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The Tech Plus Forum (tech+) is a government-affiliated, international, non-profit "knowledge concert" held each year in Seoul, South Korea. It was created to bring together recognized international and domestic innovation and inspiration leaders in the fields of technology, economy, culture and humanity. The name tech+ literally stands for these four contrasting but closely correlated fields. Since 2009, tech+ has been providing a public platform for the world’s intellectual community to promote and develop theories and solutions to tackle cutting edge issues related to industrial technology. The audience, consisting of university students, academics, government officials and professionals, attracted 8000 participants in 2010. Past speakers have included international and domestic policy makers, business leaders, innovators, artists and academics. Each fall, the tech+ Forum is jointly hosted by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy and JoongAng Ilbo, and is organized by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) At the conclusion of the forum, KIAT releases a series of publications aimed at making suggestions regarding specific government policies. These documents are public and are intended to help shape the direction government policy as well.

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The objectives of the tech+ Forum are:

  • To discover new solutions to help industrial technology solve global issues; and to produce, share and spread related knowledge
    • To provide a forum to integrate and incorporate knowledge from different sectors including general industry, technology, humanity, social science, culture and art To assist in creative people-to-people exchange and communication
  • To identify new agendas by maximizing the synergistic effects of knowledge

    • tech+ 2011

    Talks at tech+ 2011, hosted at Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University, focused on the interaction and interconnectedness of technology and humanity. The event was separated into 5 chapters with 23 international and domestic speakers attending. 7428 participants attended over the two-day run.

    tech+ 2011 Program

  • Prologue: Technology for Humanity
  • Chapter 1: Tradition Meets High Tech
  • Chapter 2: Technology of Sensibility
  • Chapter 3: Technology of Creative Space
  • Chapter 4: Power of Social Network
  • Chapter 5: Advent of tech+ Leader
  • Epilogue: technology@me

    • 2011 Wiki-notable Speakers

  • W. Brian Arthur, Economist, external faculty at Santa Fe Institute
  • Prosper Assouline, Assouline Publishing
  • James Powderly, Artist, Engineer
  • Richard Florida, Urban Studies Theorist
  • Ge Wang, Musician, Computer Scientist

    • tech+ 2010

    Under the main theme, Innovate Korea, tech+ 2010 was aimed to link with and complement the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit meeting and the Seoul G20 Business Summit. In cooperation with 22 speakers, tech+ 2010 introduced new paradigms for the future of technology in Korea and the world.

    tech+ 2010 Program

    The 2010 forum aimed at creating a foundation for the co-evolution of the knowledge ecosystem through harmonious communication between all technological fields and the open sharing of insights into the latest critical questions. Session themes included:

  • Vision of Industrial Technology: Innovation 2020
  • ECO: Business and a New Set of Rules
  • ART: Technology Meets Freedom
  • EDGE: The Conception of Idea
  • TOUCH: Innovating with Emotion
  • INSIGHT: Watching the World

    • 2010 Wiki-notable Speakers

  • Jaron Lanier, Scientist, author, musician and artist
  • Karim Rashid, Principle, Karim Rashid Inc.
  • Oliver Grau, Chair Professor, Danube University Krems

    • Performers

  • Clazziquai
  • Kim Jang-hoon

    • tech+ 2009

    2009 marked the launch of the tech+ Forum and aimed at exploring the themes of an "Era of Collaboration and Culture" and "Future Countermove with Enterprise". Session themes included:

    tech+ 2009 Program

  • Jumping Together
  • Technology Meets Society
  • Appearance of New Competitor
  • Technology is Art
  • tech+ Experience
  • 2010 CXO Summit
  • Imagine the Next
  • New Market & Opportunity
  • More than New
  • Future with US
  • Going Green

    • 2009 Wiki-notable Speakers

  • Henry Petroski, Professor, Duke University
  • John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Joel Garreau, Principle, The Garreau Group
  • Jack Trout, President, Trout & Partners

    • References

    Tech Plus Forum Wikipedia
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