand convention hall on the ICT Megatrends tipped to create a future digital quake likely to cause 80 per cent global disruption. In doing so, he cited the work of Pedro Domingos, Computer Science Professor at the University of Washington and winner of the SIGKDD Innovation Award, ICT’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
