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Creative Futures Forum
The future of IT, and the future of IT Korea was discussed
at the Creative Futures Forum, held on October 12, 2010 at
Seoul Electronic Grand Fair 2010. Four renowned speakers
took the floor at Ilsan KINTEX, in which the forum was held.
The speakers were Dream Company CEO Rolf Jensen,
Senior Vice President of Gartner Research Peter Sondergaard,
Director of IBM Watson research center Dr. David Cohn and
Neurosky CEO Stanly Yang. Rolf Jensen CEO of Dream
Company talked about the IT industry in the next 10 years. In
order to foresee the future, we must first know about the past.
The human history had advanced progressively, we used
farmers, industry workers, and now we live in the dream society.
In the dream society, dreams, innovation and creativity
are called for. Over the past few years, Internet users had drastically
increased. There used to be no smart phones, no tablets,
but today, smart phones and tablets are widely used.
Companies in the future must be creative, and this can be
achieved by having clearly defined objectives, fast feed-back
from management, allowing mistakes, a team of creative people,
time to get organized, and knowledge. Furthermore, the
responsibility oriented organization will be replaced by value
based ones. Jensen also introduced the term "Teenage companies".
"Teenage companies are more explorative, break rules,
and are aggressive, daring, and creative. In order to succeed
have your company stay young."
In the future laptops, smart phones, tablets and cameras will
all be merged into one device: the eBag. IDs, passport, keys,
and bank accounts, will all be replaced by the eBag. eBag will
be more important than your spouse. The Top Ten industries
of smart phones, tablets will still remain at the top, through the
eBag. But the eBag will be personalized, just as your car and
clothing.
In ten years there would be one global Internet language.
This would be plausible by instant translation. As of this technology,
reaching the world would become much easier. Past
development of IT influenced business and had rarely influenced
schools. In the future IT would also be actively used in
the classroom. With hardware and games comes smart and
fun learning. IT will also change the way information, already
in the US, online news companies are threatening the paper
newspaper. Entertainment will also be changed. Everyone
would be able to make their own movies, games, music.
Jensen calls it the Democratation of Entertainment.
IT will also enable people to make friends all over the world
IT Industry in the Next 10 Years by Rolf Jensen
Smarter Cloud by Dr. David Cohn
on the mobile device, because of the powerful translation. The
office, contrary to belief, will not disappear, as the office is a
meeting place, a social area, but working hours will no longer
exist. Companies will need anti-stress programs, and people
will have to find a balance between family and work.
Among the many inventions Jensen believes that the 3d
printer is the true revolution. And it will soon become available
for commercial use. This will shorten the value chain and
will produce thousands of small business owners, and cause
collaboration between those owners. Customers would want
custom-made products and the size of business will reduce,
whereas the numbers would increase.
Due to the growth of e-commerce Jensen foresees that the
traditional retail shopping will transform from sales to experience.
Shopping to them will no longer be an act of consuming,
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