Held an introduction to outstanding advanced technologies and a 1:1 technology consultation session
Guide to the Win-Win Cooperation Program and Samsung Patent Openness Support System

On the 22nd, Samsung Electronics held the '2017 1st Samsung Electronics Excellent Technology Briefing' for partner companies at the Suwon Win-Win Cooperation Academy Education Center.

The 'briefing session,' which began in 2009, is a venue where Samsung Electronics shares future technology trends to strengthen the technological competitiveness of its partner companies.

Representatives from 82 first and second-tier partner companies and about 140 employees in charge of research and development attended the first briefing session of the year.

At this briefing session, Senior Vice President Koo Sung-ki of Samsung Electronics’ Smart Home Appliances first introduced the expected IoT trends for this year to partner companies in a special lecture titled "IoT Outlook Seen Through CES 2017." He also provided information on Samsung Electronics’ partner support systems, such as the win-win cooperation program and the "Samsung Patent Open Support System."

In addition, a session was held to introduce government technology development support policies, such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s implementation plan for industrial technology innovation projects (Team Leader Lee Jun-seok, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Management, KEIT) and R&D support projects for small and medium-sized enterprises (Section Chief Kim Se-hoon, SME Administration), which received a great response from partner companies.

Next, five excellent prior art technologies were also introduced. ▲ Professor Kang Yong-mook of Dongguk University explained graphite-titanium oxide composite technology related to secondary batteries and surface treatment technology for lithium cobalt oxide; ▲ Professor Cho Wi-deok of Ajou University explained lifestyle pattern analysis technology utilizing IoT related to daily behavior recognition; ▲ Professor Noh Yong-young of Dongguk University explained carbon nanotube organic semiconductor manufacturing technology; and ▲ Professor Lee Je-won of Inje University explained the development technology for a low-cost plasma processing device using a leakage current type transformer.

We held technical consultation sessions to discuss joint research and development and technology adoption through one-on-one consultations, and also provided technical advice, such as consulting on technical difficulties for partner companies.