Hanyang University(Lee Ki-jeong as President) announced the successful conclusion of the ‘2025 Hanyang University Faculty Startup Forum’ held on November 5 at the Yang Min Yong Career Lounge on the 1st floor of the Hanyang Institute of Technology(HIT) on Seoul campus.

The forum was held under the theme, ‘Research Soars Up Through Startup – Lab to Startup, Innovation Takes Off,’ and was designed to share practical strategies for expanding the research outcomes of faculty and researchers into business startups and to promote the vitalization of faculty entrepreneurship.

Key attendees of the event include Vice President for Research Ahn Jin-ho, Director of the Industry-University Cooperation Foundation and RISE Industry-Academy Cooperation Group Kang Young-jong, Director of the 토토사이트 확인 Support Foundation Ryoo Chang-wan, along with faculty members, 토토사이트 확인 experts, investors, and patent attorneys.

Vice President for Research Ahn Jin-ho stated, "Faculty startup is a process of expanding professors' research outcomes into social and industrial value, and it is the path for the university to advance as an agent of innovation. Hanyang University will expand institutional support to enable professors and researchers to turn their creative ideas into reality."

Next, Kang Young-jong, Director of the Industry-University Foundation, stated, "Hanyang University Industry-University Foundation has systematically supported all stages, including technology transfer, investment, and startup support, to ensure professors' research achievements lead to technology commercialization and startups. We will further strengthen the virtuous cycle ecosystem that connects research – startup – industry-academia cooperation – reinvestment."

The special lecture session, the core part of the forum, shed light on the realistic challenges and success strategies of faculty 토토사이트 확인s from various perspectives. Kim Suk-kwan, Senior Research Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Institute(STEPI), presented directions for institutional improvement that would allow faculty members to engage in 토토사이트 확인s while balancing teaching and research. Professor Shin Dong-wook of Hanyang University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering shared the growth experience and industry-academia synergy of his technology-based 토토사이트 확인, Solivis Co., Ltd. Following up, Bae Hyun-min, Director of the KAIST 토토사이트 확인 Center, introduced KAIST's faculty 토토사이트 확인 support policies and technology commercialization ecosystem under the theme 'From Research to 토토사이트 확인,' emphasizing the necessity of expanding research outcomes into 토토사이트 확인s.

The ‘Faculty Startup Guidebook,’ summarizing the procedures and support systems for faculty startups, was distributed at the site. The forum was followed by 1:1 consultations with experts in investment, legal, and patent fields, and a networking dinner.

This forum was jointly organized by Hanyang University's internal 토토사이트 확인 support organizations: the 토토사이트 확인 Support Foundation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, RISE Industry-Academy Cooperation Group, and Technology Holdings Company. Specifically, this forum serves as a basis to advance the faculty 토토사이트 확인 support system and expand support for the commercialization of research outcomes and for early-stage professors and researchers through cooperation among the on-campus 토토사이트 확인 support organizations.

President Lee Ki-jeong of Hanyang University said, "We expect this Faculty Startup Forum will serve as an opportunity for researchers to recognize starting a business not as a 'special choice,' but as a 'natural path for value expansion.' Hanyang University will continue to strive to establish an ecosystem and institutional framework where professors and researchers can stably launch startups."