DXシリーズ(経済産業省デジタル高度化推進室(DX推進室)連携企画)

Going Digital: Implications of the COVID-19 crisis on digital transformation

開催日 2021年1月26日
スピーカー Dirk PILAT(Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD)
コメンテータ 松本 理恵(RIETIコンサルティングフェロー / 経済産業省 商務情報政策局 情報技術利用促進課 課長補佐(総括))
モデレータ 佐分利 応貴(RIETI国際・広報ディレクター / 経済産業省大臣官房参事)
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開催言語 英語
開催案内/講演概要

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out at the start of 2020, citizens, businesses and governments were forced to move online. Many employees started working from home; firms adopted digital business models; digital tools were introduced to help “track and trace” the development of the pandemic and researchers employed artificial intelligence to learn more about the virus and accelerate the search for vaccines and treatments. Due to this rapid shift, Internet traffic in some countries increased by up to 60% following the outbreak. The pandemic has opened a new phase of the digital transformation. The strong digitalisation drive has been enabled by a range of digitalisation policies, some of which are still evolving. These policies will require even greater attention as the digital transformation deepens and economies become more reliant on these technologies. This presentation will provide evidence on the rapid digital transformation of OECD economies since COVID-19 and explore policy responses.