On January 17th, the Industry coupled Center of JBNU held a steering committee and a forum. It was held to strengthen industry-academic networking with universities and local institutions. For the past year, the center has contributed to securing technological competitiveness in the local mobility industry through collaboration and support between companies and universities. Various companies and institutions attended the forum and had a discussion about strengthening industry-academic cooperation and industrial development strategies. In addition, special lectures were held, deliberating the directions of future industry development and development trends of core technologies. Lee Deok-jin, head of the Eco-friendly Future Mobility Center, said, “a unified network is needed to strengthen cooperation between universities, innovative institutions, and companies or universities in Jeollabuk-do. I hope this event will be the first step toward that.”