Gumi City Successfully Concludes "2025 Future City Forum"

Blueprint for the Future City Unveiled
Over 100 Experts, Institutions, and Companies Discuss Urban, Industrial, and Cultural Strategies
Six Major Projects Proposed, Covering Urban Spaces to Sports and Cultural Content

On November 24, the city of Gumi in North Gyeongsang Province held the "2025 Future City Forum" at Hotel Geumosan under the theme "The Future Gumi Will Innovate, Specialized Strategies for Cities and Spaces." More than 100 participants, including representatives from organizations, companies, and public officials, attended the forum to share strategic directions in the field of future cities.

Photo of the event scene of the "2025 Future City Forum" with the theme "The Future Gumi Will Innovate, Specialized Strategies for Cities and Spaces" / Photo by Lee Ihwan

The Gumi Future City Forum has served as a policy platform jointly promoted with the Gyeongbuk Research Institute since 2023.

More than 30 experts from academia, industry, and research institutes nationwide participated, taking on the role of identifying new policy tasks for Gumi as a central city in the airport economic zone and proposing solutions tailored to local conditions.

To date, a total of 37 policy tasks have been derived across four sectors: urban and spatial planning, industry and economy, aviation and logistics, and society and culture.

This year, six major projects were selected as key initiatives. Starting with a kickoff meeting with eight sector-specific experts in June, the city continued discussions with relevant departments through September to find solutions suitable for the region's circumstances.

During this forum, presentations and discussions centered on major strategies, including: ▲ Establishing Gumi as a global link city (implementing the 15-minute city concept and utilizing UAM for global connectivity), ▲ Building a youth vitality town in the old downtown, ▲ The Future Rural Innovation Growth Project, ▲ Gumi Innovation Infrastructure and AI Transition Strategy, ▲ Designation of Gumi as a national sports city for everyday sports and fostering the sports tourism industry, and ▲ Creating a Gumi-style K-Content Complex Cultural District.

Experts in each field presented Gumi's future challenges from various perspectives, such as the changing industrial structure, improving urban residential environments, ensuring rural sustainability, and policies to attract young people.

Gumi Mayor Kim Jangho stated, "The more closely we collaborate with experts, the more accurately we can propose policies that truly reflect Gumi's needs, which will lead to highly actionable strategies. I urge each department to carefully review the discussions from the forum and develop them into effective policies."

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