The Korea Industrial Technology Association will hold the "spring 2026 chief technology officer (CTO) university special lecture" for science and engineering students at the University of Seoul, Chung-Ang University, Hongik University, and UNIST starting on the 5th.
The CTO university special lecture is a talent-donation program organized by the association's "CTO Club" and has been held 611 times at 27 universities since it began in 2010. CTOs from corporations have directly planned the lecture content and shared field experience and case studies from technology development.
For this special lecture, Hong Sung-ju, head of the Korea Semiconductor Academy (former head of future technology research at SK hynix), and Lee Hak-seong, adviser at LG Energy Solution (former president of LS Electric), along with current and former CTOs of major domestic corporations, are scheduled to serve as speakers.
The association said, "We expect this program to serve as an opportunity to share know-how on technology development and innovation cases with future talent, contributing to the cultivation of next-generation technology leaders."
Meanwhile, the association's CTO Club is a group of technology management professionals founded in 1996 that works to promote cooperation among corporations and the exchange of technology information. A total of 95 current and former CTOs are participating, and the lead coordinators are Hong Sung-ju and Kang Min-seok, executive vice president of LG Innotek.