The director of the Amman office promotes the Federation’s activities in Jordan in a workshop discusses the latest advances in modern technologies for industry development. |
Sponsored by the Arab Federation for Engineering Industries, Amman Chamber of Industry in cooperation with the Golden Gate Exhibitions organized a workshop that aimed at presenting and discussing the latest developments in modern technologies for industrial development. The workshop covered applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the field of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, and the design and manufacturing of parts and components for supply chains and assembly industries. The presentations were offered by distinguished speakers in their fields. During the panel discussion that followed the presentations, the director of the Federation’s office in Amman provided the participants with a brief overview about the Federation. He indicated that the Federation aims at promoting the exchange of experiences and information related to engineering industries amongst its members, comprised of 35 companies from various Arab countries. The Federation is planning to conduct training workshops for young people aged 15-30 years in the field of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. The main goal of the Federation is to encourage investments and develop engineering industries through activities of skills development, and lobbying with governments in creating a business environment that attracts investments. The Federation also plays a role as a pressure group on government policies to address the obstacles facing the engineering industries. An example of this is cooperation with the League of Arab States in unifying Arab standards and developing systems and procedures related to conformity certificates with the aim of increasing investments, developing engineering industries, and increasing the proportion of exports and imports, all of which would be reflected on creating job opportunities in the Arab countries. Answers to participants’ questions focused on the idea of integrating supply chains in the world and the challenges in manufacturing costs that require introducing modern technology to the curricula of engineering colleges, in addition to courses that bridge the gap in the skills of engineering education graduates and the graduates’ competence in using modern technology and software that suits the labor market. One of the speakers advised the young generation of engineering graduates to follow programs that develop their skills in the field of operating specialized engineering design software used by international companies. As for the available artificial intelligence tools, which are numerous, young graduates need to acquire skills that enable them to use these tools effectively while the responsibility of companies is to generate their own data inside the factory because it is the basis for artificial intelligence algorithms. |
