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Busan Metropolitan City and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education to Host the “Future Strategy Conference on Artificial Intelligence Education”

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Kim Seok-jun) announced that they will hold the “2026 Busan Future Strategy Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education” today (the 22nd) at 10:00 a.m. in the Convention Hall on the second floor of Busan City Hotel in Yeonje-gu.

The conference will bring together around 70 participants, including officials from Busan Metropolitan City and the Office of Education; overseas experts such as Professor Hsu Ting-Chia of National Taiwan Normal University and Dr. Hong-Zheng Sun-Lin, Director of the Wisdom Garden Education Research Institute in Taiwan; elementary and secondary school teachers; representatives from private institutions such as the Insurance Training Institute and LG Discovery Lab; and members of the Busan Metropolitan City Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee.

This conference has been organized to share leading cases and expert perspectives on AI education, establish a foundation for the use of AI across Busan’s overall education system, and expand outstanding local practices in AI education.

The conference consists of three parts and will proceed in the following order: ▲Part 1: Presentations of real-world classroom teaching cases ▲Part 2: Expert panel discussion ▲Part 3: Policy discussion.

In Part 1 (Case Presentations), in-service teachers will share actual classroom applications, including ▲Python-based data analysis (Cho Jun-hyeok, Onsaem Elementary School) ▲Korean language, mathematics, and music classes using image-generation AI, vibe coding*, and AI music production tools (Kim Byeong-jo, Myeongjin Elementary School) ▲A reading project utilizing generative AI (Lee Ye-seo, Donghae Middle School) ▲Webpage development based on vibe coding (Hwang Byeong-jo, Hwashin Middle School). In addition, the Insurance Training Institute (Manager Lee Woo-ho) and LG Discovery Lab (Senior Manager Lee Eun-jeong) will introduce private-sector education programs, while Professor Hsu Ting-Chia and Dr. Hong-Zheng Sun-Lin will present overseas education cases.
*Vibe coding refers to a newly coined term describing the practice of writing code with the assistance of generative AI.

In Part 2 (Expert Panel Discussion), experts including Professor Park Seong-ho, Head of the AI Convergence Education Program at Pusan National University; Professor Kim Seong-won of the Department of Computer Education at Busan National University of Education; Kim Hyeon-gu, Director of the Digital Future Education Division at the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education; and Park Young-min, Chair of the Science Education Committee at the Network of Scientists and Engineers Dreaming of Change, will engage in in-depth discussions on the strategic direction of AI education for youth.

In Part 3 (Policy Discussion), discussions will be held through a meeting of the Busan Metropolitan City Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee on the draft “Future Strategy for AI Education in Busan” and future implementation directions.

Through this conference, the city plans to expand outstanding cases of AI education in elementary and secondary schools and, going forward, promote large-scale AI experience events in which students and citizens can directly participate.

By planning citizen-participation AI festivals, the city aims to provide opportunities for students to enjoy AI technology as if it were play and to experience Busan’s AI vision in an accessible and friendly way.

Mayor Park Heong-joon is expected to say, “AI education is a process that nurtures the ‘power of thinking’ enabling our children to lead future society,” adding, “As the leap toward becoming a ‘Global AI Hub City, Busan’ depends on the capabilities of our talent, we will work together with the Office of Education and local universities to build an AI education ecosystem.”