Research, Technologies, Innovation and Employment

21 Oct Sustainable Manufacturing Production of Naturally Development and Introduction of Industry 4.0 (16 pages) SLO

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2016
Recommendations for Slovenia becoming a state of innovative, export-oriented, high-tech companies. Proposals for cooperation between scientist, educators, managers and other experts with competence for enforcing innovative development in enforcing the concept Industry 4.0.
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21 Oct Key Measures for Technology and Innovation Breakthrough of Slovenia (2 pages) SLO

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2016
IAS has organised together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia a conference with the title “3rd Strategic Conference of Slovenia 5.0, Innovation and Technology Breakthrough of Slovenia”. Product of the conference are 5 key measures for Technology and Innovation Breakthrough of Slovenia; circulation of researchers, reform of higher education, change of funding of R&D, change of tax and investment policies, Industry 4.0 and digitalisation.
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21 Oct Yearbook of Slovenian academy of Engineering 2015 (90 pages) SLO

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2016
Statements and recommendations on technical education in Slovenia from high school to university education is a product of the IAS working group for education. The statements were designed through the process of 2 thematic evenings and a final round table with IAS members and other experts, non-members of the Academy.
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21 Oct Industry 4.0 and Urban Development – The Case of India

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2015
Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing are topics of a high international relevance. They are currently intensively discussed both in the academic literature, and in practice within the framework of Industry 4.0 which refers to the so-called 4th industrial revolution. They depend to a high degree on the availability of adequate digital infrastructures and well-functioning logistics systems, and they have a number of repercussions on cities and regions.
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21 Oct Industry 4.0, Urban Development and German International Development Cooperation

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2016
Industry 4.0 has high potential to positively impact the economic development of cities in developing countries and emerging economies. It can help to promote a green urban economy and contribute to sustainable development. However, the success of its potential benefits is also dependent on the appropriate economic and urban framework conditions being in place.
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21 Oct Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index – Managing the Digital Transformation of Companies

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2017
Digitally connected industrial production promises faster and more efficient processes – in development and production, services, marketing & sales and for adapting entire business models. Agility and the ability to make changes in real-time are key strategic characteristics of successful companies in Industrie 4.0. To acquire these features, it is necessary to create a continuously expanding data base. However, a company’s organisational structure and culture also play an important part in determining whether this data’s potential is leveraged effectively. This acatech STUDY describes a new tool for helping manufacturing enterprises to forge their own individual path towards becoming a learning, agile company. The acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index is a six-stage maturity model that analyses the capabilities in the areas of resources, information systems, culture and organisational structure that are required by companies operating in a digitalised industrial environment. The attainment of each development stage promises concrete additional benefits for manufacturing companies. The model’s practical application was validated in a medium-sized company.
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21 Oct Autonomous Systems – Opportunities and risks for business, science and society (Short Version)

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2017
no English short version available.
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21 Oct Innovativeness, creativity and development

Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
2012
The book is a result of studies by the "Poland 2000 Plus" Forecast Committee PAS on innovativeness, creativity and development in the context of globalisation. Part I of the book dwells on questions of innovativeness and creativity. Subsequent articles (chapters) highlight the need for precisely discerning between ground-breaking and daily innovations and for focusing on individual and social creativity rather than on innovativeness in holistic sense. Part II of the book focuses on interdisciplinary evaluation of the development of the contemporary world in the context of globalisation.
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18 Oct Slovenia: an Innovative Society without Engineers?

Engineering Academy of Slovenia (IAS)
2010
How to reach the aim of Slovenia being an innovative society, developing new value, basing on sustainable development, fostering national and intellectual property? Science and industry shell enable this with accelerated technological development. Science and technological development are the conditions for employment of population, competitiveness, export and positive state budget. In this collection there are articles of speakers at the conference “Slovenia: an Innovative Society without Engineers?”, organised by the Slovenian Academy of Engineering.
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