The City to Promote Specialist Companies and Form/Launch a Meta Governance Program in the Second Half of This Year The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formation of the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaverse companies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte Anjin Accounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon International Airport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, Incheon Stands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways to secure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, along with the development of the Metaverse industry. This is the second round of the forum in which foreign companies, like MS or AWS, would also participate, after the first round held with nineteen South Korean companies only, such as Naver Cloud and NHN Cloud,etc., on May 24th. The corporation and the city government explained their strategies to proceed with the Metaverse project, and the key business participants discussed the related technologies and shared information during the event. ▲The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formation of the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaverse companies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte Anjin Accounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon International Airport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, Incheon Stands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways to secure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, along with the development of the Metaverse industry. Photo: 2nd round of Open Metaverse Governance Forum The forum this time was composed of four sessions, which were, respectively ▲ Invigoration of Incheon’s Metaverse ‘Urban Platform’ Ecosystem, ▲ The Establishment of the ‘Governance’ for the Invigoration of the Metaverse Indust

13 Events Scheduled up to the End of the Year, Starting with Korea Ocean Expo The Incheon is committed to strengthening its brand as the “MICE City Incheon” by providing support to the exhibition and convention events specialized to the local context. The city government will be providing financial support packages amounting to 1.7138 billion over 13 exhibition and convention events that are specialized to the local context, starting from this month till the end of the year. ▲ Incheon is committed to strengthening its brand as the “MICE City Incheon” by providing support to the exhibition and convention events specialized to the local context. Photo: Big C 2021 – InBioPharm Exhibition. Korea Ocean Expo, to be held from the 22nd to 24th of this month, will be followed by more specialized events till the end of the year, including‘Environmental Industries and Carbon Neutrality Conference and Expo’ in September, ‘Korea Police World Expo’ in October, and ‘Korea Beauty and Cosmetic Show,’ ‘Korea MICE Expo,’ ‘K-UAM Confex,’ and ‘Bio-Pharmaceutical Incheon Global Confex,’ in November. The city plans to strengthen the brand of the city as an international MICE city and attempt to invigorate the local economy through the promotion of exhibition and convention industries that are in line with the Incheon New Deal Policy, along with the strategic industries of Incheon, including bio, aviation, environment, and beauty industries. In addition, the ‘Korea Police World Expo’ and ‘Korea Ocean Expo’ were named as the beneficiary projects by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, receiving the central government’s financial aid amounting up to105 million won. ▲ Photo: InBioPharm Exhibition 2021. Also, Korea Police World Expo, jointly hosted by the city and the National Police Agency, made another success story when it satisfied the strict requirements and got certified by the UFI (Union des Foires Internationales) as an internatio

Bystronic Group of Swiss, Opened a New Facility, Largest in Asia With the global big names, including the top 3 metal processing companies of the world, moving in to town, Songdo International City of IFEZ is taking a leap forward as a global base for machine tools and processing machines industry. IFEZ announced that the opening ceremony of the business facility of Bystronic Korea, a South Korean incorporation of Bystronic Group, was held at the Knowledge and Information Industries Complex (11-108, Sector 4)of Songdo-dong on the 9th. ▲ With the global big names, including the top 3 metal processing companies of the world, moving in to town, Songdo International City of IFEZ is taking a leap forward as a global base for machine tools and processing machines industry. IFEZ announced that the opening ceremony of the business facility of Bystronic Korea, a South Korean incorporation of Bystronic Group, was held at the Knowledge and Information Industries Complex (11-108,Sector 4) of Songdo-dong on the 9th. The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy General Manager Yongwon Sung of IFEZ, CEO Alex Waser of Bystronic Group, CEO Yeongcheol Choi of Bystronic Korea, and Swiss Ambassador to Korea, H.E. Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli, etc. 100% owned by Bystronic Group of Swiss, Bystronic Korea completed its new business facility by investing 10 billion won as the total project budget after its investment contract that was signed in December 2018. The site area of the project is 3,360m2. The facility is composed of the main office of the incorporation as well as the facilities for exhibition and training centers (Brand Experience Center.) The exhibition and training center that opened this time is the largest among all such centers of Bystronic Group across Asia. The exhibition and training center is planned as the venue for training the engineers of Asian countries on the products as well as the South Korean customers and is expected to be visited by hundreds of visitors every ye

