National Pukyong University and ITCEN Group Sign Agreement for Development of Busan Digital Financial Industry

Industry-Academia Collaboration in Financial Education, Training Advanced Digital Finance Professionals

National Pukyong University (President Jang Young-su) and ITCEN Group (Chairman Kang Jin-mo) signed an industry-academia cooperation agreement on the 8th to promote the development of Busan's strategic industry, the digital finance industry.

President Jang Young-su and ITCEN Group Vice President Choi Jung-geun signed the agreement on the morning of the same day at the president's office on the 3rd floor of the National Pukyong University headquarters, agreeing to strengthen exchanges in education and research and expand mutual cooperation to secure the development and stable growth foundation of the digital finance industry.

Jang Young-su, President of National Pukyong National University (right), and Choi Jung-geun, Vice President of ITCEN Group, are signing an agreement.

The two organizations agreed to cooperate on △ fostering digital finance professionals in the Busan area through industry-academia-linked financial education support △ developing and operating industry-academia-linked curricula with in-house experts from ITCEN Group △ supporting master's and doctoral degree programs for ITCEN Group employees △ supporting research and cooperative projects to revitalize research in the digital finance field, and hosting joint academic conferences and forums △ supporting listing briefings and customized consulting for innovative growth companies within the university.

National Pukyong University, aiming to become a glocal university, has consecutively established advanced departments such as the Department of Digital Finance this year, and through this agreement, plans to collaborate with ITCEN Group on customized technological innovation research and discovery of cooperative projects, focusing on nurturing future core talents practically needed by companies.

National Pukyong University expects to enhance the competitiveness of university education and create synergy effects for Busan's leap as a global hub city by utilizing advanced technologies in the marine and fisheries sector such as smart aquaculture, promoting the integration with token securities (STO) of Busan Digital Asset Exchange (BDX) in cooperation with ITCEN Group.

ITCEN Group anticipates that this agreement will help secure future core talents in the digital finance field, create jobs in the Busan area, and contribute to Busan's advancement as a global digital finance city.

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