This document discusses how Pakistan can prepare for and leverage the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) through innovation. It outlines strategies across multiple industries like automotive, electronics, food and beverages, and textiles. These include focusing R&D efforts and applying 4IR technologies like advanced manufacturing, new materials, blockchain and IoT. The document recommends a 4-pronged innovation plan involving universities, startups, competitions and corporations. It also suggests collaborating with China's 5-year plans and integrating into China's Belt and Road Initiative to build and market technologies together.

1. Ministry of IT & Telecom
Government of Pakistan
www.ignite.org.pk
Yusuf Hussain & Khurram Saleem
April 20, 2018
Preparing for the 4th Industrial Wave (4IW)

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Economic growth can be Driven by knowledge transfer or
innovation
Innovation is the
transformation of ideas and
inventions into products and
services that impact society
and may make money
LABOUR
CAPITAL
PRODUCTIVITY KNOWLEDGE
TRANSFER
Innovation is the key
determinant of the rise &
fall of nations. In 1775, 80%
of Global GNP was
generated in Asia; yet in a
100 years, it was subjugated
by Europe.

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Innovation waves like 4IW transform sources of wealth &
lifestyles posing opportunities to vault and threats of being
pushed down further
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE,
BIG DATANEUROTECH
WEARABLES
& IMPLANTABLES
CLOUD
INFRASTRUCTURE
SHARED
ECONOMY
AUGMENTED &
VIRTUAL REALITY
BLOCKCHAIN
INTERNET
OF THINGS
3D/4D
PRINTING
ROBOTICS
AI. Robotics and Additive Manufacturing will take away
outsourced manufacturing and services jobs

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Ignite spurs innovation through funding, incubators,
training, outreach and policy studies
Smart Hearts Saving LivesAero Engine Craft Sustaining Systems for Real
Time Rural Irrigations

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Sustained high economic growth requires top down long term
plans and execution, rather than just guidelines inviting
grassroots proposals
 Chinese economy grew 35 times in real terms in 40 years
through central planning.
 Japan, Inc.
 Even India, Bangladesh have voluminous, data rich, top
down 5 yr plans drilled down to project level
 Dubai Government has appointed Minister for AI and its
2020 Blockchain plan "estimates that by putting its 100
million documents each year onto the blockchain, they will
save 25 million man hours and $1.5 billion in tax dollars."

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R&D ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATES
SCHOOL
How do we Innovate in Pakistan?
CURRENT
+
CPEC
Trade
Capital
EPZ
Manufac
turingLeverage
 Scale investments
 Trade linkages
 Strong industry for
automotive and
electronics
Asia Pacific

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R&D ORGANIZATIONS
SCHOOL
By using select 4IW tech to drive sustainable,
specialized & globally competitive production
 Advanced Manufacturing
 New Materials
 Advanced Agriculture
 Factory Efficiency
 Traceability

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Different tech is projected to impact verticals like the
automotive industry in different time horizons …
R&D ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATES
SCHOOL
Automotive Industry
0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10+
 Short Loops Recycling for
Manufacturing (AM)
 Bio-based plastics &
composites (NM)
 Cobotics 2.0 (AM)
 Metal 3D Printing (AM)
 Smart Digital Twins (AM)
 Blockchain (T)
 Augmented Workforce
(FE)
 Robotics Disassembly for
Manufacturing (AM)
 Smart Warehouse
Robotics (FE)

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..….. or electronics …
R&D ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATES
SCHOOL
Electronics Industry
0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10+
 Semiconductor Fab 4.0
(AM)
 Advanced Green
Packaging (AM)
 Digital Traceability of
Minerals (T)
 Advanced Electronic
Design Automation (AM)
 Autonomous Disassembly
for Electronics (AM)
 Near Dark Factories
(AM/FE)
 3D Printed Electronics
(AM)
 Green Electronic Materials
(NM)

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… food & beverage …
R&D ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATES
SCHOOL
Food & Beverage Industry
0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10+
 Vertical Farming (AA)
 Advanced Organization
Wastewater Treatment
(FE)
 Supply-side Advanced
Packaging (FE)
 Precision Agriculture (AA)
 Advanced Organic Farming
(AA)
 Supply Chain Traceability
(T)
 Genome Editing (AA)
 Cellular and Tissue
Engineering (AA)
 Automated Agriculture
(AA)
 3D Food Printing (AA)
 Agriculture 5.0 (AA)