Incheon Metropolitan City's Intelligent Informatization English White Paper Goes Overseas Incheon Metropolitan City's excellent informatization projects are produced in English and known abroad. Incheon Metropolitan City announced that it has produced and published the English version of the 「 2019-2021 Incheon White Paper on Intelligent Informatization (Incheon Digitally Blossoms) 」 by collecting cases of intelligent informatization promoted over the past three years. Earlier, in February, the city published the 「 2019-2021 Incheon White Paper on Intelligent Informatization (Incheon Digitally Blossoms) 」 , which was the first in the country to contain outstanding achievements in intelligent informatization. The city explained that it has produced an English white paper to publicize the excellence of intelligent informatization not only in Korea but also abroad. The English white paper will be distributed to international organizations and overseas sister cities, and will be serviced on the city website in the form of an e-book. In addition, it will be introduced at an international event in November in cooperation with the International Organization (UNAPCICT) located in Incheon. The white paper is divided into 4 fields and contains cases by field (30 cases), and ▲ Digital communication administration with citizens (7 cases) ▲ Faster and smarter Incheon data administration (9 cases) ▲ Warm-hearted information welfare and administrative services (7 cases) ▲ The nation's first and best Incheon smartcity (7 cases), etc. are included. ※ For the list by field, please checkReference. Details of the 30 cases by field of the Incheon Intelligent Informatization White Paper can be found on the Incheon Metropolitan City Information Disclosure Portal and foreign language website. Yeo Jung-hyeop, head of the city planning and coordination office, said, "I expect that the excellence of our city's informatization will be widely known through the intelligent inf

Incheon Metropolitan City secures 1 billion won in government funds... Built 360°VR in Songdo Convensia Incheon Metropolitan City has taken a step forward as an international MICE city as it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s International Conference Complex Revitalization Competition. Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Tourism Organization were selected for the competition of ‘2022 International Conference Complex Revitalization Support Project’ hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and secured 510 million won in government funds. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City has been selected for the International Conference Complex Revitalization Project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for four consecutive years from 2019 to this year. The Songdo International Conference Complex was designated for the first time in the country in 2018. The photo shows the International Conference Complex. Since the Songdo International Conference Complex was designated for the first time in the country in 2018(2.98 ㎢ in the area of Songdo Convensia), Incheon Metropolitan City has been selected for the 4th consecutive year from 2019 to this year in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's International Conference Complex Revitalization Project. The International Conference Complex is designated for the purpose of strengthening the brand and competitiveness of the host city by integrating related facilities such as hotels, shopping, and performances centering on the convention center, and it is located in five locations, such as Incheon, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, and Goyang, Gyeonggi. Incheon has invested 2.8 billion won inthis project until last year, solidifying its position as an international MICE city. In particular, last year, as a part ofthe meeting technology support project that reflected the MICE trend, a virtual studio, 3D online conference platform, and hologram theater were b

▲ The 3rd Incheon International Ocean Forum (IIOF 2022), co-hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and sponsored by Incheon Port Authority and Yonhap News, will be held from July 21 to 22 at the Songdo Convensia Grand Ballroom in Incheon, the center of the maritime and port industry. The photo shows the 2nd Incheon International Ocean Forum in 2021. The Incheon International Ocean Forum(IIOF), the only international ocean forum in the metropolitan area, will be held for the third time in Incheon, a global maritime logistics city. The 3rd Incheon International Ocean Forum (IIOF 2022), co-hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and sponsored by Incheon Port Authority and Yonhap News, will be held from July 21to 22 at the Songdo Convensia Grand Ballroom in Incheon, the center of the maritime and port industry. To prepare for the forum, the inauguration ceremony of the Planning Committee was held at the Incheon Port Authority’s conference room on the 10th, and 7 experts from various fields, including △ Park Jong-tae, president of Incheon National University, as the chairman of the Planning Committee, and △ Kwon Pyong-oh, the chair-professor of Korea Maritime Ocean University, Hong Jong-ho, professor at Seoul National University Graduate School of Environment, Kim Hyun-jung, professor of political science and foreign affairs at Yonsei University, Park Jae-ah, Korea branch manager of Indonesia Ministry of Creative Economy and Tourism, Kang Sung-ho, director of Korea Polar Research Institute, and Lee Ho-cheol, vice president of Incheon National University, as the members of the Planning Committee, were appointed. The Committee, launched on this day, was formed to promote a successful forum by discussing the overall structure and operation of the forum. At the meeting presided over by Chairman Park, the forum initiation report, selection of keynote speakers, and speaker composition were discussed. The forum is planned to consist of an eve, an opening

Opens on April 29 and runs on Friday and Saturday every week at sunset. Now things are going back to normal. It is the best time to try Incheon City Tour, which allows you to enjoy the city’s past, future, downtown, beach, daytime, and nighttime. The City of Incheon and Incheon Tourism Organization launched the Sunset and Night View Tour, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful sunset and night view, starting on April 29. With this marking the beginning, the entirety of the seven routes of Incheon City Tours is now back in operation. As things are going back to normal, it is expected that these services will serve the various needs of tourists. ▲ Incheon City Tour Bus The Sunset and Night View Tour runs every Friday and Saturday until October 29. This splendid double-decker bus will depart at sunset and cross Incheon Bridge to take you to Wangsan marina, where you can enjoy the breathtaking crimson sunset sky before it returns. The Sunset and Night View Tour is closed during winter. Incheon City Tour includes other routes than the Sunset and Night View Tour, as well. There was the Incheon Retro route, where the bus circulates over a certain course, and the passengers can get off and get back on at any stop they like, and the sea route. The Incheon Retro Route is an extension of the previous Open Port route toward the old downtown area, expanding and diversifying the tourism areas to include Sinpo International Marketplace, Sudoguksan Museum of Housing Living, Hwapyeongdong Cold Noodle Alley, etc. The traditionally popular Sea Route, which circulates between Songdo International City and Yongjong-do, continues its operation, as well. In addition, the leading tourist destinations of Incheon are grouped under a single theme. These theme routes guide the visitors to the end of their journey with a tour guide on board. There are four available theme trips which are, respectively, Incheon Time Travel, Sorae Wharf, the History of Ganghwa, and Ganghwa Healing. The theme ro

