The development and use of key technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and cloud computing are increasingly the focus of government policy, R&D budgets, and investments. This reflects the critical role of technology in economic growth, competitiveness, employment and national security. Critical technologies are also at the heart of the strategic competition between the West and China, given their importance to developing and sustaining leading economies and the dual-use potential of many with national security implications.
The importance of critical technologies has driven government, industry, and civil society organizations to increasingly focus on the development and use of critical technology standards (CTS). Standards shape the value embodied in technologies, but they also shape global markets and influence which technologies become market leaders. For example, standards on what constitutes trustworthy and reliable AI will guide the development of AI globally.
This Key technical standard indicators (CTSM), Developed by Joshua Meltzer in the Brookings Global Economics and Development Initiative, assesses the involvement of seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region (Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam) in developing and using CTS and allowing cross-border Compare.
On December 1, the Brookings Institution’s Global Economics and Development Program will host an online public event to discuss CTSM and the opportunities and challenges of broadly developing standards for key technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. The event will feature a panel of experts from the public and private sectors and will be moderated by Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Viewers can submit questions by email to events@brookings.edu or on Twitter using #CTSM.