Date: October 21, 2026 (Wed)
Venue: Orche Hall, 5F, EL Tower, Seoul
Design. Emulate. Validate. Accelerate with Keysight.
Today's global technology landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the convergence of artificial intelligence and advanced industrial technologies. In this era of rapid innovation, the ability to seamlessly connect ideas with real-world implementation has become a key competitive advantage.
At Keysight World Tech Day 2026, discover the latest technologies and test strategies shaping the AI era. Industry experts and Keysight technology leaders will share emerging trends and real-world applications across AI Semiconductors, 6G, and Aerospace & Defense. Learn how integrated workflows and advanced validation solutions are accelerating next-generation product development.
Join us to experience the complete innovation journey, from design and emulation to validation and product deployment.
Track Overview
AI Semiconductor
The AI Semiconductor track explores the latest emulation, measurement, and validation technologies enabling next-generation AI infrastructure and advanced semiconductor development. Topics include high-speed interconnects, AI system validation, device characterization, signal integrity, and real-world application examples.
6G
The 6G track examines key technologies and validation strategies shaping the future of wireless communications. Learn about developments in 3GPP, AI-RAN, NR-NTN, mmWave and sub-THz technologies, signal generation, virtual engineering, and dynamic validation methodologies that are driving 6G innovation.
Aerospace & Defense
The Aerospace & Defense track focuses on mission-critical technologies and the latest design and validation challenges. Sessions cover radar, electronic warfare, satellite communications, PNT/NavWar, digital twins, RF recording, and aerospace structural validation, highlighting innovative approaches to next-generation test strategies and defense modernization.
議程
- Plenary Keynote
- AI Semiconductor
- 6G
- Aerospace & Defense
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration Check-in | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome Address and Keynote | Keysight Satish Dhanasekaran CEO |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | AI Semiconductors in the Era of Technological Sovereignty: Strategy, Scale, and Sustainability | Seoul National University Professor Jong-Ho Lee |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Korea’s 6G and AI Network R&D Strategy and Next-Generation Network Vision | IITP Keun-Dae Kim, Director, Next-Generation Network 6G Program |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Designing the Future: Keysight Technology Strategy for Next-Generation Innovation | Keysight Jun-Ho Choi, VP, Core Product Management |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Demo Booth Tour and Networking Break | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:10 – 11:40 | High-Speed Interface Technology Trends for AI/HPC: Chiplet UCIe® and CPOAI/HPC | Qualitas Semiconductor Jae-Young Kim, Executive Director |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Breaking AI Infrastructure Bandwidth Barriers: Silicon Photonics and Optical Interconnects | Keysight Dong-Hyun Seo, Manager |
| 12:10 – 13:20 | Lunch and Demo Booth Tour | |
| 13:20 – 13:50 | PCIe® Gen6/7 and CXL Interface Validation for AI Infrastructure | Keysight Ho-Joong Lee, Senior Engineer |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Memory Innovations Defining AI Performance: HBM, SoCAMM, and Beyond | Keysight Randy White, Memory Solutions Program Manager |
| 14:20 – 15:00 | Demo Booth Tour and Networking Break | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Signal Integrity Validation Strategies for High-Speed AI Semiconductor Design | Keysight David Liu, Product Development Manager |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | From Device Characterization to Wafer Validation: The Starting Point of Semiconductor Innovation | Keysight Jung-Tae Kim, Business Development Manager |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | A New Approach to AI Network and Workload Validation | Keysight Boon-Khim Tan, AI Interconnect Business Manager |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Prize Drawing and Closing Remarks | |
*UCIe® and Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of the UCIe Consortium.
