Digital Impact North, the AI Policy Lab at Umeå University and the Enaibler project invite to a seminar to discuss the possibility of initiating a process to draw up a regional action plan in order to promote the development and use of AI.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to fundamentally change the way we live, work and interact with the world around us and thus also the ability to transform societies and economies. In Sweden, initiatives like AI Sweden have begun, and the European AI office aims to establish unified governance, foster innovation, and drive collaboration. Across Europe, regions are proactively creating AI collaboration platforms to promote innovation and economic growth, such as the Basque AI Center (BAIC), active since 2021.
The reason for the interest in collaboration platforms and ecosystems based on a private-public partnership is that the actors can share resources, knowledge and data that can lead to synergies that can drive innovation and adoption of AI within the region. The challenges are complex, affecting both technology development and regulatory aspects such as the AI Act will have consequences for producers and consumers of AI applications.
In this workshop, we therefore want to take the opportunity to discuss a possible need to initiate a process to prepare a regional action plan to establish a so-called AI ecosystem (or the equivalent of an EU AI Fabric) as well as write an AI policy report for local and national policy makers.
