Press conference dedicated to the “Global Conference” International School Conference, which will be held on July 13th as part of YISG-2018, took place on June 29th at the «Sakhamedia» republican media center. Organizers of the Global Conference were guests of the press conference — Maya V. Kurneva, vice-rector of the Graduate School of Innovative Management under the head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Tatyana N. Tarasova, representative of the Association of Young Economists in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The most important topics from the event are highlighted.
What is “Global Conference”?
“Global Conference» is the conference on the future of the rising generation. It will be held on July 13th as a part of YISG-2018. What the future may be, especially on the eve of the Fourth Technological Revolution? Are children ready for it?
Maya V. Kurneva: “Our – that is, adults’ — assumptions about what will happen in the future is already an old version. Therefore we would like to know what our children think and are they ready for their future, because they will have to compete not with people like before, but with robots. That’s why we have the idea to hold this conference devoted to the development of the future: to understand what young people should be to be ready for the future”.
Digital economy. What’s behind it?
Tatyana N. Tarasova: “In simple terms, digital economy is a replacement of manual labor with smart technologies and machines. This is not a separate type or branch of the economy. This is a new model of it, which can make the work of economic branches more efficient”.
Tarasova also noted that we are on the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — the century, when technologies unite digital and real worlds, and the output of products and services is automated. In this case, Tarasova says, the role of man in production decreases, and it occurs without the participation of human labor. These and other issues will be discussed during the “Global Conference”.
“Today, technologies are developing day by day, and now it is difficult to predict what will happen in twenty or thirty years. If the role of man in this world is reduced, smart technologies, robots and artificial intelligence will work, then what will people do and what professions will be in demand in this digital world? We want to draw attention to these questions on the forthcoming conference,” — Tarasova explained.
Digital technologies make life easier
“The penetration of new technologies in all spheres will make the output of products and services highly effective,” Tarasova said.
It was also highlighted that the introduction of new technologies would help to solve a number of major social and economic problems, including a shortage of personnel in education and agriculture by bringing artificial intelligence into production.
The «Smart Home» system will help to save on utility bills, because a resident can set himself how much heat, water and light he needs. As for the light, alternative sources of energy, for example, solar batteries will soon be produced. “Smart City” will be able to prevent even accidents. In banks, a large amount of work can and is already done by smart technologies.
And there are no problems?
Tatyana N. Tarasova noted that there are challenges in the introduction of new technologies into life. For example, it is a massive reduction in people from work. Further — the lag of some countries from the rest in the level of technological development.
Maya V. Kurneva: “The issue of unemployment will be one of the main topics at the conference, because someone will need to work in any case in the future. If we say that this future will happen, let it happen – we must be ready for this. And if we talk about unemployment in terms of the fact that the machines will replace human labor, then person should become much higher and take other position. We are talking about creativity. It’s possible to live with machines, it’s just that now we need to make it so that we can control them, and not they us”.
Yakutia International Science Games will be held from July 8 to 15 in Yakutsk. You can watch live broadcast of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games on the «NVK-Sakha» channel on July 8th and 14th at 8 pm Yakut time.
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