For the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved within the stipulated time-frame, it is essential that the targets within the main goals are executed at both local and national levels. Mainstreaming the SDGs into local/national development planning policies can ensure that the SDGs are progressed on simultaneously with the existing national targets. In this scenario, new and emerging technologies could serve as the fulcrum for realization of the SDGs and their associated targets.

The ongoing digitalization will change, if not revolutionize, a range of industrial business models in the near future. We will see a growing market within data driven services, accumulated data worldwide leading to new business developments, leasing instead of sales etc. Some companies have already started the digital transformation process and will gain massively on this, especially if the competitors are too slow to follow. With the participation...

You have probably heard about Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) – and if not, you need to get familiar with the term as soon as possible. Why? Because this transaction and “new” business model changes and challenges some of the traditional business models that we have been using for decades. Why pay for a product when you can just pay for the desired result instead?PaaS allows customers to purchase a desired result rather than the equipment that delivers that result. This model offers ben...

Blockchain and IoT make it possible for connected devices to send data in shared transactions with immutable records – without the need for central control and management. But how mature is the blockchain technology? And what is the best way for companies to get started?Design will play a major role in ensuring that these disruptive te...

In this panel, Mette Walsted Vestergaard will be moderating a discussion about IoT in our cities, communities and companies and how to address the legalities of data protection and security. Peter Lind Nielsen, Senior Asociate at Bech-Bruun will be sharing his expertise on the legal aspects of procurement, development and implementation of new technology, e.g. robots and AI.In a connected world the integrated services is the...