2002. 5. 7 Kilnam Chon KAIST chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr 2002. 5.7v1 IT Leader Development 2002. 5. 7 Kilnam Chon KAIST chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr

Table of Contents 1. Objective 2. Background 3. Program 4. Process 5. Remark Reference Appendix

1. Objective - Develop Internationally Competitive IT Industry - Develop Centers of Excellence in strategically Important Areas - Develop “10,000" Globally Competitive IT Leaders - Internationalize IT Development

2. Background 2.1 Competitiveness in IT, in particular in Software and Content     - Need to develop top-ranking centers of excellence in strategically important areas in IT and related areas.     - Developing internationally competitive IT specialists are equally important.     - Internationalize IT industry like many developed countries.     - Collaborate with the world leading organizations.   - Actively participate global forums (IETF, W3C,...)

2.2 North East Asia/CJK Japan:           - World second largest economy with many leading industries             (animation, game, robotics, miniaturization, materials,...)           - Many multinational's centers of excellence             (IBM, Sony,...) China:          - World first/second largest economy in this century           - Large potential markets           - Dominate overseas investment including development centers             (ATT, Microsoft, IBM, NEC,......)           - Large pools of quality human resource Korea:          - What niche to concentrate?               Broadband application/technology/infrastructure, Online game,...           - What roles to play globally?

2.3 Catch up to world leaders in 10 years - Internationalize IT industry - Develop a globally competitive program - Utilize overseas resources - Develop critical mass in strategically important areas - Develop global figures/stars - Seek the global best

3. Program "$10 Billion Dollar" Program(2003-2012) to develop   - 10 centers of excellency   - 10,000 IT leaders

3.1 Process - Develop internationally competitive program and projects. - Each project will have at least one overseas and domestic organization. - Target to build one of the three best centers in each area. - Except 10% or more participation from overseas, preferably from the world leading organizations. - The centers would last 10 years.   - Each center is expected to have 100 million dollars budget per year. - Each center would have affiliated organizations in Korea and in the world to collaborate.  - Need additional education programs (graduate school, university, high schools)

3.2 Candidate Areas (partial list) Linux   IPv6   Security   Contents (Game, Animation,..)   Mobile/Wireless Applications   Broadband Applications   Imbedded Systems   BT/IT   SI (Logistics, Public Services,..) Image/Video   uGovernment (eGov, mGov, sGov,..)

4. Informatization Index (IMD) - Korea ranks low(20th)    - Leaders         North America, North Europe, Singapore,..    - Need a strategy to move up to top 5(or 10)    - How to overcome handicaps (non-western civilization, digital divide,..)

5. Remark - May affiliate with universities - Limited lifetime for the centers(10 years)     - May affiliate with universities    - Reference sites        Xerox PARC        IETF        W3C        Silicon Valley (CISCO, Microsoft, Apple,..)        Top Ranking Universities (MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, Berkeley, CMU,....)    - Korean strength        MPEG        CDMA        First Generation Broadband Infrastructure and Applications

Reference Dream Machine IMD, World Economic Report MIC, eKorea FKI, "eKorea" Japan, eJapan EU, eEurope

Appendix: A.1 Competitors     China     Japan     Taiwan     Singapore     Scandinavia     UK     Germany     Ireland     Canada

A.2 Candidate Overseas Organizations for Collaboration IBM     Nokia     Intel     Microsoft     Cisco     ATT     Nortel     Accenture     EDS     Singapore (logistics, eGovernment)   Isreal (security, image/vision)     India (software industry)     Sun

A.3 Candidate Advisory Council Andrew Bjerring (CANARIE/Canada)     Intel (Chairman or Vice President)     IBM (?)     Steve Deering (CISCO)     eIreland or eEurope     Suzuki (JISA?)     Omae (?)     Singapore     (in addition to 2~4 Koreans)