The Generalitat began lubricating the machine to outline its candidacy for the Valencia Community to the promoted process to select the future location. Headquarters of the Spanish Artificial Intelligence Supervision Agency, with a particular focus on the province of Alicante. Minister of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society, Josephine Goodopened its working meetings with a different meeting this Thursday. political and technical leaders who will be responsible for valuing the strengths of the region in that area. Pedro Sánchez’s further step towards decentralizing state institutions is seen as a success, in part, by the Government headed by Ximo Puig, which has positioned itself as one of the main voices in favor of deconcentration on the state stage. Therefore, starting from the fact that the province and the Community as a whole have sufficient potential in this field, the strategy of launching the proposal has begun to be implemented.
The first national organization based outside Madrid has 5 million euros in funding this year and one of its tasks is to oversee the use of Artificial Intelligence and minimize its risks while promoting the creation of a research and business ecosystem. . To speed up the process, Bueno began charting the road yesterday with Carmen Beviá, regional secretary for Universities and Research; Juan Ignacio Torregrosa, executive director of Advance for the Digital Society; José Manuel Duarte, Managing Director of Information Technology and Communications; and Antonio Rodes, general manager of SPTCV. It will be within a month that the terms of participation in the process will be made public. A six-month period will then be opened to choose the city that will host the headquarters. Although not officially announced, Alicante is in principle the main bet.
In this first working session, it was decided to form a group coordinated from the General Directorate of Developments for the Digital Society and under the direct supervision of the Minister. The regional secretary for Universities and Research, the general manager of SPTCV and the general manager of Information and Communication Technologies will attend. As the first actions, meetings and contacts will be made with all institutions and organizations currently working in the field of Artificial Intelligence in the Valencian Community. With this, a report will be prepared in this regard that values and reflects all the singularities of the region that it already has. “We want to create a robust and inclusive candidacy supported by all agents responsible for AI in the community,” the minister said.
Bueno underlined that the Valencian Community has a strong business and research ecosystem in Artificial Intelligence, “as well as being ready to generate and receive talents that explore different AI systems applied to different fields of knowledge.”
State-of-the-art education fabric
The Valencian Community, as highlighted by the Generalitat, has a cutting-edge educational fabric in AI, pointing out that five state universities have large interconnected science parks and offer postgraduate degrees in Artificial Intelligence, such as the Master’s Degree in Robotics in Artificial Intelligence. Master of Advanced and Applied Artificial Intelligence of UMH or UV. In addition, Generalitat, with a budget of two million euros, has launched ValgrAI, which aims to be a pillar of attraction and cultivate talent for excellence in AI, as this Postgraduate School plans to offer 126 scholarships to pursue a master’s degree in AI. as well as developing postgraduate education studies.
This leading international research ecosystem is supported by the Generalitat Valenciana, and commitment to the future is a priority to continue generating and attracting talent to the Community, highlighting regional resources. One of the most prestigious research programs in the state, the GENT talent building program has ensured the stabilization and recruitment of more than 160 top researchers from all fields remaining in the Community, along with the large number of research groups involved. Grants in national and international programs such as ERC, Marie Curie or Juan de la Cierva, among others.
when it comes business texture, The Community has a network that brings together 11 Technological Institutes that are leading in research and innovation and transfer to the productive fabric.
The Community also has a representative technological center. Digital ZoneBased in Alicante, which has managed to attract more than a hundred companies and a thousand professionals, working to expand it into other environments, such as generating innovative projects focused on the transformation of the new digital economy and supporting innovation challenges. derived from other sectoral centers.
Beside ELLIS Foundation Alicante assembles a world-class research team focused on the ethical research of Artificial Intelligence focusing on the relationship between humans and intelligent systems.
It was emphasized from the Ministry of Innovation that the Valencian Community was a pioneer in the creation of proposals to promote AI and in 2019 already presented the Artificial Intelligence Strategy of the Valencian Community, demonstrating the Autonomous Administration’s task to re-orient the world. It is a generative model by promoting the transversal inclusion of Artificial Intelligence in all areas of society, something that has certainly guided the path of the Botànic Government ever since. This strategy is expressed through three areas: promoting an innovative and inclusive productive ecosystem, preparing this ecosystem for socioeconomic changes, and adopting artificial intelligence in public administration.