Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) held the Korea-U.S. Standards Cooperation Forum 2024 on June 28 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. with the attendance of approximately 70 experts of both countries, including representatives from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Intel, and IBM.

 

The Korea-U.S. Standards Cooperation Forum 2024 held in-depth discussions on the two countries’ joint progress in standards development in five advanced technology areas, namely semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), future mobility, quantum technology, and carbon neutrality/clean energy, with the addition of “digital ID” as a sixth new area, with participants agreeing to propose five new international standards for semiconductors, quantum technology, and solar cells and to launch a new global standards project in bio-semiconductor development.

 

On June 27, KATS and NIST sealed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for supporting the two countries’ intergovernmental standards cooperation in facilitating joint efforts and information sharing of international and regional standards organizations, as a follow-up to the Korea-U.S.-Japan trilateral summit held at Camp David last August. On the same day, KATS also held a regular bilateral meeting to discuss measures for private sector collaboration, such as the sharing of advanced technology standards strategies and promoting standards talent exchanges.