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Recent editions

• OECD Science and Technology Policy Ministerial; OECD Main Science and Technology indicators update (April 2024)
• Connectivity statistics update; OECD definition of AI systems explained; Forum on critical supply chains (March 2024) 
• New insights on firm productivity, gender diversity in senior management, AI in health, and the ocean economy (February 2024)
• Products incorporating digital technologies: What are the risks for consumer product safety? (February 2024)
• Exploring the space economy in figures; the economics of space sustainability (January 2024)
• Expanding broadband connectivity in Southeast Asia (January 2024)
• New insights on the green transition and green innovation (December 2023)
• The OECD's updated definition of AI systems explained; new OECD AI Incidents Monitor launched (December 2023)
• Combatting climate change: Join our events at the OECD COP28 virtual pavilion (November 2023)
• Upcoming events on AI, trade in value added, green consumers (November 2023)
• How countries are implementing the OECD Principles for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence; new OECD work on AI (November 2023)
• Measuring the Internet of Things; OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators update; building a metaverse based on democratic values (October 2023)
• Tackling online sexual exploitation and abuse of children; review of the OECD Recommendation on cross-border co-operation in the enforcement of laws protecting privacy; STIP Compass international S&T policy database update; OECD.AI internships (October 2023)
• A new policy primer on generative AI; towards a G7 common understanding of AI; enhancing the security of communication infrastructure (September 2023)
• Career pathways for doctoral and postdoc researchers; transformative innovation policy in practice; innovation review of Korea (September 2023)
• Connectivity statistics update; global challenge to build trust in generative AI; COVID-19 and science policy; "new space" and growth of the space economy (August 2023) 
• Artificial intelligence and the future of scientific research; engaging citizens in innovation policy (July 2023)
• Did COVID-19 accelerate the green transition? Events on the green transition and industrial policies (June 2023)
• Shaping our future at the tech frontier: First event of the OECD Global Forum on Technology (June 2023)
• Cross-border data flows and private sector perspectives; emerging privacy-enhancing technologies; data portability in open banking (May 2023)
• Mitigating the risks of generative AI; a portait of AI adopters across countries; income-based tax incentives for innovation; data insights on steel industry subsidies (May 2023)
• How has R&D investment grown since COVID-19? Update of the OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators (April 2023)
• Replays of the 3rd OECD conference on AI in work, innovation, productivity and skills (April 2023)
• Why don't more women code? Latest OECD work and data on digital gender divides and women in STI (March 2023)
• Latest OECD work on artificial intelligence; online conference on AI in work, innovation, productivity and skills (March 2023) 
• Connectivity statistics update: High-speed fibre now dominant in half of OECD countries; broadband networks of the future (February 2023)
• The future of science and innovation in Ukraine (January 2023)
• Webinar on how corporations use software to kill innovation; new OECD Quantifying Industrial Strategies (QuIS) project; identifying and characterising AI adopters (January 2023)
• Toward a trusted, sustainable and inclusive digital future: Outcomes of the OECD Digital Economy Ministerial (December 2022)
• OECD Digital Economy Ministerial policy briefs and reports (December 2022)
• The environmental impact of artificial intelligence (November 2022)
• Spectrum management for communication services; communication regulators of the future (November 2022)
• Join us online at COP27: AI, decarbonisation and more (October 2022)
• New OECD work on digital security (October 2022)
• New innovation review of Germany has insights for all OECD countries (October 2022)
• Crowded orbits: Is space sustainability at risk? (September 2022)
• Towards a new vision of innovation through COVID-19? (September 2022)
• Measuring financial consumer detriment in e-commerce; online marketplaces and consumer protection; consumer product safety pledges (August 2022)
• Hackathon on data science for STI policy; integrity and security in the global research ecosystem; web portal on research security (August 2022)
• Measuring the space economy (July 2022)