The Korea AI Service Society (co-chairs Lee Kyung-jun and Kim Hyun-su) said on Jan. 11 it held a founding commemorative academic conference at the Korea Science and Technology Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
The event was held under the theme "AI services and job creation," with a focus on strengthening industrial competitiveness using AI technology and expanding quality jobs.
In the opening session, Kim Hyun-su, an emeritus professor at Kookmin University, delivered a keynote presentation on "The AI service era and the Korean economy and society," followed by perspectives on the future of AI and jobs from Noh Kyung-tae, head of Service Strong Korea, and Kim Jong-yeol, chair of the AI Service Philosophy Committee. In a special lecture, Kim Mi-kyung, dean of MKYU, introduced "How to be reborn as a plus human."
In the following session, keynote lectures included Survival strategies in the AI sapiens era (Professor Choi Jae-bung of Sungkyunkwan University) and AI preview 2026 (Vice President Ji Yong-gu of DOUZONE BIZON), and Professor Lee Kyung-jun of Kyunghee University and Professor Seol Sang-hoon of Sungkyunkwan University held a discussion with the keynote speakers on strategies for job creation.
In the afternoon, AI specialists, startups, public institutions, and cultural content industry officials shared various cases and discussed practical ways to apply AI services. Next-generation AI technologies such as "agentic AI" and their impact across industries were also highlighted.
Alongside academic presentations on topics such as AI adoption readiness, public AI policy, and the latest technology trends, an "AI service business model competition" was held for high school students nationwide.