Gyeonggi Province Launches AI Policy Advisory Panel...Accelerates Policy Development

Gyeonggi Province will operate the Gyeonggi Province AI Policy Advisory Panel composed of experts to accelerate the discovery of major policies for the development of the artificial intelligence industry.

Yi Yong-chul, First Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province, held a commissioning ceremony and roundtable discussion for the Gyeonggi Province AI Policy Advisory Panel on the 19th at the Gyeonggi Province Government Building, attended by 10 experts from various AI fields.

The advisory panel is composed of 10 private-sector experts from various fields: ▲Law, Regulations & Ethics (Lee So-young, Attorney at Jipyung Law Firm) ▲Research & Development (Min Ok-ki, Executive Director, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ▲Talent Development (Chung Song, Dean of KAIST AI Graduate School) ▲Public Administration (Yoo Tae-jun, CEO of Minds Lab) ▲Cultural Content (Hong Pil-gi, Professor at Seoul Digital University) ▲Finance & Distribution (Kim Chae-mi, Director, Korea Trade Information Communication Center) ▲Living Services (Kim Hye-ju, Executive Vice President, Shinhan Bank) ▲Bio-Medical (Lee Seung-gyou, Vice President, Korea Bioindustry Association) ▲Semiconductors & Displays (Han Dae-soo, CEO of IDICORE Inc.) ▲Mobility (Ahn Dong-soo, Executive Director, Kia Motors). The panel chairman is Kim Ki-deok, AI Industry Strategy Officer of Gyeonggi Province.

Over their two-year term, the members will plan and discover new AI-related policies, operationalize AI-related projects, and provide coordination and consultation on matters requiring multi-department participation and coordination given the nature of AI technology.

Advisory panel meetings will be held as needed when major AI-related issues arise. Under the leadership of the policy advisory committee, industry-academia-research seminars by issue will be held to build networks and operationalize projects.

Vice Governor Yi Yong-chul stated, "The importance of big data and artificial intelligence has grown further as we experience COVID-19, and it is expected to spread rapidly in both the administrative and business sectors. How to connect this era of change to the province's governance and residents' lives is a major task for the province, so we will actively reflect the opinions of the advisory panel."

At the first seminar held following the commissioning ceremony, discussions were held on the direction of talent development in Gyeonggi Province to lead the AI era and measures for bio-medical services in Gyeonggi Province utilizing AI technology, which will be operationalized after review by relevant departments.

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement on the 29th of last month with Gwangju and Busan to promote the "Hyper-Connected AI Healthcare Platform Construction" project, and is leading the way in fostering an AI convergence ecosystem in the province, including the promotion of the "Gyeonggi Province AI Demonstration Project" that discovers experiential AI technology-based convergence services for residents.