This APO P-Talk explores how AI is empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to embrace smart manufacturing and overcome traditional operational challenges. This insightful discussion is led by Dr. Hui-Yi Fan, a distinguished expert in AI and digital transformation with extensive experience in AI-driven business strategies, predictive modeling, and industrial policy development. This session highlights […]
This P-Talk focuses on tapping geothermal energy, a renewable and clean energy source. Yash Sen, an industry practitioner in India working on radiant heating and cooling and low energy buildings, presents the technical nuances of geothermal energy systems and emerging technological trends. He also addresses the applications, challenges, and growth potential of geothermal energy through […]
The informal economy encompasses all economic activities carried out by workers and economic units that are either not covered or insufficiently covered by formal regulations, whether in law or practice. In many APO members, a significant proportion of workers and businesses operate within the informal sector. According to the 2024 APO report, Informality, Productivity, and […]
This P-Talk examines the impact of climate change on productivity in APO member economies. Michael Tan, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Productivity Centre, moderates a discussion with Professor Yong Joon Jang of Kyung Hee University, the Republic of Korea, on key findings from the APO Productivity Outlook 2025. Professor Jang highlights how rising temperatures […]
This P-Talk highlights the critical importance of building institutional capacity to manage climate risks sustainably. It addresses how developing and emerging economies can integrate climate risk management into their core institutional functions, avoiding repeated economic losses from climate disasters. Drawing from global experiences and real-world case studies, the session explores the common challenges countries face, […]
Social resilience is the ability of human communities to withstand external shocks, such as environmental variability or social, economic, or political upheaval, and to recover effectively from such disruptions (Adger, W. N., 2000). These upheavals affect all communities but in different ways. Extreme weather events and long-run climate change disproportionately affect the incomes of rural […]