À̹ÌÁö È®´ë Maekyung Media Group Chairman Chang Dae-hwan, center, poses with former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Samsung Electronics President Sohn Young-kwon after signing an agreement on cooperation for the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) global competition in this picture taken on Sept. 26 at the Jangchung Arena in Seoul. [By Kim Ho-young]
Maekyung Media Group on Friday announced the signing of a sponsorship agreement with the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), a nonprofit devoted to promoting education and science through its global startup competition.
The signing ceremony was attended by Maekyung Media Group Chairman Chang Dae-hwan and Samsung Electronics President Sohn Young-kwon on behalf of the XTC during the former¡¯s World Knowledge Forum (WKF) which wrapped up last month.
The namesake competition is designed to elevate the next-generation of entrepreneurs creating new technologies and innovations to benefit humankind. Inspired by the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), XTC supports and showcases the innovators harnessing the power of technology to address the greatest challenges facing humanity and our planet.
Maekyung Media Group will participate in various programs as an XTC partner along with Samsung Electronics, which also support the initiative.
During the WKF forum, Maekyung Media Group and Samsung Electronics also agreed to cooperate in achieving the SDG through technology innovations. World leaders adopted the UN SDG in 2015 to eradicate hunger, extreme poverty by 2030.
"Extreme Tech Challenge is a perfect fit to the Knowledge Revolution 5.0 era. Companies and markets will be able to seize new business opportunities never before seen,¡± said Maekyung Media Group Chairman Chang Dae-hwan.
"Samsung Electronics has launched this new corporate initiative to bring more skills to more people and to help the next generation learn more to better use technology,¡± said Samsung Electronics President Sohn Young-kwon.
By Kim Hyo-hye and Minu Kim
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