The Academic Seminar on Interdisciplinary Understanding of Post-Human Technology and the Future of ICT Innovation hosted by the Korea Information society Development Institute (KISDI) and organized by the Cyber Communication Academic Society was held on 19 September at Korea Press Center.

The seminar provided a venue to discuss and explore a direction for interdisciplinary research on a new convergence trend of post-human technologies such as big data and wearable devices, which replace or augment human capabilities.

In Session 1, with Prof. Kang Nam-joon of Seoul National University as a moderator, Prof. Lee Jae-hyun of Seoul National University and Prof. Kim Sang-ho of Kyungpook National University gave their presentation titled “How to Understand POST HUMAN?” and “A Philosophical Review of Digitized Human Body”, respectively, and, in the following panel discussion, Prof. Lee Dong-hoon of Incheon National University, Dr. Sonn Sang-young, Research Fellow of KISDI and Dr. Cho Young-sin of SK Research Institute shared their thoughts on the topic.

Session 2 was moderated by Prof. Lee Jong-gwan of Sungkyunkwan University and presentations titled “A Humanistic Understanding of Big Data and its Implications for ICT Innovation” by Prof. Lee Won-jae of KAIST, “A Humanistic Review of Wearable Devices and Lifelogging” by Prof. Lee Joong-seek of Seoul National University and “A Humanistic Understanding of Mobile Health Care” by Dr. Cho Seong-eun, Senior Researcher of KISDI were given. A panel discussion between Prof. Sung Min-kyu of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Prof. Hwang Joo-seong of Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Prof. Chung Dong-hun of Kwangwoon University and Kim Do-hoon, CEO of Treum was followed.

This event offered an invaluable opportunity for participants and audiences to think about how we should respond to new challenges posed by post-human technology and what are the implications of interdisciplinary approaches to new technological advances for the future of ICT innovation.

Contact: Lee Si-jik, Researcher, Information Society Research Division (Tel: 043-531-4357)