AI, Blockchain, IoT Experts: 11 Leading Specialists Formed... Ongoing Technical Advisory on Smart Market Information and Development Directions for Wholesale Markets and Corporations Using Latest ICT Technologies

Committee members attending the launch ceremony of the 4th Industrial Working Group of the Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation are pledging their commitment to the future development of wholesale markets and the corporation's IT. (Sixth from the left, Kim Kyung-ho, President of the Corporation)

Committee members attending the launch ceremony of the 4th Industrial Working Group of the Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation are pledging their commitment to the future development of wholesale markets and the corporation's IT. (Sixth from the left, Kim Kyung-ho, President of the Corporation)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyung-ho) launched the '4th Industrial Revolution Expert Working Group' on the 15th to build the world's most advanced smart wholesale market and to discover future-oriented and sustainable new business opportunities for the corporation.


First, to form the working group, the corporation invited and appointed leading representatives from various fields across the industry, including experts in the latest IT technologies such as AI, blockchain, and IoT, as well as specialists in startups, transparency, marketing, and consumer perspectives.


The working group consists of 11 experts from various sectors, including Lee *ho from Kakao Mobility, Lim *hwan from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kim *seong from the University of Seoul, and Yoo *beom from the Korea Transparency Organization.


The working group will continuously provide practical and detailed technical advice on resolving current issues such as the direction for establishing new IT systems for the smart market in line with the modernization project of the Garak Market facilities, as well as the operation and improvement of existing systems including the corporation's administrative system, statistical and linkage systems, and data standardization.


Kim Jong-geun, Head of the Management Headquarters, stated with the launch of the working group, “We will strive to build a smart market that integrates IT technology beyond simple wholesale market facility modernization, becoming a wholesale market that leads the Korean economy by creating new businesses, customers, and high added value.”



It is expected that through the working group, the corporation will greatly contribute to the development of the wholesale market and the corporation by responding to major future IT environment changes and providing IT-related advice on smart markets and other areas.


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