"Aerospace competitiveness in the AI era depends on networks"

[Financial News] Twenty-three key leaders who will drive a public-private-academic cooperation ecosystem in South Korea's aerospace industry have been produced.
Korea Aerospace University (KAU) said on the 27th that it held the graduation ceremony for the fourth class of its Aerospace Advanced Business Program (AABP) on the afternoon of the 26th at the Vision Hall of the Aerospace Center on campus.
This fourth class included 23 graduates, among them Jo Seong-bae, vice president of Asiana Airlines, as well as executives from companies and experts from government and public institutions. Since March, they have spent six months taking regular lectures, workshops, industrial site visits, and domestic and overseas training programs, seeking practical policy alternatives and management strategies for the development of the aerospace industry.
The faculty also featured top experts spanning policy and industry. Hong Ji-sun, second vice minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Hyun-jun Kwon, policy director at KASA, Eun-ho Kang, former commissioner of DAPA, and Jeong-sik Lee, former minister of employment and labor, were among those who took the stage, along with Bo Young Song, CEO of Asiana Airlines, and Jong-seok Yoo, vice president of Korean Air, to share the latest policy trends and future industry challenges.
In his congratulatory remarks, KAU President Hee-young Heo said, "In an era when the knowledge needed to solve problems is all on smartphones and AI does it for us," and emphasized, "Knowing how to access that knowledge, together with the network built through this program, will become a powerful management capability."
Hyeong-gu Yeo, former vice minister of MOLIT and the program's chief professor, said, "The greatest achievement was the solidarity and cooperation shown by experts from different fields," adding, "Going forward, we will further expand solidarity among cohorts and the industrial network through a homecoming day that will bring together all classes from the first onward."
KAU's AABP, launched in 2023, is a specialized education program designed to strengthen the capabilities of government and industry CEOs and experts. It serves as a key hub for public-private-academic cooperation to advance South Korea's aerospace industry.

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