CITIZEN DIGITAL, EPISODE 1: Singapore aims to be a “smart nation,” a city-state that adapts and uses technology to reap the benefits of digitization. One of the ways it has worked toward this goal is by establishing Open Government Products, an experimental tech unit of the government that works to accelerate the nation’s digital transformation. Eric spoke with Sara Espaldon, head of marketing and operations at Open Government Products, about the unit’s efforts to digitize Singapore's government services. #digitalgovernment EPISODE PAGE WITH TRANSCRIPT: https://itif.org/publications/2023/03/27/citizen-digital-singapores-digitized-government-with-sarah-espaldon/

Video message from Dr. Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU for International Girls in ICT Day 2022 For further information please visit: https://itu.int/GirlsInICT

Everybody’s talking about AI, including our colleagues at the picture desk. Some worry about the future of their jobs, others fear that machines will destroy the creative element of journalism. But how good is generative AI really at coming up with images to illustrate news stories, and what other considerations are there? DW’s Sertan Sanderson tinkered with AI to get you up to date on the latest developments in this latest episode of GMF compact. Watch all GMF compact episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnRODqqz08xLUdsQcz4H11_UZajlzNpQi #journalism #gmf #deutschewelle #dw #ai #generativeai #chatbots #aichatbots #aiimagecreators #midjourney

According to Policy Analyst Gillian Diebold, the U.S. congressional hearing on #TikTok ultimately shows that Congress’ thinking on Big Tech really hasn’t changed.

Studying low-likelihood high-impact extreme weather and climate events in a warming world requires massive ensembles to capture long tails of multi-variate distributions. In combination, it is simply impossible to generate massive ensembles, of say 1000 members, using traditional numerical simulations of climate models at high resolution. We* describe how to bring the power of machine learning (ML) to replace traditional numerical simulations for short week-long hindcasts of massive ensembles, where ML has proven to be successful in terms of accuracy and fidelity, at five orders-of-magnitude lower computational cost than numerical methods. Because the ensembles are reproducible to machine precision, ML also provides a data compression mechanism to avoid storing the data produced from massive ensembles. The machine learning algorithm FourCastNet is based on Fourier Neural Operators (FNO) and Transformers, proven to be efficient and powerful in modeling a wide range of chaotic dynamical systems, including turbulent flows and atmospheric dynamics. FourCastNet has already been proven to be highly scalable on NVIDIA-GPU HPC (High Performance Computing) systems. Until today, generating 1,000- or 10,000-member ensembles of hindcasts was simply impossible because of prohibitive compute and data storage costs. For the first time, we can now generate such massive ensembles using ML at five orders-of-magnitude less computational intensity than traditional numerical simulations. *Authors: William D. Collins, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.; Karthik Kashinath, NVIDIA; Mike Pritchard, Nvidia Corporation, U.S.; Jaideep Pathak, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.; Thorsten Kurth, NVIDIA, U.S.; Anima Anandkumar, California Institute of Technology & NVIDIA, U.S.; Travis O’Brien, Indiana University Speakers: William D. Collins University of California at Berkeley Moderators: Duncan Watson-Parris University of California San Diego Philip Stier University of Oxford Join us for two days of never before presented, state of the art AI solutions and cutting edge knowledge, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Register and learn more here: https://aiforgood.itu.int/summit23/ Join the Neural Network! 👉https://aiforgood.itu.int/neural-network/ The AI for Good networking community platform powered by AI. Designed to help users build connections with innovators and experts, link innovative ideas with social impact opportunities, and bring the community together to advance the SDGs using AI. 🔴 Watch the latest #AIforGood videos! https://www.youtube.com/c/AIforGood/videos 📩 Stay updated and join our weekly AI for Good newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gI2kJ5 🗞Check out the latest AI for Good news: https://aiforgood.itu.int/newsroom/ 📱Explore the AI for Good blog: https://aiforgood.itu.int/ai-for-good-blog/ 🌎 Connect on our social media: Website: https://aiforgood.itu.int/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIforGood LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/26511907 LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8567748 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiforgood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIforGood What is AI for Good? We have less than 10 years to solve the UN SDGs and AI holds great promise to advance many of the sustainable development goals and targets. More than a Summit, more than a movement, AI for Good is presented as a year round digital platform where AI innovators and problem owners learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are those of the panelists and do not reflect the official policy of the ITU.

