The Incheon Free Financial Zone Authority (IFEZ) introduced on the seventh that it efficiently concluded the ‘2025 AI-Bio Convention in Songdo’ held at Gyeongwon Jae Walkerhill in Songdo.
The occasion, themed ‘AI-based Drug Improvement and Precision Drugs Innovation,’ introduced collectively world-renowned analysis establishments, universities, and international corporations to current future business paradigms led by the convergence of AI and biotechnology.
In his opening welcome remarks, IFEZ Commissioner Yun Received-sok acknowledged, “Via this innovation stage the place AI and bio meet, we are going to foster Songdo as a worldwide AI-Bio hub,” including, “This convention will function the start line for Incheon’s leap towards changing into a worldwide AI-Bio central metropolis and a turning level the place AI expertise expands into sensible manufacturing and aerospace business innovation.”
With roughly 240 home and worldwide students, researchers, and enterprise leaders in attendance, the occasion examined international developments in AI expertise convergence with life sciences, medical, and manufacturing sectors, whereas concretizing the imaginative and prescient for the Incheon Free Financial Zone to emerge because the ‘AI-Bio World Innovation Capital.’
Specifically, provided that Songdo Worldwide Metropolis has already grown right into a ‘mecca of the bio business’ with world-class bio manufacturing capability and analysis infrastructure, the occasion introduced a strategic course to steer bio business innovation by convergence with AI expertise and grow to be a worldwide AI-Bio business hub.
The occasion opened with a keynote speech by Dr. Saad Nadeem from NVIDIA (NVIDIA’s Medical Platform, MONAI Advisory Board Member).
This was adopted by Professor Tae-Hyun Hwang from Vanderbilt College College of Drugs (Founding Director of Molecular AI Initiative), who introduced innovation methods for drug growth underneath the theme ‘AI-based 3D·4D Molecular Modeling.’
Moreover, world-renowned students together with Professor Nam-Sik Han from College of Cambridge, Dr. Andrew Tune from Harvard College·MD Anderson Most cancers Middle, and Dr. Younger-Hwan Jang from Oregon Well being & Science College took the rostrum to share the most recent AI-Bio analysis achievements.
Within the home session, main corporations together with LG AI Analysis, Bertis, VPIX Medical, Meteor Biotech, and Tomocube launched AI-based precision diagnostics, proteome evaluation, and sensible bio-sensing applied sciences.
The afternoon session featured an IFEZ-World Session the place KIC Silicon Valley Middle Director Bae Jung-yung, Rutgers College Professor Jang Ji-young, and Stanford College Dr. Li Si-yeon mentioned international startup cooperation and abroad community methods primarily based on Ok-BioX.
This was adopted by mentoring periods between home college college students and rising researchers with abroad students, making a venue for nurturing next-generation AI-Bio expertise.
Son Hye-young, Director of IFEZ’s Innovation Progress Metropolis Division, acknowledged, “We’ll proceed to increase actionable cooperation platforms together with international expertise growth, expertise commercialization, and startup assist.”
