Gyeongbuk TP Launches Full-Scale Implementation of ‘2026 Smart Social Service Pilot Project’ to Tackle Aging Population

Pilot Implementation of AI- and Digital-Based
Customized Care Services in Sangju City and Yecheon County

Gyeongbuk Technopark (President Ha Inseong, Gyeongbuk TP) announced that it will implement the ‘2026 Smart Social Service Pilot Project’ in Sangju City and Yecheon County to address the intensifying challenges of population aging and shortages of care workers.

This pilot project has been designed to discover and implement region-specific smart care services based on close cooperation among local governments, metropolitan support organizations, and local companies.

Gyeongbuk TP Panorama

The project will be split into two main tracks, focused around Sangju City and Yecheon County.

The Sangju City initiative includes participation by Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Sangju City, and Gyeongbuk Technopark, in partnership with Sangju City General Social Welfare Center and Motion Advisor Co., Ltd.

Targeting users of the welfare center, the project plans to realize a ‘Gyeongbuk-type Smart Health Management Social Service Model’ by integrating existing welfare resources with an AI Agent wellness technology that provides comprehensive management of both physical and mental health.

For the Yecheon County project, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Yecheon County, and Gyeongbuk Technopark are collaborating, with Gyeongdo Nursing Hospital and Nurion Co., Ltd. as partners.

The project will demonstrate and distribute a ‘Standard AI Smart Bed’ designed to prevent secondary complications in bedridden patients and guarantee human dignity. This aims to dramatically reduce the physical workload of care workers and establish a standard model that can be connected to the region-wide integrated care network.

Through this initiative, Gyeongbuk Technopark aims to transition the existing face-to-face and manpower-driven care systems to digital- and AI-based solutions, and to rigorously validate the on-site applicability and commercialization potential of smart care technologies.

Furthermore, if the effectiveness of the project is verified, the plan is to expand services throughout Gyeongsangbuk-do by continuously securing government funding, ultimately leading smart social service policy nationwide.

Ha Inseong, President of Gyeongbuk Technopark, stated, “This pilot project marks an important starting point in addressing the challenges of an aging society and care worker shortages,” adding, “We will actively support Gyeongbuk in taking the lead in the smart social service sector, and build care services that local residents can directly experience in their daily lives.”

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