The Wonju City Government and Leadtek Korea held a lecture titled “Wonju, a Digital Health AI-Centric City” at Yonsei University Mirae Campus on the 29th, sharing future industrial strategies that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and digital healthcare. The event was held alongside the opening ceremony of Leadtek Korea and was attended by more than 100 participants, including Wonju Mayor Won Kang-su and representatives from industry, medical institutions, and academia.

In his lecture, Richard Chou, head of the Computer Business Unit at Leadtek, emphasized the structural changes that GPU computing and AI technologies will bring across the medical industry.

He stated, “AI is not merely an automation tool but a core technology that is reshaping diagnosis, prediction, and treatment throughout healthcare,” adding that “Leadtek is focusing on addressing practical issues in clinical settings through GPU-based computing technologies and AI platforms.”

He also explained that, based on Leadtek’s strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the company has built a wide range of healthcare solutions, including medical image analysis, digital twins, and AI diagnostic systems, and expressed a strong commitment to actively contributing to the creation of a digital healthcare ecosystem centered on Wonju.

Following this, Colley Hwang, chairman of DIGITIMES, highlighted the strategic importance of the convergence of AI, semiconductors, and data amid global industrial restructuring.

He specifically proposed cooperation between the Hsinchu Science Park—often referred to as the Taiwanese Silicon Valley—and Wonju. The Hsinchu Science Park houses more than 900 global semiconductor supply chain companies, including TSMC and MediaTek, and its annual revenue within the park alone reaches approximately KRW 50 trillion. He added that the park also collaborates in talent development with universities such as National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University, making it the most suitable partner for Wonju, which aims to build a semiconductor hub by linking education and industry.

He said, “As one of the roughly 20 people who first designed the Hsinchu Science Park, and as a semiconductor expert who understands Korea best, I believe cooperation between Wonju and Taiwan in healthcare will become one of the best cases of Asian collaboration.”

Professor Yoon Sa-joong of Johns Hopkins University also took the stage as a speaker, explaining that Wonju, where medical data is highly concentrated, has the potential to become a hub for digital healthcare.

Wonju Mayor Won Kang-su, who attended the event, stated, “This lecture is an opportunity to examine policy and technological trends in the fields of AI and digital healthcare and to review them administratively in connection with national policy directions.” Leadtek Chairman Jerry Liang also stressed at the same venue that the company would gradually lay the foundation for cooperation with Wonju.

Park Byung-seok, who was appointed as CEO of Leadtek Korea in conjunction with the opening ceremony, said, “Leadtek Korea will not be a mere Korean outpost, but an operational base where global GPU and AI technologies are realized as tangible value in medical and industrial fields,” adding, “We will build a digital healthcare ecosystem in which industry, academia, research institutes, and hospitals collaborate around Wonju, and create a practical cooperation platform linking Korea, Taiwan, and the global community.”

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