Paul Scanlan
Global collaboration between business and governments has played a critical role in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020, especially in technology and medicine.
That’s the view of Huawei Carrier Group chief technology officer Paul Scanlan, who cautions, however, that mistrust and conspiracies could hold back the rapid deployment of the new technology that is crucial for post pandemic economic recovery.
Speaking at the recent Huawei #TrustInTech Summit, Scanlan said 2020 presented “a year when everything changed, and the realisation that we can do things differently”.
We found new approaches to working, to schooling, to business, to healthcare. I call this our Sputnik moment. But we can’t do this if we don’t have trust