The 53rd KSEA administration signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) during the first fiscal year to engage in active international collaborations and partnerships with Korea University, the Institute for Information and Communication Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP), and the Korean Chemical Society (KCS).
MOU ceremony between KSEA and Korea University was held during UKC 2024 in San Francisco
The MOU signing ceremony between KSEA and Korea University was held on August 22, 2024, at Hyatt Regency SFO during the UKC 2024. At the MOU ceremony, KSEA President Tae (Tom) Oh and Korea University Executive Vice President Chuck Yoo signed the MOU, taking the first step towards a future of mutual cooperation. This MOU intends to maintain close collaboration with each other to share knowledge and support business efficiently. By signing the MOU, KSEA, and Korea University shall actively seek to exchange information on research, industry-academic cooperation tasks, and researchers. Both Parties shall also work on the exchange of related information, including industry-academic cooperation start-ups and technology transfer.
On the same day, KSEA President Tae (Tom) Oh signed the MOU with the Institute for Information & Communication Technology Planning & evaluation (IITP) during UKC 2024. This MOU was to renew the old MOU with IITP, signed in 2019 to develop a more solid partnership between the parties. On behalf of IITP President Jin-Bae Hong, Director General Jin-Gook Lim signed the MOU at the ceremony.
The MOU was signed by KSEA and IITP during UKC 2024
By signing the MOU, KSEA and IITP mutually agreed to discover R&D research topics, such as IITP’s R&D projects and Korea-U.S. joint research, to form a joint research consortium and to promote cooperation among Korean scientists and engineers in U.S. technology policy. Both parties could also organize seminars and future events to nurture the exchange of information related to opportunities for graduate students from Korea and the development of a network for further collaboration.
The MOU between the Korean Chemical Society (KCS) and KSEA was signed electronically on October 1, 2024. This MOU aims to establish information exchange and implementation of global collaboration opportunities between the Parties.
KSEA President Tae (Tom) Oh and KCS President Phil Ho Lee agreed to cooperate in exchanging information to promote global collaboration opportunities and organize joint seminars and events (e.g., chemistry symposium at US-Korea Conferences organized by KSEA and global symposium at KCS annual meetings organized by KCS) to facilitate the exchange of information related to chemistry and topics of mutual interest.
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