OCC-UPF / KOFAC: Conferencia del Dr. Yoon Chung

The Development S&T and Science Communication

in KOREA

2010. 5

“과학이 문화로, 창의가 희망으로”

Dr. Yoon CHUNGPresident, Korea Foundation

for the Advancement of Science & Creativity

CONTENTS

About Korea

KOFAC and Its Activities

Three Prime DIRECTIVES

- Creativity

- Collaboration

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4- Involvement

Vision & Future5

The Development of Science &Technology 2

The Seoul Olympic Games

(1988)

World Cup Games

(2002)

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GNI per capita

(World’s 36th)

Gross Domestic Product

(World’s 14th)

Trading Volume

(World’s 11th)

OECD Membership

(1996)

G20 Host Country

(2010)

Dynamic country with beautiful mountains, rivers and four distinguished seasons.

(48 Million Population)

About KOREA

From an impoverished country in the 60s

to an advanced country in the 21st century

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<The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook>

Area Ranking

Science Infrastructure 3rd

Higher Education 4th

Employment Rate 6th

Merchandise Export 12th

Technological

Infrastructure

14th

Educational

reform

• Korea has the latest technologies in

Information-electronics, ship building, automobiles and steel making industries

• Future-oriented green energy, bio-tech and nano-tech

• 83.8% go to college

• 115,000 Doc. degree

- 33,000 from overseas

Science &

technology

reform

• $33.7 Bil. invested in R&D (3.47% of the GDP, world’s 4th highest)

• over 200,000 researchers

About KOREA

Behind its success, there are outstanding human resources &

competitive science & tech

The development of S&T

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• Unique Culture & Science(5,000 years of history)

– A language and characters, Hangul (한글)

• Paradigm shift from “Catch up” to “Creative innovation”

• Generating new industries based on excellent human resources and S&T

• Around 2.5% of world capability (Technology, Industry & Economy)

– A top 10 level country in terms of GDP, Trade and S&T

– Chairing G20 Submit(November. 2010)

• The world’s most outstanding country in industrialization, information and democracy

Period System • Policies

60’s-70’s • Ministry of Science & Technology

• National Science & Technology Promotion Act

• Government-funded Research Institutes(GRIs)

• First 5-year National Plan for Economic Development

80’s • National Science & Technology Promotion Committee

• GRIs + Private Research Institutes(PRIs)

90’s • Ministry of Information and Communication

• National Science & Technology Council(NSTC)

• Science & Technology Framework Law

• GRIs + PRIs + Universities

• Act for promoting industries oriented technologies

2000 and after• Elevate minister of science and technology to a deputy prime-minister level

• National Technology Road Map(NTRM)

• Long-term plan for green growth, future technology

The development of S&T

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Korean S&T System & Policies

Period Achievements

60’s-70’s • KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute),

KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

• Textiles, Chemicals, Steel

80’s • Technology introduction

• Collaboration between public and private sectors

• Expansion of overseas study, utilization of HR trained in overseas

• Shipbuilding, Automobile, Semiconductor

90’s • National Big Science R&D programs

- Frontier R&D program, Creative Research initiative project

• Patent registrations and SCI publications

• Display, Cellular phone, Nuclear power plant

2000

and after

• Improved R&D investment structure (government : private = 3 : 7)

• Self-reliance on nuclear technology (power supply)

• Bio-industry, Green Tech, Hi-Tech electronics

The development of S&T

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Achievements in the Development of the Korean Science & Technology

The 1st generation in the R&D

※ Preferred treatment in salaries, houses, vacations andindependent research activities

Inviting scientists Studied in overseas (invitation scientists) project (70’s –80’s)

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• Around 300 researchers between 1968 and 1980

– Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (1971)

– Korean-German Scientists and Engineers Association (1973)

government invited Korean P.h.D scientists from overseas• Developing for heavy industry and R&D

• Deregulating policies of studying overseas since 1980s

• 13 overseas Korean scientist associations (2010)

Government R&D Budget(billion USD)

9.6

10.7

11.914.4

2008 2009 2010 2012(Plan)

2008

2008 2009 2010 2012(Plan)

2009(Estimate) 2010(Plan)

Ratio of fundamental R&D(%)to government R&D investment

25.6%29.3%

31.3%35.0%

8.8%8.0%

11.1%

Private R&D (billion USD) Increase rate compared to last year (&)

The development of S&T

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Compatibility of the S&T in Korea (Ⅰ)

Government R&D Increase rate of R&D

Increase rate of the total government budget (%)

Increase rate of the R&D budget (%)

2009 20102008

annual average of 7.1%

annual average of 11.8%

7.9%

13.3%10.8% 11.4%

6.4% 6.9%

Prospect of private R&D investment Ratio of government R&D investment

21.8 23.5 26.1

• Total National R&D budget (38 billon USD, 2010) : Government + Private

The development of S&T

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(Public, Private)

International Patents

2003 2005 20062004 2007 200820022001

1984 1997 2008

6,295(4th)

7,908(4th)

1,891

2883010

1981

35,569(12th)

1997 2008

7,870(18th)

4(53th)

S&T competitiveness (IMD)

3th

14th12th

13th

17th

14th

10th7th

5th

21th

17th

24th

8th

2th

6th 6th

14th 14th

2009

Number of Research Papers (Rank)

S&T research papers

Compatibility of the S&T in Korea(II)

Competitiveness in Science Competitiveness in Technology

Number of International PatentsNumber of patents registeredin the U.S.

