OECD GFTech

 📣 Internship opportunity at the OECD: Global Forum on Technology (GFTech) If you know talented individuals seeking to contribute to a global project and seize a great learning opportunity with the GFTech team in Paris to support our work on emerging technologies and related policy issues, please share this post. 📍 Location: flexible (can be hybrid if based in Paris, or fulltime teleworking). ⏳ Duration: 6 months, starting mid-January 2025. 📅 Application deadline: 30 November 2024 ❗Applicants must be nationals of an OECD member country AND enrolled as a student during the entire duration of the internship to be eligible for this role. More details on the two different positions and how to apply below 👇 🔹Events and communications intern to assist the team with the planning and organisation of events and support for communications campaigns: https://lnkd.in/e8Aj_9Ks 🔹Policy analysis intern to support our team in researching and reporting on trends in quantum technology and related government measures: https://lnkd.in/eaWxMDnS Please help us find the best fit for these roles and share this with your network. #OECD #internship2025 #internship #Paris #QuantumPolicy #GFTech

🚀 Last month, the OECD Global Forum on Technology held its two-day event "The human future: What’s on the horizon?", convening a diverse group of experts from around the globe.    Together, they discussed and explored pathways to building a future where emerging technologies foster resilient societies, support addressing #climatechange, and help bridge #digital and technological divides.    Dive into the key takeaways and highlights from the discussions held between the experts and policymakers present at this event.   📑 Highlights 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_bkKvFW Visit https://oe.cd/GFTech to stay updated on the work of the GFTech and explore our available resources, technical briefs, upcoming events, and more. 

Last month I had the privilege of being asked to speak at the OECD GFTech summit in Paris. In my TechTalk, I talked about why we shouldn't fear robots and how we can help everybody overcome their fears and live with robots in the future. Turns out, the talk covered a lot of ground! This is the full transcript of the speech...

Think 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 are too complex to understand? ⚛🤔 They don’t have to be! 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭, created as an experiment using NotebookLM, Google’s generative AI tool, and based on our briefing document (https://lnkd.in/dffWpQih). While you might catch a few amusing quirks—qubit pronounced like "quibbit" instead of Q-bit —this podcast offers a clear and balanced introduction to the exciting world of quantum technology, closely following our brief. This tech experiment is a fun way to make this cutting-edge topic more accessible. Have a listen and 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤!   Quantum technologies are one of the focus areas of the Global Forum on Technology. Stay tuned for forthcoming work as we : ➡ build an early foundation for governments to understand these technologies, their benefits and risks; ➡ outline the policy opportunities and challenges in unlocking these benefits and mitigating these risks.   Learn more about NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/   #QuantumTech #OECD #GFTech

Congratulations to Banca d'Italia, for convening this week’s G7 Workshop - Building a quantum safe financial system, under the Italian #G7 Presidency. It was a timely opportunity urging financial institutions to start upgrading their systems to protect against cybersecurity threats enabled by #quantumcomputing.   While experts agree that capable quantum computers are still several years away, the transition to quantum-resilient solutions will follow a similar timeframe.     OECD GFTech team engaged with Banca d'Italia, Deutsche Bundesbank, Banque de France, Bank of Canada, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England, Bank for International Settlements – BIS, Swift, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European Commission (DG CONNECT), The World Bank, the Quantum Safe Financial Forum, and others.   We enjoyed a warm welcome from Banca d'Italia DG Luigi Federico Signorini; An insightful keynote to level-set on quantum computing from Max Planck Professor Ignacio Cirac.    👉 #OECD’s Elizabeth T. chaired the opening panel on opportunities and challenges with Tanja Lange, Isabelle Noblesse, @Vasileios Rentoumis, Marco Pistoia, Olivier Lantran, and Jaime Gómez García.    Welcomed the frank discussions and demonstrations of solutions available to bolster security. Thank you Giuseppe Bruno and team. The workshop showcased several cooperation opportunities between the academic world, the financial sector, supervisory and market authorities, and tech companies to implement encryption techniques resistant to #quantumcomputing. Though there are calls for an internationally coordinated approach, national security concerns often pose significant obstacles. The @OECD GFTech focus group on quantum technologies facilitated by Andrés Barreneche García is exploring avenues towards human-centric and values-based development of the technologies through international collaboration.

