The Ministry of Science and ICT ("MSIT"; Minister Lee Jong-Ho) announced that Director Ko Sangwon of the International Cooperation Research Division of the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) was elected Vice Chair of the Working Party on Artificial Intelligence Governance (WPAIGO) under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at the Party’s first regular meeting held from May 24 to 25 in Paris, France.
The WPAIGO, a new working party under the Committee on Digital Economic Policy (CDEP) of the OECD, will provide a venue for discussions on the implementation of the OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence and policies for trustworthy AI.
The first steering group will be composed of 12 members, including one chairperson (Germany) and 11 vice chairpersons (Korea, United States, United Kingdom, EU, Spain, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey) and will take the lead in the activities of the WPAIGO.
With Director Ko being elected as Vice Chair, Korea will be able to participate in OECD CDEP and all five working parties under it, and is expected to continue to strengthen Korea’s leadership in global policies for digital economy by actively participating in global discussions on AI governance as well as on cybersecurity, network infrastructure and data governance.
For further information, please contact Spokesperson for foreign media Kim Heehyun (E-mail: coro0131@korea.kr, 82-44-202-4027) or Deputy Director Kang Su-hyeon (E-mail: rainsnow78@korea.kr, 82-44-202-4363) of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
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