Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, Holds Resident Forum on Establishing Seoul Nowon Biomedical Cluster

On the 30th at 2 p.m., Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, Seoul, chaired and led the discussion at the 'Seoul Nowon Bio Medical Cluster Creation Resident Forum' held in the small auditorium on the 6th floor of the Nowon-gu Office.

The 'Seoul Nowon Bio Medical Cluster' project is a plan to develop a bio-medical complex centered around hospitals on approximately 250,000㎡ of land, including the Changdong Vehicle Depot and Dobong Driver's License Test Site, the last large-scale development site remaining in Seoul. It is being promoted as a key project of the district to become a self-sufficient city through the creation of quality jobs.

This forum was organized to share the current status and progress of the bio-medical cluster promotion in the Changdong Vehicle Depot area and to seek ways to expedite the project and its development.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok of Nowon-gu participated as the chair, and about 200 people including members of the National Assembly and city and district councilors attended. After the keynote presentations, the forum proceeded for two hours with presentations and Q&A sessions from discussants.

First, Jin Kyung-eun, Director of the Nowon-gu Urban Planning Bureau, began the presentation on the topic of 'Bio Medical Cluster Creation Plan and Current Issues.' Following this, Lee Seung-gyu, Vice Chairman of the Korea Bio Association, Kim Hyun-woo, Director of Seoul Bio Hub, Jogeum Bun, Head of the Open Laboratory Construction Project Team at Korea University Guro Hospital, and Hwang Dong-hoon, Director of Strategic Planning at Wonju Medical Device Techno Valley, gave presentations in turn, suggesting directions for the successful promotion of the Seoul Nowon Cluster.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok of Nowon-gu said, “We will do our best to create a successful bio-medical cluster by gathering diverse opinions from bio field experts and residents,” and asked for continued support and interest from the residents.