Samsung Electronics said on the 15th that it held the 2025 excellent technology briefing at Suwon Convention Center in Gyeonggi Province together with the Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D Outcome (COMPA) under the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency (KISTA) under the Intellectual Property Office.
This event is a program that Samsung Electronics has run since 2009 to introduce outstanding technologies held by domestic universities, research institutions, and corporations and provide technology consultations to help partner companies discover future growth engines and secure new technologies. This year, about 250 people attended, including executives and researchers from 104 partner companies and 45 technology cooperation organizations.
At this briefing, held under themes such as artificial intelligence (AI) and smart manufacturing, technology protection, and industrial safety, 111 outstanding technologies were introduced, including smart manufacturing technologies using AI and robots and next-generation materials, processes, and environment.
Samsung Electronics also presented cases of enhancing work productivity and strengthening competitiveness using AI under the theme of AI-based productivity innovation cases.
In addition, at a separate booth, Samsung Electronics offered consultations on the free transfer of 253 patents it holds in displays, mobile, home appliances, communications, and networks, as well as on an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) fund for partner companies.
Since 2015, Samsung Electronics has been opening its patents free of charge to support not only partner companies but also corporations with no transaction to use them freely.
By last year, free transfer of about 2,300 patents had been carried out.
Also, since last year, it has created a partner company ESG fund to provide interest-free loans for ESG investments such as improving environmental safety at partner companies' business sites and reducing energy use.
Eom Jae-hoon, executive vice president and head of the Win-Win Cooperation Center at Samsung Electronics, said, "Samsung Electronics will continue to spare no effort and support so that partner companies can achieve sustainable growth through industry-academia-research cooperation in areas such as AI and smart manufacturing."
Since 2009, the excellent technology briefing has hosted more than 5,500 executives and researchers from more than 2,800 partner companies, facilitating the introduction and exchange of a total of 534 outstanding technologies, and has contributed to win-win cooperation between large and small and medium-sized companies and the creation of a technology innovation ecosystem.