BRegDCAT-AP is dedicated to an application profile of DCAT-AP for base registries, aiming to provide a standard data model / specification for base registries access and interconnection. During this webinar the purpose and current state of BRegDCAT-AP, as well as possible scenarios for the future were discussed. Related materials can be found here: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/semic-support-centre/event/webinar-review-bregdcat-ap If you want to be included in our mailing list to be notified of upcoming events, please contact us at the following address: [email protected]

This video contains a preview to the upcoming features of LEOS. #LEOS (Legislation Editing Open Software) is a project under Interoperable Europe initiative of the European Commission for a reinforced public sector interoperability policy, funded by the Digital Europe Programme and which was created to address the need of the public administration and European Institutions to generate draft legislation in a legal XML format. For more information on LEOS, please have a look at: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/justice-law-and-security/solution/leos-open-source-software-editing-legislation

Ideas Powered for business Talks – Innovation and IP: a perfect pair We discuss the importance of incubators and accelerators for EU SMEs, as well as the role of intellectual property in any accelerating process. With input from EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network! 👏 Follow us on our social networks: Twitter – https://twitter.com/IdeasPowered LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideaspoweredforbusiness/ EBN social: Web – https://ebn.eu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/eubic LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/ebn---european-business-&-innovation-centres-network/

Meet the robots on stage at the AI for Good Global Summit 6 -7 July 2023. These robots are helping to accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Their specialised capabilities are defining a new era of human-machine interaction for good! #RoboticsforGood #AIRobots Join us for two days of never before presented, state of the art AI solutions and cutting edge knowledge, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Register and learn more here: https://aiforgood.itu.int/summit23/ Join the Neural Network! 👉https://aiforgood.itu.int/neural-network/ The AI for Good networking community platform powered by AI. Designed to help users build connections with innovators and experts, link innovative ideas with social impact opportunities, and bring the community together to advance the SDGs using AI. 🔴 Watch the latest #AIforGood videos! https://www.youtube.com/c/AIforGood/videos 📩 Stay updated and join our weekly AI for Good newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gI2kJ5 🗞Check out the latest AI for Good news: https://aiforgood.itu.int/newsroom/ 📱Explore the AI for Good blog: https://aiforgood.itu.int/ai-for-good-blog/ 🌎 Connect on our social media: Website: https://aiforgood.itu.int/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIforGood LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/26511907 LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8567748 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiforgood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIforGood What is AI for Good? We have less than 10 years to solve the UN SDGs and AI holds great promise to advance many of the sustainable development goals and targets. More than a Summit, more than a movement, AI for Good is presented as a year round digital platform where AI innovators and problem owners learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are those of the panelists and do not reflect the official policy of the ITU.

Governments around the world are digitizing how they deliver services to citizens. And yet, without a secure and reliable way for people to prove their identity online, digital transformation efforts face a considerable barrier. Whether an individual is applying for health insurance, a student loan, or unemployment insurance, government agencies must verify whether that person is who they say they are. Documents like driver’s licenses, passports, and birth certificates can prove someone’s identity in person but are much less useful online. Digital IDs overcome this challenge by providing a single method to confirm an individual’s identity online. Moreover, digital IDs allow individuals to share pieces of information about their identity—such as age or nationality—during a transaction, rather than every data element associated with their identity. And the strong security measures of digital IDs help prevent identity fraud, a major pain point for government agencies. Please join ITIF for a discussion on national digital IDs, which focuses on the potential benefits and concerns surrounding this technology as well as the legal and technical barriers for use.Questions for the speakers? Ask on Slido: https://app.sli.do/event/9MZzGZoTQj5Ltfrfc6Djmf

T. Russell Shields shares insight on the evolution of intelligent transport systems and innovation to achieve automated driving.

