ITALY-KOREA S&T COOPERATION

The basic on-going I-K cooperation has been established on last December  2006, with the signature of the “8th Executive Protocol of I-K scientific and technological cooperation (2007-2009)”(http://www. esteri.it/MAE/doc/PESTKOREA_2007-2009.rtf), aimed to strengthen the cooperation between the two Countries.
Moreover, on February 2007 Italian and Korean Governments signed in Italy an important agreement in the field of S&T: "The Government of the Italian Republic and the Government of Republic of Korea on cooperation in the field of Science and technology".  

The 8th Protocol includes 16 Projects related to basic research and  technological innovation in several areas:

Information and communication technology (ICT)

• Design, realization  and characterization of Raman and Brillouin based distributed fiber optic temperature sensors (SSSA-Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, University of  Pisa / SNU- Seoul National University)         
• Design and implementation of a 2.5 Tbit/sec Optical Time Division Multiplexing (OTDM) system (SSSA-Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, University of  Pisa / KIST-Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul)  
• Special optical fibers devices for photonics applications in communication and sensing (University of Padova / Yonsei University)
• INFINITY: INteroperable wi-FI/wimax CoNnectiviTY (University of Palermo / SNU- Seoul National University)

Advanced Materials

• Novel Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) materials for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) (University of Pisa / Hannam University, Daejeon)
• Mechanism of reaction between transparent dielectric and Ag electrode in plasma display panel using microwave heating (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / Inha University, Incheon)

Energy/Environment

• Integrated analysis of geophysical data to characterise the gas hydrate reservoir offshore South Shetland Margin (National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geo physics, Trieste / KOPRI- Korea Polar Research Institute, Ansan)
• Climate change and its impact on land surface processes and vegetations at regional scale (University of Turin / Ewha Womans University)
• Membrane and membranes processes in CO2 separation for a clean environment energy saving (CNR- Membranes Technology Institute / Gyeongsan National University) 

Agriculture and Food Science

• Studies of umami perception and investigation of taste active compounds in Korean and Italian food (University of Milan / KFRI-Korea Food Research Institute)

Aerospace

• Collaborative research on Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion System ( University of Roma “La Sapienza” / SNU-Seoul National University)

Health

• Joint Laboratory on Biorobotics systems to improve quality of life (SSSA-Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, University of  Pisa / KIST-Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

Biotechnology

• Natural peptides and synthetic analogs as novel antibiotic drugs (University of Rome-Tor Vergata / Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University, Gwangju)
• Plant biotechnologies for the production of vaccines and biomolecules (ENEA, Rome / Jeonju Biomaterial Institute, Chonju)
• Mechano-active tissue engineering of tendon and heart valves (CNR-Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials / GIST-Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

Chemistry

• Novel method for top-down analysis of macromolecular and nanosized samples of biotechnological and environmental interest (University of Bologna / Yonsei University, Seoul)

MOUS AND COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

Italy-Korea cooperation has been consolidated in the last decades in several fields of Science and Technology through many MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) or Agreements signed by I-K Institutions.
In the following the most recent ones are presented:

1. University of Trieste- Hanyang University (Apr.7, 1988)
2. CNR (Italian National Research Council)-KOSEF (Jan.25,1989)
3. ENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment)- RaCER (R&D Management center for Energy and resources) (Oct. 16, 1993)
4. Polytechnic of Turin - Pohang University (Aug.12,1998)
5. University of Bologna-Sungkyunkwan University (Sept. 25, 1998)
6. Salerno University-Kangnum National university (Nov. 13, 2000)
7. Polytechnic of Milan-KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of S&T) (Nov. 10, 2004)
8. TERA (Foundation for Oncologic Hadrotherapy)-KIRAMS (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences) (2005)
9. University of Turin - Science Faculty-Ewha Womans University (Apr. 27, 2005)
10. IMN (Mario Negri Institute)-KBSI(Korea Basic Science Institute) (2005)
11. ISS (Ist. Superiore Sanità- Natinal Health Institute)-KNIH (Korean National Institute of Health) (Sept.13, 2005)
12. ENEA (FIS-Ing) – SNU (Coll. of Engineering, Nuclear Material Laboratories) (Jan. 06, 2006)
13. ENEA - KICOS (Korean Foundation for International Cooperation of S&T) (Jan.11, 2006)
14. University of Tor Vergata (Rome) – PPCM (Research center for Proteineous Materials)/ Chosun University (May 11,2006)
15. University of Turin – KRIBB (Oct. 20,2006)
16. MIC (Italian Ministry of Communications)-MIC(Korean Ministry of Information and Communication) (Feb. 15, 2007)
17. CNR/ITM (Membranes Technology Institute) – KRICT (Korea Res. Inst. for Chemical technology) (Apr 19, 2007)
18. KIST (Korea Institute of S&T)- SSSA (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa) (foreseen Sept. 18, 2007)
19. (Institute and Museum of Science History) - NMS (National Museum of Science) (foreseen Oct. 5, 2007)

BILATERAL EVENTS

Several Bilateral Events have been set up bythe Office of S&T/Embassy of Italy; in the following is the list of  Seminars, Workshops, Forums, since 2005:

1. Workshop “RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE”, History Museum, Seoul, March 8, 2005 

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2. “9th ITALIAN-KOREAN SYMPOSIUM ON RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS” July 19-23, 2005, Sejong University (Seoul)/ Mt. Kumgang (DPRK)

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3. Seminar “INFECTIOUS DISEASES: NO BORDERS TODAY AND TOMORROW” Sept.13-14.2005, Korea National Institute of Health/Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Seoul 

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4. Workshop “ROBOTICS FOR DISABLED AND ELDERLY PEOPLE”  MIC/Korea Robotic Society (Seoul),  November 1, 2005.

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5. “THE 2nd ITALY-KOREA S&T FORUM” Pisa (Italy) November 28-29, 2005, with MOST and KOSEF.

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6. Seminar “THE WILD WORLD OF THE WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS: WHICH "FIDELITY?" Seoul National University (Seoul), Oct. 10, 2006

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7. Seminar "PRIVACY AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING: THREATS AND CHALLENGES", Seoul National University (Seoul), Oct. 11, 2006

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8. Seminar “NEW TREND IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS”, with KRIBB, at Seoul National University, Seoul, Oct. 20, 2006

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9. Seminar “NANOTECHNOLOGIES: A QUIET REVOLUTION OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE AND WAY OF LIVING”, Seoul National University (Seoul), Oct. 30, 2006

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10. Korea-Italy International Symposium "THE GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS IN NORTHEAST ASIA", KEEI (Korea Energy Economics Institute) , Euiwang, Nov. 21, 2006 

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11. Seminar KISST(KOREA-ITALY SEMINAR IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)-2006 “STONE APPLICATIONS IN SKYSCRAPERS”, Soongsil University (Seoul) Dec. 7, 2006“

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12. THE 3rd KOREA-ITALY S&T FORUM”, Seoul, April 19-20, 2007

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