Welcome to

IT Revolutions 2009 International Symposium

from November 18th to 20th, 2009 in Suwon, Korea.

Letter of Invitation

Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you for the IT Revolutions 2009 International Symposium, Toward a Visible u-Driven Future: Revolutions and Opportunities, to be held from November 18th to 20th, 2009 in Suwon, Korea. The Symposium will be co-hosted by the Korea Forum for Electronic Government (KFeG) and the Institute for Computer Sciences, social-Informatics and Telecommunications (ICST). The Symposium will be sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS), Gyeonggi-Do, and the Korean National Information Society (NIA). Other IT industry corporations including Sam Sung SDS, LG-CNS, SK C&C, KT, and Korea Venture Business Association will also be sponsoring the Symposium with their own prepared presentations and company tours.

Newly emerging ubiquitous technologies are now once again transforming the world industry and society through u-Government services, u-commerce, and u-communities. Ubiquitous driven technologies provide opportunities for us to connect people with intelligent devices at any time and anywhere. It incites us to take off our imagination for designing a new promising future society in which human and technologies intertwined in harmony. We hope each nation and the whole world are able to find out breakthrough by the advantages of these u-driven technologies. Unfortunately, it has become increasingly difficult for each nation to predict the direction and depth of changes in technology revolutions without reference to other nations¡¯ policies and strategies. It is now the time to share our ideas and experiences for repositioning the status of u-driven future with more innovative and visible goals, strategies, and solutions. Korea has constructed the leading information infrastructure in the world but need to move to the next stage of u-Society embracing the change as well as alignment with the social needs. We hope that this international symposium will provide a launching point for elevating the u-driven future with IT revolutions and opportunities grounded in coordinated efforts by government representatives, research funding agencies, IT corporate vendors, and academic community. The Symposium will serve as a platform for professionals around the world to discuss revolutionary aspects of upcoming challenges concerning convergence of technology, society, culture, and governance.

If you cordially accept our invitation, we ask you for one hour ¡°Invitation Lecture¡± in the Symposium. Please email your paper by September 30 18 to Dr. Hee-Dong Yang, an editor of organizing committee (hdyang@ewha.ac.kr) as KFeG and ICST will produce a symposium proceeding for distribution.

In the mean time, Dr. Seunghwan Myeong (shmyeong@inha.ac.kr), a local program chair of organizing committee will contact you with more details about the program. Please email him as soon as possible whether you can join the Symposium. KFeG and ICST will reimburse your air expenses up to economy class upon your submission of the receipt. KFeG will also pay expenses for staying three nights (November 18 ? 20) in Suwon. If you have any questions or suggestions, please bring them to our attention.

We look forward to meeting you in November at our IT Revolutions 2009 International Symposium, Suwon.

Sincerely,

Sung-Don Hwang, Ph. D

Chairman of Standing Committee for Korea Forum for e-Government

Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

sdhwang@hufs.ac.kr