DAEJEON — The Innopolis Foundation and the Daedeok Club held the 85th Daedeok Innopolis Forum on the 9th at the Collabo Hall on the first floor of the Daedeok Tech Biz Center in Daejeon.
Under the theme "The Age of AI Hegemony, Beyond Semiconductors and K-Culture: Conditions for an Irreplaceable Korea," participants explored ways to build competitive advantages unique to South Korea amid global competition for technological dominance.
Lee Kyung-soo, vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, said in an invited lecture that South Korea should not stop at semiconductors and K-culture as its core assets but should combine the strengths of its manufacturing and industrial sites with artificial intelligence to create new competitiveness.
"Korea has world-class competitiveness in semiconductors, but it should not remain a supplier of components," Lee said. "It must move to the stage of designing how AI operates and how AI systems are built, based on industrial sites where it has strengths, such as shipbuilding, automobiles, defense and energy."
Lee Young-pil, executive vice president and chief product officer at Alteogen, then presented on "The Growth Story of a Global Innovative Company in Daedeok Innopolis."
Jung Hee-kwon, chairman of the Innopolis Foundation, said the foundation will work to ensure that the special research and development zone becomes an innovation hub for South Korea, connecting technology to industry and global markets while continuously producing innovative companies.
