-  Tech Planet 2013 to be held on November 14 at Intercontinental Seoul COEX Hotel Harmony Ballroom.
     Online registration starts today at its official website
-   Keynotes will be delivered by Jinwoo So, President and CEO of SK Planet, Michael Stack, founder of HBase and 
    Cory Franzmeier, head of cloud platform, Asia Pacific at Google
-   Broad spectrum of speakers from Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Mobotap, 33cube and more to share
     latest global IT trends
Seoul, Korea, October 30, 2013—SK Planet today announced that online registration for the second
 Tech Planet 2013 opens today at 2 pm at its official website (
http://techplanet.skplanet.com). The event will
 be held on November 14 at Intercontinental Seoul COEX Hotel Harmony Ballroom located in Ganggam-gu,
 Seoul.
 Tech Planet is SK Planet’s annual global tech conference that invites a broad spectrum of speakers from
 global IT firms as well as notable startups to share their insights into global technology trends as well as
 implications for the future.
 This year’s visionary keynotes will be delivered by 
Jinwoo So, President and CEO of SK Planet, 
Michael Stack,
chair of the Apache HBase Project Management Committee and Cory Franzmeier, head of cloud platform,
 Asia Pacific at Google. 
 Tech Planet will also feature panel discussions highlighting the use of data and infrastructure in providing
 integrated online/offline services. Panelists include Yoon Hyun-jun, CTO of Woowa Brothers as well as
 keynote speakers including Jeon Yun-ho, CTO of SK Planet and Michael Stack. The panel discussion will
 be chaired by Park Tae-woong , former vice president of KTH.
 Moreover, its three tracks and 18 sessions will cover big data, social platform, user experience (UX), payment
 and emerging technologies. Participating firms that will share their insights into platform development and
 rich operation know-how include global tech firms such as Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter, along with mobile
 analytics firm Flurry, developer of dolphin browser Mobotap, as well as developer of Everpix (photo organizing
 solution) 33cube.
 Exhibition booths will feature SK Planet’s solutions built on the company’s core technologies and integrated
 service platform. Korea’s leading startups including i&Combine, PNJ, Mobirix and Starindex will also participate
 to showcase their services.
 Online registration fee of KRW 10,000, inclusive of lunch, will be donated to increase accessibility of IT
 for underserved population. Last year’s registration fee was donated to provide MacBook, design tablet
 and table PC to Autistar, a design school operated by Ewha Womans University aimed at supporting the
 rehabilitation and development of people with ASD.
 Visit the Tech Planet official website or SK Planet’s tech blog README (
http://readme.skplanet.com) for
 program details and speaker information.