The 'Nobel Prize Country' Sweden and Joint Research on Infectious Diseases and Climate Change
The 3rd Korea-Sweden Science and Technology Joint Committee Meeting Held on the 15th
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] South Korea is strengthening cooperation in the field of science and technology, including promoting joint research on infectious diseases with Sweden, the "land of the Nobel Prize."
The Ministry of Science and ICT held the 3rd Korea-Sweden Science and Technology Joint Committee (Joint Committee) via video conference on the afternoon of the 15th with the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research. This meeting is an intergovernmental consultative body based on the Korea-Sweden Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement signed in 2009. It is a forum to discuss specific cooperation measures such as science and technology policy exchanges and joint research between the two countries.
The two countries positively discussed launching new joint research in the field of infectious diseases next year. In addition, promising cooperation areas such as energy storage and cybersecurity were also discussed. The Korea Green Technology Center (GTC) agreed to jointly conduct research with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in Sweden to derive measures for achieving carbon neutrality using intelligent information technology (artificial intelligence and machine learning). They also agreed to promote exchanges between the two countries centered on the Nordic Science and Technology Cooperation Center (KNTEC) under the Ministry of Science and ICT, located in Stockholm. KNTEC and the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsr?det) will jointly hold workshops for Korea-Nordic researcher exchanges to activate cooperation such as joint research and joint paper presentations with leading Nordic scientists.
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Kim Seong-gyu, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, "Sweden is a leading Nordic innovation country on international issues such as climate change," and added, "We will continue to strengthen science and technology cooperation with the Nordic region, including Sweden."
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