The National Assembly Water Forum will discuss an artificial intelligence (AI) system that organically manages water resources and energy. The forum plans to prepare institutional measures to establish an AI system that integrates the management of water and energy.
According to the political community on the 10th, the National Assembly Water Forum (chaired by lawmaker Han Jeong-ae) will hold a debate on the 17th under the theme, "How to activate the Water-Energy-AI Nexus." The forum is a research group formed by lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties to discuss water management policy.
The debate is designed to review government and public-sector strategies for promoting the "Water-Energy-AI Nexus" and to explore future development plans from a policy perspective.
According to the National Assembly, the introduction of a national infrastructure "Water-Energy-AI Nexus," which applies AI to the interdependent systems of water and energy, is underway. The idea is that an AI system capable of integrated management is needed, as strategy is required for the use of water resources and water is needed for energy production.
Namgoong Eun will chair the Korean Society for Ultrapure Water Desalination. The keynote presentations will be delivered by Kim Ji-young, director-general for Water Use Policy at the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; Cho Eun-chae, head of the New Growth Strategy Division at K-water; Jeong Byung-soo, head of Hydropower at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP); Kwon Gi-won, head of the Sewerage Department at Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco); and Kim Jae-jin, head of the Water Resources Management Department at Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC).
Wi Mi-kyung, head of the Water Supply Department at the Korea Water and Waste Works Association (KWWA); Lee Sang-hyup, principal researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST); Lee Hyeong-sul, professor at Korea Institute of Energy Technology; Choi Jin-yong, professor at Seoul National University; and Han Hye-jin, senior research fellow at the Korea Environment Institute (KEI), will take part in the designated discussion.
Han Jeong-ae, a lawmaker who chairs the National Assembly Water Forum, said, "Water is needed to produce energy, and energy is also needed to produce water, so we must establish a system that applies AI to analyze in real time."