Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit opens: ‘It’s in our hands to make sure that manufacturing is a force of good in the world.’

Tuesday 28 March 2017

Abu Dhabi - MENA Herald: The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) opened in Abu Dhabi, this morning with remarks from Simon Baptist, Global Chief Economist, EIU, The Economist, who highlighted the great opportunity offered by the Summit for bringing different sectors together, emphasising that manufacturing is a positive contributor to economies.

“Trends such as automation, robotics and artificial intelligence are really changing the way that manufacturing happens,” said Baptist. “The question I would like to pose to the GMIS audience over the next few days is ‘How can we make sure, as governments, as civil society actors, and as corporations, that manufacturing makes a positive contribution to the future?’ It’s in our hands to make sure that it happens, but it won’t happen unless we take actual, active steps to make sure that policy settings are right, and that corporates are acting in the right ways so that manufacturing is a force of good in the world, rather than a source of fear and unemployment.”

The inaugural Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit is taking place at the Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, UAE, until March 30, 2017, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

The Summit, which is co-chaired by the UAE Ministry of Economy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is the world’s first global gathering for the manufacturing community, bringing together decision-making leaders from governments, businesses and civil society organisations to shape a vision for the sector’s future.

The Summit is a global platform for participating attendees to learn from best practices from across the world. This unprecedented global gathering will spark new ideas and set the stage for debate and action – addressing ways in which manufacturing can shape and reshape the world, integrating activities between developed and emerging markets, and delivering on social responsibility towards future generations.

Leaders from the public and private sectors, along with representatives from civil society organisations, will gather to discuss global challenges within the manufacturing sector, looking specifically at six themes: technology and innovation; global value chains; skills, employment and education; sustainability and environment; infrastructure; standards, and stakeholder alignment.

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