<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1">GIST Start-up Technology Business Incubator Workshop</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1">Presentation of the successful cases in Technology business through cooperation between academia and industry</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 180%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">Gwangju Institution of Science and Technology (President of GIST, Jung-Ho SONU, Ph.D.) hosts an event to help SMEs resolve technological issues and to transfer excellent technology of the institution to businesses for commercialization. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">On the occasion of workshop with the theme of “Cooperation and Facilitation of Academia and Industry” on the 30<SUP>th</SUP> Oct (Friday) at Oryong Hall, Lim chungski the director of Gwangju Cheonnam SME Agency will have a special keynote lecture on the efforts for facilitating cooperation between academia and industries and the success story of XLT Co. (President Moon Haejung) which resolve its problem with the cooperation of GIST. Moreover, Mr. Lee Hangnam the President of Gwangju Cheonnam Starup Training Association will present the result. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">Especially this event will have mentoring program for SMEs who have technological barriers by the professionals of GIST and through this the event will contribute to the facilitation of the cooperation but also actual issue resolving <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=hstyle0 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">The Director of GIST Business Incubator, Kim Hongkuk who has prepared for this event said that this workshop will show the performance and result of GIST which has actively been engaged in local businesses and cooperation between academia and industries and will provide a window of opportunities for the facilitation of exchanges and cooperation among local SMEs </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: "한컴돋움","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

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