Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future

An engineer assembles a Blue River Technology See & Spray agricultural machine that combines computer vision and artificial intelligence to detect and precisely spray herbicides onto weeds in a farm field in Sunnyvale, California, April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam - RC1937E08870

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Helena Leurent
Director-General, Consumers International
Enno de Boer
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Diego Hernandez Diaz
Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
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