Learning from Korea’s Digital Response to COVID-19: Korea’s Preparedness for post COVID-19 (English)

"Focusing on remote education, remote work, smart city resilience and Korea's digital pillar called Digital New Deal that accelerates the transition towards a digital economy through a stronger integration of Data, Networks, and AI (DNA)" In this Bite+, speakers introduce Korea’s various digital responses to the pandemic focusing on remote education, remote work, and sma... view more "Focusing on remote education, remote work, smart city resilience and Korea's digital pillar called Digital New Deal that accelerates the transition towards a digital economy through a stronger integration of Data, Networks, and AI (DNA)" In this Bite+, speakers introduce Korea’s various digital responses to the pandemic focusing on remote education, remote work, and smart city resilience. It additionally introduces Korea’s post-pandemic policy measure and its digital pillar called Digital New Deal that aims to accelerate the transition towards a digital economy through innovation and competitiveness in the industry by focusing on stronger integration of Data, Network, and AI (DNA) throughout the economy and fostering contact-free industry. Korea New Deal, composed of three pillars - Digital New Deal, Green New Deal, and Stronger Safety Net, aims to be the "blueprint for Korea for the next 100 years." This workshop was co-hosted in collaboration with the International Academy of CIO, UNDP, and the University of Central Asia. This session is part of the capacity-building workshop series under the World Bank’s Digital Resilience Program financed by the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF). This session is in English. To review the Russian version, please click HERE. view less

Learning Mode:
Bite+
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Disaster Resilience, Digital Government, ICT Innovation Policy, ICT Innovation and Transformation, ICT and Education, Tertiary Education, Teacher Training, Education Management and Administration, Smart Cities, Resilient Cities, Emergency Preparedness, Education and ICT, Education Policy and Planning, Digital Technology
GP:
Digital Development
Keywords:
Covid-19, digital resilience, Resilient Recovery, digital response, Technology, Innovation, Digital Government, contact tracing, remote work, remote education, Open Data, Smart city, Korea, Korea Learning, Artificial Intelligence, AI, K-12, AR, vr, Augmented City, digital innovation, Digital Transformation, Digital Education, Digital Technologies, Distance Education, Online Classes, Online Learning, Hybrid Learning, Online Education System, Teachers Capacity building, remote access, Digital divide, Future of Education, Smart Working Environment, Smart Work, Covid-19 Response in Korea, smart city resilience, Smart City Data, edutech, EdTech, Education and Technology
Language:
English

Presenter Info

Dr. Jong-Sung Hwang

Senior Researcher, ICT Policy Group, National Information Society Agency (NIA) Dr. Jong Sung Hwang is an ICT strategy expert who served in a number of key positions in the IT policy planning in distinguished organizations. Currently, he is a senior researcher at the National Information Society Agency. He is also a member of the Gov3.0 Committee of the Korean government, which designs and coordinates government and public sector innovation programs at a vice-ministerial level. Dr. Hwang is a former Chief Information Officer of the Seoul Metropolitan Government as well as the former Secretary-General of the World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WeGO). He is also a Member of the Global Advisory Board to the Smart City Exhibition and World Congress (SCEWC), and of the Steering Committee of the IoT World Forum. In particular, he has a lot of experience in designing national IT strategies and developing a new breed of smart services. He drafted the first Korea IT Promotion Basic Plan in 1996 and initiated the u-City project, one of the world’s first smart city projects in 2005. As a CIO of Seoul, he launched the Smart Seoul 2015 initiatives in 2011 and made Seoul as a best case for a smart city recommended by the ITU. Dr. Hwang holds a Master’s degree and a Doctoral degree in Political Science from Yonsei University in Korea.

Dr. Myung-Ha Hong

Executive Director, National Information Society Agency (NIA) Dr. Myungha Hong is an e-government expert and manages the ICT HRD programs of the NIA Global Academy. He is a specialist in bridging the global Digital Divide and a facilitator of cultural exchange. Since the early 2000s, he has been actively engaged in ICT Cooperation Projects with various developing countries. By sharing Korea’s experience and know-how on ICT Development Policy and best practices, he has been contributing to bridging the global digital divide. NIA Global Academy was selected to operate as the ITU Centres of Excellence in 2019. Since then, he has been providing HRD programs and digital government online courses using the ITU platform.

Sang-Hyun Jang

Director, Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) Dr. Jang serves as a Director at KERIS. He serves on the ASEAN Cyber University Project’s Secretariat as a Director-General and is an Advisor to the Distance Education Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Education. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the IT department at Kyungbook National University. Previously, he was part of the Expert Committee at the President’s Council of Informatization Strategies.

Doh-yoon Kim

Executive Principal, National Information Society Agency (NIA)

Presenter Resources

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Smart City and Resilience (Presentation)

2. Document :

Digital New Deal of Korea (Presentation)

3. Document :

Digital Transformation of Education in the COVID-19 Era (Presentation)

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Post COVID-19 Smart Working Environment (Presentation)