Speaker
PARK JONGHEUNG
Affliation
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Title
Vice President
Session

Biography

ETRI has been a key innovator in improving the technology capabilities of the Korean ICT industry for 47 years. Dr. Park is in charge of technology commercialization, including technology transfer, start-up incubation, supporting SMEs, patent management as well as globalization. He joined many R&D projects for 30 years and served as a project manager in communication satellite development, postal information, and automation. He also has experience as a communication satellite engineer in the US and UK. Based on this background, he is teaching the catch-up process by technology commercialization to the students from developing countries at KAIST. In terms of knowledge & technology-sharing programs in ICT, he has advised dozens of countries by consulting, planning, and piloting programs at sites with partner institutes and companies.