The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, announced this Sunday that the Generalitat's Budget for 2024 will allocate "for the first time in history" more than 1,000 million euros to research, development and innovation (I D i).
He said this during the Mobile Lunch, in which the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Service, José Luis Escrivá, also participated; the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni; the CEO of GSMA, John Hoffman, and that of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona (MWCapital), Francesc Fajula.
Aragonès has stated that this item in the accounts demonstrates "this Government's commitment to a reindustrialization of the country based on growth" and that its executive knows how to prioritize its resources.
The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, has claimed for his part that Barcelona "has returned to compete" in this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) and has defended that technology is at the service of society.
Meanwhile, Minister Escrivà has called for an in-depth debate on the areas that they want to "reserve to humans" in the face of the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI).
He has stressed the need for "a great consensus" in which all social agents, civil society and public administrations participate.
The meeting has been organized by MWCapital as a preview of the MWC, which will be held between this Monday and Thursday at the Gran Via venue of Fira de Barcelona, and the Minister of Business and Labor of the Generalitat, Roger Torrent, and the general director of Fira de Barcelona, Constantí Serrallonga.
