Gimhae 'Small Giant R&D Special Zone' Officially Launched... Cheon Seung-ho Elected as Inaugural Chairman of Research Institute Companies Council

A meeting of the Gimhae Small Giant Research and Development Special Zone Research Institute Company Council was held at the Gimhae Ice Square Hotel in Gyeongnam.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] On the 9th, Gimhae City in Gyeongnam held a meeting of the Gimhae Gangso Research and Development Special Zone Research Institute Companies Council at the Gimhae Ice Square Hotel.

Research institute companies are enterprises established within the research and development special zone by public research institutions, etc., investing capital to commercialize technology.

They play an important role in the technology commercialization promoted by the Gangso Special Zone, and the research institute companies form a council to engage in technology exchange, network building, and commercialization collaboration.

This meeting was hosted by the Gangso Special Zone Project Group, sharing the 2021 performance, 2022 operational directions, and corporate support tasks of the Gangso Special Zone project, followed by a guest lecture and discussion on council operation plans.

Cheon Seung-ho, CEO of GH Lab, was elected as the inaugural chairman of the council, which had been vacant until now.

At the meeting, plans for full-scale council activities were prepared, and development plans for the Gangso Special Zone centered on research institute companies were discussed.

A Gimhae City official said, “We will do our best to support the technology development and commercialization of research institute companies, the core entities of the Gangso Special Zone project, and to help the Gimhae Gangso Special Zone leap forward as the nation’s top bio-medical medical device R&D hub.”

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