ETRI Launches 'Majungmul Plaza' Development... Collaborative Research Space for Researchers and Entrepreneurs

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] The 'Majungmul Plaza' project, a collaborative research space for researchers and entrepreneurs in the Daejeon Daedeok Special Zone, is set to be launched in earnest.

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on the 27th that it held a public hearing at the Convergence Technology Research Production Center on campus to establish Majungmul Plaza.

Majungmul Plaza is a project promoted by Daejeon Metropolitan City as part of the Special Zone Re-creation project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Daedeok Special Zone's launch. The goal is to create an advanced base for free technology startups, free from various regulations. Through this, the plan is to strengthen the public startup ecosystem of government-funded research institutes and establish startup infrastructure.

In particular, Majungmul Plaza highlights the ‘Linking Lab’ as the most important core concept, where entrepreneurs and researchers collaborate from business planning to successful commercialization. While existing startup spaces simply provided space, ETRI explained that Majungmul Plaza is a shared research lab equipped with all environments necessary for startups.

ETRI emphasized, "By connecting researchers, young entrepreneurs, companies, and local communities as one, we will secure growth momentum for technology startups through convergence and fusion collaboration for the know-how of ETRI researchers and technology commercialization."

ETRI plans to build a demonstration test bed within Majungmul Plaza utilizing high-cost information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to conduct performance tests and quality measurement tests, and to prepare a priority application test site for various projects related to the designation of Daejeon as a regulatory-free special zone. Experience facilities such as an information and communication experience center and a museum will be installed, and AI and coding education, as well as lectures by scientists, will be conducted.

The event was attended by National Assembly members Sangmin Lee and Seungrye Cho, Kim Myungsoo, Vice Mayor for Science of Daejeon Metropolitan City, and Kim Myungjun, President of ETRI. President Kim said, “Majungmul Plaza is a space that supports startups in the ICT field and serves as an incubator for the co-growth of researchers and companies. We will attract it as a Majungmul space that leads successful startups with 10 years of know-how in operating the Convergence Technology Research Production Center.”

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