Busan City Appoints Quantum Information Technology Advisory Committee... Establishes Ecosystem-Based Strategy and Reviews Technology

List of Advisory Committee Members for Quantum Information Technology in Busan City.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 31st at 2:30 PM, Busan City will hold the appointment ceremony and the 1st advisory meeting of the 'Busan Quantum Information Technology Advisory Committee' in the 26th-floor conference room of City Hall.

The Busan Quantum Information Technology Advisory Committee is composed of 13 quantum information technology experts affiliated with IBM, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Pusan National University, University of Waterloo, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, National Information Society Agency, and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, centered around Chairman Kim Jae-wan (Professor at the Institute for Basic Science).

This committee will be responsible for advisory roles such as establishing development strategies and technology review for quantum information technology in Busan City.

At the appointment ceremony, Mayor Park Hyung-joon is expected to earnestly request suggestions and advice on the direction that Busan's quantum information technology should take.

Starting with the appointment of advisory committee members, Busan City plans to hold seminars and forums for quantum information technology experts in the second half of the year in cooperation with the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency. Next year, through discovering local industry utilization cases of quantum information technology, fostering specialized quantum industry personnel, operating expert networks, and identifying national government cooperative projects, the city intends to actively establish a quantum ecosystem foundation.

In June, Busan City signed a business agreement with IBM, a global leader in the quantum computing field, to create a quantum computing ecosystem.

Mayor Park Hyung-joon of Busan said, “We plan to promote various projects such as nurturing quantum information technology companies and training specialized personnel to build a quantum information technology industrial ecosystem in Busan. We will also cooperate with central government ministries to attract national government projects in the quantum industry sector and develop Busan into a city centered on new information and communication technology (ICT) industries.”

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