- Experts leading the AI industry gather to share technologies and future strategies -
Incheon Metropolitan City (Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok) announced the successful hosting of the “2025 AI Technology Trend Seminar” on June 16 at Songdo Get Pearl Tower.
Under the theme “AI Transforming Daily Life, Innovating Industry: Opening the Path to the Future Together,” the seminar welcomed over 150 attendees, including corporate representatives, research institutes, academia, relevant organizations, and the public. The event provided a valuable platform to enhance local industry competitiveness amid rapidly evolving AI technologies and to foster insight and a shared vision of future society.
The seminar featured expert lectures on practical AI technology applications in industry and future societal trends, followed by a unique discussion session with AI-generated representations of the Four Sages. The program concluded with enthusiastic interest and engagement from participants.
AI experts leading the industry in and out of Korea spoke during the sessions and shared their experiences of technological shifts and strategic insights.
The first speaker, Kim Pil-ho, Advisor at POSCO DX, presented “POSCO’s Preparation for AI Autonomous Manufacturing,” detailing POSCO’s smart factory implementation, digital transformation journey, and examples of physical AI technology applied on manufacturing floors—demonstrating the potential for innovation within traditional industries.
* Physical AI refers to data-driven AI integrated with physical environments and machinery, enabling real-time process decisions and automation.
Next, Lee Geon-bok, Executive Director at Microsoft, addressed “The Era of Working with AI Agents.” He illustrated how AI agents based on large language models are enhancing workplace productivity through domestic and global examples, and outlined fundamental shifts in corporate environments.
Saltlux CEO Lee Gyeong-il, delivered the third lecture on “AI Changing Daily Life, Innovating Industry,” providing in-depth insights into industrial paradigm shifts driven by generative AI, new human-machine relationships, and emerging social values and business models.
A seminar highlight was the “Four Sages AI Discussion,” an innovative session where virtual AI-generated panelists—Jesus, Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates—engaged in philosophical exchanges on human life and happiness. This creative blend of cutting-edge technology and humanities left a lasting impression on attendees.
The Incheon Metropolitan Government announced it will offer the “AI Four Sages Conversation Service” until July 15 to allow more citizens to interact directly with the sages via the smartphone app “Mimecon.” Users can select and converse with their preferred sage within the app.
* Links to the Four Sages on Mimecon:
Socrates: https://mimecon.ploonet.com/talk?mimecon_id=684b944b81682d4db731f78c
Confucius: https://mimecon.ploonet.com/talk?mimecon_id=684b94ccf59a1a39063e470b
Jesus: https://mimecon.ploonet.com/talk?mimecon_id=684b953b3759124a045e84f8
Buddha: https://mimecon.ploonet.com/talk?mimecon_id=684b958981682d4db731f7a4
Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok stated, “This seminar was a meaningful occasion that reaffirmed our collective need to prepare for the future and create new value amid the sweeping technological transformation driven by AI. Incheon remains committed to evolving as a city centered on change, with AI as the key engine of future competitiveness, advancing as an AI-converged hub where its people and businesses grow together.”
