And good afternoon everybody. It has been a wonderful day and i was energized by the panel and the networking so thank you all for hanging in with us through a long and very full day. To reduce myself to those of you who may have been here this morning my name is wade warren and im the chief Strategy Officer for development in the chair of the u. S. Chapter of the society for International Development. I am very excited about the panel we are about to have. You cannot come in. Where is alice . I was more excited that the panelists were here. Let me tell you a little bit about this panel. We wanted to have an important plenary here at the end of the day to feature the Millennial Corporation which we have not a lot of time talking about today and will have a fireside chat with Alice Albright who is the ceo. Let me tell you a little bit about them. Ill start with chizi igwe. Chizi igwe is a heartbreaking much appreciated member of the westport she started out leading in our Youth Working
Thailand aims to be the new APAC medical hub leveraging smart health
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Relying on telemedicine and emerging smart health technologies can help Thailand accelerate towards its goal of becoming an APAC medical hub
A number of Southeast Asian (SEA) economies are speeding up their digitization drives on the road to pursuing the Industrial Revolution 4.0, or IR4.0. One of those economies is Thailand, which is restructuring itself into a value-based, innovation-driven economy by looking towards future economic trends, one of which is developing into an Asia Pacific (APAC) medical hub by 2025.
That is one of the stated objectives as part of the country’s Thailand 4.0 initiatives, along with developing towards other topline trends such as robotics, aviation and logistics, biofuels and biochemicals, and digital.
NBTC foresees Thailand reaching Asia Medical Hub status sooner than expected
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published : 11 Dec 2020 at 09:30
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In evolving the traditional economic structure into “Value-Based Economy” or “Innovation-driven Economy”, Thailand has marked five new industries or New S-curves to drive future economic trends including Robotics, Aviation and Logistics, Biofuels & Biochemicals, Digital, and Medical Hub.
As part of the Thailand 4.0 initiative, Thailand aims to enhance its healthcare infrastructure and become the next Asia Pacific Medical Hub by 2025. Achieving the aspired-to top spot will require continuous technological development in Telehealth, Smart Medical and Devices Robotics which rely on the advancement in 5G technology and other relevant technologies including AI and big data, which can be used to support data analytics and medical services. These technologies are catalysts that will drive Thailand to reach its goal of being the nex