Gu Hyeok-chae (구혁채), first vice minister of South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, pledged to innovate science culture policy to increase public accessibility.
The ministry on Thursday held the 2026 Korea Science Festival with the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The occasion at KINTEX in Ilsan was held in an built-in format with the Korea Science and Technology Exhibition.
Ahead of the opening ceremony, Gu joined a mentoring session on science and engineering profession paths with college students. He shared issues and visions about profession selections in an period of synthetic intelligence-driven digital transformation and pledged to increase insurance policies to encourage entry into science and engineering fields.
In welcoming remarks on the competition’s opening ceremony, Gu confused that science culture programmes throughout the nation, together with the Korea Science Festival, are an essential basis for nurturing science and engineering expertise. He mentioned the federal government would proceed to innovate science culture policy so all residents can simply entry science wherever within the nation.
After the opening ceremony, an awards ceremony was held for groups that achieved robust ends in the 2026 AI Co-Scientist Challenge competitors, which explores AI’s potential and limits as a analysis colleague. An exhibition and shows of the successful groups’ outcomes adopted.
The competitors lined 2 themes: conducting science and expertise analysis utilizing AI and writing analysis studies, and creating AI brokers to innovate science and expertise analysis. A complete of 409 groups competed, and 16 groups obtained awards.
The 2026 Korea Science Festival runs via April 26 at Hall 4 of KINTEX Exhibition Center 1 in Ilsan. People of all ages who’re inquisitive about science can benefit from the reveals and hands-on actions without cost.