SIBF 2025 18-22 June, 2025 l COEX Halls A & B1
Archive
Digital Book Fair Book Cast
Digital Publishing for All Including People with Disabilities
In this Book Cast, we discuss why digital publishing for people with disabilities is essential, and standards and examples of producing accessible e-books to promote digital book use of print disabled people.
※ Please note that sign language translation is provided for this lecture.
ㅣSpeakers: Kim Hyun-yeong (Professor At Department Of Library & Information Science Of Myongji University), Park Joo-hyun (Deputy General Manager In Cross T&C), Jung Do-hwan (Manager In SuperGraphic Of Big Picture)
ㅣLocation: Online (SIBF Official Website)
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(Overseas Example) Live Animations and Victoria Productions
In this Book Cast, we interview Live Animations that develops AR solutions for content for children and family in the U.S. and Germany. We also interview Victoria Productions that adopts AR and VR in the U.S. and Korea for education publishing for children. With the examples, we identify new reading culture created by technological advances.
- Date/Time: October 16 (Fri) 10:00
- Location: Online (SIBF Official Website)
Digital Books and Devices for Visually Impaired People
In this Book Cast, we look at how visually impaired people read, and share examples of projects to produce braille e-books and devices and audiobooks for the visually impaired. We also discuss technologies in accessible e-books for people with disabilities and how
the market will develop.
※ Please note that sign language translation is provided for this lecture.
ㅣSpeakers: Kim Jeong-ho ( CEO Of Open Library With IT), Choi A-reum (Manager At Dot Inc.)
ㅣModerator: Kim Dong-bok (Chairman Of Council On Library For People With Visual Impairments In Korea)
- Date/Time: October 17 (Sat) 13:00
- Location: Online (SIBF Official Website)
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The Beginning of the Subscription Economy and Evolution of E-Book Platform
We examine changes in the content consumer market following the emergence of personal media content, and examples of subscription on cultural content with the subscription economy.
ㅣSpeakers: Chae Jung-hwa (Researcher At Ict Law & Economy Institute Of Sogang University), Lee Jin-goo (Manager Of Content Business Department Of Yes24)
ㅣMoerator: Park Ki-soo (Director Of Institute Of Cultural Contents Strategy Research Of Hanyang University)
- Date/Time: October 20 (Tue) 11:00
- Location: Online (SIBF Official Website)
Big Data Curation, a Way of Discovering Books
We take a look at how to use artificial intelligence to discover books while living in the age where we have countless texts to read every day, and discuss a wide range of “big data curation.” We also discuss where the big data curation technology currently stands and what is coming up.
ㅣSpeakers: Koh woon-gi (Prof. at Cultural Content Department of Hanyang University), Kim Jun-hyun (CEO of Flybook)
ㅣModerator: Oh Ji-eun (Gwangjin Information Library)
- Date/Time: October 20 (Tue) 14:00
- Location: Online (SIBF Official Website)
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Coexistence of Audiobook and Print Book Publishers
We invite PAK Seh-ryung from Storytel Korea, a local office of the global business that provides audiobook streaming services, and LEE Geun-mi from Digital Publishing Committee to discuss cooperation between audiobook and print book publishers for coexistence.
ㅣSpeakers: Park Seh-ryung (President Of Storytel Korea), Lee Geun-mi (Chairperson Of Digital Publishing Committee)
ㅣModerator: Lee Eun-ho (Vice President Of The Korea Digital Publishing Society)
- Date/Time: October 23 (Fri) 13:00–14:30
- Location: Offline (Community House MASIL), Online (SIBF Official Website)
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Coexistence of Virtual Reality Book and Children’s Educational Book Publishers
We invite IM Sae-rah of Marvrus, a VR educational content and educational technology developer, and Victoria HAN of Victoria Productions, an AR/VR content developing company that adopted AR in publishing. In this Book Cast, participants discuss cooperation between AR/VR book and children’s educational book publishers for coexistence.
ㅣSpeakers: Im Se-ra (CEO of Marvellus), Victora Han (CEO of Victoria Production)
ㅣModerator: Lee Eun-ho (Vice President Of The Korea Digital Publishing Society)
- Date/Time: October 23 (Fri) 16:00–17:30
- Location: Offline(Community House MASIL), Online (SIBF Official Website)
