Vice Prime Minister Bae Kyeong-hoon (배경훈), who additionally serves as minister of science and ICT, met a European Union govt commissioner in Brussels, Belgium, and mentioned methods to develop cooperation in synthetic intelligence and science and technology.
The Ministry of Science and ICT stated on Wednesday that Bae accompanied President Lee Jae-myung (이재명) on a state go to to Belgium and the EU. As his first schedule in Brussels, he held a dinner assembly with Korean researchers working at IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre), a semiconductor, AI and quantum computing analysis institute in Leuven, Belgium, and inspired researchers on the entrance strains of worldwide technological innovation.
Bae then held a separate assembly with Ekaterina Zaharieva (예카테리나 자하리에바), the EU commissioner for startups, analysis and innovation. He reviewed first-year outcomes from participation as an affiliate member of Horizon Europe. They mentioned analysis cooperation and expanded exchanges of science and engineering researchers in AI-driven science and technology innovation, superior biotech and quantum technology. Horizon Europe is the EU’s largest analysis and innovation programme led by the European Commission.
South Korea joined as an affiliate member final 12 months, the primary Asian nation to take action. It achieved outcomes in choosing a number of analysis initiatives and securing analysis funding in a brief interval. Participation has been confirmed in a number of key analysis initiatives with top-level establishments together with Imperial College London, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Wageningen University in superior digital strategic applied sciences similar to AI and quantum, superior biotech and precision medication, and clear hydrogen and carbon neutrality applied sciences.
The European Commission has proven robust curiosity in the necessity for South Korea to proceed taking part as an affiliate member in the following analysis and innovation programme, the ministry stated.
Bae proposed cooperation on AI-enabled analysis and scientific information sharing primarily based on the National Science AI Research Center (NAIS), a key hub of the Ok-Moonshot Strategy. He additionally burdened the necessity to develop participation-based internships for international joint analysis in superior biotech and for joint analysis in quantum. The two sides additionally agreed to strengthen exchanges amongst high researchers via South Korea-EU European Research Council (ERC) personnel exchanges and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme.
The two sides agreed to proceed discussing particular cooperation measures via the South Korea-EU Joint Committee on Science and Technology and different channels primarily based on the talks.