June 12, 2024
Longer description:
When we talk about digital infrastructure, we think of broadband, connectivity, and 5G. However, in the age of artificial intelligence, Taiwan doubts that this hardware-dominant approach is sufficient for digital resilience.
Taiwan foresees an upcoming trend of software digital infrastructure arising, and so has subsumed software as a category of the National Major Infrastructure Project in 2024.
But determining and inducting public software as national critical digital infrastructure is an issue that needs to be solved; and how the government ensures technological autonomy and accountability in its development and operation raises further questions.
Continuing the traditional private-public-partnership social innovation approach in Taiwan, the nation is now reinventing its digital public service lifecycle and managing to involve the voice of citizens along the way.
In this session, the Taiwanese Ministry of Digital Affairs presents their philosophy, methodology, and practice on re-imaging critical digital infrastructure — and bringing the public along with them.