Biography
조대연박사는 현재 스마트시티 국가전략프로젝트 사업단장으로서 국토교통과학기술원에 재직중인데, 대통령직속 4차산업혁명위원회 스마트시티 특별위원회 위원으로 활동하고 있으며, 한국공학한림원의 회원이며, 국제프로그램경영협회의 특별분과인 스마트시티분야 책임을 맡고 있다. 그는 2005년부터 주로 도시, 건축,토목,교통 분야의 연구개발프로그램을 기획하고, 실행하는 업무에 종사하였다. 특히 국가연구개발사업에서는 드물게 대형테스트베드 사업을 성공적으로 진행한 바 있으며, 430km/hr 의 고속열차, 이순신대교, 롯데슈퍼타워의 핵심기술개발에 일조하였다. 국토교통과학기술진흥원에 근무하기 전에는 한국도로공사에서 연구개발과 사내벤처 책임자로 재직한 바 있다. 2011년 조지워싱턴 대학 국제과학기술정책센터에 방문교수로 다녀온 바가 있으며, 1994년 서울대학교에서 구조공학분야에서 박사학위를 받은 바 있다.
Dr. Daeyeon Cho is a Chief Director of National Strategic Smart City R&D Program in Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement(KAIA), a member of Special Committee of Smart Cities by Presidency, a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea, a Head of Smart Cities Special Interest Group of IPMA. He has been in charge of planning and implementation of National R&D programs in the fields of urban problems, architecture, civil structures, and transportation since 2005. He suggested National Flagship Program pursuing value creation by large-scale demonstrative projects for the first time in Korea. Among them there were the prominent achievements of 430 km/h high speed railways, 100-floor high-rise building, 1.6km long-span bridge. Before present position, he had been a director of corporate venturing and research in Korea Highway Corporation from 1995 to 2004. He worked at George Washington University as a visiting scholar in Center of International Science and Technology Policy(CISTP)(2011-2012). He got a Ph.D in Structural Engineering from Seoul National University in 1994.
Dr. Daeyeon Cho is a Chief Director of National Strategic Smart City R&D Program in Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement(KAIA), a member of Special Committee of Smart Cities by Presidency, a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea, a Head of Smart Cities Special Interest Group of IPMA. He has been in charge of planning and implementation of National R&D programs in the fields of urban problems, architecture, civil structures, and transportation since 2005. He suggested National Flagship Program pursuing value creation by large-scale demonstrative projects for the first time in Korea. Among them there were the prominent achievements of 430 km/h high speed railways, 100-floor high-rise building, 1.6km long-span bridge. Before present position, he had been a director of corporate venturing and research in Korea Highway Corporation from 1995 to 2004. He worked at George Washington University as a visiting scholar in Center of International Science and Technology Policy(CISTP)(2011-2012). He got a Ph.D in Structural Engineering from Seoul National University in 1994.
