KAIST "Let's Make Daejeon + Sejong an 'Innovation Nest'"

Symposium Held on the Afternoon of the 21st

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will hold the 'KAIST-Based Daejeon-Sejong Advanced Industry Ecosystem Creation Symposium' on the afternoon of the 21st at the main campus in Daejeon, Conference Room 1.

At the symposium, discussions will focus on creating an advanced industry ecosystem connecting Daejeon and Sejong based on KAIST's excellent talent development and corporate support programs.

At the event, KAIST Vice President for Research Lee Sang-yeop presented the 'K-NEST' project, revealing KAIST's plan to provide core momentum for the 50th anniversary re-creation project of the Daedeok Innopolis. The plan aims to build a regional cooperation network by establishing a startup park and Daejeon-Sejong landmark spaces, and to create an advanced industrial innovation growth ecosystem connecting Daejeon and Sejong based on innovation growth through super-gap technologies in AI, energy, bio, ESG, and materials, parts, and equipment sectors.

This project, named the Innovation Nest Strategy, includes key implementation measures such as ▲establishing a large-scale regional venture fund ▲granting authority and responsibility to domestic and international top venture investors for startup investment and innovation ecosystem construction ▲and establishing a new startup culture where startup, residential, educational, and cultural spaces coexist in a single area.

Vice President Lee also introduced plans to establish a Graduate School of Science and Technology Medical Science that pursues convergence education in medicine, engineering, and science. This school, called the Medical Science Graduate School, is part of the K-NEST project's bio-medical strategy, designed to produce MD-Ph.D.s who complete medical, clinical medicine, clinical practice, convergence medical-engineering education, and a four-year doctoral program. The goal is to nurture talents who will serve as convergent scientists, physicians, and innovative entrepreneurs, establish cooperative systems with regional hospitals in Daejeon and Sejong, and pioneer new markets through global medical market-creating R&BD such as precision medicine AI research, personalized new drugs, and advanced therapeutic devices.

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