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SBS' social contribution knowledge forum, SDF, will open today (18th) with the theme of <50 million voices, looking for a conductor>. It will be broadcast live online from 9 am, and this forum is attracting attention, especially as presidential candidates from major political parties announce their pledges for the first time.
Correspondent Chae Hee-sun.
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presidential candidates who will participate as party speakers are Lee Jae-myung, Yoon Seok-yeol, Shim Sang-jung, and Ahn Cheol-soo.
This is the first time that major political party candidates have announced their pledges ahead of the March presidential election next year.
Previously, the SDF selected the top three future discourses of our society through in-depth research for the past six months and asked the presidential candidates for a solution.
Director Hwang Dong-hyeok of <Squid Game> and science fiction writer Neil Stevenson, the creator of the metaverse concept, are the first speakers in Korea to talk about the problem of polarization hidden in the film and a desirable future image, respectively.
Scholars from all over the world, which are difficult to meet normally, gather in one place to discuss leadership and the role of citizens in a period of great transformation such as pandemics and climate change.
Epic Games, a world-class 3D engine developer, and Reallusion also prepared a joint performance using 3D motion capture technology.
SDF, which provided sign language interpretation last year for the first time as a forum, expanded its participation in the forum by adding text interpretation this year.
All SDF programs will be broadcast live online, and the main content from the opening ceremony to the announcement of the presidential candidates will be broadcast on SBS for 90 minutes from 9pm tonight.
In addition, from the end of November to the beginning of December, it will be broadcast 5 times as 'SDF2021 Special'.