National Assembly to Host Korea-Europe Forum on Economic Security and AI Cooperation on Nov. 18

Lawmakers and experts from the European Parliament, the UK, France and other major countries to attend

The National Assembly will discuss ways to cooperate with lawmakers and experts from major European countries on economic security and artificial intelligence (AI).

The National Assembly Futures Institute said the National Assembly will host the Global Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum, organized by the institute, at 9:30 a.m. on November 18 in the First Small Conference Room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building.

The forum will be held under the theme “Korea-Europe Future Strategy Dialogue: Cooperation on Economic Security and AI Innovation.” It was organized to explore geopolitical competition amid changes in the international order and ways to cooperate in economic security and advanced technology.

The first session, titled “Economic Security and Korea-Europe Cooperation Amid a Shift in the International Order,” will discuss supply chains, advanced technology, and industrial cooperation. Kim Chang-beom, vice chairman of the Korea Economic Association, will chair the session. Participants will include Democratic Party lawmaker Oh Ki-hyung, People Power Party lawmaker Kim Geon, European Parliament member Lina Gálvez-Muñoz, and French National Assembly member Sabrina Sebaihi.

The second session, titled “Korea-Europe Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Competition over AI,” will address future cooperation agenda items, including AI technological sovereignty, rules, and governance. Oh Hye-yeon, chair of the Global Cooperation Subcommittee of the National AI Strategy Committee and a professor at KAIST, will chair the session. Democratic Party lawmaker Lim Moon-young, People Power Party lawmaker Park Soo-min, and AI and technology policy experts from Switzerland, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom will participate as panelists.

The forum will open with a written address by National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik, welcoming remarks by Kim Ki-sik, president of the National Assembly Futures Institute, and congratulatory remarks by lawmakers Lee Hak-young and Yoon Jae-ok, co-chairs of the Korea-EU Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum.

The National Assembly Futures Institute said the forum will help expand the National Assembly's parliamentary diplomacy network and strengthen the foundation for strategic cooperation between Korea and Europe in economic security and AI.

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