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SBS's social contribution knowledge forum, SDF, will open tomorrow (18th). At this year's SDF, presidential candidates from major political parties are making their first commitments to the challenges of our times. Here, there will be a feast of knowledge that adds the wisdom of celebrities from all walks of life.
Reporter Chae Hee-sun reports.
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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, through in-depth research over the past six months, the SDF selected three top priority discourses for the future of our society and asked the presidential candidates for a solution.
[Lee Jeong-ae/SBS Future Team Leader (SBS D Forum Planning): Starting with SBS D Forum, I hope that it will be an opportunity for political leaders to discuss and compete on future visions and policies by breaking out of the negative war.]
Also, <Squid Game> Hwang Dong-hyeok The director and science fiction writer Neil Stevenson, the creator of the metaverse concept, are the first Korean speakers to talk about the problem of polarization hidden in the film and a desirable future image.
Scholars from around the world, who 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 are broadcast live online, and the main content from the opening ceremony to the announcement of the presidential candidates will be broadcast on SBS channel tomorrow night from 9pm to 90 minutes.
In addition, from the end of November to the beginning of December, it will be broadcast 5 times as 'SDF2021 Special'.