■ Event name: Joint conference of KISDI-SPRi-ETRI

■ Date: Oct. 28, 2021 (Fri.) 1:30–3:45 p.m.

■ Venue: Grace Hall, 6th FL of EL Tower Seoul

KISDI (President Ho-yeol Kwon) hosted “Digital Triangle Initiative 2022 joint conference with SPRi and ETRI at EL Tower Yangjae-dong on Nov. 28, 2022.

This year marks the third occasion of the conference held to share the research achievements of KISDI, SPRi, and ETRI, which are the representative ICT specialized research institutions in South Korea, and actively discuss the strategies and policy direction,

The conference kicked off with the opening remarks from CEO Hyun-je Park from SPRi, and congratulatory messages from President Myung-Joon Kim from ETRI, and President Ho-yeol Kwon from KISDI, followed by the sessions of the metaverse, AI, and international cooperation.

In the first metaverse session, Seung-hwan Lee, SPRi senior researcher, presented the topic on the “metaverse era, changes in the way of work”, and Pil-sun Heo, ETRI senior researcher, explained the topic on “metaverse issues, ecosystem and economy system” based on the theme of “Metaverse, Innovative New Paradigm”.

In the second session, Seon-jae Lee, ETRI researcher, proposed the scenarios of “AI and features and implications of AI semiconductor ecosystem” and Gang-min Park, SPRi researcher, discussed the topic of “AI technical competition and implications” on the theme of “AI Era and Our Strategic Direction”.

In the third session, Center Director Yong-chan Jung at KISDI gave a presentation titled the “Data economy and data neutrality” and Executive Director Sang-won Ko at KISDI gave a presentation titled “Digital international cooperation” on the theme of “Data Economy and Digital International Cooperation”.

President Ho-yeol Kwon at KISDI, addressed that he wished to strengthen the future-oriented research competence and exchange cooperation between three institutions through this conference, which was hosted to seek the policy direction to lead future innovation and the conference was a place for the opportunity to actively support the national digital strategies pursued by the acting government.

The Digital Triangle Initiative 2022 conference is held annually on a regular basis. This year, the conference was broadcasted online live streaming via the website “http://spri.mlive.kr”.