LG R&D talent gathered in one place to align heads for future growth drivers

‘LG TechFair’ kicks off, seeking solutions for challenges such as waterless eco-friendly washing machines at Science Park for 3 weeks… “Synergy in Convergent R&D”,
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, “(Seoul=Yonhap News) By Jang Hana – LG announced on the 26th that they will open the cultural, innovative, and artistic festival ‘LG Spark 2024’ at LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul, where LG members, external partners, startups, local residents, and others will participate over 3 weeks.”,
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Opening address by Park Il-pyung, CEO of LG Science Park
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Park Il-pyung, CEO of LG Science Park, delivers the opening address at the ‘LG Spark 2024’ event held at LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul on the 26th. 2024.8.26. [LG Provided. Redistribution and DB Prohibited],
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, “LG will first open the ‘LG TechFair’, a two-day event where affiliates share new R&D technologies and discuss ideas for solving challenges with external experts. “,
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, ‘ While technical exchanges among affiliates or by field have been conducted on an ad hoc basis, this marks the first time that R&D members from 8 affiliates gather in one place to share research status and collaborate to address technical challenges. ‘,
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, ‘ At LG TechFair, they will set up over 60 exhibition booths in 6 areas including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bio, Clean Tech (ABC), Smart Life Solutions, Mobility, and Materials & Components, which are future growth engines.’,
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, ” They will share key tasks such as enhancing connectivity of household IoT devices through an AI Hub equipped with AI agents for natural voice conversations, and seeking collaboration opportunities on major challenges like eco-friendly raw materials that directly utilize carbon dioxide without conversion processes.”,
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, ‘ They will also hold a convergent R&D workshop across affiliates to solve various R&D challenges such as waterless eco-friendly washing machines, non-blood sampling blood sugar measuring technologies, and to discover future “game changer” technologies by crossing boundaries between affiliates.’,
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, ‘ They will also hold future technology seminars inviting external experts such as Kim Sang-bae, a professor at MIT in the United States, Lee Sang-yeop, Executive Vice President at KAIST, and Kang Ki-seok, a professor at Seoul National University.’,
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‘LG SPARK 2024’
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, “Following LG TechFair, events like ‘DX Fair’ that share each affiliate’s Digital Transformation (DX) achievements, ‘Superstart Day’ for discovering and nurturing promising startups, ‘LG Software Developer Conference’ where software developers across the group come together to interact, and ‘Culture Week’ where local residents and small business owners gather for communication will be held one after another.”,
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, ” At the DX Fair, they will exhibit 32 DX project achievements and share exemplary cases of DX utilization. Background Hoon Baek, Director of LG AI Research Institute, will introduce ‘ChatExa’, a generative AI introduced to employees, as part of the recently unveiled ‘ExaWon 3.0’. “,
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, ” The Superstart Day will reinterpret the rock hei (樂喜) of Rock Hui Chemicals, the group’s parent company, from the perspective of open innovation, under the theme ‘Play First – Fun Innovation Makes the World’.”,
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, ‘ Forty startups, including K-LQube, which automatically translates Korean sign language based on AI, and Boinosis, which predicts dementia through voice, with a selection ratio of 45 to 1, will participate. Results presentations are also planned for 12 areas such as Green Continue that LG has fostered over the past year.’,
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, ‘ LG Software Developer Conference will share software technologies in 8 areas including AI, Big Data, Mobility & Automobiles, Platforms & Architectures. Global big tech companies’ developers such as Microsoft, IBM, Qualcomm, and AWS will also participate. ‘,
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, ” During ‘LG Spark 2024’ Culture Week, they will introduce new programs like ‘Sapaphy Physical 100’ which competes in physical abilities and singing skills among LG Science Park members, and ‘Fusion Singing Contest,’ and conduct programs such as making model sailing boats for racing.”,
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‘Superstart Day 2023’ held in September last year
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, ‘Park Il-pyung, CEO of LG Science Park, said, “We will continue to expand ‘LG SPARK,’ where culture, arts, science, and technology can breathe together beyond boundaries, to create synergy in convergent R&D among affiliates and develop a unique innovation culture at LG Science Park, leading to the creation of differentiated customer value.”‘,
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