Innovation and Commercialization Working Group Report

The Innovation and Commercialization (I&C) Working Group’s mandate is to: • study and recommend tools and methods for driving international collaboration on AI R&D and innovation, • advance research results into products and processes, • transfer these results to industry, with a special focus on SMEs. The I&C Working Group will examine support measures to facilitate these advances, including standards and norms, self-certification, etc. The I&C Working Group is comprised of 35 Experts and 12 Observers with varied backgrounds and expertise that contribute to the WG projects. Of these 35 Experts, 17 Experts come from an Industry background, 14 from the Science field, 2 from Civil Society, and 2 with roles in the Government. Of the 12 Observers, 4 have an Industry background, 3 come from international organizations, 3 from the Science field, 1 from Civil Society, and 1 from the Government. The Observers play a unique role in the I&C Working Group. One is nominated by the Egyptian Government, one comes from the OECD, two come from UNESCO, and eight were nominated by the I&C WG Co-Chairs to contribute to the projects, notably the IP Committee. The IP Committee calls for an array of IP experts with regional diversity to contribute to the project, including three French, two Canadians, two Japanese, and an American. All GPAI members nominated 1 or 2 Experts to the Working Group, thus ensuring geographical diversity. Finally, GPAI considers gender diversity, and has achieved it with approximately 39% female Experts and 61% male Experts making up the I&C Working Group.