AI-Powered Economies: How Automation Is Reshaping Productivity and Innovation

As AI accelerates across sectors, it is transforming how economies grow, how industries operate, and how value is created—unlocking new levels of productivity, creativity, and competitiveness. This session explores how automation and intelligent systems are becoming the engine of economic reinvention, from manufacturing to services and beyond.

How is AI shifting the productivity frontier across sectors—and where are the biggest gains (or risks) emerging? What new innovation models and industrial strategies are being enabled by automation and generative technologies? How can governments and firms ensure inclusive, resilient growth in an AI-powered economy?