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Advanced Program for Technology & Finance Convergence
About
Advanced Program for Technology&Finance ConvergenceThe KAIST ATFC program, linked to ITVC’s ILP, is designed for top executives using KAIST’s advanced technology and financial engineering. It is an advanced program that promotes corporate technological innovation and offers opportunities to interact with Korea’s top-tier technology and financial networks.
Program Details
Vision and goals
Enhancing capabilities of top executives with expertise in convergence industries through a curriculum that integrates technology and financeFostering transdisciplinary experts in finance & technology
- Theoretical and practical education necessary for business operations, including cutting-edge core technology, enterprise valuation, and investment methods
- Creation of new value through a curriculum that combines future technology and finance
- Promotion of corporate technological innovation and capacity to create new industries based on KAIST’s convergence of advanced technology and finance
Flagship program with convergence of technology and finance for top executives, creating new value through the integration of cutting-edge technology and finance educationKorea’s leading alumni network in technology and finance
- Organic exchanges and diverse activity support via the vast network of experts
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Opportunity to attend CES, the most influential tech event in the world
(visiting booths of KAIST and participating companies) - Granting of KAIST alumni status
Key Words
The Best Curriculum for the Best LeaderThe KAIST ATFC program selects top-tier executives, and provides them with the finest education in technology and finance convergence.
Top instructors in the filedThe KAIST ATFC program is composed of authorities and experts in various fields. Its world-class faculty offers the latest theories and practical education in diverse technology and finance fields.
The Power of alumni networksThe KAIST ATFC program supports organic exchanges and diverse activities to develop an extensive network among peers and juniors/seniors, who serve as key leaders of companies.
Overview
Program name
- Advanced Program for Technology & Finance Convergence (APFC)
Organizers
- KAIST ITVC, College of Engineering
Target and schedule
- Target : Business persons, professionals, public servants, journalists, prospective entrepreneurs, etc.
- Number of students : Around 30 – 40 per batch
- Program schedule : Spring 2024
교육일정에 관한 표 Semester Period Time Spring March–June every year Once a week, 18:30 – 21:30 Fall September – December every year Once a week, 18:30 – 21:30 Completion requirements and certificate
- Completion requirements : Attendance of at least 2/3 of classes and participation in at least one workshop
- Certificate of completion : Issued under the name of the president of KAIST
Benefits for students (subject to change)
- Granting of KAIST alumni status (invitation to various alumni events and lectures)
- Organic exchanges and diverse activities through the vast network (New Year's gatherings, year-end parties, hiking clubs, golf clubs, reading clubs, etc.)
- Participation in seminars, forums, and regular academic conferences
- Newsletters from ITVC and the College of Engineering
Inquiries
- KAIST ITVC Industrial Liaison Center 042-350-6424, 6428 E-mail of ATFC program representative
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G-Core
Establishing a system for utilization of human resources, serving as a platform where outstanding global talents and companies gather and circulate
- Establishment of G-Core matching platform to connect advanced research of outstanding global talents and technology development demands of promising companies to KAIST research personnel and infrastructure
- Efficiently conducting commercialization-oriented research and development by directly connecting KAIST’s world-class research to partner companies’ demand for technology development
- Identifying companies with demands in various fields through KAIST G-Core, and attracting outstanding global talents to pursue research and commercialization while utilizing KAIST’s advanced research infrastructure
- Nurturing the KAIST G-Core Matching Platform to facilitate the virtuous cycle of transfer of research outcomes to companies and corporate recruitment of outstanding global talents
About
Establishing an innovative industrial liaison model centered around universities where outstanding domestic/international talents and businesses gather to conduct industry-oriented R&D and contribute to the creation of new industries
- Building an innovative industrial liaison model for outstanding global talents and businesses to conduct industry-oriented R&D, and contribute to intellectual property, technology transfer, and the creation of new industries
- Providing opportunities for outstanding global talents to directly experience industries and actively address on-site problems, thereby accumulating research competencies
Details
Providing opportunities for outstanding global talents to directly conduct R&D and actively address on-site problems of partner companies, thereby accumulating research competencies
- Technology development and supply: Attracting exceptional global talents to KAIST and utilizing KAIST's infrastructure to execute R&D projects tailored to industry demands and provide technology needed by businesses
- Talent development and utilization: Cultivating industrial R&D capabilities in exceptional global talents and facilitating their entry/settlement in companies as a stepping stone for growth
Enhancing R&D standards and strengthening partner companies' competitiveness by attracting outstanding global talents and collaborating with them for joint research with companies
- Attraction : Attracting outstanding global talents through KAIST's research infrastructure and promoting qualitative growth of research through joint R&D
- Utilization : Strengthening corporate competitiveness by connecting outstanding global talents and KAIST infrastructure to partner companies
- Circulation : Activating the entry of outstanding global talents into industrial sectors through cooperative research with partner companies
OpennessAn open industrial liaison model where universities and businesses collaborate anytime, anywhere
FlexibilityFlexible sunset-type organization that allows easy formation and dissolution of research teams in response to corporate demands
ExcellenceEnhancement of KAIST’s research capabilities and visibility by attracting and utilizing outstanding global talents
CreativityStrengthening innovative capacities through reinforced education on entrepreneurial spirit and convergence R&D
R&D for business problem-solving- Identification of various business issues
- Operation of sunset-type teams → Rapid resolution of diverse problems
Global small giants in technological innovation
Technology demand
Convergence R&D for new industry creation- Future demand pioneering research based on research excellence
Mid-sized companies as future growth enginesOpen collaboration with industries
Education to strengthen creative innovation capabilities- Capacity-building education for companies to discover new business opportunities
Government-funded research institutes as basis of R&D
Human resource demand of companies
