This initiative seeks to become a space for dialogue to produce a shared roadmap on the opportunities and challenges of digital transition and new technologies.

Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom jointly launch the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) World Technology Foruman initiative that seeks to be a space for dialogue for debate around new technologies, their opportunities and challenges.

During the announcement, Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligencestated that “I will be very honest: the world needs this Forum. No international organization or entity has yet considered the application of a particular emerging technology across society.Artigas is also joined by OECD Deputy Secretary General Ulrik Vestergaard; UK Director General of Digital Economy Susannah Storey; and US Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digital Policy Nathaniel Flick.

Within the framework of its presidency at the organization’s Ministerial Conference, Spain was the last of three backers to sign off on the project, which was put forward by two other countries in September this year.

The World Technology Forum, which will follow the protocols of other OECD world forums, seeks to create a global roadmap for the digital transition and adoption of new technologies, not only anticipating the opportunities they offer, but also anticipating the possible challenges they may present. This will be done by meeting every two years and at two different levels: one ministry or government and another with experts, companies and civil society.

The World Technology Forum will also be fostered by other international efforts such as the Forum on Future Technologies or the recent OECD Digital Economy Summit, which was held in Gran Canaria this year. In addition, it complements the Declaration for a Reliable, Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Future, which was signed at this recent gathering to promote digital and ecological transitions.

In its work to identify and analyze various technological advances and their implications for society and their regulatory framework, Spain will focus on neurotechnology and quantum computingboth are contemplated in the Government’s strategic plans (in the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and in the Quatum Spain programme, respectively).

In this way, with your participation in the new Forum, Spain will follow the guidelines of the Digital Rights Charterintended to put people at the center of digitalization strategies.

“We hope that this Forum will provide information about the production of new technologies oriented towards technological humanism. that they are part of future Recommendations on human rights in the digital age,” added Artigas.