Participated KAIST BP Forum

Daniel Shin, a managing director at Megalos Asteria & Co., attended the KAIST 13th BP Forum on March 28, 2008, which was held at the Seoul National Science Museum in Seoul. KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a top notch university with strong emphasis on science, engineering, and technology research. KAIST, equivalent with MIT in the United States, was founded in 1971 and main campus is located down in Daejeon. BP Forum was organized by the KAIST Office of Industry-University Co-op, Center for Science-based Entrepreneurship, and DIT Holdings, a venture capital and university-based-technology-to-business incubator. This event was 2nd sequel of the "Top 10 KAIST Technologies of the Year 2008."


KAIST announced top 10 proprietary technologies, which have higher probability of industry application. All the technologies announced at the conference were solely developed by KAIST faculty members and research labs. Original inventors were presenting their technologies with business implication to seek initial funding and industry collaboration.

Followings are the list of top 10 KAIST technologies presented at the seminar.

• Robot Technology: Composite structures to robots and shaft for LCD manufacturing
• Medical Device Technology: Development of operation method for medical robots: T-shaped gauge and acetabular cup navigation system and acetabular cup aligning method
• Environment Technology: Succinic acid generation using biomass
• Nano Technology: Carbon nanotube and nanocomposites
• Energy Technology: CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) layer solar cell
• Laser Technology: Development of high power/high energy/high repetition rate beam combination laser using stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugate mirrors
• Voice Pattern Technology: Voice interface & voice pattern conversion technology
• Material Science: Flexible LCD backlight
• Energy Technology: PEMFC (Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell)
• Energy Technology: LiPB (Lithium ion polymer technology)

(You may find official conference flier in Korean language here.)