The Korea Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation Successfully Concludes the 'Large and Small-Medium Logistics Companies Win-Win' Conference

Attending the '2021 Logistics Industry Promotion Conference,' Shim Jae-seon, Chairman of the Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation (fifth from the left in the photo), along with other key guests, are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Korea Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation announced on the 25th that it held the '2021 Logistics Industry Promotion Conference.'

The event was hosted by the Korea Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation under the theme of 'Creating a Logistics Ecosystem of Hope and Coexistence,' with support from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Hyundai Glovis.

The first part featured presentations on research projects for the development of small and medium logistics companies, including a presentation by the Department of Air Traffic Logistics at Korea Aerospace University titled 'Strategies for Securing Competitiveness of E-commerce Companies: From an ESG Perspective,' which won the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award at the 8th Thesis Contest. It also introduced Newbility’s 'Food Delivery and Immediate Delivery Service Using Urban Last-Mile Autonomous Delivery Robots,' which won the grand prize at this year’s logistics startup competition.

The second part included an awards ceremony for five outstanding small and medium logistics companies, five thesis contest winners, and six startup competition winning teams.

The awards for outstanding small and medium logistics companies went to Korea Chojoun Pyeongtaek (Grand Prize), Value Link U (Excellence Award), Dawon Logistics (Excellence Award), GLS’s Jaehoon Oh (Logistics Artisan Award), and Daeshin Regular Freight Truck’s Youngsik Kim (Logistics Artisan Award).

In the thesis contest, winners included Korea Aerospace University Graduate School (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award), Gyeonggi Research Institute Transportation Logistics Research Office & Hanyang University (Chairman’s Award of the Korea Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation), Pusan National University Graduate School (President’s Award of the Korean Logistics Society), and National Defense University Graduate School of Defense Management (Chairman’s Award of the Korean SCM Society).

At the startup competition, winners were Newbility (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award & Grand Prize), Ninano Company Co., Ltd. (Excellence Award), Korea Deep Learning Co., Ltd. (Excellence Award), Softis Co., Ltd. (Encouragement Award), RGT Co., Ltd. (Encouragement Award), and Marine Drone Technology Co., Ltd. (Encouragement Award).

A representative of the Korea Logistics Industry Promotion Foundation stated, “Digital transformation and ESG management have already become essential conditions for the sustainable growth of both large corporations and small and medium logistics companies,” adding, “We hope that the online 2021 Logistics Industry Promotion Conference held today will serve as an opportunity for many in the logistics industry to promote corporate development.”

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