International Technology Congress
International Technology Congress
This week, the second International Technology Congress is taking place at the Patriot Expo Congress and Exhibition Centre. Although it is only the second congress, its scale is impressive:
- more than 4,500 participants in business-programme events;
- more than 500 speakers;
- more than 100 panel discussions, pitch sessions and round tables;
- more than 20 tracks.
The range of topics is equally impressive: hardware and software systems, big data, AI, VR/AR technologies, autonomous systems and robotics, alongside standardisation and public administration, and culminating in national projects for technological leadership.
I was pleased to speak at a session on standardising digital transformation across different industries. Experts from a range of companies and public institutions discussed the following questions:
- What standards are needed for the sustainable digital transformation of industries?
- How can we establish unified approaches to the quality of digital solutions and projects?
- What prevents digital standards from being implemented in practice?
- How can we ensure the interoperability and scalability of digital solutions across industries?
- What roles should government, business and experts play in shaping digital standards?
- What mechanisms for assessing digital maturity should be used as an industry benchmark?
I was assigned the question of the government’s role in shaping digital standards. At the beginning of my presentation, I set out an overall view of how the government should engage with business and the expert community to standardise digital transformation. I then used specific examples from my own practice to focus the audience’s attention on the aspects of that interaction that I consider important.
I was pleasantly surprised to find many experts among the speakers whom I know through the Digital Leaders of Business community: Maksim Koropchenko, Head of Marketing and Innovation, Ilya Boyko and Petr Chernyshev. The community’s organiser, Maria Mustafaeva, moderated the session. Both facts offer further proof that the circle of professionals working in digital transformation is not so large after all.
