Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hosts 'Mobility Innovation Forum'

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the morning of the 18th that it will hold the 'Mobility Innovation Forum' general meeting at the Construction Hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

This forum is a consultative body where about 70 experts from industry, academia, and research in the mobility field gather to discuss future visions and strategies for mobility innovation, serving as a core platform for policy development.

Throughout this year, the Mobility Innovation Forum has achieved results by discussing and discovering a total of 16 tasks through six subcommittees: autonomous driving, urban air mobility (UAM), eco-friendly mobility, digital logistics, mobility services, and spatial structure. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to concretize the tasks discovered through the forum and reflect them in policies.

At the general meeting, the representative achievements of the Mobility Innovation Forum will be presented directly by Han Ji-hyung, chair of the autonomous driving subcommittee (CEO of Autonomous A2Z), and Lee Kwan-jung, chair of the urban air mobility (UAM) subcommittee (professor at Seoul National University).

Additionally, Shim Ji-young, head of the Mobility General Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, will share the major policy achievements of the past year in collaboration with the Mobility Innovation Forum. In particular, the presentation will focus on the implementation results of the mobility innovation roadmap jointly prepared by the public and private sectors last year, highlighting key achievements such as △expansion of demonstration bases, △establishment of legal and institutional foundations, and △regulatory innovation.

In the subsequent panel discussion, chaired by Ha Heon-gu, co-chair of the Mobility Innovation Forum (professor at Inha University), experts from industry, academia, and research including Yoo Jung-hoon, vice president of the Korean Transport Society (professor at Ajou University), Park Min-young, professor at Inha University, Kim Jung-il, vice president of SK Telecom, and Jung Ha-wook, co-CEO of RideFlux, will evaluate the achievements so far and discuss future tasks.

Won Hee-ryong, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "This year was a foundational year to leap forward as a leading country in mobility by enacting the Mobility Innovation Act and the UAM Act." He added, "The government will take the lead in reflecting these valuable achievements in actual policies and breaking down regulatory barriers that hinder innovation."

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