Supporting global change through technology

TODAY's global leaders continue to battle major problems, from post-pandemic health care and economic recovery to the energy transition. How can governments and industries seize technology to aid global change? Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, provided the closing keynote conversation at the Asia Tech x Singapore Summit last June 2, 2022.

Technology revolution is changing everything. Blair says it is hardest for the government and policymaker to get one's head around it. For example, how does one work to harness it for the public good? There are several dimensions to it. The question he asks is "How to get better interaction with the government and citizens. How to transform public services? How to build the right digital infrastructure? How do you help businesses also utilize digital technology?" The biggest challenge for policymakers of governments is understanding the scale of this revolution and the different dimensions and how to harness it.