- Registration date2025-11-10
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The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS, President Kim Dae-ja) announced that, in cooperation with the Korea Carbon Industry Promotion Agency and the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, it will host the 2025 ISO/TC 229 (Nanotechnologies) Plenary Meeting from Monday, November 10, to Friday, November 14, at Songdo ConvensiA in Incheon.
ISO/TC 229, a technical committee under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), develops international standards for nanotechnologies applied across cutting-edge industries such as biotechnology, displays, and quantum technology. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the committee’s establishment.
The plenary meeting will bring together about 100 participants from more than 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Japan, and China, as well as Korean industry and academic experts, to discuss global standardization issues related to nanotechnology measurement standards, health and safety, and sustainability.
Korea is currently leading the development of ten international standards in areas including nanomaterial particle characterization, nanoproduct applications, and health and safety assessments of nanotechnologies.
KATS expects that hosting this plenary meeting will increase the likelihood of the ten Korea-proposed standards being adopted as formal international standards, thereby strengthening the global competitiveness of Korean companies utilizing nanotechnology—including those in the display, future mobility, and biotechnology sectors.
President Kim Dae-ja stated that KATS will continue to expand the development of international standards and Korean Industrial Standards (KS) in the nanomaterials sector to enhance Korea’s competitiveness in advanced industries, while also contributing to industrial development in health- and safety-related fields.