CONVERGE - About Converge

About Converge

CONVERGE is a Track 2 dialogue that will BASELINE key technical, policy, and operational approaches of select Indo-Pacific countries on artificial intelligence and semiconductors to propose ways to HARMONIZE efforts that will ENHANCE cross-border tech collaboration between actors operating in different contexts.

Mindful that tech innovation does not occur in a vacuum, CONVERGE will undertake a more pragmatic approach to research and dialogue by emphasizing policy and industry perspectives to ensure that the insights and recommendations generated are feasible in the real-world setting.

Adopting a more inclusive and practical approach to Critical and Emerging Technology collaboration, CONVERGE will engage experts, practitioners, and professionals from the US, Japan, Australia, India, and Singapore, and the Philippines.

CONVERGE: The Indo-Pacific Critical Tech Forum 2024 is supported by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the US Department of State and implemented by Pacific Forum’s Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies program

CONVERGE: Indo-Pacific Critical Tech Cooperation Policy Report

This report builds on the key outcomes and findings from CONVERGE: The Indo-Pacific Critical Tech Forum on AI and Semiconductors 2024, a Track 1.5 dialogue that aimed to examine key technical, policy, and operational approaches of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), comprising the United States (US), Japan, Australia, and India, alongside two Southeast Asian countries: Singapore and the Philippines.

Accompanying the key findings of the Track 1.5 dialogue are policy chapters written by experts that further provide a deep dive into the varying contexts and prospects of the US, Japan, Australia, India, Singapore, and the Philippines on AI and semiconductors in the evolving Indo-Pacific landscape.

Over the long term, it is hoped that CONVERGE leads to the institutionalization of QUAD-Southeast Asia cooperation to promote a wider Indo-Pacific collaboration on critical and emerging technologies.