Adobe and NVIDIA will deliver the opening keynotes at ICNX 2026, the content business event hosted by Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시) and Incheon Technopark (인천테크노파크), according to the speaker lineup now posted on the event site.
Darren Frankel, Adobe's head of film and television, and Jeff Kember, principal technical evangelist for NVIDIA Media2, will speak on the first day. The event runs Nov. 3–4 at Songdo Convensia (송도컨벤시아) in Incheon, with two keynotes, four sessions, a roundtable, a technology showcase and two talk concerts.
Adobe's Frankel opens; NVIDIA's Kember joins online
Frankel takes the stage at 11 a.m. on Nov. 3 with a keynote titled "How AI Infrastructure Is Rewiring Content Production and Distribution: Sovereign AI and the New Standard for the Media Industry." Adobe makes Premiere Pro, After Effects and other editing and post-production tools, along with its Firefly generative AI models.
Kember follows at 12:40 p.m. with an online keynote, "Media and Entertainment AI Through NVIDIA's Eyes: The Next Standard for Production and Distribution Pipelines."
Studio MetaK, HelloWorks on generative AI production
Session 1, "How Far Has Generative AI Cut Production Costs and Time?", looks at virtual IP, AI humans and short-form drama production. Kim Kwang-jip (김광집), CEO of Studio MetaK (스튜디오메타케이), and Koo Yong-nam (구용남), CEO of HelloWorks (헬로웍스), will present, with K-EnterTech Hub (케이엔터테크허브) CEO Jung Han (한정훈) moderating.
Nevada Film Office, ex-WarnerMedia executive on venues
An 80-minute roundtable, "How Cities and Venues Become Content Platforms," examines the tourism, live-entertainment and advertising revenue generated by Nevada's entertainment venues. Panelists are Kim Spurgeon, director of the Nevada Film Office; Douglas Montgomery, a professor at Temple University Japan and former WarnerMedia vice president; and Kim Jong-min (김종민), CEO of Studio Reallive (스튜디오 리얼라이브). YouTube creator Geekble (긱블) closes the first day with a talk concert.
Day 2: national strategy, short dramas and AI in practice
Nov. 4 opens with Session 2, "Why K-Content and AI Must Be One National Strategy," led by Ko Sam-seok (고삼석), chair professor at Dongguk University (동국대학교). In Session 3, Yoon Kwon-su (윤권수), a professor in the Department of Film and Broadcasting at the Seoul Institute of the Arts (서울예술대학교), discusses how technology is changing production.
Session 4, "Where Does Revenue Come From After Subscriptions?", covers pay-per-episode short dramas and broadcasters' shift to streaming. Kim Kyung-oe (김경외) of Yonsei University's Underwood International College moderates. Speakers are Jeon Seung-hoon (전승훈), CEO of Smart Media Rep (스마트미디어렙); Lim Da-seul (임다슬), CEO of 모다이브; and Jayce Tham, chief business officer at CreativesAtWork and co-founder of Dear.AI.
The technology showcase, "How AI Changed the Content Production Process," features ONENESS KOREA (원니스코리아) CEO Kim Jin-soo (김진수), Michael Jung of DeepBrain AI (딥브레인AI), Hudson AI (허드슨AI) CEO Shin Hyun-jin (신현진) and NEW ID (뉴 아이디) executive Kim Jo-han (김조한). YouTube creator JoCoding (조코딩) hosts the closing talk concert.
B2B matchmaking and exhibitions run alongside
Throughout the event, Hall B hosts B2B matchmaking between content companies, venture capital firms, accelerators and broadcasters, while the lobby holds a consumer exhibition. This year's theme is "Connecting Entertainment Tech, Expanding Business." The full program and conference pre-registration are at icnx.kr, and meeting requests can be made through the matchmaking platform.