Seoul Digital Forum

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The Seoul Digital Forum (SDF) is a major international conference addressing innovation in the digital world. Each year, held in Seoul, South Korea, the event attracts many of the world's most influential people from industry, government and academia to explore the progress of the digital revolution and collaborate in shaping our future. Participants include executives from global companies, opinion leaders, artists, as well as policy makers. Established in 2004, SDF is organized by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), a leading national broadcasting network in Korea.

The objectives of the Seoul Digital Forum are:

to gather the most influential minds from industry, government and academia and explore the current progress of the digital revolution and seek ways to optimize new possibilities for the future.
to enhance knowledge and understanding of political, economic, social, and cultural implications arising from the rapid development of digital technologies.
to strengthen inter-regional cooperation through joint effort in discovering opportunities and confronting challenges.

SDF 2008 Overview

In its fifth year, under the main theme, IMAGINATION: Explore T.I.M.E., Space, and Beyond, the Seoul Digital Forum 2008 will explore the power of imagination inspiring change and evolution in areas such as technology, information, media, entertainment and space to push the human race beyond.

SDF 2008 Program

This year's program looks to address some of the major challenges facing the world today; SDF 2008 Key Sessions Include:

Unleashing Media Content
Communication
Biotechnology
Sustainable Living and Energy
Cinema
Interface
Urban Design
Space Exploration and Privatization
Gaming
Investor Insights

2008 Key Speakers:

Tim Draper, Founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Sumner Redstone, Chairman, Viacom and CBS Corporation,
Soyeon Yi, First Korean Astronaut and Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Shintaro Kubo, President, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
Scott Matlock, Chairman of Asia M&A, Morgan Stanley
Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center
Nolan Bushnell , Atari Founder & CEO
Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology
Craig Walker, Sr. Product Manager, Voice Products Google/CEO & Founder of GrandCentral Communications
Kaname Ikeda, CEO, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Organization
Joshua Prince-Ramus, Co-founder & President, REX / Architect, Seattle Central Library
Gordon Orr, Director, Global Leader of Strategy Practice, Asia Leader of ICT Climate Change Initiative, McKinsey&Company
David Eun, Vice President, Content Partnerships, Google
Dale Herigstad, CCO, Schematic
Captain Eugene Cernan., Former NASA Astronaut and "The Last Man on the Moon"
Ann Druyan, CEO, Cosmos Studios and Co-producer of the Emmy-Award Winning Series, "Cosmos"
James Powderly, co-founder of Graffiti Research Lab

The Organizer

SDF is organized by the SBS Future & Vision Desk, a department in the SBS news bureau.

History

SDF 2007
Theme: Media Big Bang! Impact on Business & Society
Key Speakers:

Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks; President, Disney-ABC Television Group
Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google
Chris Anderson, Author of 'The Long Tail', Editor in chief of 'Wired' magazine
Tom Curley, President & CEO, The Associated Press, Former President & Publisher, USA Today

SDF 2006
Theme: Intelligent Technologies
Key Speakers:

Jeffrey Rothfeder, former Business Week Editor, National News Editor at Bloomberg News
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation
Lawrence Lessig, Founder of Creative Commons, Professor of Stanford Law School
Paul Jacobs, President & CEO, Qualcomm

SDF 2005
Theme: Vadis Ubiquitous: Charting a New Digital Society
Key Speakers:

Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States
John Naisbitt, Futurist, Author of "Megatrends"
Jong Yong Yun, Vice Chairman & CEO, Samsung Electronics
Irwin M. Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated U.S.
Michael Powell, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commissions, U.S.
Chin Daeje, Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea

SDF 2004
Theme: Digital Convergence
Key Speakers: