Jeju Leaps Beyond Tourism to Become 'Space Data City'
As the first event commemorating the opening of 'Jeju Island Worklab Hamdeok', space industry leaders including AWS, Naraspace, and STEPI gathered to explore concrete strategies for Jeju to leap forward as an aerospace data innovation cluster.
Conference Overview
On November 28, 2025, Cheju Halla University RISE Project (Director Ko Seok-yong) successfully held an industry-academia cooperation conference to envision the future of the aerospace industry, commemorating the opening of 'Jeju Island Worklab Hamdeok', Jeju's new innovation hub.
Keynote: Data-Driven Differentiation Strategy
The keynote presentations focused intensively on a 'data'-driven differentiation strategy rather than a hardware-centric approach.
STEPI Senior Research Fellow Park Hyun-jun
Emphasized that for Jeju to become the '4th axis' of the national space industry, Jeju must take the lead in 'data analysis' and 'downstream (utilization) fields', which are Jeju's specialized items.
AWS Sales Representative Yoo Won-du & Naraspace Director Kim Min-sik
Presented a vision to make Jeju a testbed for space companies worldwide by analyzing Jeju's weather, environment, and tourism data using global standard cloud infrastructure.
Panel Discussion: Jeju-Style Space Ecosystem
In the panel discussion moderated by Professor Young Joon Lee of Cheju Halla University, there was heated discussion about a 'Jeju-style space ecosystem' that combines technology, humanities, and art.
Terrestrial Space Tourism
Proposed a realistic 'terrestrial space tourism' model using XR (extended reality)-based virtual space experiences utilizing Jeju's oreums and volcanic terrain, receiving great response.
Fusion of Art and Technology
Artists and corporate representatives agreed that artistic imagination can create popular demand for the space industry and emphasized the importance of convergence content infused with Jeju's unique storytelling.
Solving Regional Issues
Participating companies such as Telepix and Contact introduced concrete solutions to address regional issues such as disaster prevention and agricultural productivity improvement in Jeju using onboard AI technology and ground station infrastructure.
Conference Gallery
Key Achievements
Vision
"This conference has great significance as the first signal announcing the opening of Jeju Island Worklab Hamdeok. This space will become a 'learncation' hub where global aerospace talents and companies stay, work, and learn in Jeju, going beyond a simple workspace."