KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center and Daejeon Technopark Hold Workshop on 'Global Technology Commercialization of Smart Safety Industry'

- Introduction of Excellent Technologies and Products by Elsseun and FICS Co., Ltd., Participating Companies in the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster R&D Project
- Establishment of a Global Cooperation System and Business Creation Opportunities in the Smart Safety Sector, a Strategic Industry of the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster

[Photo by KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center]

The KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center announced that it successfully held the "Daejeon National Innovation Cluster Non-R&D Project Special Session - Global Technology Commercialization of the Smart Safety Industry" workshop on the 9th at the Suppex Hall of KAIST Munji Campus, as part of the regional innovation cluster (non-R&D) project organized by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Daejeon City.

The "Global Technology Commercialization of the Smart Safety Industry" workshop was organized to establish a global cooperation system in the smart safety sector, a strategic industry of the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster, and to provide a platform for business creation opportunities. In this workshop, not only were excellent technologies and products of companies participating in the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster R&D project, such as Elssen and FISYS Co., Ltd., introduced and promoted, but also various information and opinions for global cooperation were exchanged through presentations by domestic and international experts in the smart safety field.

In the overseas expert presentations, Hoyeon Hwang, Head of the Korean Branch of Luceque, a prime vendor in the U.S., Dr. Marc Wittlich from the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Industrial Safety and Health (IFA), and Youngwoon Lee, a patent attorney from Taiyo International Patent Office in Japan, shared research and policy trends, as well as market status of smart safety technologies in their respective countries, and proposed cooperation methods with Korean partners for market entry.

In the domestic expert presentations, Ilguk Jung, President of the Korea Smart Construction Safety Association, and Jaehyung Kim, Professor of Smart Industrial Safety Engineering at Soongsil University, reported on the overall status of the domestic smart safety industry sector and discussed key issues that Korean society must address amid the serious safety concerns currently being raised.

[Photo by KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center / Presentation by Jong-oh Kim, CEO of FISYS Co., Ltd.]

In the company presentations, Jiman Park, CEO of Elssen, and Jongoh Kim, CEO of FISYS Co., Ltd., companies participating in the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster R&D project, introduced products that have completed research, development, and field verification through this project, and shared plans for domestic and international market entry. Elssen’s "Smart Industrial Safety IoT Sensor Device and Service Platform" and FISYS Co., Ltd.’s "FI VISION product applying AI technology based on industrial field verification" are expected to achieve significant results in the respective markets.

The KAIST Global Technology Commercialization Center stated that, in cooperation with Daejeon Technopark, it will continue to provide necessary support programs to secure connections between promising companies within the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster and domestic and international partners, as well as tangible market entry achievements, to leap forward as a global cluster in the strategic industry of the "smart safety industry" in the Daejeon Regional Innovation Cluster.

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