| Science and Technology Field Policy Advisory Forum Held
| Discussion of Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation System Related to Japanese Export Regulations
| Establishment of a mid- to long-term human resource development system and expansion of industry-academia-research cooperation

Kim Sung-soo, Director General of the Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of the Ministry of Science and ICT, held a 'Science and Technology Policy Advisory Forum' with experts from industry, academia, and research fields on the 11th at the Palace Hotel in Seoul to review R&D response directions related to Japan's semiconductor material export regulations.

In this forum, major demand companies related to Japanese export regulations, such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and LG Display, as well as related small and medium-sized enterprises, such as Dongjin Semichem, Solbrain, and Kolon Industries, as well as expert researchers from universities and research institutes directly participated and discussed real-life difficulties and concerns in the field.

In particular, they discussed ways to identify the potential for domestic production of key items and strategic technologies related to Japanese export regulations and the urgent demand technologies from companies, and to establish a cooperative system between academia, industry, and research, including R&D support measures and organic, win-win cooperation between demand companies such as large corporations and development companies.

In addition, we collected various opinions on mid- to long-term response measures for securing original technologies and fostering specialized human resources in the material equipment sector, including raw materials, and on fundamental improvement of the national R&D system.
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Kim Sung-soo, head of the Innovation Headquarters, said, “We must turn this crisis into an opportunity by thoroughly examining the blind spots between government-supported R&D and private-sector-led R&D such as large corporations, securing original technologies in materials and equipment, and using this as an opportunity to advance the domestic production of key items.” He added, “We must strengthen our ability to inspect issues and predict the future so that we can proactively respond to the future in the mid to long term, and we must continuously pursue the establishment of a mid to long-term human resources development system and the expansion of organic cooperation between industry, academia, and research.”