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■ The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) introduced that it held the “10th Korea-Vietnam Joint Committee on Science and Technology” with Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 2. The two nations shared their present science and know-how coverage statuses and mentioned key instructions for future cooperation. The two international locations signed the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation in 1995 and have held the Joint Committee 9 occasions since 2002, alternating as hosts. This tenth assembly was a follow-up measure to implement the settlement reached by the leaders of each international locations final August to strengthen cooperation in superior science and know-how. The assembly was chaired by MSIT’s First Vice Minister Gu Hyuk-chae and Vietnam’s Permanent Vice Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hai Quan, with a delegation of about 20 officers from each governments and analysis institutes in attendance. At the assembly, the 2 international locations shared their respective science and know-how insurance policies and cooperation statuses, held in-depth discussions on establishing a mid-to-long-term complete plan for future collaboration, and coordinated the long run schedule. With the objective of mutual prosperity by reciprocal R&D cooperation, each side agreed to construct a package-type cooperation system primarily based on inter-ministerial collaboration. This system will replicate the on-site wants of the analysis and industrial sectors and assist your entire R&D cycle, together with joint R&D, expertise growth and trade, and know-how commercialization. The MSIT additionally held a gathering with Korean science and engineering professors, analysis institutes, and skilled establishment consultants primarily based in Vietnam to debate the present state of science, know-how, and digital growth as perceived on the bottom, in addition to instructions for cooperation between the 2 international locations.
■ The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) introduced on the 2nd that it held the ‘KRISS Quantum Open Day.’ The occasion was organized to share the analysis achievements within the quantum subject led by KRISS, in addition to nationwide quantum insurance policies, methods, and worldwide cooperation, with over 180 consultants from trade, academia, analysis institutes, and the federal government, and to determine a basis for collaboration. KRISS is broadly finishing up nationwide missions within the quantum subject, a next-generation strategic know-how, starting from R&D to coverage and technique formulation, company nurturing, and world cooperation. The first session, led by the Quantum Policy Headquarters, launched the general nationwide quantum coverage. It started with a presentation by Kim Jin-hee, Head of the Okay-Quantum International Cooperation Center, on the standing of constructing a world cooperation community within the quantum subject. This was adopted by Chung Il-ryong, Director of the National Quantum Policy Center, who launched the standing of main nationwide quantum insurance policies, together with the National Quantum Comprehensive Plan. Sung Eun-jeong, Head of the National Quantum Technology Strategy Center, mentioned quantum funding methods, and You Dae-hyuk, Head of the Next-Generation Quantum Research Hub Project, shared the standing of the quantum analysis hub’s institution and future operational plans. In the afternoon session, which lined quantum know-how R&D achievements, Choi Jae-hyuk, Director of the Quantum Technology Institute, offered on main R&D tasks just like the Quantum Science and Technology Flagship Project. Lee Yong-ho, Head of the Superconducting Quantum Computing System Research Group, launched the presently creating superconducting quantum pc system and future plans. In the free dialogue that adopted the displays, matters included R&D particulars, coverage and technique instructions, the worldwide cooperation system, and collaborative measures amongst trade, academia, analysis, and authorities to vitalize Korea’s quantum ecosystem.
■ The Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) introduced on the 2nd that it’s going to maintain the ‘469th Science and Technology Policy Forum’ on the Mozart Hall of the President Hotel in Seoul at 2 PM on the ninth. The theme is “AI Ethics, the Navigator of a Long Journey of Innovation.” The discussion board goals to redefine synthetic intelligence (AI) ethics not as a regulation that constrains technological innovation, however as an ‘institutional infrastructure’ that guides the harmonious innovation of know-how, society, and methods. Major international locations, together with Korea, are working to determine norms for the event of reliable AI. Discussions thus far have been identified for remaining on the degree of presenting summary ideas. In this discussion board, STEPI will intensively discover sensible software strategies for AI ethics ideas and methods for linking them to laws. The discussion board will proceed with a keynote presentation, a panel dialogue, and a Q&A session. The first presentation shall be by Senior Research Fellow Seo Jiyoung on the subject, “AI Ethics as an Innovation Infrastructure: Challenges in AI Governance Transition through the AIOLIA Care Robot Case.” The second presentation shall be by Research Fellow Kim Kwon-il on “The Evolution of Norms in the AI Era.” The panel dialogue shall be moderated by Professor Lee Sang-wook of Hanyang University, with six consultants from academia, authorities, and the authorized subject taking part as panelists, together with Kim Myeong-ju, Director of the AI Safety Research Institute, and Yoo Ju-heon, Director General for Social Service Policy on the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Registration is accessible on the STEPI web site.
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