'Subway Fine Dust Reduction Technology Development' French Team Wins 'Challenge Plus Award'... Selected as Seoul Global Challenge Award Team

Seoul City Holds Awards Ceremony for International Competitive R&D Contest 'Seoul Global Challenge'... Total 19 Teams Awarded
International Contest for Subway Air Quality Improvement Innovative Technologies and Ideas, Winners Selected in 'Technology Competition' and 'Academic Competition'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 16th, Seoul City announced that as a result of a competition among innovative companies and research institutions from over 10 countries worldwide to develop innovative technologies for improving subway air quality, the team from France, Tallano Technologie, was selected as the recipient of the Challenge Plus Award, the Seoul Mayor's Award.

The international competitive R&D project 'Seoul Global Challenge 2021' for 'Reducing Fine Dust and Improving Air Quality in the Seoul Subway' was held on the same day at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) video conference studio. Seoul City selected a total of 19 teams as awardees after a year-long journey, including 5 teams in the technology competition and 14 teams in the academic competition.

Hosted by Seoul City and organized by the Seoul Business Agency and Seoul Metro, 'Seoul Global Challenge 2021' is an international competition started with the purpose of 'finding solutions to challenges faced by the global city Seoul from innovators around the world.' It is a 'global open platform' that enables broad idea exchange and the development and demonstration of innovative technologies to solve urban problems.

Despite the global pandemic situation, through active online business briefings, innovative companies and research institutions from over 10 countries worldwide participated, competing with 95 innovative technologies and 71 research topics.

The French team 'Tallano Technologie,' which won the Seoul Mayor's Award, the grand prize in the 'Wear Particle Generation Reduction' category, developed a device that immediately absorbs wear particles generated during brake braking processes, thereby reducing fine dust emissions. In the 'Removal Performance Improvement' category, the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, which developed a large-capacity air purifier technology without filters, and the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Chung-Ang University, which developed fine dust collection technology using nano-liquid thin-film filters, were awarded.

Meanwhile, in the 'Academic Competition,' 71 teams from around the world, including Canada, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, participated and conducted research and paper writing from March to September of the same year. Based on the submitted research papers, 14 final awardees were selected through final written and presentation evaluations.

Park Dae-woo, Director of Economic and Job Planning at Seoul City, said, "Seoul Global Challenge 2021 was an open competition where we could confirm innovative technologies beyond expectations through the active participation of domestic and international companies with excellent technological capabilities," adding, "Based on the outstanding technologies and research of innovators, I hope this will be an opportunity to widely promote Seoul in the world through the process of improving the lives and quality of citizens worldwide."

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