"Digital Transformation and AI Ecosystem" KT-KISDI 'International Conference 2021' Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] KT announced on the 9th that it will hold the ‘KT-KISDI International Conference 2021’ on the 14th at the Shilla Hotel in collaboration with the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI).

This international conference will be held under the theme ‘Digital Transformation and AI Ecosystem for Future Industries’ and will consist of two sessions: ‘Digital Transformation’ and ‘AI Ecosystem.’

The first session, ‘Digital Transformation,’ will open with a keynote speech by Seokjun Heo, Director of KT Economic Management Research Institute, titled ‘DIGICO KT, DX Partner Toward Digital Korea.’ Following this, Florian Kirchbuchner, Head of Smart Living/Biometric Technology Team at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute, will present on ‘Smart City Revolution,’ and Byungjun Oh, CEO of Siemens Digital Industry Software Korea, will speak on ‘Siemens for Successful Digital Transformation of Enterprises: Smart Factory and Digital Manufacturing Strategy.’

The second session, ‘AI Ecosystem,’ will feature a presentation by Kyunghoon Kim, Research Fellow at KISDI, on ‘2021 Trends and Policy Implications of the Korean AI Industry.’ This will be followed by Baptiste P?rin, Head of Radiology R&D Center at GE Healthcare France, presenting on ‘Public-Private Collaboration Cases in the French AI Healthcare Sector,’ and Julien Boyon, CEO of Scale AI Canada, speaking on ‘Canada AI Supercluster.’

Jongwook Park, Head of KT’s Management Planning Division, stated, “This international conference is a platform jointly prepared with KISDI to gather wisdom from various domestic and international sectors regarding the global challenge of digital economic growth. We hope many attendees will gain future business ideas through the experiences and policy cases introduced by the participating companies.”

The event will be held at the Ruby Hall of the State Guesthouse at the Shilla Hotel and will also be broadcast live online. Pre-registration is available through the conference website, and the event will be streamed live on the KISDI YouTube channel.

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