Conveners
Economic and societal impact of technology: Session 1
- Osman AHMED
Economic and societal impact of technology: Session 3
- Monica Cariola (IRCRES-CNR National Research Council of Italy)
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Dr MARCIA MAY (UFPR)15/05/2017, 10:30Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)The open innovation practice as proposed by (CHESBROUGH, 2003; 2013) is directly related to the organization's business model. Although the themes of open innovation and business model are discussed in the international literature with assorted characteristics, there is a research gap involving empirical studies in the context of public companies, since the literature focuses on...Go to contribution page
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Mr Mohamed Fouad El Nawawy (Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center)15/05/2017, 10:52Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Egypt and India are both developing countries where ICT industry is a driver for economic growth. The World Bank outlines requirements necessary to adopt a knowledge economy which include (Rizk et al, 2015): A sound institutional and economic regime, An effective educational system, necessary to produce a qualified workforce, Telecommunications Infrastructure. These requirements, in addition...Go to contribution page
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Ms Asmaa Ibrahim (Engineer)15/05/2017, 11:14Economic and societal impact of technologyPresentation only (Category B)Cognitive computing is a result of the radical advance in the evolution of computing, which transforms the business operation. It will give many opportunities for business to prosper. It will generate new business models and change the way of industries operation. Now, there are many startups have been established based on cognitive computing and availing cognitive systems. The major...Go to contribution page
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Dr Daniela Althoff Philippi (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso de Sul/Universidade Nove de Julho)15/05/2017, 11:36Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Radical innovations are relevant in economic development and for the agribusiness, mainly in social development, among other factors, due to increased food consumption in the world. The number of enterprises that have adopted the concept of open innovation is on the rise, seeking research sources and development (R&D) in other organizations such as universities. Assuming that innovations...Go to contribution page
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Christine Milchram15/05/2017, 15:30Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Smart energy systems are considered an important enabler in the transition to more sustainable energy systems, because they support the integration of rising shares of renewable energy sources into energy systems. “Smart” means that energy networks are equipped with ICT technologies to account for higher volatility and a larger number of decentral production sites that come with wind and solar...Go to contribution page
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Dr Andréa Paula Segatto (Federal University of Paraná), Dr Fernanda Salvador Alves (Federal University of Paraná)15/05/2017, 15:52Economic and societal impact of technologyPresentation only (Category B)The innovative capacity of a country or region is conditioned by the result of the relations between economic, political and social actors, with local cultural and institutional conditions (CASSIOLATO, LASTRES, 2008). In Brazil, such capacity depends on which region occurs and how the National Innovation Systems (NIS) policies are managed. Interrelated institutions that contribute to the...Go to contribution page
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Mr Arnesh Telukdarie (University of Johannesburg)15/05/2017, 16:14Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)The ability to predict the supply and demand of global energy, water and resources is a challenge. Specific models have been researched for individual logistics. This research focuses on the application of system engineering together with agent based models, developing country specific supply and demand networks. These networks are adopted as multi-variable conduit with the ability to predict...Go to contribution page
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Dr Monica Cariola (IRCRES-CNR National Research Council of Italy)15/05/2017, 16:36Economic and societal impact of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)**Introduction and purpose** - Italian fishing fleet is second in Europe for number of vessels and total power and fourth for gross tonnage (Cariola et al., 2014). The bottom trawling fishing with otter boards represents the 19% of the Italian fishing fleets and is the most impacting for the environment because is both a high energy intensive, with important fuel costs, and a high...Go to contribution page