Samsung on Thursday publicly unveiled the outcomes of its 12-year Future Technology Nurturing Project for the primary time. The firm hosted the 2025 Future Technology Nurturing Project Annual Forum at the InterContinental Seoul Parnas Hotel in Gangnam District.
The Future Technology Nurturing Project is a public-interest initiative Samsung launched in 2013 as South Korea’s first privately led program to assist primary scientific research. Until now, the forum had been held as a closed occasion centered on academia, however this 12 months marks the primary time the corporate has made the outcomes public. Over the previous 12 years, Samsung has invested a complete of 1.14 trillion received to assist 880 research tasks throughout 91 establishments, involving greater than 16,000 researchers. The undertaking extends past funding tools and supplies by aiding researchers with undertaking choice, efficiency enchancment, and expertise commercialization.
Researchers in this system obtain step-by-step mentoring from consultants, together with assist for business collaboration and expertise startups. So far, 65 research tasks have led to new ventures. One instance is Proteina, based by Yoon Tae-young, a professor at Seoul National University’s School of Biological Sciences, which was listed on the KOSDAQ in July. Proteina is a drug improvement firm with proprietary applied sciences, together with the Super Parallel Immunoassay Development (SPID) platform, which allows ultra-high-speed, large-scale antibody optimization and efficiency measurement.
About 400 individuals attended the occasion, together with Rep. Kwon Chil-seung of the Democratic Party, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party, Rep. Kim Sun-min of the Rebuilding Korea Party, and Rep. Lee Joo-young of the Reform Party. Park Seung-hee, Samsung Electronics President for Corporate Relations, and Jang Seok-hoon, president of Samsung’s social contribution enterprise, have been additionally current, together with main home researchers and tutorial leaders.
During the forum, consultants from South Korea’s science and expertise neighborhood delivered 64 displays. The occasion additionally featured particular classes on the “Top 10 Promising Technologies,” collectively chosen by Samsung and tutorial consultants, in addition to on the usage of synthetic intelligence in primary science research.