Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun's First Invited Special Lecture Since Inauguration at Dong-A University Where He Served

Strengthening Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Introducing Busan's Future Vision

Diagnosing Local Universities' Crisis and Presenting Policy Directions

‘Open Campus Meeting’ Visits to Universities Starting in June

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan will give his first university invitation special lecture since taking office. He will visit Dong-A University, where he previously worked, on the 20th.

On that day, Mayor Park will give a lecture at Dow Hall on Dong-A University Bumin Campus under the theme "Busan's Future Vision and Strengthening Industry-Academia Cooperation."

This special lecture was arranged at the invitation of Dong-A University (President Lee Hae-woo) and the Dong-A University Alumni Association. It was planned to strengthen collaboration with the region, universities, and industry and to pursue sustainable development.

In the special lecture, Mayor Park Hyung-jun will introduce Busan's future vision and diagnose the crisis situation of universities in the Busan area.

He will also explain the city administration plans for building an industry-academia cooperation system, fostering local talent, and creating infrastructure for Busan to advance as an innovative industry-academia cooperation city together with universities.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun explained the purpose of the lecture, saying, "Although local universities are currently facing difficulties due to the decrease in school-age population and the outflow of admission resources to the metropolitan area, we must unite our efforts to overcome the crisis by strengthening the cooperation system among local government, industry, academia, and research institutes that links specialized research, commercialization, and talent development functions of each university."

After Mayor Park's special lecture at Dong-A University, Busan City will hold "Open Campus Meetings" at various universities in the Busan area starting in June.

Mayor Park plans to visit university campuses in person to elicit participation and proposals from youth, university students, and local industries. All proceedings can be viewed on Bada TV, Busan City's internet broadcasting channel.

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