While 46 per cent of the global population is still without internet access, the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the effectiveness of digital technologies. And specifically companies such as Pirelli are now better prepared for a possible second wave of Covid-19 because of the digital technologies they have deployed. Pier Paolo Tamma, SVP and Chief Digital Officer of Pirelli and Dr John O’Shea of Dell Technologies shared their views at the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit’s Virtual Edition on 8 July 2020.