‘Busan Data Week 2023’ Held

'Innovation Growth through Data-Based Digital Transformation'

BEXCO on 26th and 27th, Current Diagnosis and Future Prospects

Busan City will host the ‘Busan Data Week 2023’ for two days starting at 1:30 PM on the 26th at BEXCO Convention Hall, organized by Busan Technopark.

Busan DATA WEEK 2023.

‘Busan Data Week’ was established to explore future development directions amid rapidly changing digital industry conditions and to revitalize the local data industry and strengthen its ecosystem.

Now in its second year following last year, ‘Busan Data Week’ will be held under the theme ‘Innovative Growth through Data-Driven Digital Transformation’ this year.

Top domestic and international field experts and scholars representing digital transformation and data sectors will participate to share the latest trends in the data industry and to diagnose and forecast digital humanity’s survival strategies against the era of data-driven digital civilization and hyper-scale artificial intelligence (AI).

Key participants include ▲Dae-woong Ha, Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Toss ▲Chang-gyu Seok, Chairman of Webcash Group and a leading authority in the fintech industry pioneering future financial services ▲Jae-boong Choi, Professor at Sungkyunkwan University who coined the neologism ‘Phono Sapiens’ (smartphone humanity) ▲Daeyoung Kim, Professor at KAIST and a scholar in the fields of Internet of Things and data engineering ▲Dongjin Kim, Professor and founder of the Design Technology Lab (Wonder Makerspace) at Purdue University, USA.

Looking at the main contents of the event, on Day 1 (26th), ▲Dae-woong Ha, CPO of Toss, will deliver the first keynote speech on the topic ‘Customer Experience with Digital Transformation,’ and ▲Chang-gyu Seok, Chairman of Webcash Group, will give the second keynote speech on ‘Business-to-Business Fintech Based on Business Data (B2B Fintech).’ Additionally, two sessions will be held with experts in the field on the topics ‘The Development Direction of Digital Transformation Busan Should Take’ and ‘Digital Transformation Based on Big Data and Hyper-scale AI.’

On Day 2 (27th), ▲Jae-boong Choi, Professor at Sungkyunkwan University, will deliver a keynote speech titled ‘Survival Strategies in the Digital Civilization Era Changed by ChatGPT.’ Then, two sessions will feature lively discussions on ‘The Present and Future of Data and Digital Transformation’ and ‘Digital Transformation Strategies through Big Data Talent Development.’

Last year's Busan Data Week 'The Present and Future of the MyData Ecosystem' event in progress.

In particular, this event will provide vivid information that industry professionals and participants can immediately apply on-site through two special sessions. ▲Corporate representatives can learn excellent cases of management and quality improvement through ‘Big Data Utilization Strategies Seen through Case Studies,’ which shares success stories of local companies’ big data use. ▲General participants can expect to find a milestone on the path to becoming ChatGPT experts through the workshop-style session ‘Increasing Productivity by 120% with ChatGPT and Plugins.’

Shin Chang-ho, Director of the Digital Economy Innovation Office of Busan City, stated, “Through digital innovation and transformation, Busan has risen as a digital transformation city, surpassing Seoul to set the highest domestic record in the ‘World Smart City Index Evaluation.’ These efforts and outcomes are driving forces for attracting the 2030 Busan World Expo,” adding, “We expect that this ‘Busan Data Week’ will serve as an opportunity to accelerate digital transformation in the region.”

The World Smart City Index Evaluation ranks the competitiveness of digital-centric smart cities among major cities worldwide. It is published twice annually since 2020 by Z/Yen, a global consulting firm based in London, UK, utilizing 136 smart-related statistical indicators. The 2023 announcement (May 25) ranked Busan 19th among 77 major cities worldwide (3rd in Asia), Seoul 28th, Singapore 6th, and Hong Kong 10th.

Busan Data Week 2023 is open to anyone involved in the data industry and digital transformation, as well as general citizens interested in data. Registration can be completed on the ‘Busan Data Week’ website.

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