Step into the world of the Smart Villages initiative, where rural Nigeriens are empowered with life-changing digital services that contribute to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). The initiative, - launched by the Government of Niger in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and other partners, is based on the Smart Villages blueprint co-developed by ITU and the National Agency for Information Society (ANSI) of Niger. Through Internet connectivity, infrastructure and digital technology, the initiative supports livelihoods, promotes digital literacy, and helps deliver healthcare services to patients. Discover how the Smart Villages initiative is transforming rural Niger and making a positive impact on the lives of thousands of people. Learn more: https://www.itu.int/hub/2022/11/digital-necessity-smart-villages-niger/

On 14 March, the EDPS has opened his new Office in the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. With the new office, we aim to provide additional support in the European Parliament's legislative process, including during the plenary sessions, fulfilling our role as advisor to the EU legislator. The inauguration ceremony featured speeches from: - Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor - Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, Chair of the LIBE Committee - Emily O’Reilly, the European Ombudsman - Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 14 March, the EDPS has opened his new Office in the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. With the new office, we aim to provide additional support in the European Parliament's legislative process, including during the plenary sessions, fulfilling our role as advisor to the EU legislator. More info https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/news_en?page=0#news_11155

This webinar is the first in the new webinar series ‘Stories of use cases’, which aims to showcase the impact of open data in innovative business opportunities whilst contributing to major global priorities. The webinar will delve into the green transition across Europe and presents 3 examples of open data driven initiatives that respond to environmental challenges in Europe and align with the goals set in the European Green Deal. The identified use cases are: Environ-mate, Geofluxus, and MyBioEUBuddy.

BDT and ITU-D Membership need new, more resilient, and forward-thinking approaches to guarantee they can safely navigate a digital world that is increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA). The Alliance initiated will build critical local enablers to lead in the changing digital environment.

Interview with Action Line Facilitators (#3) at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

The Future Networked Car Symposium examines the latest advances in automated driving, vehicle connectivity and automotive cybersecurity, sharing unique insight into associated implications for technology, business and regulation. #ConnectedCar

The priority of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) is to extend the automotive regulatory framework to cover automated driving systems (ADS). In 2018, WP.29 created the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) to provide a global focus for technical regulation in this rapidly evolving area. Since 2018, the work of GRVA has been instrumental in providing the platform for WP.29 to adopt provisions for the type approval of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, regulations covering software updates (UN Regulation No. 156), the cyber security of road vehicles (UN Regulation No. 155), and UN Regulation No. 157 covering systems providing conditional automation on motorways. These new regulations are setting the international baseline for the implementation of these new technologies. WP.29 and its GRVA subgroup continue to help the safe implementation of automated vehicles and systems. Session 1 of FNC-2023 will review safety-related guidelines and regulatory developments, evaluating the performance of AI powering ADS, not only related to motorways, but also other use cases (e.g., urban driving conditions).

For some, the goal of Automotive Artificial Intelligence is to completely remove the human from the driving task under some or all conditions. For others, it is to supplement and improve the human driver's abilities in order to make driving safer, offer new and better services, and increase the effectiveness of transport management. This has proven achievable with AI that accomplishes one or a limited set of objectives. This panel will present and discuss views on the current status of vehicle-related applications of artificial intelligence, different scenarios and timelines for their implementation, and concerns for how humans interact with Automotive AI.

Full automation of the driving task appears tantalizingly close. Multiple use cases are emerging simultaneously, revealing potential paths to market adoption and consumer acceptance. The evolution of these use cases will determine the future of ADS. This panel will review the emerging ADS applications – consumer vehicles, commercial vehicles, delivery vehicles, shuttles, robotaxis – to better understand the challenges and opportunities associated with ADS technology and the state of development and market adoption.

For decades, a segment of automotive and other transportation stakeholders has envisioned vehicle safety communications via direct communication technology (V2X). In some parts of the world, most notably in China, this vision is starting to materialize. In most global regions, the vision remains just that – a vision with limited deployment. This expert panel will discuss the: Public and private sector perspectives that led to the state of play.

What if instead of carrying cards around in a wallet, you could pay with a...fingernail. Watch this ITU video to learn more about innovative mobile payment solutions developed by Infineon and exhibited at Mobile World Congress 2023.

This conference, in English, is part of the "CLO Forum - A forum for chief learning officers in English" moderated by par David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association. More and more businesses value decisions based on data. As we are only at the start of the third digital wave of AI possibilities there are many applications that will transform our lives and the way we make decisions. AI will also help L&D to attribute the right resources to the right development needs whilst increasing the service level to their employees and generating a better ROI on the L&D budget. This sessions explains the current possibilities to increase the impact of your L&D budget but also what is still ahead of us. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by Omar Zakaria Fouab, CEO - Archipel Academy.

