IASP 2010 Adopts Daedeok Declaration

Calls for the embrace of global green growth as an engine for economic development

The 27th IASP World Conference (IASP 2010 Daedeok) brought together more than 1,000 experts representing government, science and technology parks (STPs), academia and business from 57 countries in Daejeon from May 23-26 to discuss and debate the true significance of the globally emerging developmental “green growth” model for STPs. The conference featured presentations and discussions about global STP strategies in a series of in-depth discussions of the future direction of science and technology and the implications of green growth.
IASP 2010 Daedeok wrapped up its session by adopting the so-called Daedeok Declaration in which the combined challenges of climate change and the global financial crisis suggested an opportunity for STPs to play the leading role in responding to the current challenges. In August 2009, Daedeok Innopolis suggested that there was a need for a declaration, and IASP headquarters responded positively. The current declaration was developed through a process of close cooperation between Daedeok Innopolis and the IASP headquarters.
The declaration calls for the embrace of global green growth as an engine for economic development that can be led by STPs. Because STPs represent the intersection of government, industry and research, they are recognized as the critical center for green growth. Concrete proposals include a shared knowledge bank of best practices for STPs and an STP Green IASP Network to increase the speed at which new green technologies are diffused.
About 1,200 Koreans and foreigners attended an opening ceremony at the Daejeon Convention Center on May 24. Among those on hand at the ceremony were Prime Minister Chung Un-chan, Kim Hyung-guk, chairman of the Presidential Commission for Green Growth, and Ahn Hyun-ho, vice minister of the Knowledge Economy Ministry.
IASP 2010 Daedeok coincided with an academic symposium and an exhibition of the latest green technologies.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Chung stressed that it was significant for officials from major STPs across the world, which play a pivotal role in technological innovations, to discuss the value of green growth and explore ways of promoting cooperation among them.
IASP 2010 Daedeok, held under the theme “Global Green Growth, G³,” was the largest-ever one with about 1,200 experts from 57 countries in attendance. IASP attracted 609 participants in Finland in 2006, 699 in Spain in 2007, 457 in South Africa in 2008 and 770 in the United States in 2008.
One hundred corporate and institutional exhibitors participated in the exhibition, which was divided into four pavilions ― Theme Pavilion, Biz Pavilion, STP Pavilion and R&D Pavilion. Daedeok Innopolis’ representative achievements, including Golf Zone’s golf simulation system, Silicon Works’ applied panel for the iPad, Wing Ship Technology Corp.’s WIG craft and Image Materials Inc.’s e-Paper, were displayed at the exhibition.
Daedeok Innopolis has one of the longest histories of any research center in Asia. Started in 1970, the STP has expanded to become a major center for basic and applied research in technology. In 1993, the Daedeok Research Park Administration Law was passed, giving the cluster unprecedented authority as an international research cluster.
Since then, progress at Daedeok Innopolis has accelerated, bringing in high tech firms from the early 2000s and setting the stage for the foundation of Daedeok Innopolis. In 2005, Daedeok Innopolis was formally established by a special law and provided with a coordinating headquarters to build a world-class innovation cluster covering IT, BT, NT, nuclear power and green technologies.
Located in northern Daejeon, the heart of Korea, Daedeok Innopolis closely links research and industrial production functions. nw

(top left, clockwise) Prime Minister Chung Un-chan speak during the opening ceremony of IASP 2010 Daedeok.; The participants of IASP 2010 Daedeok cut the tape to start the conference.; Joan Bellavista, president of the International Association of Science Parks and Kang Gye-doo, CEO of Daedeok Innopolis, hold the Daedeok Declaration, adopted by IASP 2010 Daedeok.; and Kang was elected international director of the IASP.