00:00So, I am here with the Czech Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Innovation, Jana Havlikova.
00:06Thank you so much for joining us here.
00:08Thank you for inviting me.
00:10So, I understand this is your first semi-con in Taiwan, and also you're here with the first ministerial group to visit Taiwan in decades.
00:18So, what are you hoping to get out of this trip, and what kind of partnerships are you hoping will come through?
00:25And it's really amazing experience for us, because, you know, our previous visits already, you know, was held, you know, really strictly on a bilateral level, with, you know, bilateral discussions and maybe also bilateral outputs.
00:41But now we, you know, experience this international context, and we could, you know, talk also with other partners, and also see the semiconductor sector, you know, in terms of the ministerial level, we see it as a part of natural development of our relations in the time, in the area of science and technology.
01:09So, do you think this might lead to even more ministerial visits in the future to Taiwan?
01:14I can't say. It depends, you know, on the opportunities which could be connected with these visits.
01:20But I also have to say that we are now hosting a ministerial visit from your side, because if I'm not mistaken, these days there's a festive opening ceremony of exhibition in our National Museum.
01:38And there would be an exhibition of collections from your National Palace Museums.
01:46So, last October, Taiwan and Czech partners opened the Advanced Ship Design and Research Center in Brno.
01:53In the time that that has been open, you know, how do you see those projects turning into jobs in the Czech Republic and, you know, increasing partnerships with Taiwan?
02:03So, this is just one part of, you know, a complex, I would say, tool to intensify and deepen our cooperation.
02:11And the center in Brno is primarily focused on applied research and, you know, its added value is for me in involvement of Taiwanese companies to the joint project with the Czech academia.
02:28So that we could just, you know, think that more people could imagine to work in the semiconductor industry, so that they have, you know, just, you know, perspective, working in life perspective.
02:43You know, just in the short time that it's been open, have you noticed more enthusiasm for that career path?
02:47Yes, yes, you know, today, this morning, I just had a meeting with the Deputy Minister at NSTC and we just, you know, have the opportunity to summarize, you know, the activities already, you know, held in our relations.
03:08It's really amazing, you know, because I visited Taiwan three years ago and I really could see the difference, you know, because so many projects and, you know, so many people contacting and communicating with each other.
03:25You know, I really do hope that there will be many tangible outputs in the near future.
03:30The European Chips Act has been in effect for about two years now, 43 billion euros of investment in the region.
03:38What is your hope for how that investment will reach the Czech Republic, but also Europe in general?
03:45We have to admit that Europe lags behind, you know, in the technological sectors and the European Chips Act is just one of tools how to, you know, cope with it and mitigate all these risks connected.
04:00Within this European Chips Act, we've just established our national competence center, we were, I think, maybe one, maybe the first country, member country of the European Union to do this.
04:21You know, if there's only one thing that you would like our viewers to know about the Czech-Taiwan tech relationship after this semi-con, what would that be?
04:30So, I would say that the Czech Republic is a true friend of Taiwan and a promising inter-reliable partner in all these sectors.
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