Opening of the 9th Nano Convergence Industry Expo ‘Nanopia 2022’ in Miryang City

Itaewon Tragedy Memorial: All Pre-Event Activities Including 'Nanta Performance' Fully Canceled

The 9th Nano Convergence Industry Exhibition was successfully held at the Miryang Arirang Art Center in Miryang-si, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Wook] The 9th Nano Convergence Industry Exhibition, hosted by Gyeongsangnam-do and Miryang City and jointly organized by Gyeongnam Technopark and the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, was successfully held for two days starting from the 3rd at the Miryang Arirang Art Center.

The opening ceremony on this day canceled all pre-ceremony performances and Nanta performances originally scheduled due to the national mourning period following the Itaewon incident in Seoul on October 29, and the event proceeded after a moment of silence.

Attendees at the venue included Mayor Park Il-ho, Kim Byung-gyu, Deputy Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do for Economic Affairs, Choi Hak-beom, Vice Chairman of the Gyeongsangnam-do Council, Seok Hee-eok, Vice Chairman of the Miryang City Council, Kwon Soon-gi, President of Gyeongsang National University, Kim Nam-gyun, Acting Director of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Noh Choong-sik, Director of Gyeongnam Technopark, and other industry-academia-research officials related to nanotechnology.

This year’s exhibition, held face-to-face for the first time in three years following the lifting of social distancing measures, was held for the first time in Miryang City, where the only national nano convergence industrial complex in Korea is being established. More than 2,000 citizens and students participated in the opening ceremony and various programs.

Under the theme of ‘A New Birth of Korea’s Nano Industry,’ the event featured specialized programs for nano convergence industry stakeholders such as ▲Industrial Exhibition ▲Nano Insight Conference ▲Nano Materials Seminar, as well as corporate support programs like ▲Export Consultation Meetings and ▲IR Consulting, providing opportunities for companies struggling to develop sales channels to explore domestic and international markets, thereby enhancing substance.

A total of 56 companies and institutions participated this year, attracting nano convergence industry stakeholders who visited to analyze trends and share information related to materials, parts, and equipment industries, as well as overseas buyers from various countries who came to view products of domestic companies with excellent technology and decide on purchases, maintaining a lively atmosphere.

Mayor Park said, “Nano technology is the core of future strategic industries, and once the Miryang Nano Convergence National Industrial Complex is completed, a collaborative ecosystem between nano infrastructure linkage and expansion and demand-supply companies will be established, making it the center of Korea’s nano industry. Through this, we will be able to strengthen the competitiveness of manufacturing and revitalize the regional economy.”

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