President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday he will launch a “quantum platform” to spur research and development in quantum science and help it create economic value.

Yoon made the remark while meeting with top quantum scholars and students, including Nobel laureate John Clauser; Charles Bennett, a physicist at IBM Research; and professor Kim Myung-shik of Imperial College London.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of Quantum Korea 2023, an event bringing together scholars, government officials and businesspeople to discuss global trends related to quantum science at Dongdaemun Design Plaza.

“President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would create a quantum platform, a digital and physical space where quantum experts and legal, accounting and business experts from around the world, including the Republic of Korea, will be able to conduct research and development together and share their accomplishments to create economic value,” the presidential office said.

During a trip to Switzerland in January, Yoon met with a group of renowned quantum physicists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, saying this year would mark the start of a “grand leap” in South Korea’s quantum science and technology.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Yoon discussed ways to promote the field and create a global quantum ecosystem, according to his office.

Source: Yonhap News Agency