Outstanding quotes from SPIEF 2019: Forum participants on technology

Arthur D. Little experts prepared a report on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on telecommunications companies, the risks and opportunities of the current environment, as well as the main ways for telecom companies to get out of the crisis in order to achieve success in the new reality.

Nassim Taleb, Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering, Polytechnic Faculty, NYU is best known as the author of the famous black swan theory, a metaphor that describes rare and unlikely events that have significant consequences. By the way, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is a classic black swan event. Two years ago, the American essayist and professor took part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where he spoke at the Sberbank plenary session ‘Transitional World: What Will Tomorrow Bring?’

Capturing value from vehicle data will require players in the automotive ecosystem to approach the issue strategically and to overcome the three main challenges that executives identified in McKinsey proprietary survey and industry roundtables.