KICT 한국건설기술연구원

On July 3, KICT visited the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) to participate in the “KIOM TalkTalk Concert”. The concert was followed by a friendly football tournament between representatives from the KIOM, KICT, and KISTI government-funded research institutes. The TalkTalk Concert brought together the presidents of KICT, KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information) and KIOM. Also in attendance were other employees and directors from the three institutes.

KICT President Seung Heon Han’s presentation on “Current Global Smart City Trends and New Market Development Strategies” touched upon urban problems and the advent of smart cities, global smart city trends, domestic smart city policy directions and problems, and the combination of smart homes and AI (artificial intelligence) oriental doctors. President Han also shared KICT’s vision for delegating roles among the institutes present for smart city development. The presentation was followed by a discussion session among the heads of the three institutes and other institute representatives on the subject of “Inter-institute Collaboration for Smart City Development”.