The cities with which Alicante will have to compete to host the headquarters of Artificial Intelligence are Barcelona, La Coruña, Gijón, Zaragoza, Segovia, Salamanca, Guadalajara, Palma de Mallorca, Granada and Tenerife. The Official State Gazette (BOE) published on October 5 the order that established the criteria to be taken into account for the awarding of these two venues, giving the autonomous communities and local entities a month to present their candidacies, a term that expires this coming Saturday November 5th.
The government’s intention is relocate outside the Spanish capital newly created headquarters of institutions that depend on the State. In addition, as defended by the Executive of Pedro Sánchez, one of the objectives of this measure is to fight against depopulation.
The assets of Alicante
The candidacy of Alicante to host the headquarters of the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence has a advisory committee made up of renowned experts in artificial intelligence (AI) who push in favor of the project. The actions carried out by the universities and the Valencian Administration have contributed to generate a staff prepared and trained to carry out the new professions that society demands. The Ministry has facilitated the incorporation of more than 160 researchers in the last five years to the GenT excellence program, created by the Valencian Government in 2017 and which in its three modalities aims to attract, retain and consolidate the career of researchers of international excellence in all areas of knowledge, according to the Consell.
Likewise, the Ellis Alicante Unity Foundation He directs his research activity in people-centered Artificial Intelligence, with a special focus on modeling human behavior in use cases for social good, including the current pandemic; or the development of interactive intelligent systems and the challenges and limitations of AI systems that are used for decision-making, such as algorithmic biases or the subliminal manipulation of human behavior.
10 assets of Alicante to host the Artificial Intelligence Agency
The commitment of the Generalitat is to put into a public administration that contributes to improving the lives of citizens through the implementation of AI is underway in public services in order to move towards more sustainable, effective and efficient management systems in areas such as health, public transport, cities, education, energy and the sustainability of the planet.
In addition, the Generalitat Valenciana defends that digital district it is more than a project in which to install companies, startups, ideas and talent. Headquartered in Ciudad de la Luz, it is the spearhead of technological transformation and the digital economy and the great commitment of the Council in Alicante this legislature.
The city of Alicante meets all the necessary requirements to house institutional headquarters, its main flagship being the European Union Intellectual Property Office (Euipo), that has been operating from the provincial capital for three decades.
Also, the Valencian Agency for Innovation (AVI) Its objective is to act as a facilitator of innovation for Valencian companies, with the empowerment and creation of connections between the agents of the Valencian innovation system in order to incorporate existing knowledge in new enabling technologies to the Valencian business fabric, despite the controversy a year ago over the unequal distribution of funds between universities.
The Council of Ministers decides
After the deadline for the presentation of candidacies, this Saturday, November 5, the Advisory Commission chaired by the Minister of Territorial Policy, Isabel Rodríguez, will prepare an opinion, analyzing the possible venues. So it will be the Council of Ministers who adopts the definitive agreement on the location of the headquarters of these new agencies, which will be published in the BOE within a maximum period of six months from the start of the procedure.
