As the 21st century's society structure becomes complex, technology and industry are developing in a way which attaches importance to each individual's inclination, individuality, private life and creativity, meeting diverse demand of people.
On the occasion of the IT 21 Conference Professor Lee Sung-young PhD of College of Electronics and Information of KyungHee University agreed with such a phenomenon in a previous interview with the Korea IT Times.
Touching upon the fact that the future's IT industry also respects individual human values and personality, he added: "It is evolving to a direction which provides not only convenience, but also pleasure -- culture, arts, entertainment and design -- needless to say improving life's quality.
At the same time, he diagnosed: "The future's IT industry paradigm will be changed from supplier-oriented to consumer- focused while convergence and divergence between technology and industry are accelerated and the so called Ubiquitous society is predicted to be settled."
About necessary technology and industry in order to secure a next-generation IT growth engine, the government will come to present a national roadmap and vision, corporations will come to deal with industry competitiveness security strategy, and the academic world will intensively discuss regarding the future core element technology respectively in each track, he expressed big expectation.
In this Digital Convergence session, the IT 21 Conference speakers will take a view of the present condition and outlook of Communication convergence infrastructure between all available wired and wireless communication media which can deliver data, information and knowledge as a technology and industry area that is converged with a digital basis.
Broadcasting communication convergence too between broadcasting services and communication infrastructure which is predicted to exert an enormous influence on human life in future society is an important discussion agenda in its Digital Convergence session.
Lee said that the digital entertainment field also will be discussed as a content industry which boosts quality of life in a digital renaissance era and can make it rich and give pleasure.
In its New Industry Fusion session, according to professor Lee, participants will first discuss robots in which various technologies and industries are converged such as mechanics, electronics, control, software, sensors, brain science and human intelligence science.
Second, u-Healthcare, which improves the quality of life and prepares for an advanced age society, is introduced. Third, the present status and new emergence of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology convergence industries will be discussed as for staple industry fields in which convergence with established traditional industries centering on IT gets accomplished.
Professor Lee concluded that its Enabling Technology session will come to deal with important core element technology which enables digital convergence and convergence industry.
What's more, web technology and intelligent information management technology which can search for vast amounts of information in an Ubiquitous age and manage them, imbedded system technology, computer security technology for individual private life and security, and a humancomputer interaction technology will be discussed in connection with their present condition and development direction.
