The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Won Hee-ryong), together with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Smart City Association, supported the overseas export of domestic promising small and medium-sized enterprises in the smart city field and discovered the demand for international cooperation in Bangkok, Thailand (10.6). ~10.7) and Turkiye Istanbul (10.10~10.11) announced that they held a smart city roadshow.
Thailand and Turkiye are countries with high interest in responding to urban problems such as traffic jams, environment and energy, and disasters such as floods and earthquakes, and both countries are actively promoting the development of smart cities to solve these problems.
In Thailand, in addition to the smart city pilot areas of seven countries, including Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiang Mai, more than 7 local governments are planning to create smart cities. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport is operating smart city cooperation centers (KOTRA Da Nang, Riyadh, Bangkok, Istanbul, and Jakarta Trade Centers) to support the advancement of Korean companies.
This roadshow is an event for domestic companies with smart city technology needed in Thailand to pre-analyze the demand for smart cities in Thailand and Turkiye, to introduce smart solutions to local cities and companies and to seek export opportunities. Seminar, 1 It consisted of 1:XNUMX consultations and interviews with major clients.
The Smart City Roadshow, held at the Conrad Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand for two days from the 6th, was held in cooperation with Thailand's Digital Economy Promotion Agency as part of the 'Korea-Thailand Economic Cooperation Forum'.
From the Thai side, key figures from the local government, including Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Director of the Investment Agency, and Passakon Prathombutr, Deputy Director of the Digital Economy Promotion Agency, were in attendance. About 200 people including Transport Young-joong Yoon, head of the Urban Economy Division, and businessmen attended the event.
At the 'Korea-Thailand Smart City Cooperation Seminar', where major Thai governments and clients such as Eastern Economic Corridor Organization, Bangkok, Banchang, and Khon Kaen were speakers, smart mobility, Various projects such as electric vehicles and smart homes were introduced, and the Korean government and companies were interested in and investment. The smart security and health management cooperation case of the two countries and our company's technology briefing session (IR), which were introduced next, drew high interest from the audience.
In the one-on-one consultation held in the morning and afternoon of the 7th, about 1 consultations were conducted on ways to participate in the local smart city project with the participation of 1 companies including 26 local governments and local companies in Thailand and small and medium-sized enterprises with excellent domestic technology. In addition, Korean participating companies signed 12 MOUs for technical cooperation with local companies on smart parking control and IoT-based disaster response systems, achieving the result of filling the first button for future exports. By signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business cooperation between the Urban Association and the Internet of Things Association of Thailand, it is expected that the exchange and cooperation between the private sector between the two countries will be further enhanced.
At the Turkiye Road Show held at the Marmara Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, Fatima Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep, the President of the Association of Local Governments of Turkiye, major local governments such as Istanbul, and 150 private enterprises from Turkey Dawn attended, and from the Korean side, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Smart City Association and 7 domestic small and medium-sized enterprises participated.
At the 'Korea-Turquiy Smart City Cooperation Seminar' held on the morning of the 10th, conditions for entering the smart city market and major projects were introduced. It was introduced and attracted a lot of attention from the participants.
At the 1:1 consultation held in the afternoon, about 50 consultations were held on technical cooperation for the local smart city project between the Turkiye local government and 70 local companies and our participating companies, and the technology for the IoT-based disaster response system was conducted. Two business agreements including cooperation were signed.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport participating in this event requested cooperation so that Korean companies with excellent technology can participate in the local smart city project through bilateral interviews between the governments such as the Ministry of Digital Economy and Social Affairs of Thailand and Turkiye Gaziantepsi. He asked for the active support of the local government so that the city of Busan in Korea could host the 2030 International Expo.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport conducted the “K-City Network Cooperation Project” to support the smart city development of overseas cities based on its smart city development experience, in Khon Kaen, Thailand, and Gaziantab, Turgye. Gaziantep) and others have supported the establishment of a plan for an integrated smart city platform.
Byung-Woo Gil, Urban Policy Officer of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, said, “Korea’s excellent smart city technology is receiving a lot of attention from all over the world. We need to take a strategic approach, such as presenting solutions and sharing our experiences and knowledge together,” he stressed. The win-win event is of great significance, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport will expand international cooperation in the smart city field to lay the foundation for Korean companies to advance overseas.”