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2010 Seoul S&T Forum Held (11.18~20)
- Date : 2010-11-24
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The 2010 Seoul S&T Forum was held for two days on November 18-19 at The Shilla Seoul hotel. It was hosted by KRCF, organized by KIST and STEPI, and sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) and The Korea Economic Daily.
More than 300 heads and officials of 71 public research institutes from 35 countries attended forum. Under the theme "International Cooperation of Public Research Institutes for Green Growth,” the role of public research institutes and international cooperation concerning the topic of green growth were discussed.
On the first day, presentations and discussions on how to position PRIs in global green growth and PRIs role as S&T entrepreneurs were administered. The second day focused on ways for global sharing of existing green technologies, developing new technologies together, and establishing a global green network of PRIs.
All invited participants agreed to and signed the forum statement.
The invited foreign participants of the forum visited KIST on Saturday, November 20. During the visit, they were presented with KIST’s recent research activities, and plans for future cooperation were discussed.