Draft:Smilegate Future Lab

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{{Short description|Smilegate Future Lab}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Smilegate Future Lab

| native_name = 퓨처랩

| native_name_lang = ko

| logo = 200px

| logo_caption = Future Lab Logo

| founded = 2016

| type = Non-profit foundation

| location = Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea

| focus = Creative education, youth development, innovation community

| parent_organization = Smilegate

| key_people = Mitchel Resnick (Vice Chairman)

| website = [https://futurelab.center/ futurelab.center]

}}

Smilegate Future Lab ({{lang|ko|퓨처랩}}) is a South Korean non-profit foundation established by Smilegate in 2016. In 2024, it was officially launched as an independent foundation.

With the vision of "Creating Creative Environments for a Better Future," the lab provides various programs focused on creativity-based education and community building for youth and creators.

Smilegate Future Lab emphasizes fostering creative potential through hands-on learning, exploration, and collaboration. Its major activities include educational programs for teenagers, workshops for aspiring digital creators, and support for open innovation communities. A notable figure associated with the lab is Mitchel Resnick, a professor at the MIT Media Lab and the creator of the Scratch programming language, who serves as the foundation’s vice chairman.

References

"Smilegate launches Future Lab as an independent foundation with focus on creative education". The Korea Economist, June 19, 2024. [https://economist.co.kr/article/view/ecn202406190030 https://economist.co.kr/article/view/ecn202406190030]

"MIT Media Lab professor Mitchel Resnick: 'It's never too late to develop creativity'". Korea Economic Daily, February 29, 2024. [https://www.hankyung.com/article/202402299768i https://www.hankyung.com/article/202402299768i]

"Smilegate Future Lab supports creativity education and youth innovation as independent foundation". Maeil Business Newspaper (English Edition), June 19, 2024. [https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11045310 https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/11045310]