AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Time: 08:00 – 21:30, December 20th, 2025

Venue: Mercure, Ba Na Hills, Da Nang, Viet Nam

Material Links: Presentations, Papers, DEFI Program

Time Contents
06:45 – 08:00 Local transport and Gather at the base of Ba Na Hills
Registration forms: Vol 1, Vol 2
08:00 – 08:45 Transfer by cable car to the top of Ba Na Hills
09:00 – 09:15 Registration
09:15 – 09:20 Statement of purpose, introduction of delegates
09:20 – 09:30 Opening speeches
09:30 – 09:45 DEFI 2025 and sponsor introduction video
09:45 – 10:45 Keynote speech 1: Think global, Act local: An alternative approach to social networking
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil, Dr. h.c. Herwig Unger – University in Hagen, Germany
10:45 – 11:45 Keynote speech 2: Digital Economy at a Crossroads
Dr. Sangwon Ko – Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI),
Vice-chair for ITU-D Study Group 1; Executive committee member of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO
12:00 Lunch
La Crique Restaurant
13:15 – 17:30 Parallel sessions (Volume 1:  33 Papers, Link)
La Côte Room

  • Zone A: Oral Session 1, Oral Session 2A
  • Zone B: Oral Session 2B, Oral Session 2C
  • Zone C: Oral Session 3A, Oral Session 3B
15:30 – 16:10 Teabreak & Poster session (Volume 2: 29 Papers, Link)
La Côte Room

  • Poster Session 1, Poster Session 2, Poster Session 3
18:00 Closing Ceremony  & Gala Dinner
Napoleon Ballroom
20:30 Transfer down Ba Na Hills by cable car
21:30 Return to Downtown