Italy-Korea Debate on AI-Related Supply Chains

Italy-Korea Debate on AI-Related Supply Chains

(ANSA) - ROMA, 07 OTT - The Italian Embassy in Seoul organized a new edition of the “Spritz Diplomacy” initiative, an informal networking platform in the Chatham House format promoted by the embassy to foster dialogue among Italian, Korean, and international experts on current events, economics, and geopolitics. The new meeting, titled “Fast and Focused: Assessing Korea’s Edges in the Global Chips Race,” focused on the Republic of Korea’s competitive advantage in the semiconductor industry and how Italy and the European Union are key partners with whom to cooperate to ensure the resilience of supply chains related to Artificial Intelligence. The debate, moderated by Timothy Martin, The Wall Street Journal’s Korea correspondent, featured contributions from Song Chong, director of the Edge AI Research Center and head of the Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI at KAIST; Cho One Sun, associate researcher at the government-funded Science and Technology Policy Institute; Massimo Passera, Scientific Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Seoul and Director of Research at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics; and Matteo Bosi, CEO of Marposs Korea and a member of the board of directors of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Korea. In addition to diplomats, academics, industry representatives, and analysts, the audience included over fifty Korean students participating in a training program at the Korea Foundation. Read article...