Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special City Mayor, "Will Share the Future Talent Vision of Changwon with Local Government, Industry, Academia, and Research Stakeholders"

‘Gyeongnam National University Jisan Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Night of People’ Held

On the 16th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam attended the ‘2024 Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Night’ held at the Grand Mercure Ambassador Changwon, hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, and organized by the WISE LINC 3.0 Project Group of Gyeongnam National University.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, is attending the Night of Local Government, Industry, Academia, and Research Personnel and delivering a greeting.

This event brought together officials from Gyeongnam National University and related local institutions to share the achievements and best practices of the 2023 Gyeongnam National University Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Leading University (LINC 3.0) Development Project, and to promote information exchange on industry-academia-research cooperation and mutual development of the local community through networking with related organizations and family companies.

The Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Leading University (LINC 3.0) Development Project fosters talent through curriculum reform with practical education, field training, and entrepreneurship education; operates corporate collaboration centers and ICC; develops and commercializes technology through university startups; utilizes shared equipment; conducts joint industry-academia research; and builds an industry-academia-research platform for sharing and collaboration. The project period is from 2022 to 2028, with a total budget of 24 billion KRW.

Kang Jae-gwan, Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation at Gyeongnam National University, stated, “We will cultivate talent that meets the needs of the region and industry and establish a close network with Changwon City to lead regional development.”

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon City, said, “Through this event, it is an honor to share the vision of talent who will lead Changwon’s next 50 years with industry, academia, and research stakeholders, and to have an opportunity to engrave the roles and responsibilities of Changwon City, Gyeongnam National University, Changwon City Research Institute, and participating companies in our hearts. We will do our best to ensure that Gyeongnam National University can grow together with the region.”

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