3 The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2018 THE AUTOMATION READINESS INDEX:WHO IS READY FOR THE COMING WAVE OF AUTOMATION Contents About the report 4 Executive summary 5 Introduction: A need for policy 7 The automation readiness index: Overview10 Chapter 1: Innovation for automation 12 Chapter 2: Skills for an automated economy 15 Chapter 3: Managing workplace transitions 18 Conclusion: Trial and error 21 Appendix: Framework and methdology 23 4 The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2018 THE AUTOMATION READINESS INDEX:WHO IS READY FOR THE COMING WAVE OF AUTOMATION About the report Mercedes Crego,head, Open Innovation EU, Philips Lighting Dick Elsy,chief executive ofcer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult Julie Huxley-Jones,head of automation, GSK Rose Luckin,professor of learner centred design, University College London Alan Manning,professor of economics, London School of Economics Francesc Pedro,chief of section, Sector Policy Advice and ICT in Education,UNESCO Geof Pegman,managing director, R U Robots Saadia Zahidi,head of education, gender and employment initiatives, WorldEconomic Forum Elena Alfaro Martinez,global head, Data and Open Innovation, BBVA James Bessen,professor of economics, Boston University Day Chia-peng,general manager, automation technology, Foxconn Lorenzo Fioramonti,professor of political economy, University of Pretoria Elizabeth Fordham,senior advisor for global relations, Directorate for Education andSkills, OECD Neil Lawrence,director of machine learning, Amazon; professor of machinelearning, University of Shefeld Sherie Ng,managing director, NICE Harry Patrinos,practice manager for education, East Asia and Pacifc,The World Bank Milan Sheth,partner and technology sector lead, EY Siim Sikkut,chief information ofcer, Government of Estonia Marco Henrique Terra,director, Center for Robotics, Universidade de So Paulo We would like to thank the panel and other experts for their time and insights. The Automation Readiness Index: Who is ready for the coming wave of automationis an Economist Intelligence Unit report,commissioned by ABB. The analysis in the report is based on a new and original index, built by The Economist Intelligence Unit, as well as aseries of in-depth interviews with subject matter experts from around the world.The project has beneftted from counsel provided at various stages by a panel of experts consisting of prominent authorities on diferent facets of automation. These include the following: Interviews were also conducted with:。。。。。。