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    About Swiss-Korean
    Innovation Week

    The Swiss-Korean Innovation Week, an annual lighthouse event of the Embassy of Switzerland in the Republic of Korea, was established in 2018 with the aim of facilitating collaboration between Switzerland and Korea in the field of research and innovation. Following the successful editions on Medical Technologies, Smart Living, Circular Economy, Green Transition and Diversity, a driver for Innovation, in 2023 the two countries, world leaders in innovation, will bring concrete examples of frameworks and instruments enabling the capability of a country to innovate. On the year celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Republic of Korea, this exchange aims on the one hand, to learn from each other’s path and, on the other hand, to look to the future, on how major innovations will impact our well-being.

    Enabling Innovation
    Enabling Innovation

    Innovation is a driver of economic growth. Improvements of living standards and economic activity can be traced back to innovation waves – or what experts call ‘Industrial Revolutions’. Technological breakthroughs disrupted entire industries and businesses. The world is currently experiencing the “4th Industrial revolution” with the rapid spread of digitalization, quantum computing, AI, bio and nano-technologies, advanced materials, bioinformatics and other breakthrough technologies. As countries seek to reap the benefits of innovation, we are seeing unprecedented interest and investment for innovation, both from the public and private sectors.

    The Swiss-Korea Innovation Week 2023 will explore what are the conditions and instruments that effectively generate innovation-driven growth: How can we all reap the benefits of innovation? What roadblocks must be overcome before the route is clear toward an economic growth and positive social impact? How can innovation help tackle the biggest challenges of our time, including climate change? The Swiss-Korean Innovation Week 2023 will take place in Seoul from 11 to 23 May 2023.