World-Renowned Scholars to Gather at DGIST: Eric von Hippel, Jason Potts, and Fred Phillips

'Open Innovation Complexity Society' to Be Held
Over 100 Universities from 20 Countries to Participate

DGIST (President Lee Gunwoo) announced that the Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (hereafter SOI, chaired by Senior Researcher and Professor Yoon Jinhyo) will host the international academic conference of the 'Open Innovation Complexity Society' at DGIST from July 14 to 18.

SOI is a society registered with the Ministry of Science and ICT and listed as an academic organization by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. This year marks its 10th anniversary. This event is significant as it returns offline to Korea for the first time in ten years since the inaugural conference was held at DGIST in 2015, and will once again take place at the founding institution, DGIST.

Poster Announcing the Open Innovation Complexity Society

This year’s conference will bring together universities from over 20 countries, including MIT, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Nankai University, and RMIT, with participation from more than 100 universities worldwide. Out of approximately 200 submitted papers, over 150 have been accepted, and about 100 of these are from international researchers. Despite being held in Korea, the proportion of international contributions is nearly twice as high, highlighting SOI’s status as a globally recognized academic platform.

The conference theme, 'Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity,' mirrors the society’s name and will examine the convergence of technology and markets brought about by AI and digital transformation, as well as the resulting complexity issues.

Nine world-renowned scholars will deliver keynote speeches. The speakers include Eric von Hippel, the founder of User Innovation at MIT; Jason Potts, a blockchain expert from RMIT; Fred Phillips, former editor-in-chief of Technological Forecasting & Social Change; Professor Krishna from UNSW, a sociologist of science and technology; Professor Tan from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), an authority in smart cities; Professor Joo Byungki from Seoul National University (climate justice); Professor Weian Li from Nankai University (green governance); Professor Vincenzo Corvello, a leading European innovation scholar; and Professor Yoon Jinhyo, the founder of SOI, head professor of the Open Innovation Academy, and a globally recognized Korean researcher who has been actively contributing to open innovation studies for the past 20 years.

In addition to the academic program, a variety of events are planned. On the first day, July 14, the 'Open Innovation Academy Summer School' will be held with direct participation from distinguished scholars. On July 15, there will be an industrial tour to the Korea Water Cluster. The main academic sessions will begin in the afternoon of July 15, followed by the official opening ceremony and presentations on July 16. On July 17, the SOI general meeting and awards ceremony will take place, and on July 18, a poster session and a field trip to Haeinsa Temple are scheduled.

Another notable feature of this year’s conference is the 29 pre-planned 'special sessions.' In these sessions, organized by major universities such as Seoul National University, Korea University, and DGIST, a total of 149 papers will be presented. Most of these sessions have been in preparation for over a year, resulting in highly refined academic outcomes.

SOI emphasizes not only the presentation of research papers but also connections with industry. During the conference, business model sessions will run in parallel, and various efforts will be made to ensure that research results are practically linked to the industrial sector.

Lee Sangdon (Professor at Ewha Womans University), SOI’s operations chair, stated, "Over the past ten years, the SOI society has served as a foundation for nurturing more than 50 young global faculty members," adding, "I hope that by the 20th and 30th anniversaries, Nobel laureates in economics will also emerge from this platform."

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