EU–Korea Tech Frontier Workshop: Shaping the Digital Future Together
workshop
15 September 2026
09:30
to
18:00
(Seoul time)
Grand Central Hotel, Seoul
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The EU–Korea Innovation Workshop is a high-level event bringing together European and Korean experts in 6G, Cybersecurity, Quantum technologies, and Data/AI to identify priority themes for EU–Korea research and industrial cooperation, aligned with the EU–Republic of Korea Digital Partnership.
Building on the momentum of the EU–Korea Digital Partnership, inaugurated in November 2022 and consistently expanded since, including at the 11th EU–ROK Summit in June 2026, the workshop focuses on three technology domains at the cutting edge of EU–Korea joint interest: 6G and AI-native networks, quantum computing and cryptography, and physical AI. A dedicated closing session on the INPACE Peer Advisory Network will translate the day's technical discussions into concrete cooperation pathways.
| 09:00–09:30 | Registration & Welcome Coffee
| 09:30–10:00 | Opening Session — Welcome addresses by IITP, Sejong University, and INPACE Coordinator
| 10:00–10:30 | Keynote: EU–Korea Digital Partnership — Status & Priorities 2026 — 6G, AI, Cybersecurity, Semiconductors, Data & Skills
| 10:30–11:15 | Presentation: IITP Sleeping Beauties Study — Methodology, key findings: dormant technologies in digital infrastructure with high EU–Korea cooperation potential Followed by Q&A session and discussions
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee break
| 11:45–12:30 | Expert Panel 1: 6G — EU–Korea Research & Industrial Cooperation — Next-generation mobile networks, spectrum, AI RAN, physical AI, sensing (ISAC), non-terrestrial networks, joint testbeds
| 12:30–14:00 | Networking Lunch
| 14:00–14:45 | Expert Panel 2: Secure Digital Infrastructures - Shared Challenges, Cooperative Solutions
Post quantum solutions, threat intelligence, standards’ harmonisation, improving resilience, Quantum technologies, including quantum computing, QKD, quantum communications and networking
| 14:45–15:30 | Expert Panel 3: Physical AI – data quality requirements semantics, algorithms and usage Physical AI in Korea Physical AI in EU research and priorities
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee Break
| 16:00-16:45 | Peer advisory network of INPACE (ROK-Europe cooperation) – testing interest and needs. Joint collaborative projects, Horizon Europe, regulations, market access, and more. Presentation and discussion
| 16:45 -17:45 | ONLINE: Synthesis & Roadmap Session — Identification o priority cooperation themes; cooperation on 2027 Horizon Europe calls and bilateral programmes + Recommendations for beyond Horizon Europe program
| 17:45–18:00 | Closing Ceremony & Next Steps — Summary of outcomes; announcement of follow-up activities by INPACE
| 09:30–10:00 | Opening Session — Welcome addresses by IITP, Sejong University, and INPACE Coordinator
| 10:00–10:30 | Keynote: EU–Korea Digital Partnership — Status & Priorities 2026 — 6G, AI, Cybersecurity, Semiconductors, Data & Skills
| 10:30–11:15 | Presentation: IITP Sleeping Beauties Study — Methodology, key findings: dormant technologies in digital infrastructure with high EU–Korea cooperation potential Followed by Q&A session and discussions
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee break
| 11:45–12:30 | Expert Panel 1: 6G — EU–Korea Research & Industrial Cooperation — Next-generation mobile networks, spectrum, AI RAN, physical AI, sensing (ISAC), non-terrestrial networks, joint testbeds
| 12:30–14:00 | Networking Lunch
| 14:00–14:45 | Expert Panel 2: Secure Digital Infrastructures - Shared Challenges, Cooperative Solutions
Post quantum solutions, threat intelligence, standards’ harmonisation, improving resilience, Quantum technologies, including quantum computing, QKD, quantum communications and networking
| 14:45–15:30 | Expert Panel 3: Physical AI – data quality requirements semantics, algorithms and usage Physical AI in Korea Physical AI in EU research and priorities
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee Break
| 16:00-16:45 | Peer advisory network of INPACE (ROK-Europe cooperation) – testing interest and needs. Joint collaborative projects, Horizon Europe, regulations, market access, and more. Presentation and discussion
| 16:45 -17:45 | ONLINE: Synthesis & Roadmap Session — Identification o priority cooperation themes; cooperation on 2027 Horizon Europe calls and bilateral programmes + Recommendations for beyond Horizon Europe program
| 17:45–18:00 | Closing Ceremony & Next Steps — Summary of outcomes; announcement of follow-up activities by INPACE