🌍 Events like last week's "The Human Future: What's on the horizon?" by OECD GFTech are not only key to learning about different perspectives and ideas.  It is a contribution to the co-evolutionary network between innovation, social learning and social structure that allows us to move forward. Today's challenges of the #tripletransition are far too complex for any one nation or organization to solve alone. Some of the statements that keep me occupied: ⏰ We are not prepared for what has already happened. 📽 Who has the power to define what's desirable and preferable? 🛸 We are futures illiterates. 🏰 #Inclusivity is not about opening the castle gate and letting some people in. 👉 #Innovation exacerbates inequality. ❔ What are the right questions when engaging with stakeholders? 🚅 Does #sustainability need a rebranding? Judith Rabfogel-Scheer Michael Brugger Claudia Reinprecht Thanks to OECD - OCDE and the OECD GFTech team around Elizabeth T. and David Winickoff for the intriguing event on #responsibleTechGovernance #futurethinking #challengeYourNarrative #transformation

At the Summit of the Future, the #UN and the #OECD announced a groundbreaking partnership to enhance global AI governance. Amandeep Gill, UN Envoy on Technology, emphasised the need for real-time, cohesive policy ecosystems to address AI's sweeping impact. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, highlighted the importance of evidence-based governance to ensure responsible, human-centred AI development that benefits all. Together, our organisations will deliver science-based assessments of AI's risks and opportunities, empowering governments to better respond to AI’s rapid development. At the OECD.AI Policy Observatory, we are proud to be a part of this global collaboration and to broaden our work to make AI trustworthy and beneficial for all. LEARN MORE 👉 https://lnkd.in/eY9R3WVX Jerry Sheehan Audrey Plonk Karine Perset Celine Caira Luis Aranda Jamie Berryhill  Lucia Russo Noah Oder John Leo Tarver ⒿⓁⓉ Rashad Abelson Angélina Gentaz Valéria Silva Bénédicte Rispal Johannes Leon Kirnberger Eunseo Dana Choi  Pablo Gomez Ayerbe Sara Fialho Esposito Nikolas S. Sarah Bérubé Guillermo H. #AI #TechPolicy #AIEthics #UN #OECD #AIGovernance #trustworthyai #aipolicy

Welcome OECD GFTech experts attending today’s in-person immersive and quantum focus group meetings.   On the margins of the upcoming Global Forum on Technology “The human future: What’s on the horizon?” event, our focus groups are meeting in person to advance work exploring benefits and opportunities, as well as threats and challenges presented by these technologies.   #GFTech #OECD

#Technology has transformed our world dramatically one century after another.  🌐    Indeed, emerging technologies are ushering rapid social, economic and cultural shifts ; expected to drive transitions in the energy sector, enhance food security, bring about medical breakthroughs or new ways of learning, and more.    Such developments will bring about inevitable disruptions, requiring thoughtful analysis and a breadth of perspective to identify trends and inform international policymaking.    How can we ensure that stakeholders are equipped and policy approaches anticipate what is ahead? 🤔     The people-centric OECD - OCDE Global Forum on Technology initiative (#GFTech) convenes international experts with engaged and forward-looking policymakers: facilitating inclusive, multi-stakeholder, and values-based discussions on how to reduce uncertainties related to the risks of cutting-edge technologies.    🎬 Watch our dedicated About Us video to learn more about OECD GFTech ➡ https://lnkd.in/e_iyP8V9      💻 Visit our home page to dive deeper into the work of the OECD GFTech community, explore our available resources, upcoming activities, events and more ➡ https://oe.cd/GFTech    

What is the #OECD Global Forum on #Technology? 🤔   The OECD's #GFTech convenes experts with engaged & forward-looking policy makers - facilitating inclusive & values-based discussions on diverse technology policy topics.   Learn more about the initiative ⤵️ 🔎https://oe.cd/GFTech