-How will a factory in 20 years be different from today?
-Automation, robots and AI will definitely pose a challenge to manual work and employment, but to what extent? Is it true that we will see massive layoffs at labor-intensive industries such as textiles?
-If so, how do low-income countries survive as they rely so heavily on labor-intensive industries?
-On the other side, will developed countries, long plagued by exorbitant labor costs, regain a competitive edge in manufacturing?