9 Members Including Heo Se-hong and Chu Hye-yong Appointed as 4th Committee Members of the National Science and Technology Advisory Council

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Nine individuals, including Heo Se-hong, President and CEO of GS Caltex, and Chu Hye-yong, Executive Director of Samsung Display, have been newly appointed as the 4th term review committee members of the National Science and Technology Advisory Council.

According to the Ministry of Science and ICT on the 6th, they will serve for one year from today until next year on the National Science and Technology Advisory Council's review committee (a total of 10 members), the highest decision-making body that deliberates and decides on the national science and technology budget and policies. The National Science and Technology Advisory Council also has an advisory committee consisting of 12 members that functions as an advisory body to the President.

The Ministry of Science and ICT stated, "The selection was made by comprehensively considering various factors such as expertise and research achievements in the field of science and technology, policy experience, and the composition ratio of industry, academia, and research institutes," adding, "The committee is composed of outstanding researchers actively working at universities and government-funded research institutes, individuals with policy experience in science and technology as chairpersons of subcommittees under the advisory council, as well as experts with field experience and professional insight in the economic and industrial sectors."

The following is the list of newly appointed review committee members:

▲ Kim Min-seon, Senior Researcher at Korea Institute of Industrial Technology ▲ Kim Si-ho, Professor at Yonsei University, Department of Global Convergence Engineering ▲ Kim Young-ok, Principal Researcher at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology ▲ Park Hyun-min, President of Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science ▲ Baek Ran, Professor at Honam University, Department of Computer Engineering ▲ Lee Seung-bok, Professor at Seoul National University School of Dentistry ▲ Chu Hye-yong, Executive Director at Samsung Display ▲ Ha Jae-du, Principal Researcher at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology ▲ Heo Se-hong, President and CEO of GS Caltex.

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