Nigeria ICT Fest 2015

1. Becoming a Leading Country
by and in ICT
Mira Kwak
Art Chaosmos
Nigeria ICT Fest 2015
5th December 2015
Lagos, Nigeria

2. Art Chaosmos is ……
We must
• Get ready to evolve
• Forget the idea that human is special
• Embrace the new human
• Alter ego, identity experiments on metaverse
• Creativity, emotion, consciousness of artificial intelligence
• ICT trends and policies
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3. Why I came here
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4. Impression of Nigeria
EGPP(Ewha Global Partnership Program)
A scholarship program for female students
from developing countries who demonstrate high potential
EGEP(Ewha Global Empowerment Program)
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5. Internet Population
The third billion in 2014
(Around 40% of the world population)
http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/
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6. “ICT Facts and Figures – The world in 2015”, ITU-D
MDGs 2000-2015: ICT revolution and remaining gaps
“Connect The Other Billions
with The First Billions”
― Prof. Kilnam Chon at SDF2014
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7. Fast growing country in terms of ICT
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8. Nigeria e-ID
“Nigeria's president has formally launched a national electronic identity card,
which all Nigerians will have to have by 2019 if they want to vote.
e-ID scheme would be the primary database for all government departments.”
28 August 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28970411
A person's
photograph, name, age, unique ID
number, 10 fingerprints and an iris
Integrated government databases
for driving licences, voter registration,
health insurance, taxes and pensions.
http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-
branded-national-eid-card-launched-nigeria/
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9. • The Internet communities of the emerging
economies focus on the ICT by optimizing
on their environments
• Internet Summit Africa, AfNOG, AfriNIC
Africa-Asia Collaboration
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10. • Efficiently exploit the natural resources
• Turn the diversity, the largeness of the
population and the history to advantages
• Solve the problems
• Exhibit the success stories
Future Leading Country, Nigeria
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11. Better ICT Infrastructure
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12. • Grow faster than developed countries
• Can avoid trial and error
• Can achieve technological and industrial
upgrading
• Can redesign current technologies
and solve current ICT problems
Advantages to Latecomers
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13. So is Korea an ICT Powerhouse?
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14. Digital Media Everywhere
All are Connected
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15. • Passive and active digital footprints
• Target marketing
• Social genome
All are Recorded
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16. • Digital media everywhere
 New digital pollution
• All are connected
 Distraction, isolation, digital divide
• All are recorded
 Privacy, security problem
Problems
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17. Hell-Chosun
Rescue Hell-Chosun
by IT!!
ICT can solve the problems
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18. Big Data
for Problem Solving
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19. • National security
• Political corruption
• Economy
• Environment
Problems to Solve
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20. “Technological evolution to resolve social issues”, NEC
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21. “Technological evolution to resolve social issues”, NEC
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22. • Judge without bias
• Analyze every scenario
• Analyze every possibility
Human can’t but AI can
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23. • New insights
and previously not realized know-hows
• New businesses
and new governmental services
• Solutions for global problems from
the solutions for local/domestic problems
Using Big Data
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24. “IBM Brings Watson to Africa for Project Lucy
Using cognitive systems to tackle a continent’s grand challenges”
http://www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa/project-lucy.shtml
A 10-year, $100 million initiative
Research facilities in
Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya
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25. Digital Restoration
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26. • Conservation, restoration
• Architectures, murals, visual patterns,
sculptures, carvings, ……
• Fine blueprints, digital media, virtual
museum, ……
• 3D scanner, 3D modeling, 3D printing
Cultural Heritage and Arts
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27. • Complete copy of the
murals in the cave of
Altamira
• Experts’ network via
social computing
Success Cases
Seokuram by Jikio http://jikio.com/
Works by 3D Systems
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28. Italian architect Andrea Pacciani turned a
drawing from mid 17th century into a
physical object using 3D technology.
http://www.andreapacciani.com/ushak/articolo-
mensieur-porta-gioia/
http://home.ebs.co.kr/wonderful
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29. • It’s not only restoring damaged goods
but also reinforcing the cultural identity
• The impacts
• New possible problems
Things to Consider
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30. New Art and Culture
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31. • Digital cultural content
• Music
• Film
• Festival
• Digital distribution
• Digital rights management
Digital Media
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32. New Media Entertainment
PlayKpop in Jeju island, Korea
3D hologram shows
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33. Immersive and interactive contents
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34. • Collaboration between
culture department and ICT department
• Open data
Government’s Work
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35. Conclusion
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36. • Get connected domestically and
internationally
• Provide solutions for world’s future ICT
• Become a strong and proactive country
• Promote the good image of Nigeria
by emphasizing the strength in culture and art
• Attract visitors
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37. Mira Kwak
• mira@mirakwak.com
• mirakwak@artchaosmos.com
• http://mirakwak.com/
• http://mirakwak.tel/
Art Chaosmos
• http://artchaosmos.com/
• http://blog.transpunk.com/