WhitePaperTheDigitalArabWorldUnderstandingandembracingregionalchangesintheFourthIndustrialRevolutionJanuary2018WorldEconomicForum??2018–Allrightsreserved.NopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorTransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,includingPhotocopyingandrecording,orbyanyinformationStorageandretrievalsystem.REF131217ThiswhitepaperhasbeenpublishedbytheWorldEconomicForumasacontributiontoaproject,insightareaorinteraction.Thefindings,interpretationsandconclusionsexpressedhereinarearesultofacollaborativeprocessfacilitatedandendorsedbytheWorldEconomicForum,butwhoseresultsdonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheWorldEconomicForum,northeentiretyofitsMembers,Partnersorotherstakeholders.3UnderstandingandembracingregionalchangesintheFourthIndustrialRevolutionContents6FutureofPlatformsandSystemsHowtonavigatetheFourthIndustrialRevolutio