Opening the RQ2020 Conference
Risk Quotient 2020, an international conference co-hosted by KAIST and the National University of Singapore (NUS), brought together world-leading experts from academia and industry to help Asia navigate the post-COVID-19 and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) eras.
The online conference was held on October 29 from 10 a.m. Korean time under the theme “COVID-19 Pandemic and A Brave New World”. It was streamed live on YouTube.
The Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (KPC4IR) at KAIST organized this conference in collaboration with the Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) at NUS.
In his opening remarks, KAIST President Sung-Chul Shin expressed his appreciation for the Asian populations’ greater trust in and compliance with their governments, which have given the continent a leg up against the coronavirus. He then emphasized that by working together through the exchange of ideas and global collaboration, we will be able to shape ‘a brave new world’ to better humanity.
During the conference, global leaders examined the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on areas including digital innovation, education, the workforce, and the economy. They then highlighted digital and 4IR technologies that could be utilized to effectively mitigate the risks and challenges associated with the pandemic, while harnessing the opportunities that these socioeconomic effects may present. Their discussions mainly focused on the Asian region.
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