Honam University Holds Forum to Identify Agendas for Responding to Regional Extinction Risk

The RISE Project Group at Honam University recently hosted the "Living Lab Forum to Identify Agendas for Responding to the Regional Depopulation Crisis." Photo by Honam University

Honam University RISE Project Group announced on the 10th that it recently held the "Living Lab Forum to Identify Agendas to Respond to the Risk of Regional Extinction," where participants discussed an action-oriented living lab model and directions for collaboration to solve regional issues.

The forum, held on the 6th at the Kimdaejung Convention Center, was attended by 48 participants, including representatives from universities, local governments, and regional institutions, as well as experts. Through expert presentations and panel discussions, they shared strategies to respond to regional extinction and cases of operating living labs.

In the first presentation, Professor Lee Jaemin of Jeonju University emphasized that, in an era of population decline, the concepts of "expanding relationship population" and "creative depopulation" can serve as regional innovation strategies, and that resident-participation-based living labs can become a core platform for solving regional problems.

Next, Director Jung Yeonsu of Jihyewa Vision explained the importance of designing an implementation structure that connects idea generation to policies, budgets, and data-based operations, focusing on cases of operating living labs in the Jeonnam region.

During the general discussion, experts from various fields, including universities, local governments, regional institutions, and the media, discussed the role of living labs in responding to regional extinction and ways to build a sustainable collaborative ecosystem.

Professor Jung Yeoncheol of the Honam University RISE Project Group stated, "Living labs are an innovation platform where citizens, universities, and the local community work together to solve regional problems," adding, "We will continue to expand problem-solving living labs linked to the RISE Project to address regional issues."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.