The Spring Academic Conference of the Industrial Cluster Society Held in the Metaverse

Held on the Theme of 'New Evolution Directions of Industrial Clusters'

[Asia Economy Reporter Minwoo Lee] The Industrial Cluster Society held its spring academic conference on a metaverse (extended virtual world) platform.

On the 17th, the Industrial Cluster Society announced that it held this year's spring academic conference on the metaverse platform 'Gather Town' under the theme "New Evolution Directions of Industrial Clusters." The conference was hosted and organized by the Industrial Cluster Society, and sponsored by the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, and the Economic Geography Policy and Research Education Center affiliated with the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Kangwon National University.

At the spring academic conference, the current status of industrial complexes was diagnosed, and sessions related to future directions such as digital transformation of industrial complexes were held, including "Exploring New Values of Advanced Industrial Clusters" (general session) and "Industrial Complexes in the Era of Digital Transformation" (special session).

In the general session, presentations included ▲ Evolutionary Analysis Methods for Designing Regional Advanced Industrial Policies: Focusing on the Medical Device Industry (Inkyun Hwang, Head of Advanced Industry Team, Gangwon Technopark) ▲ Urbanity and Locality of Makerspaces as Industrial Spaces (Jungseok Ha, Research Planning Officer, National Balanced Development Committee) ▲ Policy Tasks for the Space Industry in the New Space Era (Sangwoo Shin, Senior Researcher, National Space Policy Research Center, Science and Technology Policy Institute).

In the special session themed "Industrial Complexes in the Era of Digital Transformation," presentations and discussions were held on ▲ Current Status and Achievements of the Gyeonggi Banwol-Sihwa Smart Green Industrial Complex Project (Byunggeol Jo, Head of Gyeonggi Banwol-Sihwa Smart Green Industrial Complex Project, Korea Industrial Complex Corporation) ▲ Current Status of Digitalization of Industrial Complexes (Sunggil Park, Director of Changwon Industry-Academic Convergence Institute, Gyeongnam) ▲ Digitalization Directions of Industry-Academic Convergence Districts (Taeyoung Kim, CSO/Executive Director, BISTelligence).

Jung Seong-hoon, president of the Industrial Cluster Society, said, "This academic conference is a very meaningful forum to discuss the present and future of industrial clusters preparing for a leap forward in the post-COVID-19 era," and added, "We will contribute to the development of industrial innovation in Korea through diverse and active academic activities."

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