Four former US National Security Council officials are to take part in the National Strategic Summit on Supply Chain Resilience on June 6 in Taipei, the Research Institute for Democracy, Science and Emerging Technology (DSET) said today.
The summit is to bring together international and domestic experts from government, industry and academia to discuss cooperation on semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, energy security and non-China drone supply chains, said DSET, a think tank under the National Science and Technology Council.
Speakers at the summit would include Chris Miller, author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, as well as four former US National Security Council officials who oversaw technology and national security policies during US President Donald Trump and former US president Joe Biden’s terms, DSET said.
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A former senior White House official involved in drafting the Trump administration’s “AI Action Plan” and three experts on drones, supply chains and energy security from Ukraine would also speak at the event, it said.
US AI safety and research company Anthropic, leading global robotics company Boston Dynamics and US venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) are to participate in the summit, marking their first time holding public discussions in Taiwan, DSET said.
Representatives from the drone industry that cooperate closely with Taiwan, including Anduril Industries and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, would also attend, it added.
In addition, representatives from US and Japanese national security and research institutions including the Special Competitive Studies Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Center for a New American Security and Sasakawa Peace Foundation are to attend, DSET said.
Taiwanese industry representatives would include the president of SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International) Taiwan, Thunder Tiger general manager Gene Su (蘇聖傑) and Taiwan Power Co chairman Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生), it added.
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