Yoonjong Jeon, KIAT President, Vows to Secure Policy Execution and Trust... 'Re:boot Project' Fully Launched

First Press Conference Since Taking Office
"Reforming the Organization for Field- and Performance-Oriented Operations... Supporting Industrial AX and Balanced Development"

Yoonjong Jeon, President of the Korea Institute for Industrial Technology Promotion, is delivering a greeting at a press conference held in Sejong on the 12th. Korea Institute for Industrial Technology Promotion.

Yoonjong Jeon, President of the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), expressed his determination for organizational innovation, stating that he would secure policy execution capability and trust. He also officially launched the field- and performance-oriented 'Re:boot Project' to fundamentally reform the organizational structure.

At his first press conference since taking office, held on the 12th in Sejong, President Jeon said, “For policies to be truly felt at the field level, it is essential to carefully design support that customers need and ensure the entire organization operates seamlessly toward a single objective. Through the Re:boot Project, we will instill innovative DNA in the organization to secure robust policy execution and trust.”

President Jeon added, “Results begin with sufficient communication. Internally, we will listen closely to our employees; externally, we will accurately hear the voices from industry, local communities, and related organizations, ensuring these insights lead to tangible changes in policy, projects, and organizational management.”

To this end, KIAT launched an Innovation Committee on the 6th, composed of industry technology field experts and internal staff. The committee operates with three subcommittees—organizational innovation, business innovation, and management innovation. It plans to systematically monitor each stage of implementing and executing the discovered innovation tasks. President Jeon explained, “We will operate a management system with the goal of delivering visible results within the year.”

Nationwide roundtable meetings are also being promoted to gather on-the-ground feedback. Under the theme “KIAT Asks, the Field Answers (KIMUNHYEONDAB),” KIAT is holding on-site industry technology roundtables across eight regions nationwide. The first meeting was held on the 11th in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, and the plan is to visit regions across the country—including the Seoul metropolitan area, central region, southeastern region, and Jeju region—by next month.

President Jeon identified responding to the technological hegemony race, leading the transition to industrial artificial intelligence (AX), and supporting balanced development based on the 5 Major Axes and 3 Specialized Regions as KIAT’s core tasks. He emphasized, “We will become an institution recognized at the field level for proactive work and as a trusted policy partner to the government. We will transform into a performance-driven organization that delivers tangible results to the public.”

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