It was created to promote greater competition around new software that provides effectiveness to digital health used in Colombia's health systems for social and economic improvement.
In order to positioning itself as the Latin American leader in studies and public policies related to 4.0 technologies, the Colombian government has inaugurated the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution based in the city of Medellin.
The official opening event of the Center had an impact throughout the country and was attended by the President Iván Duque and Murat Sönmezmember of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum and the director of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).
The construction of this venue for new technologies was decreed in the last World Economic Forum, a summit in which Medellin was chosen as the first Latin American city. Other cities that already have a similar center are located in China, India and Japan, all under the same Global Network whose headquarters are located in San Francisco.
The intention promises the preparation of young people who can run for jobs in the tech branch and get better wages and job growth. The objectives of the Centre will always have social benefit and the maximization of economic performance in the main eye thanks to new technologies. All this is due to the same definition that Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, gave on the Fourth Industrial Transformation: "the combination of digital, physical and biological systems for the transformation of humanity."
The implementation of 4.0 technologies will only be the beginning in Medellin , since its mayor,Federico Gutiérrez, promises to create policies aimed at preventing and regulating the impact of the accelerated development of global technology.
For such an effort, the Colombian authorities understand that an alliance with the private sector must be achieved. Some of the most prolific economic activities in which this new course towards the Fourth Transformation could impact include agriculture, chemicals, textiles, transport, security and surveillance. These efforts will also lead the State to improve public sector processes and the relationship between government and citizen.
For his part the Minister of Industry and Tourism, José Manuel Restrepo, has clarified from the beginning the organization chart designed for the new technological center highlighting that "there will be three people at the head of each project: the one that handles the issues of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. They can link academy or public sector actors who will be able to participate in these projects."
Beyond the innovative and technological part, the creation of this Centre by the World Economic Forum seeks a human advancement. It is understood as a platform for ethical and social debate from which national and international policies that benefit people come. New specializations such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are expected to propel Colombia as a continental benchmark in issues of advanced public policy and digital social service.
It is hoped that, over time and continuity, this project will bear fruit for the creation of rigorous public policies based on regulating the ethical implications in the use of new technologies with the aim of creating adaptable and dynamic work environments with the cooperation of government and business.