• Government R&D has focused on solving global issues

• R&D System to improve efficiency

- Strengthening overall coordinating in adjustment, evaluation and management

World’s

100s-levels

Focused on

Catch up /

CompetitionWorld Top 10s

Focused on

Creative innovation /

Pioneer

The development of S&T – Future direction(1)

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(climate change, diseases, energy, foods and water shortages)

- Evaluating, analyzing and utilizing intellectual assets for globalization

- Linking infrastructure(accelerator, nano-fab, nuclear fusion, disaster prevention & safety, nuclear reactor) with R&D activities

• Expanding Globalization

- Combining original technologies on IT & GT

• Enhancing Public Awareness of Science & Technology

- Strengthening science and risk communication for general public

• Strengthening Collaboration

- Industry: Developing applied technology

The development of S&T – Future direction(2)

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Balanced growth between quantity & quality

- Reinforcing creative education for youth

sharing infrastructure & HR with industries & universities

- University: Research on basic science and cultivating HR

- Research institute: Executing big science programs related global issues,

- Global collaboration in big science like nuclear fusion, marine/space tech

KOFAC and its activities

Cultivation of world-class

future global leadersStrengthening

education

for the gifted and

talented

Developing creative human resources

Enhancing public understanding of science

and global issues

Excellence

Creativity

Rationality Supporting school youth’s science

activities

Building the foundation for coalition

among science, humanities & arts

Cultivation of creative human

resources through the reinforced

math and science education

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DIRECTIVE 1 : Involvement

• Korea’s promising future leaders award

Supporting Science Culture

• Science Times / ScienceAll

• Science Culture Academy & SCRC

- for providing scientific information

• Science Culture Grants

- for 100 creative and talented future leaders

among the youth group

- for academic research & professional education

※SCRC : Science Culture Research Center

- for private-level science culture projects

(59 projects a year)

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Diversifying Science Culture Experience

• Science Ambassador

- science lectures by leading scientists &

• Korea Science Festival

- Korea’s largest interactive science festival

• ISEC

- research-oriented biannual camp from

※ISEC : International Youth Science & Engineering Camp

DIRECTIVE 1 : Involvement

(since 1997, 200,000 visitors in 2009)

11 countries

engineers

(1,100 ambassadors in action)

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DIRECTIVE 1 : Involvement

Sharing Science Culture Experience

• Science Volunteers Program

• Everyday Science Class

- for youth at local community centers

• Youth Science Club (YSC)

- for science club activities at schools

- 1,000 volunteers from 83 universities

- College volunteers teach STEM to underprivileged

area

(690 clubs in 2009)

(493 classes)

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“Hope of

Planet Earth” inthree colors

Public Awareness of Global Issues

- exhibition, public lectures, concerts and performance

DIRECTIVE 1 : Involvement

• RGB campaign

• Development and distribution of TV documentary programs, books and cartoons

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• Launching the first “Korea International

Enhancing Student’s

Creativity in STEM

DIRECTIVE 2 : Creativity

Science & Engineering Fair (KISEF)”

- sending the winners to ISEF in U.S.(May, 2010)

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• Creativity & Character Education

• Creative hands-on activity in cooperation

with Industry/University/Research Institute

Encouraging student’s

Creativity in school

• Strengthening the gifted & talented

DIRECTIVE 2 : Creativity

• National curriculum development

- designating science oriented high school

- honors programs (HP)

& undergraduate research program (URP)

- reinforcing math & science education

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• Next-generation math and science textbooks

Development and distribution

of creativity contents

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• Creativity Resources Center

- development and collection of world-class

- experiment-oriented textbooks designed to

stimulate students’ creativity and interest in

science

science and math educational resources

- experiment kits, visual references, and publications

DIRECTIVE 2 : Creativity

DIRECTIVE 3 : Collaboration

• Collaboration Café

Collaboration Café & Festival

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- arena for experts in S&T,

- discuss about future society and collaborated

• Grants for collaboration activities

- creative theater : performances where

- science storytelling: creative writing on science

- visualization of science: visual works that make

▶ Collaboration festival: once a year

social and liberal sciences, culture, and arts

technologies

science is merged with culture and arts

science easy to understand

projects, where science is the main theme

Key Message

S+C=AScience + Creativity = Answer × Advancement

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Promoting scientific literacy & enhancing logical thinking power

Visions for the future of Korea

Science-oriented creative society

Cultivating global future leaders by strengthening math & science

education