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.

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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: Nolan Bushnell, Atari, Inc Founder & CEO Eugene Cernan, Former NASA Astronaut and "The Last Man on the Moon" Aubrey de Grey,British biomedical gerontologist and CEO of Methuselah Foundation Timothy C. Draper, Founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Ann Druyan, CEO, Cosmos Studios and Co-author of the Emmy-Award Winning Series, "Cosmos" David Eun, Vice President, Content Partnerships, Google Dale Herigstad, CCO, Schematic Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology Kaname Ikeda, CEO, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Organization Shintaro Kubo, President, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) Scott Matlock, Chairman of Asia M&A, Morgan Stanley Gordon Orr, Director, Global Leader of Strategy Practice, Asia Leader of ICT Climate Change Initiative, McKinsey&Company James Powderly, co-founder of Graffiti Research Lab Joshua Prince-Ramus, Co-founder & President, REX / Architect, Seattle Central Library Sumner Redstone, Chairman, Viacom and CBS Corporation, Craig Walker, Sr. Product Manager, Voice Products Google/CEO & Founder of Grandcentral Communications Will.i. am,American hip hop musician, dancer, songwriter and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center Yi So-yeon, First Korean Astronaut and Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute 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: 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 Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks; President, Disney-ABC Television Group SDF 2006 Theme: Intelligent Technologies Key Speakers: Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation Paul Jacobs, President & CEO, Qualcomm Lawrence Lessig, Founder of Creative Commons, Professor of Stanford Law School Jeffrey Rothfeder, former Business Week Editor, National News Editor at Bloomberg News SDF 2005 Theme: Vadis Ubiquitous: Charting a New Digital Society Key Speakers: Daeje Chin, Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States Irwin M. Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated U.S. John Naisbitt, Futurist, Author of "Megatrends" Michael Powell, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commissions, U.S. Jong Yong Yun, Vice Chairman & CEO, Samsung Electronics SDF 2004 Theme: Digital Convergence Key Speakers: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Group, Author of 'Telecosm' Shin Bae Kim, President & CEO, SK Telecom Nicholas Negroponte, Professor, MIT Media Lab Gail Whipple, Vice President, Digital Media, IBM Global Services
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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.
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