Gwangju TP Achieves 7 Crowns at Hope Connection Project Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangju Technopark (Gwangju TP) announced on the 18th that it won a total of seven Minister of Industry Awards by achieving excellent results in all categories at the ‘2020 Hope Connection Project Awards Ceremony’ held on the 17th.

The awards ceremony was held as a non-face-to-face video conference attended by about 300 people including university students, local businesspeople, and public institution officials.

The Hope Connection Project, which started in 2012, is a program that connects local companies and outstanding talents by providing local youth with opportunities such as visiting local companies and employment-related programs to change perceptions of local companies and alleviate the concentration of talented individuals in the metropolitan area.

In particular, the Honam-Jeju region project was led by Gwangju TP, CAMTIC Comprehensive Technology Institute, and Jeju TP, and Gwangju TP won awards in all four categories (solving corporate difficulties, solving regional problems, excellent company visit reviews, and outstanding supporters) with seven teams honored.

The ‘SFLAB team,’ which won the gold prize (Minister of Industry Award) in the corporate difficulties resolution category, presented the task titled ‘Defect Judgment of Optical Lenses Using Artificial Intelligence’ in collaboration with Gwangju’s small and medium enterprise IO Solution Co., Ltd. The ‘Hangwaro Team,’ which received the silver prize (KIAT President Award) in the regional problem-solving category, presented the ‘Project to Revitalize Experiential Tourism by Restoring Honam Traditional Hangwa.’

Park Ji-soo (3rd year at Jeju University) and Lee Song-ah (2nd year at Jeju University), who were active as supporters with the support of Gwangju TP, received the grand prize and excellence award for outstanding supporters at the awards ceremony.

In the corporate category, the Minister’s Award was given to ‘Dagon Solution,’ a tenant company of I-PLEX, which was highly evaluated for creating an opportunity to develop the local economy and increase employment of local youth talents.

The Minister’s Award for the executing organization, which can be awarded to only one person, was given to Park Sung-heon, head of the Growth Support Department at Gwangju TP. He was recognized for discovering excellent companies in Gwangju, supporting the successful operation of university students’ visit programs and supporters, increasing participation, and improving awareness of local companies.

Kim Sun-min, president of Gwangju TP, said, “The passion of our local youth participating in the Hope Connection Project toward employment has brought successful results,” and added, “During these difficult times due to COVID-19, we will do our best to support the Hope Connection Project to become a vaccine of hope for employment for our local youth.”

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