[Cultural Opportunities] - 2008 International Symposium on Culture Technology  


An international symposium exploring new fields of technology, business, and art through their convergence is going to be held at the Cultural Contents Complex (C3) in Sang-Am-Dong in Seoul from November 6th to 7th, 2008. 
 
Prominent scholars including Itsuo Sakane at IAMAS will bring recent issues of animation, visual effects, digital restoration, cultural management, and future music to this symposium.  Active interaction between different fields of culture and technology are expected from boundary-breaking and interdisciplinary research of the speakers.  The speakers are from a diverse range of expertise who will lead to vigorous discussions and communication. 
 
Date: November 6th (Thursday) ~ November 7th (Friday) 2008
Place: Culture Contents Complex (C3) in DMC Complex, Sang-Am-Dong, Seoul
Pre-registration: until October 23rd, 2008
Post-registration: October 24th ~ November 7th, 2008
 
Registration Inquiry: 02-380-3698 / 042-350-2904 ㅣ registration@ct.kaist.ac.kr
Website: http://symct.org l
Organized and hosted by KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology |
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
 

Sessions

Animation & Visual Effect
Jesus Canal (Walt Disney), Kwangjin Choi (FX Gear), Jiwon Paik (KAIST)

Research Highlights at GSCT
Kwangyun Wohn (KAIST), Takhwan Kim (KAIST), Sangki Han (KAIST)

New Horizon
Jaeseung Jeong (KAIST), Andrew Li (Chinese University of Hong Kong),
Hosé Pinto Duarte (Universidade Technica De Lisboa)

Cultural Management (1)
Yuxin Chen (NYU), Byunghee Soh (KAIST)

Cultural Management (2)
Naveen Amblee (KAIST), Kyungsin Park (Korea University)

Music of the Future
Ge Wang (Stanford University), Jaeho Chang (Korea ational University of Arts),
Woonseung Yeo (KAIST)

Special
Sessions

Keynote Speech
Itsuo Sakane (IAMAS)

DMC(Seoul)-KAIST(Daejeon) Networked Performance
Yikyung Kim (KAIST), Boncheol Goo (KAIST), Woonseung Yeo (KAIST)