"Bio R&D Changes Pohang"... Striving to Secure a Global Bioindustry Supergap

Global Future New Industry Preemption... '2024 Business City Forum' Held

AI-Bio Integration, Forum for Leading the 'Advanced Bio' Sector

On the 20th, Pohang City held the ‘2024 Business City Forum’ at Pohang Changeup Ground to secure a global bioindustry super-gap.

On the 20th, the '2024 Business City Forum' for securing a global bio-industry super-gap was held at Pohang Changeup Ground. Provided by Pohang City

Hosted by the city and organized by Gyeongbuk Ilbo, the forum was held under the theme ‘Bio R&D Changes Pohang,’ with about 150 attendees including Vice Mayor Jang Sang-gil of Pohang, heads of local R&D institutions, bio company representatives, and university officials.

The forum, prepared to take the lead in the ‘advanced bio’ field that combines bio and AI, regarded as a game changer that will dramatically change Korea’s future, opened with a keynote speech titled ‘Core Technology of the Bio Industry, Cell Culture’ by Choi In-ho, Director of the Cell Culture Research Center at Yeungnam University.

Following this, the conference featured presentations on ‘Establishing Pohang’s Bio R&D Strategy’ by Dr. Kim Ji-won of POSTECH Membrane Protein Research Center, Kim Sung-young, CEO of Three Brooks, and Kim Yong-an, CEO of Vincere Biohealth.

In Section 2, presentations continued under the theme ‘The Role of AI Technology and Startups’ by Yoo Hwan-jo, Deputy Director of POSTECH Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Kim In-jung, Head of AI Education Research Group at Handong Global University, and Jogeum-won, Director of the Supercomputer Center.

In the discussion session, the previous presenters along with Lim Yi-rang, CEO of Healthy Buddy, Park Deok-ho, Director of S Pohang Hospital, and Cho Doo-hyun, CEO of AI Cloud, participated to propose ideas and the roles of government, industry, academia, and research to secure a global bioindustry super-gap.

Especially in this discussion, consensus was formed that the establishment of POSTECH Medical School and a smart hospital, the final gateway of the bioindustry and a long-cherished wish of citizens, is essential for Pohang to leap forward as a global biomedical city, and discussions on this were conducted.

Vice Mayor Jang Sang-gil said, “Pohang, which was a city with an industry structure centered on steel, has risen as a hub of future new industries by continuously investing in new industries and building infrastructure, being selected as the first specialized complex in Korea in three fields: bio, battery, and hydrogen. Based on the various opinions from this forum, we will make further efforts to enable Pohang to secure a global bioindustry super-gap.”

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