October 30, 2025
The Open AGI Symposium: Asia Tour concluded its Seoul stop on October 28 at Csquare (씨스퀘어), bringing together an exceptional community of AI builders, researchers, and emerging talent from across South Korea.
The gathering served as a dynamic forum for open-source AI innovation, with participants spanning leading Korean AI startups, top research labs, and elite university programs.
Our lineup featured an outstanding group of speakers, including:
- Sewoong Oh — Professor of Computer Science, University of Washington
- Peiyao Sheng — Sentient AI Researcher
- Edoardo Contente — Sentient AI Researcher
- Soomin Kim — SNU Ph.D / Assistant Professor, Taejae University
- Woomin Song — Integrated MS + Ph.D Student, KAIST AI Graduate School
- Jaehyun Nam — Doctoral Program, KAIST AI Graduate School / Google Cloud AI Student Researcher
- Heewoong Choi — Ph.D Program, Seoul National University
- Sumin Lee — CEO, Bryant AI
- Heeju Kang — CEO, Upnext / Adjunct Professor, Hongik IDAS University
- Seongeun So — AI Field Solutions Architect, Google Generative AI
Presentations explored a wide range of cutting-edge topics, including:
- The Era Where One Person Does the Work of a Hundred: How AI Is Transforming Business
- Option-Aware Temporally Abstracted Value for Offline Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
- AI Agents for Data Science
…and several other forward-looking research and industry applications.
Across discussions and panels, a clear theme emerged: open collaboration is accelerating the pace of AI innovation in South Korea. By bridging academia, startups, and researchers, Seoul continues to position itself as a rising hub for open-source AGI development.
A heartfelt thank-you to all speakers, participants, and our partners at ARK Point for making the Seoul session a success.
