Hwaseong City Accelerates Leap Toward 'AI Leading City' with Special AX Lecture for Public Officials

Hwaseong Accelerates Public Sector AX Transformation
A Platform for Sharing the Korea AI Action Plan

On April 24, Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi Province held a special lecture titled "AI Leading City Hwaseong" at the main auditorium of Hwaseong City Hall, targeting over 300 public officials and employees of affiliated organizations. The purpose of the lecture was to enhance employees' understanding of the "Korea Artificial Intelligence Action Plan," as well as to strengthen the foundation for discovering AI projects linked to national policy and accelerating the public sector's AI transformation (AX).

Yoon Sungjin, Acting Mayor of Hwaseong Special City, is giving a greeting at the special lecture titled "AI Leading City Hwaseong." Provided by Hwaseong City.

The lecture was attended by directors of departments and offices, heads of public institutions, and officials from departments related to AI projects, as well as other public officials interested in public sector AX transformation and the identification of AI projects. The participants shared the direction of national AI policies and discussed challenges facing administrative sites, thereby laying the groundwork for expanding AI across the entire administration as an innovation that citizens can tangibly experience.

The special lecture was held in two sessions.

In the first session, Professor Hong Choongseon, a member of the Education and Talent Subcommittee of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee, delivered a lecture on "LLM and National AI Transformation Strategy." Professor Hong explained the background behind the development of national AI policy and its key tasks, emphasizing that local governments need to identify implementation projects aligned with national policy. He also addressed the roles and responsibilities of public officials in the age of AI.

The second session featured Senior Researcher Cho Yongtak of the Intelligent Data-Based Administration Team at the National Information Society Agency (NIA), who gave a lecture on "Public Sector AX Transformation and Methods for Discovering AI Projects." Senior Researcher Cho highlighted the challenges public officials face when balancing their primary duties with AX initiatives, introduced methods for developing departmental domain knowledge and field issues into AI project ideas, and presented step-by-step AX solutions that can be applied in the workplace, along with key considerations when identifying new projects.

Yoon Sungjin, Acting Mayor of Hwaseong Special City, remarked, "This special lecture is an opportunity to understand the 'Korea Artificial Intelligence Action Plan' and to consider together how to apply it to the administration of Hwaseong Special City." He added, "I hope this education will not end as a one-time event, but serve as a starting point for advancing public sector AX transformation and the discovery of AI projects."

He continued, "Hwaseong Special City has continuously expanded the foundation for citizens' lives as an exemplary basic society. By actively introducing AI into administration, we can further elevate the level of administrative services that citizens experience, and through this, Hwaseong can leap forward as a leading city of the 'AI Basic Society,' surpassing the concept of a 'Basic Society.'"

With this special lecture as a starting point, the city plans to further materialize discussions on identifying departmental AI implementation projects and realizing public sector AX transformation. In particular, the city intends to sequentially gather each department's implementation plans and strengthen the system that links national policy with administrative practice, thereby accelerating the realization of AI-based administrative services that citizens can truly feel.

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