RCTT at International Symposium in South Korea

An international symposium on innovation activity and technology transfer took place in Seoul (the Republic of Korea) on 22 - 26 June 2009. The event was organized by the Government of the city of Seoul and the Korea Techno-Venture Foundation (http://ktvf.or.kr/).

 

The international event brought together several representatives of the R&D, hi-tech, innovation-related entities from Belarus and Russia, and about 90 representatives of South Korean SMEs.

 

During the symposium Director of RCTT Mr. Uspenskiy presented a report “Services and Information Resources Offered by RCTT to Foreign Companies and Investors. Nanotech Products by the Scientific Community of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”. RCTT and the Korea Techno-Venture Foundation made an agreement of bilateral collaboration. During the 2009 Seoul-Moscow-Minsk Techno-Mart (en event held in the framework of the symposium)  the representative of RCTT held preliminary talks with managers of 6 local companies.

 

Of the top 10 Belarusian R&D products presented, the below listed two offers were of special interest to Korean businesses:

·         Nano-diagnostic Equipment Combining Microprobe Scanning and Optical Methods;

·         Computer-aided Planning of Articulatio Coxae Surgical Operations.

 

According to agreements made with the Kyungwon Medical Co., Ltd. and the Chinwoo Tech, there are formal commercial offers on the two aforementioned technologies to be prepared and submitted to these two Korean companies within a fortnight.

 

RCTT and the Korea Techno-Venture Foundation agreed that the Belarusian technology transfer centre would assist the Foundation in organizing of the visit of a small and medium-sized business delegation from Korea to Belarus in September 2009. The goal of the visit would be making bilateral partnerships between Korean SMEs and Belarusian technology developers.