Incheon Geomdan Smart City Living Lab Citizen Participation Group Recruitment... Residents Discover Smart Services

Geomdan New Town is scheduled to have a total of 7,976 households move in sequentially across six complexes by the end of this year, starting with Hoban Summit Complex 1 in June.
[Photo by Incheon Urban Corporation]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon Urban Corporation announced on the 20th that it will recruit a citizen participation group to actively promote the Geomdan Smart City Living Lab, which directly discovers smart services desired by residents of Geomdan New Town.

The Living Lab is an innovative methodology meaning 'a laboratory in daily life,' which solves regional problems through mutual cooperation among public, private, and citizens. Through the Living Lab, it is possible to create a sustainable city by directly proposing and communicating the direction of local social issues and public policies.

The corporation plans to recruit about 60 citizen participants and discover smart services together with residents of Geomdan New Town until October next year.

Residents or prospective residents of Geomdan New Town who wish to participate can apply by the 3rd of next month through the website (onoffmix.com/event/241601) or the Nest e-Um app.

The Geomdan Smart City Living Lab operates based on an online platform.

By opening an online discussion forum, it overcomes the temporal and spatial limitations of offline activities and shares various materials through the online platform. It also plans to enable indirect opinion collection and voting through comments.

The entire process of the Living Lab will be recorded and preserved on video, and video archive work will be conducted to help citizens understand the Living Lab.

The video archive will be produced as a series and released through YouTube and other platforms, and will be used as basic data for sustainable Living Labs led by residents in the future.

A collaboration partner program will also be operated to realize the smart services discovered by the citizen participation group.

The corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Incheon Technopark to utilize the technology of local startup companies to realize the ideas of the citizen participation group while contributing to the revitalization of the local economy.

Scheduled for completion in 2023, Geomdan New Town is being developed on a 11,106,000㎡ site in the Won-dang, Dangha, Majon, and Bullo neighborhoods of Seo-gu, accommodating 75,851 households and 187,000 people. Starting with Hoban Summit Phase 1 in June, a total of 7,976 households in six complexes are expected to move in sequentially by the end of this year.

Lee Seungwoo, president of Incheon Urban Corporation, said, "A smart city is a system that integrates online and offline based on ICT (Information and Communication Technology)." He added, "Through the Geomdan Smart City Living Lab, residents are expected to directly consider the problems of their living area, find solutions, and receive desired experiential smart services."

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