The Small and Medium Enterprises Research Institute hosted the 4th Integrated Conference on June 25 at the KBIZ Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, to assess the changes in the industrial environment faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and discuss future growth strategies and policy agendas.
The conference, themed "Growth for All: Innovation Transition for K-SMEs," was co-hosted by eight organizations, including the Entrepreneurship Society, the Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Society, the Korean Economic Law Society, the Korean Regulatory Society, the Korean Distribution Society, the Korean Policy Society, the Korean Small Business Society, and the Korean Startup Society.
The event featured three main topics: strategies for global growth and scaling up, collaboration ecosystems and co-innovation strategies for SMEs in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), AI transformation (AX), and digital transformation (DX), as well as the digital economy and fair ecosystems.
Sessions focused on the innovation of the SME distribution ecosystem in the DX era, regional and global growth strategies, cooperative models based on DX and AX innovations in Northern Italy, AI regulatory innovations, and building a reliable AX ecosystem for K-SMEs.
A keynote speech was delivered by Park Jeong-yun, CEO of Interex, who introduced core technologies for autonomous manufacturing factories and domestic cases of autonomous manufacturing. He emphasized the need for organic cooperation between the government and industry to promote the spread of autonomous manufacturing and create an innovation ecosystem.
Jo Joo-hyun, director of the Small and Medium Enterprises Research Institute, stated, "This conference was organized to broadly discuss the challenges necessary for the innovation transition of SMEs in a rapidly changing industrial structure and corporate growth methods due to AI and digital technologies."
He added, "Through discussions on AI innovation, collaborative innovation ecosystems, and global growth, we hope to uncover new business opportunities and enhance the capabilities and competitiveness of SMEs through cooperation among companies and connections across industries and regions."
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