2026 Program
※The program may be subject to change.
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08:00~08:30 (30’) | Registration | |
08:30~09:00(30’) | Opening Ceremony | Opening Remark Park Chan-su I CEO, The Hankyoreh Media Group Welcoming Address I Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly |
09:00~09:50 (50’) | Keynote speech 1 | “Beyond the Tech Trap: Sustaining Progress in the Age of AI”
Carl Benedikt Frey l Founding Director, Future of Work Programme, Oxford Martin School, Oxford University |
Keynote speech 2 | “The Cost of AI Transformation: Who Pays and How Should It Be Shared?” ![]() Sarah O'Connor l Financial Times Columnist and Associate Editor | |
09:50~10:00 (00’) | Break | |
10:00~10:50(50’) | Roundtable Discussion 1 | “Setting the Rules for Human–AI Collaboration” Moderator: Lee Sang-heon 2 Keynote Speakers, Chang Ji-yeon
Lee Sang-heon l Chief Economist at the International Labour Organization
Carl Benedikt Frey l Founding Director, Future of Work Programme, Oxford Martin School, Oxford University
l Financial Times Columnist and Associate Editor
Chang Ji-yeon 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 4 Panel Park Young-sun l Director, “Window of Thought” Mentoring Center, Sogang University · Former Minister of SMEs and Startups Panel |
11:50~12:50(60’) | Luncheon | |
12:50~13:20(30’) | Special speech | “10 Years After the AlphaGo Shock: Questions from the 'Future That Arrived Early'”
Chang Kang-myoung l Author of ‘Because I Hate Korea’ |
13:20~13:45(25’) | Keynote speech 3 | "The Future of Learning for Youth, Work, and Opportunity"
Lim Mun-yeong l Vice Chairman, Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Republic of Korea |
13:45~15:00 (75’) | Roundtable Discussion 2 | “The Shifting Classroom: What Should We Teach the Next Generation?" Moderator: Koo Bon-kwon 4 Panel
Koo Bonk-won l Writer
Kim Hi-sam l Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, GIST Panel |
15:20~16:00 (40’) | 2026 Human Technology Awards (11th Anniversary) | |
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08:00~08:30(30’) | Registration | |||||||||||||||||
08:30~09:00(30’) | Opening Ceremony | Opening Remark CHOI Woo-seong I CEO, The Hankyoreh Media Group Welcoming Address LEE Hack-young I Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly JO Seong-lae I Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee of the National Assembly CHOI Hyung-du I Member of the the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly KIM Woo-young I Member of the the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly LEE Hai-min I Member of the the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||
09:00~10:30(90’) | Keynote speech 1 | “Social Media, Algorithms and Democracy: Where does accountability lie?”
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Keynote speech 2 | “In the Age of Generative AI, How Can We Ensure Algorithmic Accountability?”
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Keynote speech 3 | “Is Digital Collective Intelligence Still the Future of Democracy?”
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10:45~11:05(20’) | Special Speech | "AI and Democracy: New Threats and Our Choices"
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11:05~12:05(60’) | Roundtable Discussion 1 | "Towards the Coexistence of Democracy and Algorithms: The Roles of Government, Business, and Civil Society" Moderator: PARK Won-ho 3 Keynote Speakers, Lee Hai-min
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12:05~13:10(65’) | Luncheon | |||||||||||||||||
13:10~14:00(50’) | Keynote Speech 4 | “YouTube Politics and the Collapse of the Public Sphere: Is Rebuilding Trust Possible”
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Keynote Speech 5 | "The Digital Public Sphere and the Rise of Extremism: Issues and Solutions"
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14:10~15:10(60’) | Roundtable Discussion 2 | “Beyond Hate: Fostering Diversity and Open Participation” Moderator: HWANG Yong-suk 2 Keynote Speakers, CHANG Yeo-Kyung, KANG Jeong-soo
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| 15:20~16:00(40’) | 2025 Human Technology Awards (10th Anniversary) | |||||||||||||||||
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