*PCI-SIG®, PCIe®, and PCI Express® are registered trademarks and/or service marks of PCI-SIG in the United States.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Global AI-RAN Trends and Korea’s AI-RAN Global Flagship Project | ETRI Hoon Lee, Director |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Beyond Single-Channel EVM: Coherent Two-Channel Measurements and Equalized Channel Capacity for the 6G Era | Keysight Osamu Kusano, R&D Engineer |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch and Demo Booth Tour | |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Key 3GPP Insights and the Future Direction of Wireless Technologies | Keysight Eng Wei Koo, Director of RAN Standards Technology |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Accelerating AI-Driven 6G Innovation: From Vision to Reality | Keysight Kwang-Yeol Yoo, Director |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Technology Trends and Solutions for 6G NR NTN | Keysight Seung-Young Choi, Manager |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Next-Generation Power Amplifier Measurements Using Embedded Reflectometers | Keysight Randy Becker, Application Engineer |
| 14:30 – 15:20 | Demo Booth Tour and Networking Break | |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Accelerating Product and Manufacturing Validation Through Human-Centric Virtual Engineering | Keysight Jung-Tae Yang, Director |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Midrange Network Analyzer Portfolio for RF and Microwave Validation | Keysight Takuya Hirato, Product Manager |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Linearization Potential of Wideband Power Amplifiers | Keysight Jun-Won Kim, Manager |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Prize Drawing and Closing Remarks | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:10 – 11:40 | VNA-Based Electromagnetic Performance Evaluation System for Aerospace Structures | KAIST Professor Jung-Ryul Lee |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | The Future of Defense: Strategic Responses to New Frontiers | Keysight Vince Nguyen, VP and GM, Aerospace & Defense Solutions |
| 12:10 – 13:20 | Lunch and Demo Booth Tour | |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN): A New Paradigm for Space-Based Mission-Critical Communications | Keysight Phil Lorch, Senior Director, Space and Satellite Business |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | RF Spectrum Monitoring and Direction Finding | Keysight Raymond Shen, Principal Solutions Architect, Defense Communications |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Proving Security: Turning CMMC Compliance into a Competitive Advantage | Keysight Young-Kwang Park, Engineer |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | PNT Validation Strategies in the NavWar Era | Keysight Andrew Hart, Business Development Director |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Demo Booth Tour and Networking Break | |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Digital Twin-Based RF Network Validation | Keysight Raymond Shen, Principal Solutions Architect, Defense Communications |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Broadband IQ Data Capture Techniques for Signal Recording, Playback, and Analysis | Keysight Se-Hoon Kang, Manager |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Radar Design Through Dynamic Scenario-Based Validation | Keysight Radar Design Through Dynamic Scenario-Based Validation |
Featured Speakers
Plenary Kenote:
AI Semiconductors in the Era of Technological Sovereignty: Strategy, Scale, and Sustainability
Professor Jong-Ho Lee, Seoul National University / Former Minister of Science and ICT
Professor Jong-Ho Lee is a globally recognized semiconductor expert and inventor of the bulk FinFET, now widely adopted in mass-produced logic devices, as well as the Saddle FinFET concept for DRAM cell devices. He is leading the development of low-power AI semiconductor technologies for the era of technological sovereignty.
In this session, he will share insights into AI semiconductor technology roadmaps, discuss memory-based low-power semiconductors and in-sensor computing for IoT and robotics applications, and explore the future of AI semiconductor applications and space and defense semiconductors.
Plenary Kenote:
Korea’s 6G and AI Network R&D Strategy and Next-Generation Network Vision
Keun-Dae Kim, Director of the Next-Generation Network 6G Program, Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP)
Director Keun-Dae Kim leads Korea’s national next-generation network (6G) R&D programs at IITP. He has more than 30 years of experience in wireless communications research, national ICT R&D strategy, and government-funded R&D program management. His expertise includes 5G and 6G mobile communications, satellite communications, Open RAN, Physical AI, AI software, quantum information technologies, and national ICT R&D policy and strategy.
This session will introduce Korea’s 6G and AI network R&D strategy and key achievements, while providing an outlook on O-RAN, AI-RAN, software-defined networks, international standardization efforts, and global collaboration.
AI Semiconductor Track:
High-Speed Interface Technology Trends for AI and HPC: Chiplet UCIe® and CPO
Jae-Young Kim, Executive Director, Qualitas Semiconductor
As Head of the Corporate Research Center at Qualitas Semiconductor, Jae-Young Kim leads the development of ultra-high-speed interconnect technologies used across a wide range of applications, including Cloud and Physical AI systems.
This session will explore the evolution of high-speed interconnect technologies that support the explosive computing demands of the AI era, focusing on the UCIe interface for chiplet-based high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) for scaling computing nodes beyond the package level.
6G Track:
Global AI-RAN Trends and Korea’s AI-RAN Global Flagship Project
Hoon Lee, Head of Intelligent Wireless Transmission Research Lab, ETRI
Hoon Lee leads the Intelligent Wireless Transmission Research Laboratory within ETRI’s Mobile Communication Research Division. He currently spearheads AI-RAN physical layer R&D and conducts research on mobile base station systems, intelligent wireless transmission technologies, and AI-RAN research platforms.
This presentation reviews global AI-RAN research trends emerging from the convergence of AI and communications networks and introduces the key objectives and research initiatives of Korea’s AI-RAN Global Flagship Project.
Aerospace & Defense Track:
VNA-Based Electromagnetic Performance Evaluation System for Aerospace Structures
Professor Jung-Ryul Lee, KAIST
Professor Jung-Ryul Lee, Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at KAIST, is a leader in research and industrial applications involving aerospace materials, structures, stealth technologies, and diagnostic AI. He also serves on the editorial boards of multiple international SCI journals and as a private-sector member of Korea’s K-UAM Steering Committee.
This session will present real-world examples of measurement robotics and diagnostic AI technologies in aerospace and defense, offering key insights into the future of design, testing, and validation for advanced aerospace systems.