The high pass reshaping Hwaseong’s bio landscape — HADD Science × RISE

The Hwaseong Industry-Academia Council launched on 29 January 2026 at the University of Suwon, and HADD Science CEO Heo Chae-jeong was appointed a member.

Hwaseong Industry-Academia Council Launches. Discover haddscience. @haddscience
29 Jan 2026. CEO Heo Chae-jeong appointed to the Hwaseong Industry-Academia Council. Hwaseong Consortium RISE Project Group Council inauguration
chapter 01. Industry, academia, research and government in one room. The Hwaseong Industry-Academia Council launched on 29 January at the University of Suwon's Future Innovation Hall.. Hwaseong Consortium RISE Project Group
chapter 02. "Contribute to regional industry and to developing talent". The wording on the letter of appointment. A council for advancing the industry-academia alliance.
chapter 03. What the council does. It sets Hwaseong's regional innovation strategy and plans and reviews programmes for talent development, technology innovation and start-up growth.. It also coordinates roles among universities, the city and industry
chapter 04. Two companies among the fifteen members. University of Suwon · Hwaseong Medical Science University · Suwon Science College, Hwaseong City Hall · Hwaseong Research Institute · Hwaseong Industry Promotion Agency, plus local councils and member companies.. HADD Science is one of the two companies
chapter 05. What RISE stands for. Regional Innovation System & Education. The city leads regional innovation, universities develop the talent, and companies answer with technology.
chapter 05. Keeping talent in the region. Graduates move into local companies, those companies grow, and the jobs stay here. Hwaseong calls it work, live, enjoy.
chapter 06. From the lab to the region. A company that makes 3D cell culture materials joins the discussion on how to grow the region's biotech talent.
chapter 07. What HADD Science brings: ADDGEL. A culture material that grows cells in three dimensions. It reconstructs organ cells in 3D and replaces data that used to depend on animal testing.
chapter 07. The technical engine of the bio cluster. Within Hwaseong's bio cluster, HADD Science takes on the materials and the culture protocols.
chapter 08. A technical sherpa. We work through the technical problems that local artisans and small biotech companies run into, sharing how to use ADDGEL and how to optimise it, with a global standard in view.
In closing. "Contribute to regional industry and to developing talent". Lim Seon-hong · Vice President, University of Suwon