This conference, in English, is part of the "CLO Forum - Important Trends". Artificial intelligence (AI) and technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and holograms can help change the world of learning. To make the most of these technologies, we need to reimagine what learning experiences look like. In this session, I’ll describe a future vision of learning that merges progressive learning theory with new technologies. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association..

This conference, in English, is part of the "International CLO Conference - A forum for chief learning officers in English" moderated by David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association. Successfully navigating the thriving landscape of learning technology can be fraught with peril. Which vendors would be your best partners? Which tools and technology should you be looking at in the first place? Providing us with a compass based on decades of insight and deep research are David Wilson and David Perring of Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Industry Analyst. If you want to know your AI from your AR, or your LMS from your LXP, this session tells you everything you need to know. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by David Wilson, CEO - Fosway Group.

This conference, in English, is part of the "CLO Forum - Important Trends" moderated by par David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association. During this session the most common obstacles of an L&D professional are discussed followed by different solutions how to smooth out the way to a better L&D strategy. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by A Omar Zakaria Fouab, CEO - Archipel Academy.

This conference, in English, is part of the "International Conference - Market Trends" moderated by par David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association. Join us for the inaugural release of the 2023 Cornerstone People Research Lab results around top trends most likely to influence EMEA talent leaders in the next 12 months. As you plan for your future workplace and workforce initiatives we'll focus on the top 4 trends in the report to bring some clarity. Listen to our take and thinking which went into the development of these trends, be a part of our prioritization poll, and find out how to access all of the insights from our report. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by Olivier Lagrée and Mike Bollinger, Talent Management Advisor and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives - CSOD.

This conference, in English, is part of the "International Conference - Market Trends" moderated by par David Guralnick, President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning, Columbia University, & the International E-Learning Association. What do L&D professionals world-wide think will be important this year? Join Donald H Taylor for the international launch of the results of his L&D Global Sentiment Survey. Donald will look at what's new this year, what has fallen out of favour, why some things have assumed a new importance in people's minds, and what regional and national differences in sentiment can tell us about the adoption of new L&D methodologies and technologies. This conference, on February 1st in the London room, was presented by Donald H Taylor, Chair - Learning Technologies Conference, London.

Interview with Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, BDT Director, ITU at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview with Gitanjali Sah, WSIS Strategy and Policy Coordinator, ITU, at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview with High Level Track Facilitators at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland. - Antonio Luque, Associate Professor at the University of Seville - Claire Somerville, Executive Director of the Gender Centre, The Graduate Institute Geneva - Pierre Mirlesse, Managing Partner, Partner360.net - Liberato Bautista, President, CoNGO - Alessandro Caforio, Head of Research and Innovation, International Telematic University UNINETTO

Interview with Action Line Facilitators (#2), WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview with Action Line Facilitators (#1) at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview with Action Line Facilitators (#3) at the WSIS Forum 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

Highlights from Day 5 of the WSIS FORUM 2023, 13-17 March 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.

The DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is a specification based on the Data Catalogue Vocabulary (DCAT) developed by W3C. This application profile is a specification for metadata records to meet the specific application needs of data portals in Europe while providing semantic interoperability with other applications on the basis of reuse of established controlled vocabularies (e.g. EuroVoc) and mappings to existing metadata vocabularies (e.g. Dublin Core, SDMX, INSPIRE metadata, etc.). Related materials can be found here: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/semic-support-centre/event/webinar-dcat-ap If you want to be included in our mailing list to be notified of upcoming events, please contact us at the following address [email protected]

#WorldCancerDay #EUCancerPlan #euCancerImaging #AI #Data #digitaleu #HPC The European Cancer Imaging Initiative will unlock the power of imaging and Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of cancer patients, clinicians and researchers. The European Cancer Imaging Initiative is one of the flagships of the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP). One of the objectives of the Plan is to make the most of the potential of data and digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) or High-Performance Computing (HPC) to combat cancer. The aim of the European Cancer Imaging Initiative is to foster innovation and deployment of digital technologies in cancer treatment and care, to achieve more precise and faster clinical decision-making, diagnostics, treatments and predictive medicine for cancer patients. The Initiative will showcase how medical images can be accessed, used and pooled, while ensuring a high level of ethics, trust, security and personal data protection in full compliance with EU values and rules. It will make large amounts of cancer images and linked clinical data easily accessible to European clinicians, researchers and innovators in line with the European data strategy and supporting the goals of the European Health Data Space.

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