Honam University LINC+ Hosts '2021 Industry-Academic Cooperation Exchange Day'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Honam University Industry-Academic Cooperation Leading University (LINC+) Promotion Group (Director Yang Seung-hak) announced on the 30th that it held the ‘2021 Industry-Academic Cooperation Exchange Day’ event at the IT Square Small Auditorium on campus.

Hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea and organized by the Honam University LINC+ Project Group, this event was designed as an opportunity to showcase various achievements of enrolled students and family companies, as well as to explore employment connections between family companies and students.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, only a minimum number of attendees participated, including President Park Sang-chul, LINC+ Project Group Director Yang Seung-hak, Honam University students, family companies, and participating institutions.

In his opening remarks, President Park said, “We will strive to cooperate to contribute to strengthening competitiveness with family companies, and fulfill our social responsibilities as a hub university working together with the local community.”

From 2 p.m. on the first day of the event, the 29th, an online technical seminar in the cultural content field was held, featuring keynote presentations by Vice President Heo Kwon of Mongolia International University, Senior Researcher Seol Yeon-su of the Korea Culture Technology Research Institute at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Senior Researcher Dr. Ahn Hyung-gi of the Korea Archaeological Environment Research Institute, Director Lee Sang-hoon of Incheon Eunhye Hospital, and Cultural Heritage Digital Restorer Dr. Park Jin-ho.

At the family company exchange meeting, there was an awards ceremony for outstanding family companies, an introduction to the Gwangsan-gu Corporate Doctor Center, and a special lecture by Center Director Ha Sang-yong of the Gwangju Creative Economy Innovation Center. Following this, in appreciation of excellent commercialization achievements through participation in the Industry-Academic Cooperation Customized Enterprise Support Program, Zenith Technology donated one semester’s scholarship, and Ufriend Co., Ltd. donated a scholarship of 2 million KRW.

The event runs until the 30th, featuring an integrated online exhibition of outstanding works produced in Capstone Design and Creative Dream Room, technical exchanges through exhibitions of results such as joint industry-academic technology development, employment linkage activities between family companies and students, and operation of industry-academic cooperation programs including online exhibitions using a metaverse platform.

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