JBNU and IT service specialist Itisen Group (Chairman Kang Jin-mo) have joined forces to nurture interdisciplinary talent and to promote Industry-University Cooperation that meets the needs of companies and students.

The two organizations held an official signing ceremony at 2:00 p.m. on April 4, attended by President Kim Dong-won and other senior university officials, as well as CHO and Executive Director Park Kyung-gon and other senior executives of Itisen Group.

Itisen Group is a corporate group formed around Ssangyong Information & Communications, joined by Komtek Information & Communications, which has strengths in public infrastructure; Komtek System, a specialist in the financial NI sector; Goodsen, the nation's leading provider of management solutions; and the Korea Gold Exchange, among others. Last year, buoyed by steady performance across its affiliates, the group posted an all-time high in sales of approximately KRW 3.28 trillion, and is regarded as one of the country's top IT service firms.

Under the agreement, the two parties agreed to build a cooperative network for the exchange of cutting-edge technologies and information, and to operate industry–university collaborative research and field training to develop specialized and interdisciplinary talent.

They also pledged to jointly create an Industry-University Cooperation platform capable of meeting the needs of companies and students.

Executive Director Park Kyung-gon said, "By establishing a cooperation model with JBNU, we will go beyond operational cooperation and lead the realization of social value by responding quickly to the rapidly expanding IT services market and the increasingly diverse demands of customers through technology collaboration that concentrates the expertise of both organizations. In particular, through cloud business cooperation and technology exchange, we will take the first step into the digital twin field, cooperate to enter the cloud domain, and make our best efforts to achieve tangible outcomes for regional development."

President Kim Dong-won responded, "This agreement with Itisen Group is an opportunity for remarkable advancement by expanding channels for cloud business related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and by diversifying the activation of cloud services. We will actively work to establish a sustainable mutual cooperation system in the public cloud market with Itisen Group by proactively leveraging the university's research capabilities and resources."