This year's conference, themed "Beyond Uncertainty: Rethinking Germany-Korea, Crossroads and Unification," brought together leading figures from science, business, and politics in both countries. At the invitation of ADeKo, the ICM organized the session "Joint Innovation and Dialogue between Research and Industry on New Mobility Trends." Led by Session Chair Eric Sax, Professor at the ITIV of KIT and ICM Research Director, experts discussed current developments, challenges, and opportunities in the mobility of tomorrow.
German-Korean Exchange on the Future of Mobility: ICM at the ADeKo Conference 2025
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How can research and industry jointly shape the mobility of the future? The Innovation Campus Future Mobility (ICM) addressed this question in a dedicated session at the ADeKo Conference in Busan, South Korea.
The panelists included:
- Simon Oh, Associate Professor at Korea University Sejong, on the challenges, trends, and perspectives of future mobility.
- Jin-Won Yoon, Assistant Professor at Korea University Sejong, on the limitations of vehicle-centric autonomous systems and the opportunities of collaborative V2X-based approaches.
- Ji-Hwan Chang, President and Managing Director of Vector Korea IT Inc., on software-defined mobility and new models of collaboration to accelerate innovation while fostering trust.
- DeWayne Seungyong Lee, Principal Research Engineer & Project Lead at Mercedes-Benz Korea, on Startup Autobahn Korea and open innovation approaches from local to global.
- Max Hoßfeld, Managing Director of the ICM, on the role of ecosystems like the ICM in transforming mobility, bringing together research and industry to advance sustainable, digitized, and resilient mobility and production systems.
About the Visit and ADeKo
The visit follows the first ICM delegation trip to South Korea and the subsequent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University of Stuttgart, KIT, and Korea University Sejong in Germany. The partnership aims to strengthen academic exchange and promote joint research activities in future-oriented fields of mobility.
The Alumni Network Germany-Korea (ADeKo) is the world's largest and only country-specific network of Korean alumni who have lived, studied, and conducted research in Germany. ADeKo sees itself as a bridge between the two countries and promotes exchange and collaboration in science, industry, and culture. There are approximately 20,000 alumni in Korea; on average, 5,000 Korean students are enrolled at German universities, with about 800 beginning their studies in Germany each year.
Contact
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Catherine Baumann
Project Manager Future Mobility Grants
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Marketing and Communications
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