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… and textiles, apparel and footwear
R&D ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATES
SCHOOL
Textiles, Apparel & Footwear Industry
0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10+
 Advanced Bio Farming
(AA)
 Precision Agriculture (AA)
 Upcycled Textiles (FE)
 Next Gen Bio-based
Polyester (NM)
 Alternative Natural Fibres
(NM)
 Advanced Organization
Wastewater Treatment
(FE)
 Gene-edited Fibre Crops
(AA)
 Footwear Factory 5.0
(AM)
 Nano-Tech Enhanced
Fabric (NM)
 Blockchain for Fashion (T)
 Automated Sewing (AA)
 Bio fabricated Leather
(NM)

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Coming up with an Innovation based development
strategy requires prioritization
High Importance
Low Capacity
High Importance
High Capacity
Low Importance
Low Capacity
Low Importance
High Capacity
CAPACITY
IMPORTANCE

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Keep an eye on all global innovation, while excelling
in particular areas where resources are focused
Global Product
Global Component
Local Product
Keeping Track
Tech #1 Tech #2 Tech #3 Tech #4
$
• Frankfurt, a financial hub, has put the
majority of its investment into Fintech
• China has declared it will be the global AI
leader by 2030 and already its AI related
patent applications have surpassed the
USA

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4 pronged innovation plan starts with basic academic R&D and
competitions and on to startup & corporate innovation
Corporate
Startups
Competitions
University

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Pakistan’s automotive industry is exporting components
and can graduate to sustainable production
SCHOOL
 4% of GDP
 11.3% Growth FY 2016-17
 200,000 Vehicles
 1.2 M Motorcycles
 3.5 M Employed
 New Automotive Policy
 Short loop recycling for
manufacturing
 Bio-based plastics and
composites
 Robotic disassembly for re-
manufacturing
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
CENTER
AUTOMOTIVE
RESEARCH
CENTER

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The electronics industry can pursue opportunities
in semiconductor fab and disassembly
SCHOOL
 Semiconductor Fab 4.0
 Autonomous disassembly for
electronics
 Green electronics material
 15.2% Growth FY 2016-17
 9% FDI FY 2016-17

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Consolidate Food & Beverage Industry leadership
through accelerating yields
SCHOOL
 Precision agriculture
 Advanced Bio-farming
 Genome Editing
 9.6% Growth FY 2016-17
 1000+ Large Scale Food
Processing Enterprises
 10% Increase in Processed
Food Sale Per Annum
 3.9% Food Inflation
NATIONAL FERTILIZER
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER
NIAB
Nuclear Institute for
Agriculture nd Biology

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Move to the next generation of Textile, Apparel &
Footwear materials
SCHOOL
 Alternative natural fibres
 Gen-edited fibre crops
 Biofabricated leather
 8.5% of GDP
 62% of Exports
 4th Largest producer of
cotton
 45% of Labour force

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Develop innovation information flows in language
comprehensible by laymen and tie funding releases to updates
Startup
Incubators
Investment
Business
Relationship
VC Fund Tech License
 Consulting
 R&D Centers
 ORIC
 Database with simple description of Innovation and tech
 Mandatory monthly update on progress to receive funds
 Patent and commercialization targets
Startups are the main mode of
innovation in the last 30 years. That is
why the 5 most valuable companies in
the world were all startups

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CORPORATES
SCHOOL
Integrate into China 5 year plan, which is 4IW driven, to build
tech together and market to OBOR region together
China has changed its focus from
knowledge transfer based to
innovation based productivity
growth and will become the
global leader in select areas in
the next two decades
OBOR: Build together - Market
together e.g. Smart cars include
AI, Big Data, Cloud Infrastructure,
Cybersecurity, Robotics, IoT &
Blockchain

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Digital Finance can Boost Pakistan’s GDP up to 7%
by 2025 and create 4 million new jobs - McKinsey
4IW TECHNOLOGY
 AI/Big Data
 Cloud Infrastructure/Cyber
Security
 Blockchain
 IoT
 Shared Economy

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CORPORATES
eGov is PPP Opportunity for Citizen Convenience,
Transparency, Accountability, Cost Savings, & Revenue Surge
 PITB
 NITB e-Office
 Code for Pakistan notifications
 JS wallet for traffic challan
Aadhar, Digilocker,
e-KYC,e-Sign, UPI
Data and
Interactions
India Stack Platform – Making
India “Data Rich”
Developers – SMEs,
Start-ups, Enterprises,
Government
Producers Consumers
Service
Providers
India Stack API
A Billion Indians
Consume digital
services
 Future
 Backbone API built by Gov on which private
sector builds apps
 Data.gov.pk provides the basis of strategic
planning and review with data analytics and
AI
 Open.gov.pk provides open source code and
becomes the standard in gov and academia

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