– A total of 2027 billion won will be invested by 761… Establishment of over 200 test beds throughout the city
□ On the 13th, Daejeon City announced the ‘Empirical Test Bed* City Daejeon Implementation Plan’ to promote innovative growth of companies and development of new industries.
* Test bed refers to an environment, system, or facility that can test the performance, effectiveness, and safety of various new technologies and prototypes developed by companies or research institutes.
ㅇ This plan was prepared to connect the region's excellent innovation capabilities and performance with regional economic growth and strengthen the empirical cooperation ecosystem with Daedeok Special Zone.
ㅇ The city plans to create a test bed environment based on urban infrastructure where companies and research institutions can freely demonstrate research and development (R&D) results, and invest a total budget of KRW 2027 billion by 761 to provide systematic verification support. .
□ Demonstration is a process that verifies and supplements the feasibility of field application and implementation of new technologies and products secured through research and development, and is a key step in technology commercialization.
ㅇ If new technologies and products do not go through a sufficient verification process, it is difficult to successfully enter the market and it is difficult to expect sales and job creation.
ㅇ Although Daejeon has abundant verification infrastructure such as government-funded research institutes, universities, and public institutions, companies are unable to develop new technologies and technologies due to insufficient accessibility and connectivity of verification resources such as space, equipment, and technology, lack of customized verification projects for companies, and absence of a verification project management system. There were difficulties in verifying the product.
ㅇ Accordingly, Daejeon City presented 4 promotion strategies and 12 action tasks, including ▲ laying the foundation for implementing an empirical test bed city ▲ creating an easy and convenient verification infrastructure ▲ promoting verification support projects tailored to corporate and public needs ▲ creating a verification culture of citizen participation and disseminating results. , decided to comprehensively support demonstration projects based on urban infrastructure.
□ First, in order to establish a foundation for implementing a demonstration city, the Empirical Digital Department, a dedicated department, was established last July, and in September, governance for the promotion of a demonstration test bed with participation of demonstration-related organizations was established, and an ordinance was also enacted to secure the institutional foundation. I plan to do it.
ㅇ In addition, in order to create an easy and convenient verification infrastructure, approximately 200 verification test beds will be secured by the end of 2024, focusing on highly usable resources from public and private facilities, and a verification test bed platform will be established to integrate and manage verification projects and resources. ․Planned to operate.
ㅇ In addition, we provide smooth collaboration and effective verification support between verification participants through the training of expert personnel as verification coordinators and corporate matching support, while converging and integrating R&D achievements accumulated over 50 years in Daedeok Special Zone. We plan to build a convergence new technology demonstration complex of 65 m20 (approximately XNUMX pyeong) as an innovation base for industrial utilization.
ㅇ Considering the needs of companies, the verification support project will be promoted in three types: tailored to corporate needs, problem-solving based on public demand, and government-funded convergence new technology-corporate linkage. Target companies will be selected through open contest every year. am.
ㅇ In addition, 'Empirical Supporters', in which 2 citizens participate, are created and operated to receive empirical feedback and improvement opinions necessary for technology commercialization, while holding empirical exchange meetings and expert conferences and seminars, and operating a promotional center for experiencing empirical technologies. The policy is to create an empirical culture and spread results.
□ By realizing this verification test bed implementation plan, Daejeon City is expected to support the verification of 2027 small and medium-sized businesses by 220, and through this, foster 50 mid-sized businesses and create about 3,000 new jobs.
□ Han Seon-hee, head of the Daejeon City Strategic Business Promotion Department, said, “Daejeon is a demonstration test bed city optimized for technology commercialization by companies as it is dense with innovative institutions such as government-funded research institutes, universities, and research institutes, centered around the Daedeok Special Zone.” “We will create the best empirical-friendly environment for expansion and actively support companies in need of technology commercialization if they come to Daejeon,” he said.