Chairman Lee Hyun-koo (Business Administration68) held a delivery ceremony for the Joongbong Brain Science Research Fund
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- Hit408
- 2021-12-03
Chairman Lee Hyun-koo (Business Administration 68, Lacasa Works Co., Ltd.) donated KRW 1bilion of the Joongbong Brain Science Research Fund on November 24 (Wed) to develop research in the field of brain science at our university.
Chairman Lee Hyun-koo, general representative of Lakasa Group, Ceo Lee Ji-woo, CEO Ki Dong-hyun, and team leader Lee Ju-hee attended the fund delivery ceremony. From the school side, President Shin Dong-ryeol, Vice-President Park Seon-gyu, Sungkyun Convergence Center Nam Jae-do, IBS Research Center Director Kim Seong-gi, Professor Shim Won-mok, and Seo Min-ah, as well as BME Department professors Lee Jun-yeol, Woo Choong-wan, Hong Seok-jun, and Park Cheon-kwon attended the event.
In a welcoming speech, President Shin Dong-ryeol said, "In line with our university's declaration of an ambitious VISION 2030 future development plan to make 30 departments the top 20 in the world by 2030, Chairman Lee Hyun-koo made such a big donation to bio and brain science and that it was big help. As the chairman wishes, we will try to raise the multidisciplinary convergence R&BD ecosystem in the field of brain science to the level of world top tier"
In a commemorative speech, Chairman Lee Hyun-koo said, "The field of brain science is expected to have endless research fields and research results that mankind has yet to solve. It is a great pleasure in life to share the wealth accumulated in a fierce life and watch them grow together through that sharing, and I donated to help the brain science imaging research environment. And I hope that research results will be derived in a better environment and lead to the reward of the donor.
Kim Sung-ki, head of the IBS Research Group, said in a thank you speech, "According to the great will and spirit of Chairman Lee Hyun-koo, by using the research funds carefully, we will make efforts to help the brain science of Sungkyunkwan University can grow globally as the center of the brain science field in Korea, just like Chairman Lee Hyun-koo's pen name 中峰.
In the presentation, Professor Shim Won-mok showed a plan to build a 'President Lee Hyun-koo Research Fund Fellowship Wall', and future aspirations to enter the Top 10 in Korea within 5 years and Global Top 10 within 10 years in the field of brain science.
Chairman Lee Hyun-koo has donated about 2.8 billion won to about 15 kinds of funds so far, and adding 1 billion won to the 中峰 Brain Science Research Fund, which he donated this time, will total 3.8 billion won.
After the delivery ceremony, the Brain Science Imaging Research Group tour and luncheon were held.