Gwangju City Hosts New Technology Contest for Disaster Safety Industry

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 29th that it will hold the ‘Disaster Safety Industry New Technology Contest’ to discover and nurture local companies and prospective entrepreneurs possessing new technologies in the disaster safety industry sector.

This contest was prepared to foster the disaster safety industry by discovering new technologies centered on the 4th Industrial Revolution, creating new industries, and expanding jobs.

The contest targets two categories: new technologies and research and development across the disaster safety industry, including disaster prevention, firefighting, and daily safety.

Participants include local companies with new technologies related to disaster safety, prospective entrepreneurs, research institutions, universities, and individuals. Applications can be submitted via email or mail by June 14. Detailed information can be found on the city’s website (City News Notices and Announcements).

Gwangju plans to select winners through a first-round document review by a judging panel composed of disaster safety experts, followed by a public audition-style final review in August with general audiences and experts.

Awards include the Gwangju Mayor’s Commendation and prize money totaling 20 million KRW distributed among 11 winners: ▲Grand Prize 1 person (4 million KRW) ▲Excellence Award 2 persons (3 million KRW each) ▲Merit Award 2 persons (2 million KRW each) ▲Encouragement Award 6 persons (1 million KRW each).

Additionally, the winning entries will be exhibited at the ‘2021 Korea Safety Industry Expo’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, held at KINTEX from September 14 for three days, with opportunities for product demonstrations, national project planning, and various other benefits and commercialization support.

Moon Beom-su, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “Safety industries based on core 4th Industrial Revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital twins have become increasingly important. The innovative new technologies and creative R&D projects discovered through this contest will be actively incorporated into Gwangju’s safety industry development agenda.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju is accelerating its Gwangju-type New Deal policy in the disaster safety sector by discovering and attracting national projects based on digital D.N.A. (Data, Network, AI) to create an AI-converged digital-based disaster safety industry ecosystem. The city is also committed to building the disaster safety industry foundation through hosting disaster safety industry conferences, participating in the Korea Safety Industry Expo, and supporting universities that establish disaster prevention graduate schools.

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