NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 2008OTP0122-000742 May 20, 2008	Office of the Premier
SFU AND YONSEI UNIVERSITY SIGN NANOTECHNOLOGY MOU

SEOUL – Two agreements signed today between Simon Fraser University and Yonsei University build upon the universities’ current relationship and promote collaborative research in science and medicinal chemistry, announced Premier Gordon Campbell.

 

            “This is a great collaboration between two world class universities that will serve to strengthen B.C.’s educational links with Korea and lead to more opportunities to share knowledge, expertise, and research,” said Premier Campbell. “This agreement is another example of the opportunities being created as we build valuable partnerships under the Asia Pacific Initiative.”

 

The goals of the memoranda of understanding (MOU) are to enhance opportunities for knowledge and technology transfer, contribute to innovation and productivity increases in both economies and provide opportunities for highly qualified people to contribute to economic growth.

 

The relationship between SFU and Yonsei may include but is not limited to: joint proposals for collaborative research, shared use of research facilities, jointly-sponsored conferences, exchange of professors, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and setting up joint international labs.

 

            “SFU’s 4D Labs and our materials science and fuel cells groups have built an international reputation for their innovative multidisciplinary research and will assist with the development of hydrogen technologies. Our aim is to work collaboratively with Yonsei University to forward the development of hydrogen technologies, and nanomedical technologies and diagnostics,” said Mario Pinto, SFU’s vice-president of research.

 

Located in Seoul, Yonsei is Korea’s oldest private university and a leading institution of higher education and research in Asia. Yonsei has 3,500 faculty members conducting cutting-edge research across all academic disciplines. The university has 18 graduate schools, 19 colleges and 131 subsidiary institutions.

 

To download photos from Premier Campbell’s mission to South Korea and China, go to www.gov.bc.ca/KoreaChina2008.

 

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Media contact:	Dale Steeves Communications Director Office of the Premier 250 387-6605	Linda O'Connor Communications Manager Ministry of Advanced Education 250 952-6400 250 812-4418 (cell)
	Mario Pinto Vice-President, Research Simon Fraser University 778 782-4152 bpinto@sfu.ca
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