Abstract

The main theme of the Davos World Economic Forum, which was held in January 2016, was a Fourth Industrial Revolution. This revolution will show us a new world created by innovation through fusion technology including robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), etc. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (the largest consumer electronics fair in the world, which was held at the same time), the most important topic was a field of digital AI techniques such as drones, robots and virtual reality. The world that will be made by the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be called a ‘more intelligent society where everything is connected’. These are integrated systems based on the IoT and AI that connect the virtual and actual worlds, and this revolution will build intelligent cyber-physical systems. Smartization, which appears following informatization and intellectualization, changes cities and activates the digital economy’s ecosystem; in this process, the digital industry is used as a core means. In Seoul, as a centre of the domestic digital industry, it is necessary to draw up policies that foster the industry and that reflect the flow of the digital age.

The purpose of this study is to present policies for promotion that can ensure the competitiveness of Seoul’s digital industry. As Seoul enters the digital revolution age, it is necessary to establish a role for fostering the region’s digital industry. The first role is to lead and support technology by providing the latest digital information (as a pre-adopter); a digital hub is necessary that will provide global digital environment-related information to digital industry participants in Seoul. The second role is to promote and support Seoul’s digital industry capacity (as an accelerator); this means shifting support from a focus on hardware such as facilities to platforms. Third, the Seoul metropolitan government should support the advancement of digital technology (as a synthesizer). Through the convergence of these services and support for them, it will be possible to facilitate pilot projects through the digital transformation. For performing these roles, this study presents a total of 20 detailed promotion policies.

Contents

01 Introduction

1_Background and Purpose of the Study

2_Contents and Research Methods

02 Image of the Digital Industry

1_Changing the Industry Paradigm

2_Concept of Digital Industry

3_Range of Digital Industry

03 Trends in Digital Industry

1_Changes in Digital Industry’s Trends

2_Current State of the Digital Industry Domestically and Abroad

3_Differentiation Direction of Seoul’s Digital Industry

04 Analysis of the Status of Seoul’s Digital Industry

1_Target Field Selection for Analysing the Industry

2_Current State of Seoul’s Digital Industry

05 Policies for Promoting the Digital Industry in Seoul

1_Setting a Strategic Direction

2_Detailed Promotion Policies