The Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Future Discussed

At a panel titled "The Impact of Industry 4.0 on the Future" organized by Istanbul Gedik University's Industry 4.0 Club, the topic of how societies and especially young people should develop themselves in the digital transformation process was addressed.

At the panel, expert speakers shared their views on the Industry 4.0 process with students and participants. At the panel organized by Istanbul Gedik University's Industry 4.0 Club, speakers included YTÜ Faculty Member and founder of the Industry 4.0 Platform, Dr. Engin Ayçiçek, Science and Technology Responsible Board Member and General Secretary of Digit4Turkey, RNZ Founding Board Member and Digit4Turkey Corporate Media Leader Nedim Zeper, and Olgun Tan, founder of Makers Türkiye, one of Turkey's first and most important innovation communities. Panelist Dr. Engin Ayçiçek, YTÜ Faculty Member and founder of the Industry 4.0 Platform, Science and Technology Responsible Board Member and General Secretary of Digit4Turkey, stated that Industry 4.0 is applicable to all sectors. Ayçiçek, who said "The digitalization process will complete its evolution in the world within 15 years," stated: "In the Industry 4.0 transformation process, we continue our work to ensure the healthy continuation of the digitalization process by modeling organizations' customized approaches, determining employee competencies, business models, development objectives, technology and information management roadmaps, organizing risk management, and relationships with business and solution partners."

Do Not Think Robots Will Increase Unemployment

Nedim Zeper, RNZ Founding Board Member and Digit4Turkey Corporate Media Leader, emphasized that the role of Industrial Engineers in the Industry 4.0 evolution is to monitor and analyze processes and make correct decisions in the right place. Zeper stated: "Do not think robots will increase unemployment. Digitalization will create new business fields and professions. With smart factories, humans will return to their true nature and creativity will emerge." Olgun Tan, founder of Makers Türkiye, one of Turkey's first and largest innovation communities, spoke about the Makers movement in his remarks. "The Makers movement has started to spread across the world. Perhaps it was driven by humanity's instinctive desire to meet their own needs themselves. In this sense, coding is being taught to children at an early age," said Tan. "After the Industrial Revolution and the Digital Revolution, perhaps this is a third revolution that intertwines industry and digitalization. If we consider that both machines and the digital world have reached quite good maturity, it is not too far-fetched to expect the combination of the two to create tangible value. With the development of 3D printers, the ability to produce desired products at home or in very simple workshops, and the ability of simple electronic circuit kits like Arduino to integrate with them and the digital world, your imagination determines the limits of what is possible," he said.