“The driver of future innovation is battery technology”
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SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won emphasized the importance of industry-academia collaboration for ecosystem expansion by paying attention to battery technology as a driver of future innovation at a seminar held on the theme of’The Future of Battery Technology’ hosted by Choi Jong-Hyeon Academy.
Chairman Choi said in a welcoming speech at a webinar on the theme of’The Future of Battery Technology’ inviting the 2019 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry hosted by Choi Jong-Hyun Choi on the 19th. I said this.
Chairman Choi said, “This industry-academic collaboration is very important to the expanding battery ecosystem. This is the case for developing new materials for the next-generation batteries and recycling and reusing waste batteries.”
Chairman Choi added, “That is why the technical ability to collaborate and communicate with experts outside of his or her field of expertise is very important, and this ability will serve as an important qualities in becoming a global leader in the future.”
The seminar was held after SK Innovation lost to LG Energy Solutions in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. related to the infringement of electric vehicle battery trade secrets, drawing attention from both inside and outside the industry.
However, since it is an academic event and a brief welcoming remark as Chairman Choi Choi Jong-hyun as chairman of the Academy of Sciences, SK Innovation’s battery business and recent lawsuits were not mentioned. Chairman Choi’s welcoming speech was pre-recorded.
At this seminar, hosted by Taek-Hwan Hyun, Chair Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University, Stanley Whittingham, a professor of chemistry at New York State University, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, gave a lecture on the opportunities and challenges of lithium-ion battery technology. In addition, scholars from home and abroad in the field of battery research and high-tech materials such as Geobrand Cedar UC Berkeley professor of material engineering, Kang Ki-seok, professor of material engineering at Seoul National University, and Choi Jang-wook, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Seoul National University, joined together.
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