Park Hyung-jun's Pyo Campus Debate 10th Session... Healthcare Smart City Discussion at Busan Catholic University 'Open Campus Meeting'

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The 10th 'Campus Meeting' of Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun, who tours universities in the Busan area for discussions, will be held on the 21st at Busan Catholic University.

Busan City announced that it will hold an 'Open Campus Meeting' at 2 p.m. that day at the Central Library of Busan Catholic University to discuss ways to strengthen industry-academia-government cooperation for Busan, a leading smart city in future convergence healthcare.

The Open Campus Meeting is a forum where Mayor Park Hyung-jun personally visits universities in the Busan area to explore industry-academia-government cooperation projects in specialized fields of each university with universities, companies, and students, and discuss sustainable development plans.

To promote industry-academia-government cooperation, a key pledge of Mayor Park, he has continued a total of 10 meetings since starting with Dong-Eui Institute of Technology in June 2021 after his inauguration.

This meeting addresses the situation where Busan is entering a super-aged society earlier than any other special/metropolitan city, increasing interest in the healthcare sector compared to other regions. Busan Catholic University, specialized in healthcare, and related industry stakeholders will come together to discuss practical industry-academia-government cooperation measures.

Busan City is actively promoting healthcare policies for citizens' health, such as establishing the Western Busan Medical Center and Eastern Busan public hospitals, and expanding resident-participatory village health centers, aiming to realize a 15-minute healthy city. The city plans to solidify and expand these policies through industry-academia-government cooperation.

The event, themed 'Realizing Busan as a Leading Smart City in Future Convergence Healthcare,' will be attended by Mayor Park Hyung-jun, Busan Catholic University President Hong Kyung-wan, Vice Director Kim So-young of the Hospice Palliative Care Center at Busan Catholic University, CEO Hong Soon-ki of Kyungsung Technology Co., Ltd., and students Jang Jun-hyuk and Kim Yoo-jin from Busan Catholic University.

Participants will engage in broad discussions on healthcare topics such as building hospice care infrastructure to proactively prepare for a super-aged society and integrating it with IT, as well as enhancing competitiveness by increasing quality jobs in Busan's healthcare sector.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun stated, "Busan Catholic University is a representative school in Busan's healthcare field, excelling in all indicators such as education level and employment rate," adding, "We will proactively respond to Busan's reality as it enters a super-aged society and develop it into a leading city in the healthcare sector."

Busan City has set a policy to improve the overall competitiveness of universities in the Busan area through Open Campus Meetings and plans to derive practical cooperation measures with about 20 universities in Busan going forward.

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