The Korean Sports Association's e-Sports Industry Committee will hold an international academic conference on Olympic values and e-sports on the 22nd
Aug 20, 2025
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Hosted by the Korean Sports Association, the '38th Seoul Olympic Memorial International Academic Conference' will be held at the Seoul Olympic Parktel and the Korea Sports University from the 21st to the 22nd.
Under the theme of 'Olympic Legacy and the Horizon Beyond: from 1988 to 2036', this conference will reflect on the historical significance of the 1988 Seoul Olympics and look at the vision to host the 2036 Jeonbuk Summer Olympics.
Sixteen domestic and foreign academic societies will participate, and more than 800 people, including foreign scholars and researchers, will attend. In the field of e-sports, 11 universities at home and abroad will participate and provide a venue for academic exchanges to discuss e-sports in various ways. The e-Sports Industry Committee will hold the 2025 International e-Sports Conference under the theme of 'Olympic Values and e-sports' in collaboration with the Korean e-Sports Industry Association.
It will explore the industrial, cultural, and educational values of e-sports and contact points with the Olympic and international sports stages, and will participate in in-depth discussions with scholars and domestic e-sports researchers from around the world, including the United States, Taiwan, and South Korea.
From 10 a.m. on the 22nd, it will be hosted by Cho Hyun-joo, a senior researcher at the Korea Sports Science Institute, at the 406 main building of the Korea Sports University. The convergence of Olympics and e-sports, Chinese e-sports policy and globalization, interface accessibility of e-sports streaming, Marshall Arts' e-sports transformation will be followed by presentations and discussions on research topics such as opportunities and challenges, institutional welfare for e-sports athletes, recognition and education of the e-sports industry, e-sports culture, and e-sports ethics.
Song Seok-rok, president of the Korea e-Sports Industry Association, said, "Just as the 88 Seoul Olympics raised the international status of Korean sports, this international e-sports conference will be an important turning point in strengthening the global status of e-sports and establishing future strategies on the way to the Olympics. It will be an open forum for discussion in which academic researchers participate together." All sessions will be held in English in this academic conference, and anyone can participate through prior application.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
