2026 Program
※The program may be subject to change.
Time | Program | |
08:00~08:30 (30’) | Registration | |
08:30~09:00(30’) | Opening Ceremony | Welcoming Address Park Chan-su I CEO & President, Hankyoreh Media Group Congratulatory Remarks Cho Jeong-sik I Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Ji-hyung I Chairman of the Economic, Social and Labor Council(ESLC) Jeong Geun-sik I Superintendent, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education |
09:00~09:50 (50’) | Keynote speech 1 | “How Societies Can Avoid The Technology Trap”
Carl Benedikt Frey I Founding Director, Future of Work Programme, Oxford Martin School, Oxford University |
Keynote speech 2 | “AI Transition and Deepening Inequality: Who Bears the Cost and How Should It Be Shared?”
Sarah O'Connor I Associate Editor, Financial Times | |
09:50~10:00 (10’) | Break | |
10:00~10:50(50’) | Roundtable Discussion 1 | “Rewriting the Rules of the AI Transition: Designing Institutions and Solidarity” Moderator: Lee Sang-heon 2 Keynote Speakers, Chang Ji-yeun
Lee Sang-heon l Chief Economist, International Labour Organization
Carl Benedikt Frey l Founding Director, Future of Work Programme, Oxford Martin School, Oxford University
Sarah O'Connor l Associate Editor, Financial Times
Chang Ji-yeun l Senior Research Fellow, Korea Labor Institute |
10:50~11:50 (60') | Roundtable Discussion 2 | “The Changing Workplace: How Can We Work with AI?” Moderator: Park Young-sun Eum Sung-won, Hong Sung-joon, Lee Duk-man, You Jae-youn
Park Young-sun l Chairperson, Strategic Economic Advisory Committee How Generative AI Is Reshaping the Job Landscape
Eum Sung-won l Head of Korea Communications, OpenAI The Future of Work Through the Eyes of Startups
Hong Sung-joon How Physical AI Is Transforming the Workplace
Lee Duk-man I Head of Intelligent Research Center, POSCO Holdings Workplace Transformation from a Field Researcher’s Perspective
You Jae-youn Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy |
11:50~12:55(65’) | Luncheon | |
12:55~13:20 (25’) | Keynote speech 3 | "The AI Era: A New Model of Talent and the Reimagining of Learning"
Kim Hi-sam l Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, GIST |
13:20~13:45(25’) | Keynote speech 4 | "AI as a Momentum for Education Reform in Korea: College Admission & Private Tutoring"
Lee Bohm l Educational Critic |
13:45~15:00 (75’) | Roundtable Discussion 3 | “The Shifting Classroom: What Should We Teach the Next Generation?” Moderator: Koo Bon-kwon Park Suk-ja, Lee Soo-jung, Park Young-min, Kim Hi-sam, Lee Bohm
Koo Bon-kwon l Digital Humanities Scholar Redefining Literacy in the Age of AI
Park Suk-ja l Associate Professor, Sogang University What Teachers Are Seeing in the Classroom
Lee Soo-jung l English Teacher, Sungshin Girls’ High School
Implementing AI Literacy in the Classroom
Park Young-min l Full-Time Faculty, Korea Science Academy of KAIST
Kim Hi-sam l Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, GIST
Lee Bohm l Educational Critic |
15:20~16:00 (40’) | 2026 Human Technology Awards | |
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08:00~08:30(30’) | Registration | |||||||||||||||||
08:30~09:00(30’) | Opening Ceremony | Welcoming Address Park Chan-su I CEO & President, Hankyoreh Media Group Congratulatory Remarks Cho Jeong-sik I Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Ji-hyung I Chairman of the Economic, Social and Labor Council(ESLC) Jeong Geun-sik I Superintendent, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education | ||||||||||||||||
09:00~09:50(50’) | Keynote speech 1 | “How Societies Can Avoid The Technology Trap”
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Keynote speech 2 | “AI Transition and Deepening Inequality: Who Bears the Cost and How Should It Be Shared?How Societies Can Avoid The Technology Trap”
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09:50~10:00(10’) | Break | |||||||||||||||||
10:00~10:50(50’) | Roundtable Discussion 1 | "Rewriting the Rules of the AI Transition: Designing Institutions and Solidarity" Moderator: Lee Sang-heon 2 Keynote Speakers, Chang Ji-yeon
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10:50~11:50(60’) | Roundtable Discussion 1 | "The Changing Workplace: How Can We Work with AI?" Moderator: Park Young-sun Eum Sung-won, Hong Sung-joon, Lee Duk-man, You Jae-youn
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11:50~12:55(65’) | Luncheon | |||||||||||||||||
12:55~13:20(25’) | Keynote Speech 3 | "The AI Era: A New Model of Talent and the Reimagining of Learning"
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13:20~13:45(25’) | Keynote Speech 4 | "AI as a Momentum for Education Reform in Korea: College Admission & Private Tutoring"
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13:45~15:00(75’) | Roundtable Discussion 3 | “The Shifting Classroom: What Should We Teach the Next Generation?” Moderator: Koo Bon-kwon Park Suk-ja, Lee Soo-jung, Park Young-min, Kim Hi-sam, Lee Bohm
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| 15:20~16:00(40’) | 2026 Human Technology Awards | |||||||||||||||||
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