SBS Seoul Digital Forum
Seoul Digital Forum is an annual conference held in South Korea that is hosted by SBS, one of the today's leading broadcast companies in South Korea. The Seoul Digital Forum is the foremost global conference in digital technology dedicated to assisting the world in taking the next step into the digital era.
By gathering the most influential minds in the areas of politics, business, and academics this seminar sets out to explore the ProgresS made with technology in the digital age and optimizes the possibilities for the future. Its main objective is to enlighten society and create proximity with the rest of the world through the advancement in technology.
The goals of the Seoul Digital Forum - World ICT Summit are to:
- Share insights on the future digital world.
- Enhance knowledge and understanding of political, economic, social, and cultural implications arising from the rapid development of digital technologies.
- Strengthen inter-regional cooperation through joint effort in discovering opportunities and confronting challenges.
Some important names that have attended the conferences in the past include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Siemens CEO & President Klaus Kleinfeld, Korean Prime Minister Myeong Sook Han, and CEO of Qualcomm Paul Jacobs.
Seoul Digital Forum first started in the year 2004 with the theme “Value Reshuffling Digital Convergence: In Search of New Opportunities”. To this day, SBS works diligently to host these annual conferences in a timely manner dealing with up-to-date issues in today’s society concerning Information Technology . In 2005, the conference was under the name “Quo Vadis Ubiquitous: Charting a New Digital Society” and in 2006 was titled “Being Intelligent: The Next Digital Evolution”. In the upcoming year of 2007, they plan to host the next conference under the theme “Media Big Bang! Impact on Business & Society”.