Campus Should Be Facing the Industrial Revolution 4.0

INDUSTRY.co.id - Depok - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that he faces the 4.0 industrial revolution, it is time for the university to be the driving force of innovation and technological development with Triple Helix approach in research hilirisasi, the synergy between government, private and universities.

"Later in the future, this trend will be transformed into N-helix cooperation, which involves not only universities, private sector and government, but also community groups, philanthropy, and organizations at home and abroad," explained Sri Mulyani on graduate program graduate oration entitled "Disruption Era : Opportunities and Challenges of Higher Education Indonesia and Efforts to Achieve National Ideals", at the Hall of UI Depok, Saturday (3/2/2018)

In his oration, Sri Mulyani talked about the era of industrial revolution 4.0 that has the characteristics of automation and the digital economy. The development of super-computers, robots, artificial intelligence, and genetic modification lead to a shift in labor trends, which no longer depend on human labor, but on machinery.

A study from McKinsey (2016) mentions that in the next five years of 52.6 million types of work will be replaced by machines. It follows a global trend where 60 percent of jobs will adopt automation systems, and 30 percent will use digital technology machines.

This has an impact on the shifting world trend from the manufacturing sector to the service sector that requires middle-higher skilled labor, not to mention low-skilled labor.

On the other hand, the 4.0 industrial revolution also opens up new opportunities. Indonesia with a population demographic, mostly in the productive age and the middle class, and the status of one of the world's largest populations, has the potential to become an e-commerce leader in the digital economy era.