The city to install 30 stops and connect the line with the Line B of GTX (GTX-B) The City of Incheon commenced its ‘Songdo Tram Commercialization Strategy Development Project,’ which is a research project to be commissioned to a third party to introduce a tram system within Songdo International City which is a part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone. The purpose of this project is to develop the project implementation strategies for the ‘Songdo Tram’ project, which has been included in the ‘Incheon Urban Railway System Establishment Plan (Revision),’which was approved by the Ministry of Land and Transportation in January this year, in the third-highest place in terms of priority. ▲ The ‘Songdo Tram’ is a project to build a high-quality tram line for expanding urban railway services in connection with GTX-B while enhancing the transportation services provided to the residents of Songdo International City. A map of Songdo Tram routes. The ‘Songdo Tram’ is a project to build a high-quality tram line for expanding urban railway services in connection with GTX-B while enhancing the transportation services provided to the residents of Songdo International City. The tram system will circulate over a route connecting Songdo Moonlight Festival Park Station (Incheon Line No. 1), Incheon National University Station, Yonsei University, BIT Zone station, and back to Songdo Moonlight Festival Park Station, over a total length of 23.06km and 30 stops, with a rail depot that is to be constructed. The total project budget is 442.9 billion won; 265.7 billion won (60%) of this will be funded by the central government. In December 2018, the city got a green light from the Ministry of Land and Transportation to go on with its ‘Incheon Urban Railway System Construction Plan.’ This plan included installing a tram line over the entire sectors of Phase 1 of the Songdo Internal Circulation Line and the candidate routes of the entirety of the said internal circulatio

Selected for the ‘Future Space Education Center’ project in the aerospace sector Incheon City, which leads the aviation maintenance business (MRO), will also play a leading role in the space industry. Incheon City and Inha University were selected for the ‘Future Space Education Center’ project in the aerospace field, which was openly recruited by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The “Future Space Education Center” trains young space experts who can solve future space problems and lead new technologies. An education center is installed at the Aerospace Industry-Academic Convergence Center located in Songdo, and it is operated together with the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Inha University. Through the selection of this open recruitment, 5 billion won in government funds will be secured for five years until 2026. To attract this project, Incheon City has formed a total of 22 consortiums including universities, research institutes, and companies. In the future, the education center plans to train 45 professionals a year with master's and doctoral degrees with expertise to conduct future space technology research. In addition, it plans to develop autonomous precision celestial navigation technology required for lunar exploration through industry, academia, research and government cooperation, lunar exploration rover and electrolytic thruster to mine water resources buried on the moon, and core space technologies that can be directly used in the domestic lunar probe development project scheduled for 2030. ▲ Scenarios for resource utilization of lunar poles and Mars exploration The Aerospace Industry-University Convergence Center is a specialized institution composed of 50 specialized research personnel to create an industry-university convergence district through aerospace convergence and composition, to foster new future industries, and to nurture RD and aviation professionals. The city expects that this education center will greatly contribute

Performance of attracting investment from global companies in the future car industry The achievements of attracting investment from global companies in the future car industry, which Incheon City is focusing on as a key strategic industry for the future, are gradually becoming visible. The city announced that MCNEX, a leading autonomous-driving company that joined the 1 trillion club in sales and the city succeeded in attracting investment last year, had completed the relocation of its headquarters and research center to Songdo and started work on the 4th. ▲ The city announced that MCNEX, a leading autonomous-driving company that joined the 1 trillion club in sales and the city succeeded in attracting investment last year, had completed the relocation of its headquarters and research center to Songdo and started work on the 4th. The picture is a view of MCNEX's Songdo office building (headquarters). MCNEX is a leading company in autonomous driving technology that develops and produces image sensing autonomous driving systems including electronic components such as mobile camera modules, biometric sensors, and vehicle cameras, and it is a listed company on the KOSPI that achieved annual sales of KRW 1 trillion as of last year. In particular, in the field of vehicle cameras used in autonomous driving technology, it has the largest market share in Korea and the fifth in the world, and is also prominent in the field of biometric technology sensors. In October of last year, the city signed an investment attraction business agreement with MCNEX to relocate the headquarters and research center in Gasan Digital Complex, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul to Songdo, and to foster and develop the future car parts industry through autonomous driving technology RD cooperation, etc. ▲ Autonomous-driving car developed by MCNEX (image provided by MCNEX) After that, MCNEX purchased a new building with a total floor area of​​27,870 m² (1 basement level – 13 above ground) in Songdo Fre