[Photo] Ministry of SMEs and Startups, 'Power of Connection, Digital Dream9' Project Launch Ceremony

Park Young-sun, Minister of SMEs and Startups, is taking a commemorative photo with attendees at the declaration ceremony for the new style contest "The Power of Connection, Digital Dream 9," held on the 30th at Tipstown in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. From the left: Lee Jae-hwan, Executive Director of SK Telecom; Park Jung-ho, Executive Director of KT; Seo Heung-soo, Head of Strategic Planning at KBS; Choi Chang-guk, Executive Director of LG Uplus; Jang Hong-guk, Head of Partner Business Division at Microsoft Korea; Minister Park; Lim Jeong-hoon, Executive Director of Lotte Central Research Institute; Bae Ok-yeol, Executive Director of L'Or?al Korea; Cheon Tae-bong, Director of Theborn Korea; Kim Hyo-seok, Head of Philips Business Division; Jeong Ryun, General Manager of Policy Cooperation at Dassault Syst?mes Korea; Kim Hee-yeon, Executive Director of LG Display.

This contest is a new type of large and small business win-win cooperation program where the government matches tasks proposed by large corporations with SMEs and startups. It aims to maximize the R&D achievements of SMEs by discovering tasks with definite demand while also pioneering sales channels, thereby maximizing the "Power of Connection" emphasized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. / Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@