Events

SEOUL, KOREA - Fusing IT into the society’s welfare: “Korea’s current status and future of IT welfare” with a spring seminar by Korea Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering.

SEOUL, KOREA - This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Ethiopia.

SEOUL, KOREA - On May 8^th, Kang Seongju, director-general of the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP) gave a speech on “the creative economy with science and ICT” at the Information Professional Association of Korea (IPAK) seminar held at the JW Marriot Hotel in Seoul.

Hong Kong - The GSMA today announced that a number of new organisations, including ANT+, Orange, Team Blood Glucose (TeamBG) and Team Novo Nordisk, will take part in the GSMA mHealth Grand Tour cycle ride in September 2013. Through the collaboration of all sponsors, partners and supporters, the mHealth Grand Tour will bring together the mobile and healthcare industries, as well as the diabetes community, to raise awareness of diabetes and promote the development and delivery of mHealth solutions.

SEOUL, KOREA - “Simple practices, such as giving up smoking or performing physical activities can help prevent cancer,” said Park Jae-gahb, a professor at Seoul National University (SNU) and former president of the National Cancer Center. On March 13^th Park gave a presentation on the subject of “Prevention of Cancer” at the breakfast meeting of the Information Professional Association of Korea (IPAK).

CHINA - The China Information Technology Expo, co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Municipal Government of Shenzhen, will be held from April 10 to 12, 2013 in Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center.

Seoul, Korea - An ICT trade experts’ group held a panel discussion on the 20th regarding the direction of ICT policy should be aimed by the new administration.

SEOUL, KOREA – “Following our entries into the Chinese, Japanese and US markets, we have been geared up to break into the EU market this year,” said Charles Pyo, CEO of Wizard Works (the Korean developer of easy-to-use, cloud-based notetaking app “SomNote,” which can compare with Evernote.

SEOUL, KOREA – Industry-academia-government-R&D collaboration has intensified to breathe new life into Korea’s lackluster electric vehicle (EV) market. Such scaled-up cooperation is aimed to wean Korea’s EV industry off government subsidies and help it stand on its own.