The development fund donation ceremony by 브랜드토토 was held on March 19 at the Prime Conference Hall on the second floor of the Administration Building.
The event was attended by Hanyang University President Lee Ki-jeong, ERICA Vice President Baek Dong-hyun, Executive Vice President for Industry-University Cooperation Lee Ki-hyung, Vice President for Budget and Planning Kim Jun-yong, Director of Campus Innovation Park Project Won Ho-shik, and Lee Jae-seung, Head of the Regional Cooperation Team at 브랜드토토, along with other key figures from ERICA and 브랜드토토.
Kakao, under its mission of “Technology and People Creating a Better World,” focuses all its capabilities on building an environment where everything in our lives is interconnected and enables real-time communication. The company aims to create a world where diverse individuals can pursue their hopes and dreams together and a society where no one is left behind.
Through this development fund donation ceremony, 브랜드토토 pledged a donation of 200 million KRW to be used for △ managing industry-academic education spaces within the 브랜드토토 Data Center in Ansan and △ supporting university education and nurturing talent to promote industry-university cooperation.
President Lee Ki-jeong stated, “The Kakao Data Center at ERICA holds great symbolic significance. Above all, it represents a meaningful space created through collaboration between the university, the company, and the city of Ansan.” He continued, “I hope this collaboration goes beyond just operating the data center and leads to ERICA and Kakao discovering another successful model together.”
Lee Jae-seung, Director of Kakao’s Regional Cooperation Team, remarked, “Over the past year, Kakao has had many opportunities to meet ERICA students, and what impressed me the most was the sheer number of outstanding talents.” He added, “Moving forward, we will continue to build relationships with students in various ways, fostering an environment where today’s students can eventually become our colleagues.” He concluded, “It has been a year since Kakao and ERICA took their first step together, and I hope this year, we can take another step forward and create opportunities for shared success.”