These and other questions were answered today by the round table "Technology as a transformative force" held at the DigitalES Summit 2018 in Madrid, with the participation of high-level speakers such as José Luis Sancho, managing director of Accenture Digital; José Manuel Petisco, managing director of Cisco Systems Spain in Spain; José Antonio López, president and CEO of Ericsson; Sergi Biosca, CEO of Everis in Spain; Helena Herrero, president & CEO of HP in Spain and Portugal; Tony Jin Yong, CEO of Huawei Technologies Spain; Marcus Jewell, senior vice president and general manager of EMEA, Juniper Networks; Ignacio Gallego, president of Nokia in Spain, moderated by Manuel Muñiz, dean of the IE School of International Relations & Senior Associate, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
As the Spanish Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, stated at the start of the day, “Spain cannot be left behind in the process of digital transformation.” Therefore, “we saudi arabia number screening must provide training in advanced digital skills. We must commit to steam professions, but also guarantee basic digital skills.”
Maroto added that “digital transformation is an opportunity to improve the competitiveness of economic sectors and represents a challenge; we must create the optimal connections to support companies in the digitalisation process .”
“In this disruption we are experiencing, it will be difficult to find the talent needed to capitalize on the opportunity,” said José Antonio López, head of Ericsson. “Managing the social impact of digital transformation is a challenge.”
