MANUFACTURING 4.0: STEPS TOWARDS A FUTURE VISION: DECEMBER 11-12, HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will host its sixth edition of the World Manufacturers Forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on December 11-12. As usual, a widely ranged high-calibre keynote speaking line-up drawing from academics, consumer-goods, electronics, and other sectors will present on “Manufacturing 4.0: steps towards a future vision.”
Main topics of this year’s event:
The World Manufacturers Forum 2018 will discuss the following stimulating topics with its 200+ C-level audience:
- Software and innovative technologies
- Workforce in a changing landscape
- Industry 4.0 implementation phase
- Raw materials disruption
Keynote Speakers:
- Dean Shaw, Industry Solutions Director, Asia-Pacific, Microsoft Singapore
- Nick Russell, Founder, Project X, London
- Martin Strommer, Head of Commercial and Consultant, nCinga Innovations, Singapore
- Mark Jarvis, Managing Director, World Textile Information Network (WTiN)
- Kanji Kajiwara, Research fellow, Coordinator, Shinshu University, Japan
- Catherine Cole, Executive Director, MOTIF empowered by Alvanon, Hong Kong
Moderated by Edwin Keh, CEO, The Hong Kong Research Institute for Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA)
The State of Skills: Human Labor In The Digital Age – Day 1, Dec 11th 2018, at 14:00H
by Catherine Cole, Executive Director, MOTIF empowered by Alvanon, Hong Kong
As digitalization takes place across the supply chain, staff need to contend with new skills – from understanding big-data facilitated buying and merchandising, to 3D design, to automation, through to new, more collaborative ways of managing product life cycles.
- The State of the Skills 2018 – presentation of industry report and implications
- Digital & automated businesses at a war for talent
- What digitization and automation mean for the current workforce
- Case studies: How to tackle the apparel industry’s digital skills gap
About Catherine Cole: She is the Executive Director of MOTIF, Alvanon’s industry online learning platform. Catherine has over 25 years experience working with multinationals and start-ups across Asia in business development, marketing and strategy roles for companies such as Samsung, Evergreen International Airlines and Typhoon consulting.
